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Associate Professor of Management

Dr. Kalin Kolev is an Associate Professor of Management. Before joining ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ in 2014, he was an Assistant Professor at California State University, Fullerton. Kalin received his PhD in Strategic Management from Michigan State University, his MBA from The University of Tulsa, and his Bachelor’s degree from The University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. At ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, Dr. Kolev teaches courses in Strategic Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dr. Kolev’s research draws on behavioral perspectives and agency-based models to investigate managerial decision making across two broad research domains. First, he studies the processes that encompass strategic leadership and corporate governance with an emphasis on how CEOs, TMTs, and boards of directors impact firm strategic choices and organizational performance. Second, Kalin examines the antecedents and outcomes of corporate restructuring activities, such as mergers and acquisitions, and divestitures.

Kalin’s research has been published in a number of top-tier academic and practitioner-oriented journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Strategic Organization, Journal of Business Research, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Dr. Kolev serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Business Research and is a member of the editorial board at Long Range Planning. Kalin is a two-time winner of the Miles Fellow Researcher of the Year Award at the College of Business.

Education

• PhD – Strategic Management, Michigan State University, 2012.
• MBA – University of Tulsa, 2006.
• B.A. – International Business, University of National and World Economy Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003.

Research Interests

Strategic leadership

Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures

Corporate governance

Selected Publications

Kolev, K. D., Schepker, D. J., Wangrow, D., & Barker, V. 2023. . Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231206108.

Wangrow, D., Kolev, K. D., & Hughes-Morgan M. 2023. . Strategic Organization, https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270231184225.

Mah, J., Kolev, K. D., McNamara, G., Pan, L., & Devers, C. 2023. . Academy of Management Annals, 17(2): 586-625.

Dykes, B., Kolev, K. D., Hughes-Morgan, M., & Ferrier, W. 2023. Beware the Pitfalls of Agility. MIT Sloan Management Review, 64(3): 1-3.

Markoczy, L., Kolev, K. D., & Qian, C. 2023. . Long Range Planning, 56(2): 102273.

Kolev, K. D., & McNamara, G. 2022. . Strategic Organization, 20(3): 541-564.

Schijven, M., Kolev, K. D., & Haleblian, J. 2021. . Strategic Organization, https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270211027841.

Kolev, K. D., Hughes-Morgan, M., & Rehbein, K. 2021. . Business & Society, 60: 811-843.

Dykes, B., Hughes-Morgan, M., Kolev, K. D., & Ferrier, W. 2020. Responding to Crises with Speed and Agility. MIT Sloan Management Review, October 15, 2020.

Bingham, C., Hendricks, B., Howell, T., & Kolev, K. D. 2020. Boomerang CEOs: What Happens When the CEO Comes Back?. MIT Sloan Management Review, September 17, 2020.

Kolev, K. D., & McNamara, G. 2020. . Long Range Planning, 53(2): 101881.

Kolev, K. D., Wangrow, D., Barker, V., & Schepker, D. J. 2019. Journal of Management Studies, 56: 1138-1193.

Dykes, B., Hughes-Morgan, M., Kolev, K. D., & Ferrier, W. 2019. . Strategic Organization, 17: 266-278.

Hughes-Morgan, M., Kolev, K. D., & McNamara, G. 2018. . Journal of Business Research, 85: 73-82.

Kolev, K., Wiseman, R. M., & Gomez-Mejia, L. 2017. . Journal of Management, 43: 610-637.

Kolev. K. D. 2016. To Divest or Not to Divest: . British Journal of Management, 27: 179-196.

Haleblian, J., McNamara G., Kolev, K., & Dykes, B. 2012. . Strategic Management Journal, 33: 1037-1052.

Honors and Awards

• Miles Fellow Researcher of the Year, College of Business, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, 2024
• Miles Fellow Researcher of the Year, College of Business, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, 2020
• Miles Fund Research grant, College of Business, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, 2019, 2020, 2023
• Research productivity award, College of Business, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, 2018-21
• Best PhD Paper Award Finalist, 2011 - Kolev, K. D., Wiseman, R., & Belin, M. 2010. Are CEOs Rent-seeking? Role of CEO Celebrity, Risk, and Board Monitoring on CEO Pay, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference

Media Contributions

Dr. Kolev often shares his expertise and opinions on mergers and acquisitions, CEO decision making, and gender bias via interviews and comments on various media sources, including FOX 6 TV Channel Milwaukee, National Public Radio, WUWM 89.7, Spectrum News Milwaukee, and WTMJ Radio.