Howard Thomas
- Former Dean of Warwick Business School, Emeritus Professor
BSc (London), MBA (Chicago), DSc (Edinburgh), PhD (Edinburgh)
Biography
Previously Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration and James F. Towey Distinguished Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 1991-2000. Prior to this he held posts as Foundation Professor of Management at the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney, as Director of the Doctoral Programme at London Business School, and visiting and permanent posts at institutions such as the European Institute of Advanced Studies of Management in Brussels, the University of Southern California, the University of British Columbia, the Sloan School of Management, MIT, and Kellogg School, Northwestern University. Past President of the US Strategic Management Society, past Chair of the Board of the Graduate Management Admissions Council, member of Beta Gamma Sigma, and Fellow of both the Academy of Management in the US and the UK; Fellow of the Strategic Management Society and the Sunningdale Institute of the Cabinet Office, Honorary Life Member of EFMD, Companion of ABS and a board member of GFME, EFMD, ABS and State Farm Bank. He is also Chair Elect of ABS and Vice Chair/Chair Elect of AACSB
Research interests
Author of over 30 books and 200 articles in competitive strategy, risk analysis, strategic change, international management and strategic decision making.
Research projects
- ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship for Amanda Goodall - Does it take an expert to lead experts: ESRC, February 2007 - April 2008.
Publications
Journal articles
- The Competitive( Dis) Advantages of European Business Schools. Long Range Planning 40 (2007): 382-404.
