Benn Lawson

Research interests

• Supply chain strategy; supplier relationship management; sustainable procurement; product design-supplier integration.

Professional experience

Benn serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Operations Management, and as an associate editor at the Journal of Supply Chain Management. He is a board member of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), and a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, UK (MCIPS). He has held visiting appointments at University of Oxford, University of Pittsburgh, North Carolina State University, and University of Melbourne.

Awards & honours

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Production and Operations Management Journal, 2017
• Harry Boer Best (Student) Paper Award (with Sangho Chae, Thomas Kull and Tom Choi), EurOMA conference, 2017
• Cambridge Judge Business School Teaching Award, 2016
• Chris Voss Best Paper Award (with Antony Potter, Frits Pil and Matthias Holweg), EurOMA conference, 2014
• Citation of Excellence Award, Emerald Management Reviews, 2013
• Runner-up, Chris Voss Best Paper Award (with Antony Potter and Beverly Tyler), EurOMA 2013
• Best Associate Editor Award, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2012
• Finalist, Chan Hahn Best Paper Award, OM Division, Academy of Management, 2012
• Chris Voss Best Paper Award (with Antony Potter and Dan Krause), World P&OM / EurOMA conference, 2012
• Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2010
• Highly Commended Award, Emerald Literati Network, 2009 and 2012
• Best Paper Proceedings, Operations Management Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2006 and 2012

Previous appointments

• Prior to joining Cambridge Judge Business School, Dr Lawson was Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and Lecturer in the Department of Management & Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Selected publications

Here are a selection of Benn Lawson’s publications. Please see the “Selected publications” tab above for a more comprehensive list.

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)

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)

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

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

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)