Marjorie A. Lyles

Chancellor's Professor Emeritus

Department: Kelley School of Business Indianapolis

Campus: Indianapolis

Areas of Expertise

International Business and China, International Strategic Management, Management of joint ventures and strategic alliances, Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, Technology Management

Academic Degrees

PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1977
MLS, University of Pittsburgh, 1971
BS, Carnegie Mellon University, 1969

Professional Experience

Visiting Scholar, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, Fall 2002
Senior Research Associate, Imagination Lab, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2001
Consultant, Sustainability Development, USAID Project, National Economics University School of Business, November 2001-December 2002
Arthur Andersen Distinguished Visiting Professor. The Judge Institute at Cambridge University (England), Fall, 1997
Senior Visiting Scholar, St. Gallen University, Institute of Management, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Sping, 1997

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Academy of International Business Fellow, 2005
Research Fellow, Tobias Leadership Center, Indiana University
Outstanding Faculty Research Award, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, 2005
Best paper 2004, Academy of International Business, Stockholm, Sweden
Best Paper finalist, National Academy of Management, 2004

Selected Publications

Howard, M., Steensma, H. K., Lyles, M.A., & Dhanaraj, C. (2016). Learning to Collaborate through Collaboration: How Allying with Expert Firms Influences Collaborative Innovation within Novice Firms. Strategic Management Journal, 37(10), 2092-2103.
Wang, B.M.,Wang, Q., Zhao, S., Lyles, M. A., & Zhu, G. (2016). Interactive Effects of External Knowledge Sources and Internal Resources on the Innovation Capability of Chinese Manufacturers. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 116(8), 1617-1635.
Li, M., Li, D., Lyles, M. A., & Liu, S. (2016). Outward foreign direct investment and domestic productivity growth: A threshold model with evidence from China. Global Strategy Journal, 6, 289-308.
Li, S., Easterby-Smith, M., Lyles, M. A., & Clark, T. (2016). Tapping the power of local knowledge: A local-global interactive perspective. Journal of World Business, 51(4), 641-653. View Full Text
Hotho, J. J., Lyles, M.A., & Easterby-Smith, M. (2015). The Joint impact of Global Strategy and Organizational Learning. Global Strategy Journal, 59(2), 85-112.
Zhang, M., Zhao, X., & Lyles, M.A. (2015). Absorptive capacity and mass customization capability: The role of customers and suppliers as sources of knowledge. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 35(9), 1275-1294.
Lyles, M. A., Li, D. & Yan, H. (2014). Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment Performance: The Role of Learning. Management Organization Review, 10(3), 411-437.
Fu, Z. P., and Lyles, M. A. (2013). International strategies of mid-sized firms: A comparison of Indian and Guangdong Province. Business Horizons, 56(4), 433-442.
Lyles, M.A., and Park, S. H. (2013). The Life cycle of internationalization. Business Horizons, 56(4), 405-410.
Li, H., Zhang, Y., and Lyles, M. A. (2013) Knowledge Spillovers, Search, and Creation in China’s Emerging Market. Management Organization Review, 9(3), 395-412.
Steensma, H.K., Howard, M., Lyles, M. A., & Dhanaraj, C. (2012). The Compensatory Relationship between Absorptive Capacity, Social Capital and Learning from an Alliance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 6(4), 291-381.
Easterby-Smith, M., and Lyles, M. A. (2011). In Praise of Organizational Forgetting. Journal of Management Inquiry, 20(3), 311-316.
Volberda, H. W., Foss, N. J., & Lyles, M. A. (2010). Absorbing the concept of Absorptive Capacity: How to realize its potential in the organization field. Organization Science, 21(4), 931-951.
Danis, W. M., Chiaburu, D. S., & Lyles, M. A. (2010). The impact of managerial networking intensity and market-based strategies on firm growth: A Study of small and medium-sized enterprises in a transition economy. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(2), 287-307.
Easterby-Smith, M., Lyles, M. A., & Tsang, E. (2008). Inter-organizational knowledge transfer: current issues and future prospects. Journal of Management Studies, 45(4), 661-674.
Pederson, T., Petersen, B., & Lyles, M. A. (2008). Closing the knowledge gap in foreign markets: A Learning perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(7), 1097-1113.
Van Wijk, R., Jansen, J., & Lyles, M. A. (2008). Inter-and Intra-Organizational Knowledge Transfer: A meta-analytical review and assessment of its antecedents and consequences. Journal of Management Studies, 45(4), 830-853.
Steensma, K., Barden, J., Dhanaraj, C., Lyles, M. A., & Tihanyi, L. (2008). The Influence of Power, Learning, and Conflict on the Internalization of International Joint Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(3), 491-507.
Lyles, M. A., & Salk, J. (2007). Knowledge Acquisition from Foreign Parents in International Joint Ventures: An Empirical Examination in the Hungarian Context. Journal of International Business Studies, 38(1), 3-18.
Salk, J., and Lyles, M. A. (2007). Gratitude, nostalgia and what now? Knowledge acquisition and learning a decade later. Journal of International Business Studies, 38(1), 19-26.
Steensma, K., Tihanyi, L., Lyles, M. A., and Dhanaraj, C. (2005). The Evolving Value of Foreign Partnerships in Transitioning Economies. Academy of Management Journal, 48(2), 213-235.
Barden, J. Q., Steensma, H. K., and Lyles, M. A. (2005). The Influence of Parent Control Structure on Parent Conflict in Vietnamese international joint ventures: An organizational justice-based contingency approach. Journal of International Business Studies, 36(2), 156-174.
Lyles, M. A., Saxton, T., and Watson K. (2004). Venture survival in a transitional economy. Journal of Management, 30(3), 351-375.
Dhanaraj, C., Lyles, M. A., Steensma, H. K., and Tihanyi, L. (2004). Managing Tacit and Explicit Knowledge Transfer in IJVs: The Role of Relational Embeddedness and the Impact on Performance. Journal of International Business Studies, 35(5), 428-443.
Easterby-Smith, M., and Lyles, M. A. (2003). Rereading Organizational Learning: Selective Memory, Forgetting and Adaptation. Academy of Management Executive, 17(2), 51-55.
Lane, P., Salk, J., and Lyles, M. A. (2001). Absorptive Capacity, Learning, and Performance in International Joint Ventures. Strategic Management Journal, 22(12), 1139-1162.
Steensma, K., and Lyles, M. A. (2000). Explaining IJV Survival in a transitional economy through social exchange and Knowledge-based perspectives. Strategic Management Journal, 21(8), 831-852.
Lyles, M. A., and Salk, J. (1996). Learning from foreign parents in international joint ventures: An empirical examination in the Hungarian Context. Journal of International Business Studies, 27(6), 877-904.
Lyles, M. A., and Reger, R. (1993). Managing for autonomy in joint ventures: A longitudinal study of Upward influence. Journal of Management Studies, 30(3), 383-404.
Lyles, M. A., and Schwenk, C. R. (1992). Top management, strategy, and organizational knowledge structures. Journal of Management Studies, 29(2), 155-174.
Lyles, M. A. (1990). A research agenda for strategic management in the 1990's. Journal of Management Studies, 27(4), 364-375.

Edited on July 8, 2024