Prof. Dr. Timo Sohl

Professor of Strategy

Office

Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

School of Business and Economics

Chair of Strategy

Nauklerstr. 47, 1st floor, room 107

timo.sohlspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

 

Office hours

Upon appointment. Please send an email to:

strategyspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

  • Corporate strategy
  • Multibusiness firms
  • Firm scope
  • Resource redeployment

Editorial and selected reviewing activities

  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Organization Design.
  • Reviewing for Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Discoveries, Global Strategy Journal, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of International Management, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, and Strategic Organization

Achievements

2025

Listed among the top 5% of scientists in business administration in German speaking countries (based on SJR weights, forschungsmonitoring.org)

2024Publication Impact Award, UPF Barcelona School of Management, Pompeu Fabra University
2020Corporate Strategy Interest Group Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference
2019Best Reviewer Award, Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting
2018Corporate Strategy Interest Group Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference
2014Distinguished Paper Award, Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management (AOM)  Annual Meeting

Selected publications

  • Sohl, T., & Folta, T.B. 2025. Do firms proactively build internal markets for redeployment? Evidence from a natural experiment. Management Science, 71(3): 2487–2507. Publisher
  • Sohl, T., McCann, B.T., & Vroom, G. 2025. The transmission of economic shocks in multidivisional organizations: An empirical analysis of the global retail industry. Organization Science, 36(2): 697–717. Publisher
  • Sohl, T., & Folta, T.B. 2021. Market exit and the potential for resource redeployment: Evidence from the global retail sector. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12): 2273–2293. Publisher