Dr Achim Schmitt

Achim Schmitt

Dr Achim Schmitt

Doyen de EHL Hospitality Business School

Expertise

Stratégie d'entreprise
Redressement d'entreprise
Ambidextrie organisationnelle
Déclin organisationnel
Gestion stratégique
Renouvellement stratégique

Biographie

Achim est membre de l'équipe de direction du groupe EHL, doyen de l'EHL Hospitality Business School et professeur titulaire à l'EHL Hospitality Business School.

Cependant, ses contributions vont au-delà de ses titres. Achim est un défenseur passionné de l'excellence académique et joue un rôle essentiel en tant que catalyseur de changements positifs au sein de l'école. Son engagement inébranlable en faveur de l'autonomisation des autres le distingue véritablement et a joué un rôle déterminant dans le succès de la Graduate School.

Titulaire d'un doctorat de l'Université de Genève et d'une habilitation de l'Université de Paris-Dauphine, le Dr Schmitt fait preuve d'un engagement inégalé en matière de développement intellectuel et d'acquisition de connaissances. Il a rejoint l'EHL en 2013, et son dévouement à repousser les limites et à créer de multiples programmes d'études supérieures innovants aux niveaux national et international a consolidé sa réputation de leader visionnaire.

Pourtant, le parcours du Dr Schmitt dans le monde universitaire n'a pas été des plus classiques. Avant de se plonger dans le monde de l'enseignement supérieur, il a excellé en tant que consultant en redressement d'entreprises dans toute l'Europe germanophone, démontrant sa capacité à relever des défis complexes avec finesse. Cette combinaison unique d'expérience du monde réel et d'expertise académique lui permet d'apporter une perspective nouvelle à son enseignement et à sa recherche.

Tout au long de son illustre carrière, M. Schmitt a acquis une expérience universitaire en occupant des postes prestigieux dans diverses écoles de commerce internationales (HEC Genève, Columbia Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Université de Saint-Gall, Audencia Nantes, ainsi que China Europe International Business School, entre autres). Audencia Nantes, ainsi que China Europe International Business School, entre autres) et a apporté d'importantes contributions à des revues universitaires de premier plan (Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, MIT Sloan Management Review) et à des médias (Financial Times, Handelsblatt). Ses recherches sur la théorie des organisations et la gestion stratégique, en particulier dans des domaines tels que le déclin organisationnel, le redressement des entreprises et le renouvellement stratégique, lui ont valu la reconnaissance et le respect de la communauté universitaire.

Au-delà de ses activités universitaires, l'acuité stratégique de M. Schmitt est très recherchée dans le secteur privé, où il siège à deux conseils distingués, le conseil consultatif académique de CEIBS Europe et le comité éditorial de Long Range Planning. Sa capacité à traduire son expertise en idées concrètes pour la réussite des entreprises est tout à fait remarquable. La passion, l'expertise et l'engagement du Dr Achim Schmitt en faveur de l'excellence académique font de lui un leader inspirant pour l'Hospitality Business School de l'EHL.

« L'éducation transcende l'acquisition de connaissances ; elle devient un voyage transformateur qui permet aux individus de façonner leur propre destin et d'avoir un impact durable dans le paysage dynamique de diverses industries. Dans l'environnement progressif de l'EHL Hospitality Business School, nous cultivons la croissance des futurs et actuels leaders humains qui croient au pouvoir des personnes dans un monde de plus en plus numérisé. Nous suivons ainsi l'esprit d'Aristote qui a dit un jour : 'éduquer l'esprit sans éduquer le cœur n'est pas une éducation du tout'. »

Récompenses

Best Reviewer Award 2016/2014/2010: BPS Division, Academy of Management Meeting, USA
Nominated for the Best Conference Paper Prize; 31st Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Miami, USA
Best Division Reviewer Award 2011: Strategic Management Track
Finalist Best Conference Reviewer Award 2011; EURAM Conference, June 2-4, in Tallinn, Estonia
Best Paper Proceedings 2010; Academy of Management Meeting in Montreal, Canada
Nominated for the Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications; 29th Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Washington. D.C., USA

Formation

PhD (Dr. oec.) in Business Administration and Management, University of Geneva
Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Université de Paris-Dauphine

Cours enseignés

CERTIFICATE IN MANAGING UNDERPERFORMING PROPERTIES (E-LEARNING)
• Managing Underperforming Properties

EHL ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN HOSPITALITY FINANCE LEADERSHIP
• Leadership and Management

Lieu d'enseignement

EHL Campus Lausanne
EHL Campus (Singapore)

Publications académiques

Publications académiques de Achim Schmitt

Article

From snapshot to continuity : a dynamic model of organizational adaptation to environmental changes

Organizational change research has frequently examined organizations’ short-term responses to external change. However, such a short-term, linear time perspective fails to explain how firms adapt to changes that manifest themselves repeatedly and...

Article

Balancing present needs and future options : how employees leverage social networks with clients

This paper applies a social capital perspective to study how business units leverage individuals’ external networks to explore and exploit resources outside the firm’s boundaries. We explore this matter inductively by analysing the development and...

Article

Strategic renewal : past research, theoretical tensions and future challenges

Strategic renewal has become a prominent theme in a variety of organization and management research domains in recent years. It refers to the process that allows organizations to alter their path dependence by transforming their strategic intent and...

Article

Brand experiential value for creating integrated resort customers’ co-creation behavior

The integrated resort brand is examined by expanding the focus from gambling customers to general customers. A total of 500 data were collected in South Korea to examine the impact of the experiential value of customers on their co-creation attitude...

Article

A mixed method approach to developing a multidimensional scale for gambling fallacy in the Korean context

This article offers an understanding of and reduces gaps in the existing literature regarding cognitive distortion (e.g. gambling fallacy) and problem gambling behaviour. The primary objective of this study is to develop a valid gambling fallacy...

Article

Changing tires on a moving car : the role of timing in hospitality and service turnaround processes

Corporate turnaround processes consist of two main strategies: retrenchment and recovery. Whereas retrenchment focuses on efficiency and cost reduction, recovery entails strategic repositioning for long-term growth. Prior research has emphasized the...

Article

New employee orientation, role-related stressors and conflict at work : consequences for work attitudes and performance of hospitality employees

Combining role theory with theories on hindrance stressors and intragroup conflict, we develop a model of the attitudinal and behavioral consequences of new employee orientation in hospitality organizations. We test hypotheses about main and...

Article

Corporate decline and turnarounds in times of digitalization

The constant evolution of digital technologies in nearly every aspect of human life requires almost any firm to rethink its current business practices. Traditional industries transform or merge, offline businesses turn into online ones, business...

Publications dans des revues

Barker, V.L., Luger, A. Schmitt, A., & Xin, K.R. (2024). Corporate decline and turnarounds in times of digitalization. Long Range Planning, 20(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12117.
Raub, S., Borzillo, S., Perretten, G. & Schmitt, A. (2021). New employee orientation, role-related stressors and conflict at work: Consequences for work attitudes and performance of hospitality employees. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 94, 102857.
Schmitt, A., Probst, G., & Tushman, (2020). The role of the board chair during a crisis. MIT Sloan Management Review; https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-role-of-the-board-chair-during-a-crisis/.
Schmitt, A., Xin, K.; Langan, R. (2020). 3 biases that shaped CEOs’ pandemic response. Harvard Business Review, H05PWS, 549-561. https://store.hbr.org/product/research-3-biases-that-shaped-ceos-pandemic-response/H05PWS.
Schmitt, A., Raub, S., Schmid, S., & Harrigan, K.R. (2019). Changing tires on a moving car: the role of timing in hospitality and service turnaround processes. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 77, 549-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.08.019.
Ahn, J., Lee, C.K., Back, K.J., & Schmitt, A. (2019). Brand experiential value for creating integrated resort customers’ co-creation behavior. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 81, 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.03.009.
Back, K-J., Lee, C-K, Ahn, J., Schmitt, A., & Kim, H. (2019). A mixed method approach to developing a multidimensional scale for gambling fallacy in the Korean context. International Gambling Studies, 19(2), 220-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2018.1541244.
Schmitt, A., Raisch, S., & Volberda, H.W. (2018). Strategic renewal: Past research, theoretical tensions and future challenges. International Journal of Management Reviews, 20(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12117.
Josserand, E., Schmitt, A., & Borzillo, S. (2017). Balancing present needs and future options: How employees leverage social networks with clients. Journal of Business Strategy, 38(1), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-01-2016-0003 .
Schmitt, A., Barker, V., Raisch, S., & Whetten, D. (2016). Strategic renewal in times of environmental scarcity. Long Range Planning, 49(3), 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12117.
Schmitt, A., & Klarner, P. (2015). From snapshot to continuity: A dynamic model of organizational adaptation to environmental changes, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 31(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2014.06.003.
Schmitt, A., & Raisch, S. (2013). Corporate turnarounds: The duality of retrenchment and recovery, Journal of Management Studies, (50)7, 1216-1244. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12045.
Borzillo, S., Schmitt, A., & Antino, M. (2012). Communities of practice: Keeping the company agile. Journal of Business Strategy, (33)6, 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/02756661211281480.
Schmitt, A., Borzillo, S., & Probst, G. (2012). Don’t let knowledge walk away: Knowledge retention during employee downsizing. Management Learning, 43(1), 52-73. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1350507611411630.
Borzillo, S., Aznar, S., & Schmitt, A. (2011). A journey through communities of practice: How and why members move from the periphery to the core. European Management Journal, 29(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2010.08.004.
Schmitt, A., Probst, G., & Tushman, M. (2010). Management in times of economic crisis: Insights into organizational ambidexterity. Management 13(3), 128-150. https://doi.org/10.3917/mana.133.0128.
Stadtler, L., Schmitt, A., Klarner, P., & Straub, T. (Eds.). (2010). More than Bricks in the Wall: Organizational Perspectives for Sustainable Success: A tribute to Professor Dr. Gilbert Probst. Springer Science & Business Media. Gabler Verlag: Wiesbaden. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8945-1.
Schmitt, A., & Raisch, S. (2010). Neither black nor white yet both: The shifting balance perspective of corporate turnarounds, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings: Montréal, Canada, 1-6. Doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2010.54499469.

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