Benn Lawson

Journal articles

Lawson, B. and Samson, D. (2001) “Developing innovation capability in organisations: a dynamic capabilities approach.” International Journal of Innovation Management, 5(3): 377-400 (DOI: 10.1142/S1363919601000427)

Challis, D., Samson, D. and Lawson, B. (2002) “Integrated manufacturing, employee and business performance: Australian and New Zealand evidence.” International Journal of Production Research, 40(8): 1941-1964 (DOI: 10.1080/00207540210123643)

Challis, D., Samson, D. and Lawson, B. (2005) “Impact of technological, organizational and human resource investments on employee and manufacturing performance: Australian and New Zealand evidence.” International Journal of Production Research, 43(1): 81-107 (DOI: 10.1080/00207540412331281935)

Cousins, P.D., Handfield, R.B., Lawson, B. and Petersen, K.J. (2006) “Creating supply chain relational capital: the impact of formal and informal socialization processes.” Journal of Operations Management, 24(6): 851-863 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.08.007)

Cousins, P.D., Lawson, B. and Squire, B. (2006) “An empirical taxonomy of purchasing functions.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 26(7): 775-794 (DOI: 10.1108/01443570610672239)

Cousins, P.D., Lawson, B. and Squire, B. (2006) “Supply chain management: theory and practice – the emergence of an academic discipline?” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 26(7): 697-702 (DOI: 10.1108/01443570610672194)

Handfield, R.B. and Lawson, B. (2007) “Integrating suppliers into new product development.” Research Technology Management, 50(5): 44-51

Cousins, P.D. and Lawson, B. (2007) “Sourcing strategy, supplier relationships and firm performance: an empirical investigation of UK organizations.” British Journal of Management, 18(2): 123-137 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00506.x)

Cousins, P.D. and Lawson, B. (2007) “The effect of socialization mechanisms and performance measurement on supplier integration in new product development.” British Journal of Management, 18(3): 311-326 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00514.x)

Cousins, P.D., Lawson, B. and Squire, B. (2008) “Performance measurement in strategic buyer-supplier relationships: the mediating role of socialization mechanisms.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 28(3): 238-258 (DOI: 10.1108/01443570810856170)

Lawson, B., Tyler, B.B and Cousins, P.D. (2008) “Antecedents and consequences of social capital on buyer performance improvement.” Journal of Operations Management, 26(3): 446-460 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.10.001)

Petersen, K.J., Handfield, R.B., Lawson, B. and Cousins, P.D. (2008) “Buyer dependency and relational capital formation: the mediating effects of socialization processes and supplier integration.” Journal of Supply Chain Management, 44(4): 53-65 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2008.00072.x)

Lawson, B., Cousins, P.D., Petersen, K.J. and Handfield, R.B. (2009) “Knowledge sharing in interorganizational product development teams: the effect of formal and informal socialization mechanisms.” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 26(2): 156-172 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00343.x)

Squire, B., Cousins, P.D., Lawson, B. and Brown, S. (2009) “The effect of supplier manufacturing capabilities on buyer responsiveness: the role of collaboration.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 29(8): 766-788 (DOI: 10.1108/01443570910977689)

Lawson, B., Cousins, P.D., Handfield, R.B. and Petersen, K.J. (2009) “Strategic purchasing, supply management practices and buyer performance improvement: an empirical study of UK manufacturing organisations.” International Journal of Production Research, 47(10): 2649-2667 (DOI: 10.1080/00207540701694313)

Handfield, R.B., Petersen, K.J., Cousins, P.D. and Lawson, B. (2009) “An organizational entrepreneurship model of supply management integration and performance outcomes.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 29(2): 100-126 (DOI: 10.1108/01443570910932011)

Carey, S., Lawson, B. and Krause, D.R. (2011) “Social capital configuration, legal bonds and performance in buyer-supplier relationships.” Journal of Operations Management, 29(4): 277-288 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.08.003)

Cousins, P.D., Lawson, B., Petersen, K.P. and Handfield, R.B. (2011) “Breakthrough scanning, supplier knowledge exchange and new product development performance.” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(6): 930-942 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00854.x)

Lawson, B. and Potter, A. (2012) “Determinants of knowledge transfer in inter-firm new product development projects.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 32(10): 1228-1247 (DOI: 10.1108/01443571211274530)

Lawson, B., Samson, D. and Roden, S. (2012) “Appropriating the value from innovation: inimitability and the effectiveness of isolating mechanisms.” R&D Management, 42(5): 420-434 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00692.x)

Potter, A. and Lawson, B. (2013) “Help or hindrance? Causal ambiguity and supplier involvement in new product development teams.” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30(4): 794-808 (DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12027)

Donaghey, J., Reinecke, J., Niforou, C. and Lawson, B. (2014) “From employment relations to consumption relations: balancing labor governance in global supply chains.” Human Resource Management, 53(2): 229-252 (DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21552)

Lawson, B., Tyler, B.B. and Potter, A. (2015) “Strategic suppliers’ technical contributions to new product advantage: substitution and configuration options.” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(5): 760-776 (DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12235)

Lawson, B., Krause, D.R. and Potter, A. (2015) “Improving supplier new product development performance: the role of supplier development.” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(5): 777-792 (DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12231)

Krause, D., Luzzini, D. and Lawson, B. (2017) “Building the case for a single key informant in supply chain management survey research.” Journal of Supply Chain Management, 54(1): 42-50 (DOI: doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12159)

Lawson, B., Pil, F. and Holweg, M. (2018) “Multi-modal order fulfilment: concept and application.” Production and Operations Management, 27(2): 269-284 (DOI: 10.1111/poms.12801)

Holweg, M., Lawson, B. and Pil, F.K. (2019) “How digital fulfillment is changing manufacturing.” Harvard Business Review, 15 March 2019

Chae, S., Lawson, B., Kull, T.J. and Choi, T.Y. (2019) “To insource or outsource the sourcing? A behavioral investigation of the multi-tier sourcing decision.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 9(3): 385-405 (DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2018-0231)

Cousins, P., Lawson, B., Petersen, K. and Fugate, B. (2019) “Investigating green supply chain management practices and performance: the moderating roles of supply chain ecocentricity and traceability.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 39(5): 767-786 (DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-11-2018-0676)

Lawson, B., Potter, A., Pil, F. and Holweg, M. (2019) “Supply chain disruptions: the influence of industry and geography on firm reaction speed.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 39(9/10): 1076-1098 (DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2018-0225)

Holmström, J., Holweg, M., Lawson, B., Pil, F.K. and Wagner, S.M. (2019) “The digitalization of operations and supply chain management: theoretical and methodological implications.” Journal of Operations Management, 65(8): 728-734 (DOI: 10.1002/joom.1073)

Cousins, P., Dutordoir, M., Lawson, B. and Quariguasi Frota Neto, J. (2020) “Shareholder wealth effects of modern slavery regulation.” Management Science, 66(11): 4921-5484 (DOI: 10.17863/CAM.43261)

Sarafan, M., Lawson, B., Roehrich, J.K. and Squire, B. (2022) “Knowledge sharing in project-based supply networks.” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(6): 852-874 (DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-06-2021-0394)

Books, monographs, reports & case studies

Cousins, P., Lamming, R., Lawson, B. and Squire, B. (2008) Strategic supply management: principles, theories and practice. London: Pearson Education.

Holweg, M., Davies, J., De Meyer, A., Lawson, B. and Schmenner, R. (2018) Process theory: the principles of operations management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book chapters

Lawson, B. and Samson, D. (2002) “Developments in managing innovation, knowledge and e-business.” In Gunasekaran, A., Khalil, O. and Rahman, S.M. (eds.): Knowledge and information technology management: human and social perspectives. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishers, pp.1-13

Lawson, B. and Samson, D. (2003) “Managing e-business innovations.” In Samson, D. (ed.): E-business: value creation for management. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, pp.63-83

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