Professor Thomas Lawton
Professor of Strategic Management
Eastern Gateway 110a
- Email: thomas.lawton@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265826
Lawton, TC., Angwin, DN., Dattée, B., Arrègle, J-L. and Barbieri, P. (2024) 'Autonomy as a Strategic Dial: A Dynamic Framework for Managing Acquired Subsidiaries'. California Management Review, 66 (3). pp. 47 - 68. ISSN: 0008-1256 Open Access Link
Moura, S., Falaster, CD. and Lawton, TC. (2024) 'Knowledge exploration in cross-border acquisitions: how does absorptive capacity matter?'. Multinational Business Review, 32 (2). pp. 241 - 264. ISSN: 1525-383X Open Access Link
Shirodkar, V., Liedong, TA., Rajwani, T. and Lawton, TC. (2024) 'MNE nonmarket strategy in a changing world: Complexities, varieties, and a values-based approach'. International Business Review, 33 (2). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0969-5931 Open Access Link
Lawton, TC., De Villa, MA. and Santamaria-Alvarez, SM. (2023) 'Making Sense of Socio-Political Risks in International Business: A Configurational Approach to Embracing Complexity'. Journal of International Management, 30 (2). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1075-4253 Open Access Link
Hartwell, CA., Lawton, TC. and Tingbani, I. (2023) 'Obstacles to collective action during a crisis: A meta-organizational perspective'. European Management Review, 21 (2). pp. 296 - 314. ISSN: 1740-4754 Open Access Link
Saha, A., Shirodkar, V. and Lawton, TC. (2022) 'Bimodal lobbying and trade policy outcomes: Evidence from corporate political activity under uncertainty in India'. Journal of International Business Policy, 6 (1). pp. 24 - 46. ISSN: 2522-0691 Open Access Link
Lawton, TC. and Vassolo, RS. (2022) 'Dynamics in strategic management research: An agenda for LRP'. Long Range Planning, 55 (5). pp. 1 - 4. ISSN: 0024-6301 Open Access Link
Dattée, B., Arrègle, J-L., Barbieri, P., Lawton, TC. and Angwin, DN. (2022) 'The Dynamics of Organizational Autonomy: Oscillations at Automobili Lamborghini'. Administrative Science Quarterly, 67 (3). pp. 721 - 768. ISSN: 0001-8392 Open Access Link
White, GO., Rajwani, T. and Lawton, TC. (2021) 'Open for business in a closed world? Managing MNE nonmarket strategy in times of populism and geopolitical uncertainty'. Multinational Business Review, 29 (4). pp. 441 - 450. ISSN: 1525-383X Open Access Link
Mbalyohere, C. and Lawton, TC. (2021) 'Engaging informal institutions through corporate political activity: Capabilities for subnational embeddedness in emerging economies'. International Business Review, 31 (2). pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0969-5931 Open Access Link
Duanmu, J-L. and Lawton, T. (2021) 'Foreign buyout of international equity joint ventures in China: When does performance improve?'. Journal of World Business, 56 (5). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1090-9516 Open Access Link
Lawton, TC., Dorobantu, S., Rajwani, TS. and Sun, P. (2020) 'The Implications of COVID-19 for Nonmarket Strategy Research'. Journal of Management Studies, 57 (8). pp. 1732 - 1736. ISSN: 0022-2380
Tarba, SY., Jansen, JJP., Mom, TJM., Raisch, S. and Lawton, TC. (2020) 'A microfoundational perspective of organizational ambidexterity: Critical review and research directions'. Long Range Planning, 53 (6). pp. 102048 - 102048. ISSN: 0024-6301
Liedong, TA., Rajwani, T. and Lawton, TC. (2020) 'Information and nonmarket strategy: Conceptualizing the interrelationship between big data and corporate political activity'. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 157. pp. 120039 - 120039. ISSN: 0040-1625
De Villa, MA., Rajwani, T., Lawton, TC. and Mellahi, K. (2019) 'To engage or not to engage with host governments: Corporate political activity and host country political risk'. Global Strategy Journal, 9 (2). pp. 208 - 242. ISSN: 2042-5791
Mbalyohere, C. and Lawton, TC. (2018) 'Engaging Stakeholders Through Corporate Political Activity: Insights From MNE Nonmarket Strategy in an Emerging African Market'. Journal of International Management, 24 (4). pp. 369 - 385. ISSN: 1075-4253
John, A. and Lawton, TC. (2018) 'International Political Risk Management: Perspectives, Approaches and Emerging Agendas'. International Journal of Management Reviews, 20 (4). pp. 847 - 879. ISSN: 1460-8545
Puck, J., Lawton, T. and Mohr, A. (2018) 'The Corporate Political Activity of MNCs: Taking Stock and Moving Forward'. Management International Review, 58 (5). pp. 663 - 673. ISSN: 0938-8249
Lawton, TC., Rajwani, T. and Minto, A. (2018) 'Why Trade Associations Matter: Exploring Function, Meaning, and Influence'. Journal of Management Inquiry, 27 (1). pp. 5 - 9. ISSN: 1056-4926
Mbalyohere, C., Lawton, T., Boojihawon, R. and Viney, H. (2017) 'Corporate political activity and location-based advantage: MNE responses to institutional transformation in Uganda's electricity industry'. Journal of World Business, 52 (6). pp. 743 - 759. ISSN: 1090-9516