August 2007, 4 pages

Interview by: Alistair Craven

Dr Thomas Lawton is Director of Joint Honours Programmes and Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and International Business at Tanaka Business School.

He holds a BA (Hons) degree from University College Cork, an MSc Econ from the London School of Economics and a PhD in International Political Economy from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Dr Lawton was previously Lecturer in European Business at the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London. His research expertise focuses on strategic leadership and market breakout, internationalization and foreign market entry strategy, and the impact of trans-national regulation (EU and WTO) on corporate strategy. He is also a leading authority on the competitive dynamics of the airline industry.

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