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Faculty Profile

Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

Ilya CUYPERS

Full-time Faculty
Professor of Strategic Management; Area Coordinator, Strategy & Entrepreneurship

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EDUCATION

2008

Ph.D. in Management
Tilburg University

2003

M.S. in Organization and Strategy
Tilburg University

2002

M.S in Finance
Tilburg University

2002

Integrated B.S. and M.S. in Business Administration
Tilburg University

 

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD
Jan 2025 - Now

Professor of Strategic Management 
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

July 2016 - Dec 2024

Associate Professor of Strategic Management (with Tenure)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

July 2008 - June 2016

Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Strategic Management
  • International Business
  • Collaborative Ventures and Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Real Option Theory and Investment under Uncertainty
  • Organizational learning
  • Transaction cost theory
  • Formal and informal governance

 

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
  • Cuypers, I.R.P., Patel, C., Ertug, G., Li, J., & Cuypers, Y. (2022). Top management teams in international business research: A review and suggestions for future research. Journal of International Business Studies. Forthcoming.  
  • Cuypers, I.R.P, Hennart, J. F., Silverman, B. S., & Ertug, G. (2021). Transaction cost theory: Past progress, current challenges, and suggestions for the future. Academy of Management Annals, 15(1), 111-150. 
  • Cuypers, I. R., Ertug, G., Cantwell, J., Zaheer, A., & Kilduff, M. (2020). Making connections: Social networks in international business. Journal of International Business Studies, (5), 714-736. 
  • Cuypers, I.R.P.,  Ertug, G., Heugens, P., Kogut, B. & Zou, T. (2018) Going Strong: 30 Years of the Kogut and Singh Cultural Distance Index. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(9), 1138-1153.
  • Cuypers, I.R.P., Ertug, G., Reuer, J.J., & Bensaou, B. (2017) Board representation in international joint ventures. Strategic Management Journal. 38(4), 920-938.

  • Cuypers, I.R.P., Cuypers, Y. & Martin, X. (2017) When the target may know better: Effects of experience and information asymmetries on value from mergers and acquisitions. Strategic Management Journal. 38 (3), 609-625
  • Dow, D., Cuypers, I.R.P., & Ertug, G. (2016) The Effects of Within-Country Linguistic and Religious Diversity on Foreign Acquisitions. Journal of International Business Studies. Forthcoming.
  • Cuypers, I.R.P., Wang, H., & Koh, P.-S. (2016) Sincerity in Corporate Philanthropy, Stakeholder Perceptions and Firm Value. Organization Science. Forthcoming. 
  • Cuypers, I.R.P., Ertug, G., & Hennart, J.F. (2015). The effects of linguistic distance and lingua franca proficiency on the stake taken by acquirers in cross-border acquisitions. Journal of International Business Studies, 46(4), 429-442.
  • Ertug, G., Cuypers, I.R.P., Noorderhaven, N.G., & Bensaou, B. (2013). Trust Between International Joint Venture Partners: Effects of Home Countries. Journal of International Business Studies, 44(3): 263–282. 
  • Cuypers, I.R.P. & Martin, X. (2010). What Makes and What Does Not Make a Real Option? A Study of International Joint Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(1): 47-69.
  • Cuypers, I.R.P. & Martin, X. (2007). Joint Ventures and Real Options: An Integrated Perspective. Advances in Strategic Management, 24: 107-148.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Cuypers, I.R.P. & Martin, X. (2006). Strategic Alliance Governance: An Extended Real Options Perspective. In J.J. Reuer. & A. Ariño, editors, Strategic Alliances: Governance and Contracts, pp.111-121, London, UK: Palgrave.

 

JOURNAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
  • Journal of International Business Studies: Member of the Editorial Review Board: (2012-…)
  • Global Strategy Journal: Invited to be a Member of the Editorial Review Board: (2016-…)
  • Academy of Management Journal: Member of the Editorial Review Board: (July 2016-…)

 

AWARDS, HONORS AND NOMINAATIONS
  • Academy of International Business Annual Meeting Best Reviewer Award, 2015
  • Strategic Management Society Special Conference Sydney: Best Proposal Award Winner, 2014
  • Academy of Management Annual Meeting: IM Division CGIO Best Paper in International Corporate Governance Award Finalist, 2014
  • Academy of International Business Annual Meeting’s "That's Interesting!" Award Finalist, 2014
  • Academy of Management Annual Conference: IMD Division Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2014
  • Journal of International Business Studies Best Reviewer Award, 2014
  • SMU Dean's Teaching Award Honour List, 2014
  • Journal of International Business Studies Best Reviewer Award, 2013
  • Strategic Management Society's Annual International Conference Best Paper Winner, 2012 
  • SMU Dean’s Teaching Award Honour List: 2012
  • Strategic Management Society's Annual International Conference Best Paper Finalist, 2010
  • Academy of Japanese Business Studies Annual Conference's Best Paper Award Winner, 2010
  • Academy of International Business Farmer Dissertation Award Finalist, 2010
  • Academy of Management International Management Division's Barry Richman Best Dissertation Award Finalist, 2010
  • BPS Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010
  • Sheth Foundation/AIB Foundation Travel Grant, 2007
  • Booz Allen Hamilton/Strategic Management Society PhD Fellowship Winner, 2007
  • Booz Allen Hamilton/Strategic Management Society PhD Fellowship Finalist, 2006
  • Carolyn Dexter Award Nominee (All Academy Award for the Best Internationally-Oriented Paper), 2006

 

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