PUBLICATIONS
(6) Lawrence, Megan & Christopher Poliquin. (2023). “The Growth of Hierarchy in Organizations: Managing Knowledge Scope". Strategic Management Journal. 44(13): 3155-5184.
(5) Dutt, Nilanjana & Megan Lawrence (2022). “Learning to Manage Breadth: Experience as Repetition and Adaptation”. Organization Science. 33(11):1300-1318.
(4) Lawrence, Megan. (2020). “Replication Using Templates: Does the Unit Learn from Itself, the Template or Both?”. Strategic Management Journal. 44(11): 1955-1982.
(3) Dutt, Nilanjana & Megan Lawrence. (2018). "Complex Learning: Evidence from US Manufacturing". Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
(2) Lawrence, Megan. (2018). “Taking Stock of the Ability to Change: The Effect of Prior Experience”. Organization Science. 29(3): 489-506.
(1) Bennett, Victor, Megan Lawrence & Raffaella Sadun. (2017). “Are Founder CEOs Good Managers?” In Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar. National Bureau of Economic Research.
WORKING PAPERS
Poliquin, Christopher, Megan Lawrence, & Samina Karim. (2025). “Hierarchy Expansion in Young Firms: The Impact of Internal versus External Hiring on Performance”.
Chauvin, Jasmina, Prithwiraj Choudhury, & Megan Lawrence. (2025). "Not All Remote is All Distributed: Spatial Distribution and Coordination for Remote Workers".
Bennett, Victor & Megan Lawrence. (2025). "Rotation and Succession".
Bennett, Victor & Megan Lawrence. (2020). “How Much Don't We Know? Accounting for Measurement Error in Survey-based Variance Decomposition Studies.”
Lawrence, Megan, Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Victor Canalog. (2015). “Bidding for Business: Tax Discrimination as Local Industrial Policy”.
(6) Lawrence, Megan & Christopher Poliquin. (2023). “The Growth of Hierarchy in Organizations: Managing Knowledge Scope". Strategic Management Journal. 44(13): 3155-5184.
- Video Abstract
- Written up on UCLA Anderson Review: https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/complexity-begets-management-layers-how-some-small-firms-avoid-that/
(5) Dutt, Nilanjana & Megan Lawrence (2022). “Learning to Manage Breadth: Experience as Repetition and Adaptation”. Organization Science. 33(11):1300-1318.
- Academy of Management (AOM) Best Paper Proceedings. 2018.
(4) Lawrence, Megan. (2020). “Replication Using Templates: Does the Unit Learn from Itself, the Template or Both?”. Strategic Management Journal. 44(11): 1955-1982.
- Lead Article.
- Video Abstract - SMS Best Video Abstract Winner 2022
- Winner of Academy of Management (AOM) Distinguished Student Paper Award. 2016.
(3) Dutt, Nilanjana & Megan Lawrence. (2018). "Complex Learning: Evidence from US Manufacturing". Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
(2) Lawrence, Megan. (2018). “Taking Stock of the Ability to Change: The Effect of Prior Experience”. Organization Science. 29(3): 489-506.
- Winner of Strategic Management Society (SMS) Best Conference PhD Paper Prize. 2015.
(1) Bennett, Victor, Megan Lawrence & Raffaella Sadun. (2017). “Are Founder CEOs Good Managers?” In Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar. National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Written up on Quartz: https://work.qz.com/1125919/we-finally-have-proof-that-visionary-founders-make-the-worst-ceos/
- Referenced in Fortune: https://fortune.com/2023/06/05/fewer-founder-ceos-fortune-500-companies/
WORKING PAPERS
Poliquin, Christopher, Megan Lawrence, & Samina Karim. (2025). “Hierarchy Expansion in Young Firms: The Impact of Internal versus External Hiring on Performance”.
- R&R
Chauvin, Jasmina, Prithwiraj Choudhury, & Megan Lawrence. (2025). "Not All Remote is All Distributed: Spatial Distribution and Coordination for Remote Workers".
- Submitted
Bennett, Victor & Megan Lawrence. (2025). "Rotation and Succession".
Bennett, Victor & Megan Lawrence. (2020). “How Much Don't We Know? Accounting for Measurement Error in Survey-based Variance Decomposition Studies.”
Lawrence, Megan, Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Victor Canalog. (2015). “Bidding for Business: Tax Discrimination as Local Industrial Policy”.