CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

  • 2018 : Qualification to Supervise Research - Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 -
  • 2007 : PhD in Management - University of Bradford - School of Management -
  • 2003 : Master of Research - University of Bradford - School of Management -
  • 1996 : Bachelor's degree in French and German - University of Bradford - Modern Foreign Languages -

Teaching Experience

  • Since 2012 : Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Toulouse Business School Toulouse
  • From 2010 to 2012 : Lecturer in International Management, Academic Director MSc in International Management Strathclyde Business School -
  • From 2008 to 2010 : Assistant Professor of Management and Organization - ESC Rennes School of Business
  • From 2007 to 2008 : Research Assistant Harvard Business School Europe Research Center

Management Duties

  • 2024 : Head of Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation department Toulouse Business School Toulouse
  • 2020 : Head of MSc International Business Toulouse Business School Toulouse
  • 2017 : Head of the PO "International Management" Toulouse Business School Toulouse
  • 2014 - 2017 : External Examiner - MSc in International Management Strathclyde Business School -
  • 2011 - 2014 : External Examiner - BSc IBML - Aston Business School -
  • 2010 - 2012 : Head of MS/MSC Program "International Management" Strathclyde Business School -
PUBLICATIONS
    • BARRON, A. - "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches : Exploring the international dimensions of corporate political activity" - 2018, Université Jean Moulin Lyon

    • BARRON, A. - "Thèse : "The effects of culture on the production of information and communication technologies in France and Germany"" - 2007

    • BARRON, A., P. COULOMBEL, "Open up! An appeal for dialog between scholars of corporate political activity and open strategy", Strategic Organization, 2024 [fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., "Opening up corporate political strategizing – An institutional work approach", Long Range Planning, 2023, vol. 56, no. 3 [fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • COULOMBEL, P., A. BARRON, "Continuity and Change in Spin-off Meta-organizations: An Imprinting Perspective", M@na@gement, 2023 [fnege: 2, abs: 1]

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    • BARRON, A., L. SKOUNTRIDAKI, "Toward a Professions-Based Understanding of Ethical and Responsible Lobbying", Business and Society, 2022, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 340-371 [cnrs: 2, fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., S. STACEY, "Corporations in the political arena: an ethical framework", Journal of Business Strategy, 2021, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 116-125 [cnrs: 4, fnege: 4, abs: 1]

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    • BARRON, A., M. BOUTARY, "The Brexit dilemma for small business: European companies respond", Journal of Business Strategy, 2021, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 196-205 [cnrs: 4, fnege: 4, abs: 1]

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    • BARRON, A., V. VANYUSHYN, "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? Organising Boundary‐Spanning Government Affairs Units during Times of Crisis", European Management Review, 2021, vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 101-114 [cnrs: 3, fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., A. PEREDA, "Exploring how firms’ strategic political actions are organised to capture and share external information – The case of Alpha Plc", Long Range Planning, 2020, vol. 53, no. 5 [cnrs: 2, fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • PEREDA, A., A. BARRON, "How to win friends and influence the right people: designing the corporate government affairs unit", Journal of Business Strategy, 2020, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 27-37 [cnrs: 4, fnege: 4, abs: 1]

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    • BARRON, A., A. PEREDA, S. STACEY, "Exploring the performance of government affairs subsidiaries: A study of organisation design and the social capital of European government affairs managers at Toyota Motor Europe and Hyundai Motor Company in Brussels", Journal of World Business, 2017, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 184-196 [cnrs: 2, fnege: 2, abs: 4]

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    • BARRON, A., J.-M. TROUILLE, "Perceptions of institutional complexity and lobbyists' decisions to join lobbying coalitions – Evidence from the European Union context", Environment & Planning C - Government and Policy, February 2016, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 73-90

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    • BARRON, A., P. HULTEN, V. VANYUSHYN, "The Role of Political Intelligence in Firms’ Export Decisions During the Euro Crisis", Journal of Small Business Management, February 2016, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1126-1146 [cnrs: 2, fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., G. VOSS, "La culture et son impact sur les actions politiques des entreprises. Le cas du Règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD)", Revue Française de Gestion, November 2015, vol. 41, no. 252, pp. 109-127 [cnrs: 4, fnege: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., P. HULTEN, V. VANYUSHYN, "Country-of-origin effects on managers' environmental scanning behaviours: evidence from the political crisis in the Eurozone", Environment and Planning (A), January 2015, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 601-619 [cnrs: 2]

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    • BARRON, A., P. HULTEN, "Exploring corporate lobbyists' perceptions of prospective coalition partners in Brussels", Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, October 2014, vol. 32, pp. 963-981

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    • BARRON, A., "Exploring the actions of Government Affairs Managers during economic and financial crises - an exploratory study in the European Union", Journal of Public Affairs, February 2013, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 61-71

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    • BARRON, A., P. HULTEN, S. HUDSON, "The financial crisis and the gathering of political intelligence: a cross-country comparison of SMEs in France, Sweden and the UK", International Small Business Journal, June 2012, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 345-366 [cnrs: 3, fnege: 2, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., P. HULTEN, "Corporate political strategizing in the European Union during the 2007-2010 recession - an exploratory study", Environment & Planning C - Government and Policy, October 2011, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 783-801

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    • BARRON, A., P. HULTEN, D. BRYSON, "Cross-country differences in attitudes to business associations during the 2007-2010 recession", Journal of World Business, June 2011 [cnrs: 3, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., "Exploring national culture's consequences on international business lobbying", Journal of World Business, July 2011, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 320-327 [cnrs: 3, abs: 3]

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    • BARRON, A., "The impact of national business cultures on large firm lobbying in the European Union - evidence from a large-scale survey of governmen affairs managers", Journal of European Integration, August 2011, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 487-506

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    • BARRON, A., "Unlocking the mindsets of government affairs managers - Cultural dimensions of corporate political activity", Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, April 2010, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 101-117 [abs: 1]

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    • BARRON, A., "Exploring the dark sides of meta-organizations through the prism of co-optation" in Conférence EGOS, 04/07/2024, Milan, 2024

    • BARRON, A., "Exposing the potential ‘dark sides’ of open strategy – evidence from a practice-based study of transparency work in corporate political activity" in Oxford & Zurich Open Strategy Workshop, juillet, 2024, Zurich

    • RAMAN, G., A. BARRON, "Professionalizing corporate political activity: An exploration of new professional values amongst lobbying consultants" in EGOS, juillet, 2024, Milan, Italy

    • BARRON, A., "Open up! An appeal for dialog between scholars of corporate political activity and open strategy" in International Association of Business & Society, june, 2023, Bath, UK, Great Britain

    • BARRON, A., G. RAMAN, "The challenges of teaching corporate political activity in an evolving business school environment" in International Association of Business & Society,june, 2023, Bath, UK, Great Britain

    • BARRON, A., "Exploring the effects of stakeholder orientation on de-internationalization decisions." in Conférence EIBA, 2023, Lisbonne, Portugal

    • BARRON, A., "Exploring the effects of stakeholder orientation on de-internationalization decisions." in Conférence EIBA, 16-18/12/2023,, 2023

    • BARRON, A., "Mainstreaming corporate political activity in organisational settings: an institutional work approac" in IABS Conference San Francisco USA, 16-19 juin, 2022

    • BARRON, A., "Normalising ‘responsible’ approaches to lobbying in corporate contexts" in IABS Conference San Francisco USA, 16-19 juin, 2022

    • BARRON, A., P. COULOMBEL, "Exploring the role of individuals in the emergence of cascading meta-organizations in response to the grand challenge of sustainable urban mobility" in EGOS conference (visio), Hamburg Allemagne, 02-04 juillet, 2020

    • BARRON, A., P. COULOMBEL, "From ideas to implementation: Exploring the role of individuals in the emergence of cascading meta-organizations in response to sustainability issues" in IABS Conference (visio), Lisbonne, Portugal, 01 juin, 2020

    • BARRON, A., "Demystifying a shadowy occupation: exploring how individual Brussels-based lobbyists use professionalism as a discursive resource to build personal reputations with policy-makers and increase their workplace legitimacy." in Conférence Internationale Association of Business & Society, 20-25 mars, 2019, San Diego

    • BARRON, A., "Using organisational architecture to promote responsible lobbying" in Conférence Internationale Association of Business & Society, 20-25 mars, 2019, San Diego

    • BARRON, A., "Too many cooks spoil the broth? Exploring the information-processing performance of boundary-spanning government affairs subsidiaries in response to Brexit" in 45th EIBA Annual Conference 2019, What Now? International Business in a Confused World Order, 13 – 15 December 2019, 2019

    • BARRON, A., A. PEREDA, S. STACEY, "Exploring the performance of government affairs subsidiaries: a study of organisation design and the social capital of European government affairs managers at Toyota Motor Europe and Hyundai Motor Company in Brussels" in Séminaire Management International IAE Lyon 9 février 2017, 2017

    • BARRON, A., "Exploring how the government affairs function is organised and the processes through which multinational enterprises source external political knowledge" in 43ème Conférence EIBA, Milan, 14-16/12/2017, Conference EIBA, 2017

    • BARRON, A., "Exploring how the government affairs function is organised and the processes through which multinational enterprises source external political knowledge" in Conférence EIBA, Milan Italie,14-16/12/17, Conference EIBA, 2017

    • BARRON, A., A. PEREDA, "Exploring the role of social capital in the development of political capabilities in multi-national enterprises" in Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Berlin, 18/09/2016, 2016, Berlin

    • BARRON, A., "The Role of Government Affairs Managers’ Social Capital in the Development of MNEs’ Political Capabilities" in SMS 36th Annual Conference, Berlin, 17–20/06/2016, 2016, Berlin

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    • BARRON, A., "Exploring the role of trust in the foreign-location choices of multinational entreprises" in Conférence EIASM, October, 2015, Venise, Italy

    • BARRON, A., S. STACEY, "Putting Down Roots? Exploring The Political Embeddedness Of Toyota And Hyundai In Brussels." in 42nd AIB-UKI Conference, Manchester, 16-18/04/2015, 2015, Manchester, Great Britain

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    • BARRON, A., "Unpacking the role of trust in interpersonal relationships between managers and policy officials" in 13th EIASM Workshop on International Management, Venice, 24/10/2015, 2015, Venise

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    • BARRON, A., J.-M. TROUILLE, "Representing bilateral interests in the European Union - The case of Franco-German business lobbying" in Séminaire à l'Université de Bradford, April, 2014, Bradford, France

    • BARRON, A., J.-M. TROUILLE, P. HULTEN, "Exploring the responses of international managers to institutional complexity - the case of corporate political activity in the European Union context" in Conference EISAM, 2014, Copenhague, Denmark

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    • BARRON, A., "The role of political intelligence in firms' export decisions during the Euro crisis" in Le Portail de l'IE partenaire du 5ème Symposium Européen d'IE, le 15 novembre 2013 en Belgique, 2013, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium

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    • BARRON, A., "How narratives of institutional entrepreneurs influence institutional outcomes in supranational policymaking contexts - the case of the European Transparency Initiative" in SASE, June, 2013, Milan, Italy

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    • BARRON, A., L. CURRAN, "Political Corporate Social Responsibility in the European Union Context - The Case of the Transparency Initiative’" in 25th SASE Annual Conference, University of Milan, 27-29/06/2013, 2013

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    • BARRON, A., "Exploring how MNEs select their partners in international political alliances" in AIB-UK Annual Conference, March, 2012, Liverpool, Great Britain

    • BARRON, A., "Cross-cultural differences in corporate political activity" in AIB-UK Annual Conference, April, 2011, Edinburgh

    • BARRON, A., "Small business lobbying during the financial crisis" in EURAM, June, 2011, Tallinn, Estonia

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    • ARTE, P., A. BARRON, "Early Internationalisation of New and Small Indian Firms: An Exploratory Study" in The Challenge of Bric Multinationals., Rob Van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Jorge Carneiro, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez Eds, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, chap. 16, pp. 525-558, 2016

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    • BARRON, A., "Lobbyists" in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society., Frederick F. Wherry, Juliet B. Schor Eds, SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 1046-1048, 2015

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    • BARRON, A., "Exploring how foreign firms select partners in international political alliances" in Handbook on the geopolitics of business., Joseph Mark S.Munoz Ed., chap. chapitre 15, pp. 213-226, 2013

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    • BARRON, A., "Lobbying" in Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World., Wankel, Charles Eds, pp. 1018-1019, 2009

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    • BARRON, A. - "Comment les lobbyistes choisissent-ils leurs partenaires ?" - 2014, TBSearch

    • BARRON, A., S. DELANOË-GUEGUEN - "Fnac-Darty : Un mariage de raison ?" - 2017, Centrale des Cas et des Médias Pédagogiques (CCMP)

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    • BARRON, A., S. DELANOË-GUEGUEN - "Fnac - Darty: a marriage of convenience" - 2017, Centrale des Cas et des Médias Pédagogiques (CCMP)

EXPERTISE
    • International Trade
    • Cross-Cultural Management
    • Non-Market Strategy
    • European Union
    • Organisation Design Issues in Multinational Enterprises
    • Corporate Political Strategy
      • Reviewer for : International Business Review, International Small Business Journal, Cross-Cultural Management, An International Journal
      • Reviewer for : International Business Review, International Small Business Journal, Cross-Cultural Management, An International Journal
      • 2003 - 2007 : Freelance Communication Consultant
      • 2001 - 2003 : Documentation Manager - Kaidara
      • 1997 - 2001 : Technical Translator/Author - SAP

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