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Dr. Paul Schoemaker

Dr. Paul Schoemaker

Profile:

  • Founder & Executive Chairman of Decision Strategies International Inc., Chairman of Strategic Radar Inc. and Board Member in Decision Education Foundation
  • Research Director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches strategy and decision making
  • Formerly a professor in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and visiting professor in Cedep at Insead (France)
  • Frequent (past) speaker in the executive programs at Berkeley, Cedep at Insead, Cornell, UNC, Wharton and in-house company programs
  • Served on the board of several companies, worked in the scenario planning group of Royal/Dutch Shell in London, has consulted with over a hundred organizations around the world

Academic Background:

  • B.S. in physics from the University of Notre Dame (Magna Cum Laude); M.B.A. in Finance, M.A. in Management, and a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences, all three degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Has written over 100 academic and applied papers in Harvard Business Review, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Management Science and  Journal of  Economic Literature. Ranked among top 1% scholars cited worldwide by ISI
  • Recipient of prestigious awards including the Best Paper Prize of the Strategic Management Society in 2000 for “Strategic Assets and Organizational Rent” with Prof. Amit, also from Wharton.
  • His 1995 paper on Scenario Planning is the second highest reprint of the Sloan Management Review (MIT). Published multiple articles in Harvard Business Review.
  • Author of several best-selling business books (well over 100,000 copies sold) as well as influential academic works, with translations into over 14+ languages.