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Christopher Williams

Assistant Professor, General Management

  • Walter A. Thompson Faculty Fellow

Education

  • PhD, University of London (UK)
  • MBA, Open University Business School (UK)
  • BSc (Hons), University of Durham (UK)

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Christopher Williams is Assistant Professor of International Business at the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Dr. Williams has two decades industry experience in international firms, mainly in information systems and innovation projects. Originally from the UK, Dr. Williams has also lived and worked in Germany and The Netherlands. Prior to joining Richard Ivey School of Business in 2010, he spent three years as Assistant Professor of Strategy at Amsterdam Business School. His research falls into the broad areas of entrepreneurship and organization in multinational enterprises, managing offshore outsourcing and the transition of knowledge-intensive work overseas, and national systems of innovation. Dr. Williams' work appears in Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, Journal of World Business, International Business Review, Information Systems Journal, R&D Management and Journal of International Management.

Selected Publications

  • Williams, C. and Martinez, C. 'Government effectiveness, the global financial crisis, and MNE internationalization', Journal of International Marketing (forthcoming).
  • Ecker, B., van Triest, S., and Williams, C. 'Management control and the decentralization of R&D', Journal of Management (forthcoming).
  • Allard, G., Martinez, C. and Williams, C. 'Political instability, pro-business market reforms and their impacts on national systems of innovation', Research Policy, 41(3): 638-651.
  • Williams, C. and Lee, S.H. (2011) 'Political heterarchy and dispersed entrepreneurship in the MNC', Journal of Management Studies, (Special Issue: Revitalizing Entrepreneurship), 48(6): 1243-1268.
  • Williams, C. (2011) 'Client-vendor knowledge transfer in IS offshore outsourcing: insights from a survey of Indian software engineers', Information Systems Journal, 21(4): 335-356.
  • Choi, S.B., Lee, S.H., and Williams, C. (2011) 'Ownership and firm innovation in a transition economy: Evidence from China', Research Policy, 40(3): 441-452.
  • Williams, C. and Lee, S.H. (2011) 'Entrepreneurial contexts and knowledge coordination within the multinational corporation', Journal of World Business 46(2): 253-264.
  • Williams, C. and Lee, S.H. (2009) 'Resource allocations, knowledge network characteristics and entrepreneurial orientation of multinational corporations', Research Policy, 38(8): 1376-1387.
  • Williams, C. and Lee, S.H. (2009) 'International management, political arena, and dispersed entrepreneurship in the MNC', Journal of World Business, 44(3): 287-299.
  • Williams, C. and van Triest, S.P. (2009) 'The impact of corporate and national cultures on decentralization in multinational corporations', International Business Review, 18(2): 156-167.
  • Williams, C. and Lee, S.H. (2009) 'Exploring the internal and external venturing of large R&D-intensive firms', R&D Management, 39(3): 231-246.
  • Williams, C. and Nones, B. (2009) 'R&D subsidiary isolation in knowledge-intensive industries: evidence from Austria', R&D Management, 39(2): 111-123.
  • Williams, C. (2009) 'Subsidiary-level determinants of global initiatives in multinational corporations', Journal of International Management, 15(1): 92-104.
  • Lee, S.H. and Williams, C. (2007) 'Dispersed entrepreneurship within multinational corporations: a community perspective', Journal of World Business, 42(4): 505-519.

Experience

  • 2010 - present: Richard Ivey School of Business
  • 2007 - 2010: Amsterdam Business School
  • 1985 - 2007: GEC Research, Midland Bank, Informix Software, IMS Health

Expertise

  • Entrepreneurship in international firms
  • Knowledge creation and transfer in international firms
  • Offshore outsourcing of knowledge-intensive work
 

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