Jorge Walter

Jorge Walter

Jorge Walter

Chair, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy; Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy


Contact:

Email: Jorge Walter
Office Phone: (202) 994-7908
2201 G Street NW, Suite 606 Washington, DC 20052

Dr. Jorge Walter is the chair of the Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy as well as a professor and Ave Tucker Fellow at the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB), where he teaches the strategic management capstone courses in the undergraduate and MBA programs as well as Ph.D. seminars on strategic management and social networks. He is the recipient of several teaching awards, such as the Peter B. Vaill Outstanding Doctoral Educator Award, the Outstanding World Executive MBA Faculty Award, the Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award, and the Dean’s Teaching Award.

Dr. Walter received his doctorate in strategic management from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, was a visiting researcher at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a postdoctoral researcher at the Stern School of Business at New York University. His research interests include strategy formulation and implementation processes, knowledge/technology transfer, social networks, and social capital. He has published more than 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, and Strategic Management Journal. Dr. Walter has served as associate editor of the Journal of Management and on the editorial board of the Journal of Management Studies. Prior to entering academia, he worked in corporate finance and strategic management consulting.


Service Awards

  • Dean's Service Award, School of Business, The George Washington University, 2024

Research Awards & Fellowships

  • Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Strategy Division of the Academy of Management for the 2021 Annual Meeting
  • Ave Tucker Fellow at the George Washington University School of Business (two-year competitive fellowship), 2018-2020
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Strategy Division of the Academy of Management for the 2019 Meeting
  • Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Reviewing Award for the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management for the 2016 Meeting
  • Ave Tucker Fellow at the George Washington University School of Business (two-year competitive fellowship), 2016-2018
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management for the 2015 Meeting
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management for the 2014 Meeting
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2005
  • Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (competitive fellowship, $43,300), 2005
  • Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (competitive fellowship, $35,100), 2003-2004

Teaching Awards

  • Dean’s Teaching Award, School of Business, The George Washington University, 2023
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award, School of Business, The George Washington University, 2021
  • Outstanding World Executive MBA Faculty Award, School of Business, The George Washington University, 2017
  • Peter B. Vaill Outstanding Doctoral Educator Award, the Doctoral Program of the School of Business, The George Washington University, 2014
  • Strategy Formulation & Implementation
  • Social Networks
  • Social Capital
  • Knowledge & Technology Transfer
  • D.B.A., University of St. Gallen, 2005
  • M.S., Business Administration, University of St. Gallen, 2001
  • B.S., Business Administration, University of St. Gallen, 1999
  • Advanced Strategic Management (SMPP 4900)
  • Strategy Formulation & Implementation (BADM4801, MBAD 6286, & MBAD 6286WE)
  • Strategy Fundamentals (MBAD6287) & Strategic Management (MBAD6288)
  • Seminar in Strategic Management (SMPP 8321)
  • Strategic Networking (SMPP 4900 & SMPP 6290)
  • Social Network Theory & Applications (SMPP 6290)

Academic Positions

  • Department Chair, Department of Strategic Management & Public Policy, School of Business, The George Washington University (2024-present)
  • Interim co-director of the school-wide doctoral program, School of Business, The George Washington University (2019)
  • Professor of Business Administration, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2018-present
  • Associate Professor of Business Administration, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2014-2018
  • Visiting Professor, Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2015
  • Visiting Professor, Institute of Strategic Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, 2015
  • Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 2010-2014
  • Assistant Professor of Business Administration, School of Business Administration, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2006-2010
  • Assistant Professor in Residence, Management Department, School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 2005-2006
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Management and Organizations, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, 2004-2005
  • Research Associate, Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2001-2003

Elected Positions in Professional Societies

  • Chair of the Strategy Process Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, 2019
  • Program Chair of the Strategy Process Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, 2018
  • Associate Program Chair of the Strategy Process Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, 2017
  • Representative at Large at the Strategy Process Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, 2014-2016

Appointed Positions in Professional Societies

  • Co-chair of the Executive Discoveries Series of the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, 2016-2019
  • Member of the Research Committee, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 2017-2019

Editorial Board Memberships

  • Journal of Management Studies, 2017-2020
  • Journal of Management, 2009-present

Journal Editorships

  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Management, 2017-2020