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Korcan Kavusan is an Associate Professor of Strategy in the Department of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Management at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

 

His research focuses on interfirm relationships such as strategic alliances and acquisitions with a particular interest on how companies develop new technological and managerial capabilities through alliances and acquisitions, and how different stakeholders, such as managers and investors, make decisions regarding firms’ alliance and acquisition activities. His work is accepted for publication in the Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization, and Research Policy.

 

Korcan teaches graduate-level courses on strategic management, innovation strategy, and technology-driven interfirm relationships. Prior to earning his doctorate, he worked as an internal auditor for the UniCredit Group.

Publications

Academic (6)
  • Mount, M., Ertug, G., Kavusan, K., George, G., & Zou, T. (2024). Reeling in the Slack: An Integrative Review to Reinstate Slack as a Central Theoretical Construct for Management Research. The Academy of Management Annals, 18(2), 473-505. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2023.0087

  • Kavusan, K., Ates, NY., & Nadolska, A. (2020). Acquisition target selection and technological relatedness: The moderating role of TMT demographic faultlines. Strategic Organization. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127020919329

  • Blagoeva, R., Kavusan, K., & Jansen, J. (2020). Who violates expectations when? How firms’ growth and dividend reputations affect investors’ reactions to acquisitions. Strategic Management Journal, 41(9), 1712-1742. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3155

  • Kavusan, K., & Frankort, HTW. (2019). A behavioral theory of alliance portfolio reconfiguration: Evidence from pharmaceutical biotechnology. Strategic Management Journal, 40(10), 1668-1702. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3041

  • Kavusan, K., Noorderhaven, N. G., & Duysters, G. (2017). Learning and specialization in strategic alliances. Rutgers Business Review, 2(2), 234-239.

  • Kavusan, K., Noorderhaven, NGN., & Duysters, GM. (2016). Knowledge acquisition and complementary specialization in alliances: The impact of technological overlap and alliance experience. Research Policy, 45(10), 2153-2165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2016.09.013

Professional (1)

Courses

Strategic Management

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020
  • Code: BM22MIM
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Master

Strategic Decision-Making

  • Study year: 2024/2025
  • Code: BMME156
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

MiM Master Thesis

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023
  • Code: BMMTMIM
  • ECTS: 16 Level: Master

Research Clinic

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
  • Code: BMRCSE-SM
  • Level: Master

Past courses

OLD - Changing Business Strategically

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMSM09
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

OLD STYLE - Corporate Ownership and Governance

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMSM04
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

OLD STYLE - Corporate Strategy and Growth

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMSM03
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

OLD STYLE - Managing Business Strategically

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMSM08
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Behavioral Strategy & Entrepreneurial Behavior

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2020/2021
  • Code: BERMASC047
  • Level: PhD

Managing technology alliances and acquisitions

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BMME091
  • ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

OLD STYLE - Changing Business through Strategic Innovation

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020
  • Code: BMSM06
  • ECTS: 3 Level: Master

Advanced Topics in Strategic Entrepreneurship

  • Study year: 2019/2020
  • Code: BERMASC045
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Master

International Business

  • Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BAP072

Disruptive innovations

  • Study year: 2018/2019
  • Code: BM12MIM
  • ECTS: 2 Level: Master

Strategic management & renewal

  • Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BM03MIM
  • ECTS: 2 Level: Master