Academic department

Strategy, Entrepreneurship and International Business

Main campus

Bordeaux

Areas of research

  • Corporate strategy
  • Divestitures
  • Spin-offs
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Interorganisational relationships
  • De-internationalisation

Areas of teaching

  • Strategic management

Grants and awards

2024

RRI-CDC-AUF 2024 Grant: Post-Divestiture Relationships: Leveraging Innovation or Facilitating Knowledge Transfer?
Réseau de Recherche sur l'Innovation (RRI), France

2019

CEFAG-FNEGE program
FNEGE, Paris, France

2019

Best Developmental Paper Award
British Academy of Management (BAM), Londres, United Kingdom

Publications from the last 5 years

Articles

KOCHURA, O. (2025). Book review. Son Thi Kim Le (ed.) (2024), Innovation in East Asia: Contexts and Relevant Cases , Business & Innovation, Brussels, Peter Lang, 244 p. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 48(3), pp. 251-255.

KOCHURA, O., MIRC, N. and LACOSTE, D. (2022). From a dyadic to a triadic perspective: Divestiture research implications for understanding pre- and post-acquisition processes. European Management Journal, 40(6), pp. 943-951.

Conferences and other contributions

KOCHURA, O. (2025). To Divest in Times of Global Disruption: A Review and Research Agenda. In: eM&Ai 2025 (Annual Conference of the European M&A Institute). Hanken School of Economics, University of Turku.

KOCHURA, O. and AZOULAY, A. (2025). Corporate strategy in motion: Corporate development sequences and ecosystem evolution. In: EURAM 2025. Università di Firenze.

KOCHURA, O. (2025). Au-delà de la séparation : le démantèlement d’une entreprise stimule l’innovation. Innovations - le Blog du Réseau de Recherche sur l’Innovation (RRI), France.

KOCHURA, O. (2024). The Art of Letting Go: Corporate Divestitures in the Bio-Pharmaceutical Industries. In: Mark Thomas, Janna L. Rose eds. Mergers and Acquisitions The Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries. 1st ed. Abindgon: Routledge, pp. chapitre 2.

KOCHURA, O. (2024). Sustainability-driven divestitures and market for pollutive assets. In: EURAM 2024: Fostering innovation to address grand challenges. Bath School of Management.

KOCHURA, O. (2024). Sustainability-driven divestitures and market for pollutive assets. In: SMS Special Conference: Strategies for Sustainable Human Development. Washington D.C.

KOCHURA, O., MIRC, N. and LACOSTE, D. (2024). What follows what? Sequences and combinations of acquisitions and divestitures. In: David R. King (ed.). Acquisitions and Corporate Strategy. 1 ed. Routledge, pp. 48-75.