Nathaniel Lupton

Dr. Nathaniel C. Lupton is an Assistant Professor in the School of Global Innovation and Leadership at San Jose State University.

Dr. Lupton’s primary research interests are economic development and the internationalization of innovation. He is interested in how multinationals integrate knowledge in geographically dispersed networks of subsidiaries in order to enhance the competency creating abilities of the MNC. He is particularly interested in the increasing role of emerging market countries in the innovation process. This work has taken him to China, India, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, as well as throughout Europe and North America. He sees both business model and technological innovation as critical to the continued economic development of emerging markets, the competitiveness of the firm, and the betterment of global social conditions.

Education

• PhD Richard Ivey School of Business (2006 — 2011)
• MBA Carleton University (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• Assistant Professor San Jose State University (2020)
• Associate Professor of International Management The University of Lethbridge (2017 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor of International Management University of Lethbridge (2015 — 2017)
• Assistant Professor of Management Systems Fordham University (2011 — 2015)
• Carrier Networks Support Manager Nortel Networks (2002 — 2004)
• Systems Analyst Lee Valley Tools (2002 — 2002)

Selected Publications

• Beamish, P.W. & Lupton, N.C. (2016). Cooperative Strategies in International Business and Management: Reflections on the Past 50 Years and Future Directions. Journal of World Business, 51(1): 163-175. doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2015.08.013.
• Wu, X., Lupton, N.C. & Du, Y. (2015). Innovation Outcomes of Knowledge-Seeking Chinese FDI. Chinese Management Studies, 9(1): 73-96.
• Lupton, N.C. & Beamish, P.W. (2014). The Mutual Construction of Knowledge Transfer and Shared Context in Capability Development within the networked MNC. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 14(1): 150-157. doi: 10.1057/kmrp.2014.25.
• Lupton, N.C. & Beamish, P.W. (2014). Organizational Structure and Knowledge Practice Diffusion in the MNC. Journal of Knowledge Management, 18(4): 710-727.
• Chrysostome, E.V. & Lupton, N.C. (2011). Characteristics and Performance of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa. International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 4(1): 54-77.
• Beamish, P.W. & Lupton, N.C. (2009). Managing Joint Ventures. Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(2): 75-94.
• Murphy, S.A., Hine, M.J., Lupton, N.C. & Zelenski, J.M. (2009). Personality, Emotion and Judgement in Virtual Environments: A Research Framework. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 7(3): 21-43.
• Lupton, N, Hine, M.J. & Murphy, S. (2008). Emotional Intelligence in Computer Mediated Group Communications, Journal of eWorking, 2(2): 177-206.