Laurence Capron is Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and Research Director of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance. She joined INSEAD in 1997 after earning her PhD in Strategy from HEC Paris. She was Visiting Associate Professor of Strategy at Wharton (2005-06) and Visiting Scholar at Kellogg (2004-05) and Michigan (1993-94).

Professor Capron teaches in the MBA, Executive MBA, Executive Education and PhD programmes. For her course on Mergers, Acquisitions, Alliances and Corporate Strategy (MAACS), taught at INSEAD and Wharton School, she received the INSEAD Best Teacher Award in 2007.

Her research on M&As, alliances and firm restructuring has appeared in leading academic journals (Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, Industrial and Corporate Change, Organization Science) and has received media coverage (The Financial Times, The Economist, European Business Forum, Les Echos, Chief Executive). Professor Capron is the recipient of awards for her research including the Academy of Management Best Paper Award, McKinsey Strategic Management Society Best Paper Award (runner-up), HEC Paris Foundation Best Dissertation Award.

She sits on the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal, the leading academic journal in the field of strategy. She has been elected to membership of the Executive Committee of the Academy of Management's Business Policy and Strategy division – the largest professional association of strategic management academics and practitioners, with over 4,700 members worldwide (2006-08).

Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Strategy; Firm Restructuring and Governance.

M&As and Corporate Strategy Programme Director; Mergers and Acquisitions; Alliances; Corporate Strategy.