Aseem Kaul
Contact
Education:
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PhD 2009Management Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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MBA 2001Management Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
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B.A. (Hons) 1999Economics Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University
Expertise:
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Corporate Strategy
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Mergers & Acquisitions / Divestments
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Technology & Innovation
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Organizational Economics / Transaction Costs
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Nonmarket Strategy
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Entrepreneurship
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Multinational Strategy
Biography
Aseem joined the Carlson School in 2009, having completed his PhD in Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Aseem's research focuses on the relationship between firm scope and capabilities, examining how new capabilities and technologies are best governed and organized, and how the organizational boundary choices firms make impact their subsequent innovation. More recently, Aseem has also been exploring the social and political strategies firms adopt to influence their business environment, focusing specifically on the consequences of such strategies for social welfare. Aseem's research has been published or is forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategy Science, and the Strategic Management Journal. Aseem serves as an Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Review and as Guest Associate Editor at Strategic Management Journal (having previously served as Associate Editor at the latter for six years), and sits on on the editorial boards of Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and Strategy Science. He also currently serves as Director-at-Large for the Strategic Management Society, and sits on the board of the Consortium for Competitiveness & Cooperation (CCC). Aseem's research has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Sumantra Ghoshal Research and Practice award from the Academy of Management's BPS Division, as well as multiple honorable mentions from the Strategic Management Society. Prior to joining academia, Aseem worked as a consultant with McKinsey and Company's New Delhi office.
Selected Works & Activities
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Lee, N., and Kaul, A. 2025. ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul: The impact of California’s cap-and-trade program on toxic emissions’ Management Science 71 (6): 5409-5418
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Editorial Appointments
Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review, 2023-2026
Guest Associate Editor, Strategic Management Journal, 2025-
Editorial Boards: Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Strategy Science, Journal of Management Scientific Reports
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Honors and Awards
Outstanding Service Award, Carlson School of Management, 2021
Excellence in Teaching Award, Carlson School of Management, 2020
Distinguished Paper Award, Strategic Management (STR) Division, Academy of Management, 2018
Outstanding Paper Award, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability conference, 2018
Outstanding Research Award, Carlson School of Management, 2017
Mary and Jim Lawrence Fellow, 2017
Best Conference Paper (Honorable Mention), Strategic Management Society, 2015 & 2017
Sumantra Ghoshal Research and Practice Award, BPS Division Academy of Management, 2008
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Scholarly Service
Strategic Management Society
- Director-at-large, 2021-23, 2024-26
- Co-organizer, SMS PhD Chats, 2021-
- Interest Group Chair, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, 2020
- Co-Chair, SMS Special Conference, Hangzhou, China, 2020
- Program Chair, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Interest Group, 2019
- Track Chair, Frankfurt Special Conference, 2019
- Associate Program Chair, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Interest Group, 2018
- Rep-at-large, Cooperative Strategy Interest Group, 2018-19
- Rep-at-large, Entrepreneurship & Strategy Interest Group, 2016-17
Academy of Management
- Member, Executive Committee, STR Division, 2018-2020
- Co-chair, Doctoral Consortium, STR (formerly BPS) Division, 2017 & 2018
- Co-organizer, Junior Faculty Paper Development Workshop, BPS Division, 2014 & 2015
- Member, Research Committee, BPS Division, 2012-14
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Administrative Appointments
Chair, UMN Social Concerns Committee, 2019-21, 23-
Member, UMN Social Concerns Committee, 2017-21