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
VAN TRIEST, S., KLOOSTERMAN, H. and WILLIAMS, C. (2026). Understanding organizational-professional conflict: the effects of organizational controls and professional field. European Management Review.
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.
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).
Conference papers (with selection committee)
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). Teaching for impact with cases on business and peace. In: Responsibility, Business and Peace Workshop. Paris.
WILLIAMS, C. (2025). Gender Equality and Competition in Astronomy: Exploring Director’s Discretionary Time on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. In: EBEN Annual Conference. Technical University Munich.
Books Editor
WILLIAMS, C. and KASPAR, M. [Eds] (2025). Foreign Direct Investment and Cities Global Case Studies for Theory and Practice. 1 ed. Abindgon: Routledge.
Textbooks
WILLIAMS, C. (2024). Strategic Business Case Analysis. Abindgon: Routledge, United Kingdom.
WILLIAMS, C. and YOU, J.J. (2021). Organizing for Resilience - Leading and Managing Risk in a Disruptive World. Abindgon: Routledge, United Kingdom.
Books chapters and other contributions
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.
ALLARD, G., HAILEMARIAM, A.T. and WILLIAMS, C. (2023). Brightwater: Clean water from broken wells. W29898. Toronto. Ivey Publishing.
WIESNER, F., WILLIAMS, C. and CHEN, J. (2021). Koenig & Bauer: Pioneers facing disruption in the printing machine industry. n° 321-0143-1. The Case Center.
WILLIAMS, C. (2021). Case #1: G-Unique Designs: Individual resilience on a small remote island’. In: C. Williams and J. You (ed.). Organizing for resilience: Leading and managing risk in a disruptive world, 1st ed. Abindgon: Routledge.