Jens Schmidt
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
T307 Dept. Industrial Engineering and Management
I’m an Associate Professor, Strategic Management at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University, School of Science and the Director of the Master’s Program in Industrial Engineering and Management.
I obtained a PhD in strategic management (Doctor of Science (Tech)) from Aalto University in 2012 and have been a visiting scholar at University of St.Gallen, Copenhagen Business School and Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
In 2010 I received the Glueck Best Paper Award for the best paper presented at the Academy of Management Meetings, Strategy Division (best of ~700 submitted) and in 2022 I received the distinguished paper award for the best paper presented in the Behavioral Strategy track, Academy of Management Meetings, Strategy Division. I have won numerous awards as a reviewer. Since 2016 I have served on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Review and since 2023 on the editorial review board of the Strategic Management Journal.
Current research interests
- cognitive micro-foundations of strategy
- strategic factor markets
- entrepreneurial strategy
- demand-side strategy
- corporate strategy in platform ecosystems
- ecosystem emergence
- ecosystem leadership
- Schmidt, J. & Foss, N. 2023. Modularity, Adaptation Problems, and the Governance and Problem-Solving Capabilities of Core Firms in Ecosystems. Journal of Management, forthcoming.
- Foss, N., Schmidt, J. & Teece, D. 2023. Ecosystem Leadership as a Dynamic Capability. Long Range Planning, 102270.
- Rönkkö, M., Maheshwaree, P., & Schmidt, J. 2023. The CEO effect and performance variation over time. Leadership Quarterly, 34(5): 101733.
- Ehrig, T., & Schmidt, J. 2022. Theory‐based learning and experimentation: How strategists can systematically generate knowledge at the edge between the known and the unknown. Strategic Management Journal, 43(7): 1287-1318.
- Reisinger, M., Schmidt, J., & Stieglitz, N. 2021. How Complementors Benefit from Taking Competition to the System Level. Management Science, 67(8): 5106–5123.
- Ehrig, T., & Schmidt, J. 2021. Making biased but better predictions: The trade-offs strategists face when they learn and use heuristics. Strategic Organization, 19(2): 263-284.
- Baumann, O., Schmidt, J., & Stieglitz, N. 2019. Effective Search in Rugged Performance Landscapes: A Review and Outlook. Journal of Management, 45(1): 285-318.
- Schmidt, J., Makadok, R., & Keil, T. 2016. Customer-specific synergies and market convergence. Strategic Management Journal, 37(5): 870-895.
- Schmidt, J. 2015. Cognition, Resources, and Opportunities: Managerial Judgment, Theories of Success and the Origin of Novel Strategies. Advances in Strategic Management, 32: 549-575.
- Schmidt, J., & Keil, T. 2013. What makes a resource valuable? Identifying the drivers of firm-idiosyncratic resource value. Academy of Management Review, 38(2): 206-228.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+358503731429
Honors and awards
Developmental reviewer, Academy of Management Review
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2020
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings, Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2020
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings, Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Aug 2019
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings Boston, Strategy division, 2019
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Aug 2019
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings Atlanta, Business Policy and Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2017
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings Orlando, Business Policy and Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2013
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings Philadelphia, Business Policy and Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2014
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings Vancouver, Business Policy and Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2015
Outstanding reviewer, Academy of Management Meetings Anaheim, Business Policy and Strategy division
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Jan 2016
Glueck Best Paper Award
Academy of Management Conference, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Best Paper Award
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Aug 2010
Publications
Customers, Markets, and Five Archetypical Value Creation Logics : A Review of Demand-Side Research in Strategic Management
Jens Schmidt, Richard Priem, Paola Zanella
2024
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Ecosystem Leadership as a Dynamic Capability
Nicolai Foss, Jens Schmidt, David Teece
2023
Long Range Planning
The CEO effect and performance variation over time
Mikko Rönkkö, Pardeep Maheshwaree, Jens Schmidt
2023
LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY
Modularity, Adaptation Problems, and the Governance and Problem-Solving Capabilities of Core Firms in Ecosystems
Jens Schmidt, Nicolai J. Foss
2023
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Theory-based learning and experimentation: How strategists can systematically generate knowledge at the edge between the known and the unknown
Timo Ehrig, Jens Schmidt
2022
Strategic Management Journal
Making biased but better predictions: The tradeoffs strategists face when they learn and use heuristics
Timo Ehrig, Jens Schmidt
2021
Strategic Organization
How Complementors Benefit from Taking Competition to the System Level
Markus Reisinger, Jens Schmidt, Nils Stieglitz
2021
Management Science
Effective search in rugged performance landscapes: A review and outlook
Oliver Baumann, Jens Schmidt, Nils Stieglitz
2019
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Customer-specific synergies and market convergence
Jens Schmidt, Richard Makadok, Thomas Keil
2016
Strategic Management Journal
Cognition, resources, and opportunities: Managerial judgment, theories of success, and the origin of novel strategies
Jens Schmidt
2015
Advances in Strategic Management: Cognition and strategy