Arie Lewin

Academic Area: Strategy

Teaching / Research Interests

Firm Wealth Creation in Chaotic Environments through Strategies of Exploitation and Exploration, Coevolution of Organizations and their Environments, Designing the Super Adaptive Firm

Bio

Arie Y. Lewin is Professor of Strategy and International Business at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and is Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He is elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business. The Organization Management and Theory division of the Academy of Management awarded Professor Lewin the first Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award at the 2008 Annual Meeting. Professor Lewin is Visiting Research Professor at IESE (2005- 2008) and RSM Erasmus University (1998- ) where he is also ERIM Senior Fellow. He was Editor-in-Chief (2002- 2007) of Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS); founding Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science (1989-1998) and the convener of the acclaimed Organization Science Winter Conference (1994 -2010).

His current research interests center on strategic renewal and adaptation of organizations within the context of global sourcing of business services and the emerging restructuring of organizations. He is the lead Principal Investigator for the multiyear international Offshoring Research Network (ORN) project which focuses on companies in transition to globalizing their organizations, business functions, processes and services by tracking firm strategies, experiences and future plans related to global delivery of all business functions and administrative and technical work. Current active research projects focus on the globalization of innovation, new organization forms and the emergence of the global service provider industry.