Areas of research
- Entrepreneurship
- Subsidiary management in multinational enterprises
- International strategy
- Contextual and institutional determinants of innovation
Areas of teaching
- Strategy
- International Business
Publications from the last 5 years
Articles
AMIRALY, A., SAWAMURA, H. and WILLIAMS, C. (2025). The Hybrid Domain for Energy in India: Exploring the Early Diffusion of Off-Grid Urban Solar Power. Society and Business Review.
WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Allocating time on scientific platforms in outer space: Evidence from James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 1-3 General Observer programs. Research Policy, 54(5), pp. 105239.
SHI, X., WILLIAMS, C. and RONG, K. (2025). China’s Technological Catch-up through Foreign IP Acquisitions: Disaggregating the Effects of Cross-National Distance. Technovation, 139(5), pp. 103137.
WILLIAMS, C. (2024). Donor Country Official Development Assistance in Health R&D: Domestic Economic Burden vs. Medical Disseminative Capacity. Science and Public Policy, 51(6), pp. 1143–1155.
WILLIAMS, C. (2024). Peacebuilding by MNE Subsidiaries: The Role of Intangible Capital and Local Initiative. Business Horizons, 67(6), pp. 711-725.
HAMZI, L., WILLIAMS, C., ANARAKI, N. and WIJEWARDENA, C. (2024). Exploring the effect of the Arab Spring on the relationship between foreign aid and corruption’. International Studies of Management and Organization, 54(3), pp. 238-260.
WILLIAMS, C., SPIELMANN, N. and YOU, J.J. (2024). The Effect of Breadth of External Pressure on Leaders in Small-Medium Sized Enterprises: Does the Firm Become more Entrepreneurial?". International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(5), pp. 1270-1289.
Conference proceedings
WILLIAMS, C. and DU, J. (2024). Managing loss of empowerment in fast growing SMEs: communication and the Chinese context. In: AOM Meeting. Chicago: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).
VAN TRIEST, S., KLOOSTERMAN, H. and WILLIAMS, C. (2024). Understanding organizational-professional conflict from a control perspective. In: AOM Annual Meeting. Chicago: Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).
GOLDING, C., YOU, J.J., HUGHES, M., WILLIAMS, T.A., ASHIRU, F.Y., MORTON, J. ... ZORINA, A. (2022). ‘Resilience Activation’: Exploring Relational Mechanisms in Strategy and Practice. In: AOM Annual Meeting. Proceedings - Academy of Management (AOM).
Conferences and other contributions
WILLIAMS, C. (2026). Social Network Analysis of Scientists and Panel Affiliations. In: Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE). Bordeaux.
WILLIAMS, C. (2026). Space Research and Science Communication: a Study of 87 Mega-Telescope. In: Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE). Bordeaux.
WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Concluding comments. In: Christopher Williams, Martin Kaspar eds. Foreign Direct Investment and Cities. 1 ed. Abindgon: Routledge, pp. 263-269.
WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Introduction. In: Christopher Williams, Martin Kaspar eds. Foreign Direct Investment and Cities. 1 ed. Abindgon: Routledge, pp. 1-11.
FEAR, H., MCCUNN, D. and WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Case 3: Building the Shop Window for Inward Investment into Cambridge, UK. In: Christopher Williams, Martin Kaspar eds. Foreign Direct Investment and Cities. 1st ed. Abindgon: Routledge, pp. 43-50.
WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Foreign Direct Investment and Cities: Insights from Global Case Studies. In: Investment Management Exhibition (IME). Frankfurt.
WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Teaching for impact with cases on business and peace. In: Responsibility, Business and Peace Workshop. Paris.