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Ulya Tsolmon

Associate Professor

Management

Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration (Strategy), The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2015
Master of Public Policy (Economics and Research Methods emphasis), Brigham Young University, 2009
Master of Organizational Behavior (joint with M.A. in International and Area Studies), The Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 2004
Bachelor of Science in International Business Management (Economics minor), Brigham Young University-Hawaii, 1999

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Strategy, University of Massachusetts, 2024-Present
Assistant Professor of Strategy, Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School, 2015-24

Research Interests

Strategic human capital
Managerial labor markets
Market frictions
Diversity
Innovation

Teaching Interests

Strategic management

Recent Honors

Outstanding Service Award from the Strategic Management Society for the work as the Membership Engagement Officer, 2023
Best Paper Award, the Strategic Management Division, the Academy of Management, 2023
Distinguished Paper Award, the Strategic Management Division, the Academy of Management, 2022
Best Reviewer Award, Competitive Strategy IG, the Strategic Management Society, 2022
Winner of the Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award in Business Policy and Strategy, the Academy of Management, 2016

Selected Publications

Tsolmon, U. 2024. “The Role of Information in the Gender Gap in the Market for Top Managers: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment.” Strategic Management Journal, 45(4): 680-715.

Tsolmon, U. and D. Ariely. 2022. “Health Insurance Benefits as a Labor Market Friction: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment.” Strategic Management Journal, 43(8): 1556-1574.

Belenzon, S. and U. Tsolmon. 2016. “Market Frictions and Competitive Advantage of Internal Labor Markets”. Strategic Management Journal, 37(7): 1280-1303.

Fabrizio, K. and U. Tsolmon. 2014. “An Empirical Examination of the Pro-Cyclicality of R&D Investment and Innovation”. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(4): 662-675.