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Niko Matouschek

Strategy

Alvin J. Huss Professor of Management and Strategy

Professor of Strategy

Portrait of Niko Matouschek, Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management

Professor Matouschek is the Alvin J. Huss Professor of Management and Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Professor of Strategy and Department Chair of Strategy. He co-chairs Kellogg's doctoral program in Managerial Economics and Strategy and is an Associate Editor at the RAND Journal of Economics.

Professor Matouschek works on the economics of organizations with a particular focus on the optimal design of decision rules and the effect of competition on the organization and performance of firms. His papers have been published in a variety of economics journals, including the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies and the RAND Journal of Economics.

Professor Matouschek teaches in Kellogg's MBA, EMBA, and PhD programs and has received numerous teaching awards. In 2012 Kellogg's MBA students voted him the L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award.

Before joining Kellogg in 2001, Professor Matouschek received his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics.

About Niko
Research interests
  • Economics of organization
  • contract economics
  • industrial organization
Teaching interests
  • Strategy and organization; economics of organization
  • PhD, 2000, Economics, London School of Economics
    MS, 1996, Economics, London School of Economics
    BS, 1995, Economics, London School of Economics
  • Professor, Department of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-present
    Associate Professor (with Tenure), Department of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2008-2013
    Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin, 2007-2008
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-2008
  • Faculty Impact Award, KSA and Kellogg Dean
    Faculty Impact Award, KSA and Kellogg Dean
    Faculty Impact Award, KSA and Kellogg Dean
    Faculty Impact Award, KSA and Kellogg Dean
    Excellence in Refereeing Award for the AER, AEA
    Excellence in Refereeing Award for the AER, AEA
    L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2012
    Excellence in Refereeing Award for the AER, AEA
    Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2004-2005
    Ely Devons Prize, London School of Economics, 1996
  • Associate Editor, RAND Journal of Economics, 2008

Incentives, Strategy and Organization (STRTX-452-0)

"People respond to incentives and they do so in predictable ways. Starting with this simple premise, this course then asks how managers can design incentives to get employees to do what they want them to do. The goal of the course is to offer a micro-economic approach to both the internal organization of firms and its relationship with the firms’ overall strategies. Topics include the design of pay for performance contracts, which have increased labor productivity by almost 50% in some firms, but also caused significant problems in others. Another major topic is decentralization and the tools that can be used to manage the problems that often arise in decentralized firms. For instance, transfer prices can facilitate decentralization if designed appropriately, but also exacerbate problems if not. The course is structured around an equal number of lectures and case discussions. Case discussions may include classic cases such as Lincoln Electric and Arthur Andersen, and more recent cases such as Timken."

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