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. (2026). The Hybrid Domain for Energy in India: Exploring the Early Diffusion of Off-Grid Urban Solar Power. Society and Business Review, 22(1), pp. 152–171.
WILLIAMS, C., VAN TRIEST, S. and KLOOSTERMAN, H. (2025). Physicians as process innovators in healthcare organizations: Exploring the determinants of change from within’. Business Horizons.
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.
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
GUPTA, G., LENGLET, M. and WILLIAMS, C. (2026). Successive crises and organizational resilience: A historical perspective on the rise and fall of an organization. In: 31es journées d'histoire du management et des organisations. Association pour l'histoire du management et des organisations (AHMO), ESSCA School of Management,Paris.
WILLIAMS, C. and LI, B. (2026). The Evolution of Collaborative Dynamics on Mega-Science Platforms: A Historical Analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope (1990-2024). In: 31es journées d'histoire du management et des organisations. Association pour l'histoire du management et des organisations (AHMO), ESSCA School of Management, Paris.
WILLIAMS, C. (2026). Astronomy Communication in Business Schools: Reflections on an Inter-Disciplinary Workshop. In: Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) / International Astronomical Union (IAU). International Astronomical Union (IAU), Yerevan.
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.