Dr Andreas Strobl
Senior Lecturer in International StrategyProfile
Andreas is Associate Professor in International Strategy. He completed a doctorate at Innsbruck University in 2012 where he also worked as a post-doctoral researcher before joining Lancaster University Management School in 2019. Andreas is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Andreas’ research, teaching and consulting activities focus on the topics at the intersection of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership. More specifically, he is interested in the antecedents and consequences of entrepreneurial strategizing practices and in strategies securing innovation related resources such as Mergers and Acquisitions. His research focuses particularly on SMEs and family business contexts. Andreas’ research research has appeared in journals like Journal of World Business, Long Range Planning, International Small Business Journal, Group & Organization Management and R&D Management. His research has also received recognition in the field. Among others, Andreas’ research was awarded the 2017 Outstanding Paper Award by the journal Group & Organization Management and the Most Inspirational Paper Award from the International Management Strategic Interest Group of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) in 2015. Andreas serves as an Associate Editor for the European Management Journal and as a member of the editorial board of Long Range Planning. Andreas is a member of Centre for Family Business and the Centre for Scholarship and Innovation in Management Educationat at LUMS.
PhD Supervision Interests
AI and Strategic Foresight in SMEs; Family Businesses and Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurial Strategizing and Decision Making;
Strategic Foresight in SMEs: How Generative AI can Secure SME Growth and Survival
01/05/2025 → 30/04/2026
Research
Dissertation in Place
01/09/2023 → 30/06/2025
Research
Co-creating sustainable communities: Dissertation In Place
01/08/2023 → 31/07/2024
Research
Regenerative place stewardship in local entrepreneurial ecosystems
01/08/2023 → 31/03/2024
Research
Global Strategy Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
External Member Habilitation Committee Michal Jirásek, PhD, Masaryk University
Examination
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Learning from Acquisitions – Managing Acquisition Integration Heuristics
Invited talk
Journal of Management Studies (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Editorial activity
International Small Business Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Developing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
European Management Review (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Publication peer-review
AIMday workshop on Stewardship & Sustainability
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Electech: Trade-offs in Place-based Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Oral presentation
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Learning from Acquisitions – Managing Acquisition Integration Heuristics
Invited talk
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Lancashire Tourism Awards
Other
Family Business Challenges
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
External Examiner PhD for Nina Schweiger
Examination
Meet the Editors
Invited talk
International Small Business Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
The Disruptive Potential of FINTECHs – M&A as Means to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma of Banks
Invited talk
British Journal of Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review
European Management Journal (Journal)
Editorial activity
Pentland Centre
Centre for Family Business
Centre for Technological Futures
- Centre for Family Business
- Centre for Scholarship and Innovation in Management Education