Faculty Directory

• Senior Editor, Organization Science
• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Journal
• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review
• Editorial Board, Global Strategy Journal
• Editorial Board, Journal of Organization Design

• 2016 The Carroll School Diane Harkins Coughlin and Christopher J. Coughlin Faculty Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching
• 2013 Finalist, Academy of Management HR Division’s Scholarly Achievement Award
• 2012 Kelley Research Award
  
• 2010 Emerald Citation of Excellence Award
• 2009 Finalist, Wiley-Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award in Business Policy and Strategy, Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategy Division

Selected Articles

• Battilana, J., Obloj, T., Pache, A.-C., & Sengul, M. 2022. Beyond shareholder value maximization: Accounting for financial/social tradeoffs in dual-purpose companies. Academy of Management Review, 47(2): 237-258.
• Guo, W., Sengul, M., & Yu, T. 2021. The impact of executive verbal communication on the convergence of investors’ opinions. Academy of Management Journal, 64(6): 1763-1792.
• Obloj, T. & Sengul, M. 2020. What do multiple objectives really mean for performance? Empirical evidence from the French manufacturing sector. Strategic Management Journal, 41(13): 2518-2547.
• Guo, W., Sengul, M., & Yu, T. 2020. Rivals’ negative earnings surprises, language signals, and firms’ competitive actions. Academy of Management Journal, 63(3): 637-659.
• Battilana, J., Pache, A.-C., Sengul, M., & Kimsey, M. 2019. The dual-purpose playbook: What it takes to do well and do good at the same time. Harvard Business Review, 97(2): 124-133.
• Sengul, M., Almeida Costa A., & Gimeno, J. 2019. The allocation of capital within firms. Academy of Management Annals, 13(1): 43-83.
• Sengul, M. 2018. Organization design and competitive strategy: An application to the case of divisionalization. Advances in Strategic Management, 40: 207-228.
• Sengul, M. & Obloj, T. 2017. Better safe than sorry: Subsidiary performance feedback and internal governance in multiunit firms. Journal of Management, 43(8): 2526-2554.
• Battilana, J., Sengul, M., Pache, A.-C., & Model, J. 2015. Harnessing productive tensions in hybrid organizations: The case of work integration social enterprises. Academy of Management Journal, 58(6): 1658-1685.
• Sengul, M. & Gimeno, J. 2013. Constrained delegation: Limiting subsidiaries' decision rights and resources in firms that compete across multiple industries. Administrative Science Quarterly, 58(3): 420-471.
• Obloj, T. & Sengul, M. 2012. Incentive life-cycles: Learning and the division of value in firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 57(2): 305-347.
• Sengul, M., Gimeno, J., & Dial, J. 2012. Strategic delegation: A review, theoretical integration, and research agenda. Journal of Management, 38(1): 375-414.
• Rangan, S. & Sengul, M. 2009. The influence of macro structure in the international realm: IGO interconnectedness, export dependence, and immigration links in the foreign market performance of transnational firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 54(2): 229-267.
• Rangan, S. & Sengul, M. 2009. Information technology and transnational integration: Theory & evidence on the evolution of modern multinational enterprise. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(9): 1496-1514.
• Yu, T., Sengul, M., & Lester, R.H. 2008. Misery loves company: The spread of negative impacts resulting from an organizational crisis. Academy of Management Review, 33(2): 452-472.

Selected Teaching Cases

• “Garmin 2019” (with J. Gimeno & J. Wee), 2019, INSEAD case #06/2019-6356.
• “Analysing the Macro Environment” (with J. Gimeno & D. Simonovich), 2018, INSEAD note #04/2018-6398.
• “Garmin at the Crossroads” (with J. Gimeno & P. DeBruin), 2019, INSEAD case #06/2019-6356.
• “Strategic Analysis of the Business Environment” (with J. Gimeno & D. Simonovich), 2017, INSEAD note #11/2017-6352-Ed.
• “Metal Can and Container Industry in 2014” (with M. Lee), 2015. INSEAD case #01/2015-6111.
• “IMAX (A): The Introduction of Digital Media Re-Mastering Technology” (with A.T. Venino & J. Gimeno), 2012. INSEAD case #02/2014-5836.
• “IMAX (B): Ten Years with DMR” (with A.T. Venino & J. Gimeno), 2012. INSEAD case #02/2014-5836.

• Executive Committee, Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management, 2020-2022
• Associate Program Chair, Program Chair, Chairperson (3-year rotation), Corporate Strategy Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, 2019-2021
• Representative-at-Large, Corporate Strategy Interest Group, Strategic Management Society, 2015-2016
• Research Committee, Business Policy & Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 2015-2017