Augustine Lado

Professor, Reh School of Business / Dorf Chair in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Augustine  Lado Headshot

Education Background

Ph.D. in Business Administration - The University of Memphis - 1992

Experience

  • Senior Adviser to the President on Ant-Racism, Clarkson University, July 2021 - present
  • Dean, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, July 2020
  • Interim Dean, David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, May 2018 – June 2020
  • Richard C ’55 & Joy Dorf Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Clarkson University School of Business, September 2010 to present. Professor, Consumer and Organizational Studies, Clarkson University School of Business, July 2007 to present.
  • Visiting Professor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Development Studies, October 2009 – August 2010.

Courses Taught

  • OS432 - Organizational Policy and Strategy
  • OS610/611 - Strategic Planning
  • OS456 - International Management

Service

At Clarkson University: 

  • Member, University Promotion Committee, Fall 2011 – present
  • Chair, University Tenure Committee, 2007-2008
  • Member, CUSB Graduate Policy Committee, 2007-Present
  • Member, University Tenure Committee, 2005-present.
  • Faculty Senate Secretary, Fall & Spring, 2003-2004. 11
  • Member, Dean of Arts and Science Search Committee, Fall 2003-Spring 2004
  • Member, Faculty Senate (substituted for Dr. Mary Graham), Fall 2002; Fall 2003- Spring 2006).
  • Member, Strategic Hiring Committee for School of Business
  • Member, Committee on Committees for School of Business.
  • Member, Academic Standards Committee (substituted for Dr. Mary Graham), Fall 2002 & Fall 2003-Spring 2004.
  • Member, Graduate Policy Committee, School of Business, Fall 2002 – Present.
  • Member, Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management Search Committee – Summer/Fall 2002
  • Member, Operations Management Search Committee, Fall 2002 – present

Academic/Professional Service

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Trust Research (New Journal to be Published by Routledge – Taylor & Francis)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship Reviewer, Makerere University Business Journal
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review, 1993- present
  • Ad hoc review, Strategic Management Journal, 2007present.
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Business Research, 1995-1997.
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Management, 1993-1995.
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1996 present. Ad hoc reviewer, Organization Science, 1996.
  • Ad hoc reviewer, International Journal of Production and Operations Management (IJPOM), 2006
  • Reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings, Business Policy & Strategy, and International Management Divisions, 1992-Present

Research Interests

Strategic & International Management, Investigating links among competitive strategy, cooperative strategy, organizational competencies, and business performance; Information Technology impact on knowledge management; managerial capital formation; international strategic alliances; and strategic human resource management.

Awards

  • Recipient of Inaugural Chaired Professorship – Richard C. ’55 & Joy Dorf Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Clarkson University School of Business, September 2010 – present.
  • Recipient of the William J. Fulbright Scholars Program Award, Administered by the Council for the Exchange of Scholars, Washington, DC. To conduct research and teaching in Uganda, 2009 – 2010.
  • Doctoral Fellowship, Center for International Business Business Education and Research, University of Memphis, 1990-1991.
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, 2002, 2005 & 2006)
  • “Best Reviewer” recognition, Eastern Academy of Management: Managing in a Global Economy XI, Cape Town, SA, June 26-30, 2005.

Publications

  • Abebe, M. A., Tekleab, A. G., & Lado, A. A. (2020). Multilevel perspectives on leadership in the African context. Africa Journal of Management, 6(3): 145-160.
  • Wei, S., Ke, W., Lado, A. A., Liu, H. L., & Wei, K.K. (2019). The effects of justice and top management beliefs and participation: An exploratory study in the context of digital supply chain. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-04100-9
  • Hu, L.Y., Wu, J., Lado, A., & Gu, J. 2017. Regulatory focus, environmental turbulence, and entrepreneur improvisation.  International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14(1): 129-148.
  • Gu, J., Hu, Ll, Wu, J., & Lado, A. A. 2017. Risk propensity, self-regulation, and Entrepreneurial Intention: Empirical Evidence from China. Current Psychology, 37(3): 648-660.
  • Chu, Z., Wang, Q., & Lado, A. 2016.  “Customer Orientation, Relationship Quality and Performance: The Third Party Logistics Provider’s Perspective. International Journal of Logistics Management, 27(3): 738-754.  
  • Paulraj, A., Chen, I.J., & Lado, A.A. (In Press). An Empirical Taxonomy of Supply Chain Management Practices. Journal of Business Logistics.
  • Lado, A. A., Paulraj, A., & Chen, I. J. 2011. Customer focus, supply-chain relational capabilities, and performance: Evidence from U.S. manufacturing industries. International Journal of Logistics Management, 22(2): 202-221.
  • Paulraj, A., Lado, A. A., & Chen, I. J. 2008. Interorganizational communication as a relational competency: Antecedents and performance outcomes in collaborative buyer-supplier relationships. Journal of Operations Management, 26: 45-64.
  • Lado, A. A., Dant, R. R., & Tekleab G. (2008). A. Trust-opportunism paradox, relationalism, and performance in interfirm relationships: evidence from the retail industry. Strategic Management Journal, 401-423.
  • Lado, A. A., Boyd, N. G., Wright, P., & Kroll, M. (2006). Paradox and theorizing within the Resource-based View. Academy of Management Review, 31(1): 115-131.
  • Wright, P., Kroll, M., Lado, A., & Elenkov, D. (2005). Influences of Relative Rewards of Top Managers on Firm Performance, Strategic Organization, 3(3): 311-335.
  • Chen, I. J., Paulraj, A., & Lado, A. (2004). Strategic Purchasing, Supply Management and Performance. Journal of Operations Management, 22: 505-523 (Finalist for best paper award at the Operations Management Division of the Academy of Management, presented at Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2005)
  • Wright, P., Kroll, M., Lado, A., & Van Ness, B. (2002). The Structure of Ownership and Corporate Acquisition Strategies, Strategic Management Journal, 23(1): 41-53.
  • Zhang, M. J., & Lado, A. A. (2001). Information Systems and Competitive Advantage: A competency-based View, Technovation, 21: 147-156.
  • Moon, C. W., & Lado, A. A. (2000). MNC-Host Government Bargaining PowerRelationship: A Critique and Extension within the Resource-Based View," Journal of Management, 26(1): 85-117.

Contact

Email: alado@clarkson.edu

Office Phone Number: 315/268-6608

Office Location: 335 Bertrand H. Snell Hall

Clarkson Box Number: CU Box 5790