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Harry Lane


Lane, Harry
Professor of International Business


Harry Lane
316 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000

617-373-8666
ha.lane@neu.edu

Education

DBA in Organizational Behavior, Harvard University
MBA, Boston College
BS, University of Massachusetts

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Lane's research interests are in intercultural management and diversity management as well as in organizational learning and strategic renewal. He teaches courses in Cross-Cultural Management, Valuing and Managing Diversity, and Organizational Renewal and Change. He is certified in the use of the Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI)

Awards and Honors

Top Ten Best Seller, Ivey Publishing. (September 14, 2009).

2009 Outstanding Educator Award, Academy of Management, International Management Division. (August 10, 2009).

Top 10 Best Seller, Ivey Publishing. (September 9, 2008).

The case, "Ellen Moore: Living and Working in Korea," was a Top 10 Best Seller at Ivey Publishing in 2006-2007, 2003-2004 and 2000-2001, and was a Top 20 Best Seller in 2011-2012.

Thinking Out of the Box Award 2005, Center for Innovation Course Design, Northeastern University. (2005).

National Science Foundation Grant, Commercialization of Innovation Within the Multinational Enterprise: A Focus on Process, 2004. (2004).

Nominated for a Center for Innovation Course Design Award. (2004).

Nominated for a University Teaching Excellence Award. (2003).

Selected Publications

Lane, H. (2009). International Management Behavior: Leading with a Global Mindset (6th edition) (6th ed., pp. 410). John Wiley & Sons.

Lane, H., Distefano, J. J., Maznevski, M. l. (2006). International Management Behavior 5th edition. Blackwell Publishers.

Lane, H., Maznevski, M., Mendenhell, M. E., O' Connell, J. (2005). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Volume 6(Second Edition): International Management. Blackwell Publishers.

Lane, H., Maznevski, M. L., Mendenhall, M. (2006). Globalization: Hercules Meets Buddha.. Global Talent--An Anthology of Human Capital Strategies for Today's Borderless Enterprise, Vol 1.

Lane, H., Simpson, D. (2005). Bribery in International Business. Blackwell Publishers.

Lane, H., Greenberg, D., Bahde, K. (2005). Organizational Learning in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions. Stanford University Press.

Spector, B., Lane, H. (2007). Exploring the Distinctions Between a High Performance Culture and a Cult. Strategy & Leadership, 35(3), 18-23.

Lane, H. (2010). Offshoring at EDC (2nd ed.). Introduction to International Economics, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2010.

Lane, H. (2009). Arla Foods and the Cartoon Crisis. John Wiley & Sons.

Lane, H., Sondergaard, M., Wesley, D. (2008). Arla Foods and the Cartoon Crisis (A) (B) (C). Ivey Publishing.

Lane, H. (2007). Ellen Moore (A): Living and Working in Bahrain. Cases in Business Ethics, Al Gini and Alexei Marcoux.

Lane, H., Shaughnessy, D., Wesley, D. (2006). Cambridge Laboratories: Proteomics (A). Cases in Alliance Management.

Lane, H., Wesley, D. (2005). Citibank Mexico Team:The Salinas Accounts. Sage Publications.

Lane, H. (2005). Ellen Moore(A): Living and Working in Korea (2nd ed.). John Wiley& Sons.

Lane, H., Nicholls, C., Ellement, G. (2005). Ellen Moore: Living and Working in Korea (4th ed.). International Management Behavior, Blackwell Publisher.

Lane, H., Wright, L. (2005). Hazelton International Limited. Sage Publications.

Lane, H. (2005). Sandalias Finas de Cuernavaca, S.A. : Total Quality Management ( A), (B). , Wiley Dreamtech India ltd.

Selected Presentations

Lane, H. (Presenter & Author), Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Conference, "The Evolution of Organizational Learning: One Journey,” Boston. (June 2010).

Lane, H. (Presenter Only), Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Doctoral Consortium, "Invited Faculty Mentor,” Boston. (June 2010).

Lane, H. (Presenter & Author), Osland, Joyce (Presenter & Author), Delbecq, Andre (Presenter & Author), Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting, "Leading Global Strategic Change: What Do We Know About that Global Changey Stuff ?,” Western Academy of Management, Hawaii. (March 27, 2010).

Lane, H. (Presenter & Author), HR Executive Roundtable, "Developing the global mindset: Does HR have a role?,” David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. (February 2010).

Lane, H. (Presenter & Author), Spector, B. (Presenter & Author), The Lucas Global Change Symposium., "Managing Global Change – an underdefined field," IGIM and The Global Leadership Advancement Center, San Jose State University. (February 25, 2009).

Lane, H., Spector, B., Product Managers Development Association (PDMA) New England, "Transferring Innovations in a Global Firm: A Study of International Organizational Change," PDMA New England, Northeastern University.

Spector, B. (Presenter & Author), Lane, H., Annual Meeting, "Managing Change in the White Space: Building Entreprenurial Transfer Capacity," Academy of Management, Aneheim, California.

Spector, B., Lane, H., Organizational Change and Innovation Transfer Capability: Exploring the "White Space" between Invention and Commercialization. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, August 2007.

Lane, H., Building a Virtuous Cycle: Research, Case Writing and Teaching. Invited presentation at the Ivey Business School, London, Canada, May, 2007.

Lane, H., National Culture in Management Research: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing? Invited presentation at the Theorizing Culture: Culture Theory and International Management Conference, Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Bjorkliden, Sweden, March 29-31, 2007.

Lane, H., Dietz, J., The Global Mindset: Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity. Invited presentation at the Ivey Conference on Workplace Diversity; Ivey Business School, Toronto Canada, March 9, 2007.

Lane, H., AOM Annual Conference, "Competing Through Innovation in the Global Marketplace," Academy of Management, Atlanta.

Lane, H., University of Aarhus, "Executing Global Strategy," Dept of Economics, Denmark.

Lane, H., Davila, J. A., Pearce, M., Executive MBA Council's Annual Conference, "International Week in Mexico City: Viva la Diferencia," Barcelona, Spain.

Lane, H., Undergraduate International Business Enhancement Seminar, "External Alliances to Enhance Undergraduate IB Programs," Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education, Miami, FL.

Lane, H., Spector, B., Nebus, J., Academy of International Business Annual Conference, "Commercializing Innovations in Global Organizations: A Process Perspective," Quebec City, Canada.

Lane, H., Spector, B., Nebus, J., IPBS Summer Research Conference, "Commercializing Innovations in Global Organizations: A Process Perspective," Boston, MA.

Lane, H., Bagchi, P., Undergraduate International Business Enhancement Seminar, "External Alliance to Enhance Undergraduate IB Programs," Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education, Miami, FL.

Lane, H., Davila, J. A., Pearce, M., Executive MBA Council's Annual Conference, "Bridging Cultures: International Week at IPADE in Mexico City," San Francisco, CA.

Lane, H., Zack, M., Nebus, J., Athanassiou, N., Regner, P., Academy of International Business Annual Conference, "Global Innovation Research Framework," Stockholm, Sweden.

Lane, H., Maznevski, M., Academy of International Business Annual Conference, "Shaping the Global Mindset: Designing Educational Experiences for Effective Global Thinking and Action," Monterey CA.

Lane, H., Nebus, J., Institute of International Business of the Stockholm School of Economics, "Learning to Innovate," Stockholm, Sweden.

Lane, H., Academy of International Business Annual Conference, "The ION Project on International Organizing and Managing," San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Lane, H., International Organizational Network (ION) Conference, "Working Conference on International Organizing and Managing," IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Lane, H., Academy of Management Annual Conference, Professional Development Workshop: Experiential Exercises in International Management Education, "Tried and True: The Original BAFA-BAFA," Academy of Management, Chicago.

Lane, H., Maznevski, M., Academy of Management Annual Conference, "Putting More Sex (Strategy Execution) into Teaching International Business," Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada.

Lane, H., Brooks Automaton, "Executing Global Strategy."

Spector, B., Lane, H., Annual Meeting, "Commercializing Innovation across Borders: A Change Perspective," Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.

Industry and Academic Experience

Prior to joining Northeastern University in September 1999, Professor Lane served for 23 years on the faculty at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He has been a Visiting Professor at Groupe HEC in France, the Koblenz School of Corporate Management and Nordakademie in Germany, the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration in Finland, IPADE in Mexico and INALDE in Colombia. Professor Lane has been a consultant and faculty member for numerous university and corporate courses and has engaged in varied assignments around the world. He has conducted courses in diversity and cross-cultural training, executing global strategy and the MBTI for companies such as the Ericsson, Bowne, The Cavan Group, BAE Systems, Schneider Electric North America, EMC, EADS, Boeing Sea Launch, Intelsat, Turkish Telecom, Exxon Company International, Bank of Montreal, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and a consortium of Mexican companies including CEMEX, Alfa and Modelo. He is on the Advisory Board of the Institute of International Business at the Stockholm School of Economics. Professor Lane served as co-director of the School's Executive MBA Program and director of Northeastern University's Institute of Global Innovation Management.

Professional Services

Professor Lane was Associate Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies for five years when it was located at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He is also an active member of the editorial board for the Journal of World Business and the International Journal of Cross Cultural Management.

Mailing Address

Harry Lane
316 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000