Karl Schmedders
Visiting Professor of Executive MBA Education
Karl Schmedders is a Visiting Professor of Executive MBA Education. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Stanford University.
Professor Schmedders’ research interests include computational economics, general equilibrium theory, asset pricing and portfolio selection. His work has been published in Econometrica, The Review of Economic Studies, The Journal of Finance, and many other academic journals. He teaches courses in decision science both in the MBA and the EMBA program at Kellogg. Professor Schmedders has been named to the Faculty Honor Roll in every quarter he has taught at Kellogg. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the 2002 Lawrence G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year. Professor Schmedders is the only Kellogg faculty member to receive the ‘Ehrenmedaille’ (Honorary Medal) of Kellogg’s partner school WHU.
- Mathematical economics
- in particular general equilibrium models involving time and uncertainty
- asset pricing
- mathematical programming
- Probability and statistics
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PhD, 1996, Operations Research, Stanford University
MS, 1992, Operations Research, Stanford University
Vordiplom, 1990, Business Engineering, Universitat Karlsruhe, Highest Honors, Ranked first in a class of 350 -
Head of Knowledge Center and Member of the Management Board, Swiss Finance Institute, 2013-present
Visiting Professor of Executive Education, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-present
Professor of Quantitative Business Administration, University of Zurich, 2008-present
Visiting Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2011-2013
Director of the Institute for Operations Research, University of Zurich, 2008-2010
Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-2008
Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1998-2001
Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, 1996-1998
Acting Instructor and Teaching Affiliate, Stanford University, 1995-1996 -
Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Awards, Kellogg School of Management, 2012, 2011, 2009
L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2002
