Thomas C. Lawton is Professor of Strategy and International Business and Director of the Global Competitiveness Institute at Cork University Business School. He is also Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Professor of Strategy and International Business at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, and an Associate at the Møller Institute, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on business model innovation and non-market strategy, particularly corporate political activity and international political risk management. His work has appeared in leading international journals including Academy of Management Perspectives, Global Strategy Journal, International Business Review, Journal of World Business, Long Range Planning and Strategic Organization. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Breakout Strategy (McGraw-Hill, 2007) and Aligning for Advantage (Oxford University Press, 2014). He is Associate Editor of the leading strategy journal, Long Range Planning and the Strategy Matters Series Editor for Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). His work has featured in media outlets including BBC, Business Channel, Channel 4, European CEO, Fast Company, Strategy + Business, The Conversation, and U.S. News & World Report. Thomas holds a PhD from the European University Institute, an MSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA (Hons) from University College Cork. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.