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Vikas Kumar

@kvikas21

Discipline Lead of International Business, University of Sydney Business School. Researching Capability Advantage, Emerging Markets, Internationalization, India

 Sydney, New South Wales
econ.usyd.edu.au/staff/vikask
Joined April 2010
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The Real Question Isn't Whether Business Schools Should Exist. It's What Capabilities They Create vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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Before We Abolish Business Schools, Let’s Look Beyond The West poetsandquants.com/2026/10/2… via @PoetsAndQuants
Commentary: Before We Abolish Business Schools, Let's Look Beyond The West

Commentary: Before We Abolish Business Schools, Let's Look Beyond The West

Can the case for abolishing business schools travel? India’s experience suggests the answer depends on context, writes Vikas Kumar.

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Australia’s AI edge is staying ready, not leading the race

Australia’s AI edge is staying ready, not leading the race

A White House AI pact shows institutions can shift as fast as the technology – Australia's task is to keep moving with it.

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The Advantage Is What the Transformation Leaves Behind vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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When Technology Outruns Markets vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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Check out my latest article: When Technology Outruns Markets: The New Capability Voids of the AI Economy linkedin.com/pulse/when-tech… via @LinkedIn
When Technology Outruns Markets: The New Capability Voids of the AI Economy

When Technology Outruns Markets: The New Capability Voids of the AI Economy

Why SpaceX's expansion into energy, chips and data centres reveals a new source of competitive advantage. For decades, scholars studying emerging markets have examined a fascinating phenomenon: when...

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When AI Becomes Dangerous, What Does Capability Advantage Look Like? vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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When Institutions Become the Bottleneck vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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The Bottleneck Moves vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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Foreign AI is unavoidable. Australia’s challenge is in application | Vikas Kumar | aspistrategist.org.au/foreig… via @aspi_org
Foreign AI is unavoidable. Australia’s challenge is in application | The Strategist

Foreign AI is unavoidable. Australia’s challenge is in application | The Strategist

When discussions turn to Australia’s artificial intelligence future, the debate quickly becomes one of technological sovereignty. Should Australia build its own frontier AI models? Is reliance on...

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The Missing Layer of the AI Stack: Social Licence vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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Check out my latest article: The Robots Are Arriving. Management Research Should Arrive Before Them. linkedin.com/pulse/robots-ar… via @LinkedIn
The Robots Are Arriving. Management Research Should Arrive Before Them.

The Robots Are Arriving. Management Research Should Arrive Before Them.

China, embodied AI and why management, strategy and international business scholars should study emerging phenomena before the outcome is known This week, Unitree Robotics made an extraordinary debut...

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Capabilities Are Not Assets. They Are Flows. vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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A mission approach to building AI capability across the Australian Public Service thepolicymaker.appi.org.au/a…

A mission approach to building AI capability across the Australian Public Service - The Policymaker

Australia’s approach to AI sovereignty should focus on operational capability rather than owning all AI technologies. The role of the new Chief AI Officers in the Australian Public Service can drive...

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International management in the age of AI: Why JIM is launching a cont… sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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You Don’t Need to Own Every Capability vikaskumar26.substack.com/p/…
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Australia doesn’t need to win the AI race | Lowy Institute lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
Australia doesn’t need to win the AI race

Australia doesn’t need to win the AI race

It just needs to build an AI capability advantage.

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Asia’s different routes to AI advantage and what Australia must learn | Asialink asialink.unimelb.edu.au/dipl…
Asia’s different routes to AI advantage and what Australia must learn

Asia’s different routes to AI advantage and what Australia must learn

The future of AI in Asia is not a national race. Partnerships will be essential. Australia’s task, writes Vikas Kumar, is to determine where it can become indispensable, utilising strengths in...

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The Future Advantage Gap open.substack.com/pub/vikask…
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