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Thomas Lind­ner

Associate Professor

Subjects
Mergers and acquisitions Trade Artificial intelligence Quantitative methods

Primary research areas

Polit­ics in glob­al busi­ness
This re­search stream in­vest­ig­ates how com­pan­ies ad­just their glob­al busi­ness activ­it­ies as a func­tion of polit­ic­al in­flu­ence, with a fo­cus on geo­pol­it­ics, pop­u­lism, polit­ic­al risk, and supra­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions.
Ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence in glob­al busi­ness
My re­search in­vest­ig­ates how AI changes stra­tegic de­cision-mak­ing in mul­tina­tion­al com­pan­ies, with a fo­cus on in­vest­ment de­cisions, how AI can sup­port de­cision-mak­ing, and how AI in­ter­acts with and in­tro­duces bi­ases to de­cision-mak­ing.
Quant­it­at­ive re­search meth­ods
I work on de­vel­op­ing ap­plied quant­it­at­ive re­search meth­ods for glob­al busi­ness and strategy re­search, with a fo­cus on ma­chine learn­ing and agent-based sim­u­la­tions.

I ex­plain the com­plex­it­ies of glob­al busi­ness

I explore how global companies navigate the challenges and opportunities of politics, new technologies, and data-driven insights. My work blends big-picture thinking with cutting-edge analysis to understand what drives success in global business. My research has appeared in some of the leading academic journals in business studies (e.g., Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science). I have taught more than 100 courses and supervised more than 250 thesis projects across all levels. I have received research funding from the EU and national agencies. I have worked with and benefited from collaborations with governments, central banks, multinational companies, startups, and non-profit associations. 
 

Outside activities

Part-time professor of business studies (University of Innsbruck), 2023–now

I do re­search and teach at the AU­RORA part­ner Uni­ver­sity of Inns­bruck

Visiting professor of business studies (WU Vienna), 2021–now

I have a re­cur­ring vis­it­or po­s­i­tion at WU Vi­enna, where I con­trib­ute to re­search pro­jects