He is listed among the most highly cited scholars globally (top 1%) as measured by academic publications in leading journals of business and economics.[3]
Schoemaker was the founder and executive chairman of a consulting and training firm specializing in strategic management, Decision Strategies International and also the chairman of two family companies (Public Salt Inc in Ohio and Vaessen-Schoemaker BV in the Netherlands). He also served on the board of the Decision Education Foundation,[4] a philanthropic organization aimed at improving the decision making and judgment skills of adolescents, in associations with high schools around United States.
He currently lives in on the East Coast of USA with his wife, Joyce; they have two children.
In 1975, he started his professional life as a Lecturer of Management[1] at the Wharton School and later in 1977 served there as an assistant Professor of Management. For over twelve years (starting 1979)[1], he served as a full-time professor in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, specializing in strategy and decision sciences.
During 1982-84 he took an extended sabbatical with the strategic planning group of Royal Dutch Shell in London, where he helped pioneer scenario planning.[5]
He was also the founder and Executive Chairman of Decision Strategies International,[7] a consulting and training firm specializing in strategic management, executive development and multi-media software.
Paul Schoemaker has been an active private investor in new technology-based ventures and served on the board of directors of the Decision Education Foundation,[4] a philanthropic organization aimed at improving the decision making and judgment skills of adolescents, in associations with high schools around United States.
Schoemaker’s articles have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The Journal of Economic Literature and the Journal of Mathematical Psychology, as well as numerous other journals. A selection of articles[8][9] and books[10] can be found below:
Schoemaker, Paul J.H and Philip E. Tetlock “Superforecasting: How to Upgrade Your Company’s Judgment,” Harvard Business Review, May 2016, pp 72-78
Schoemaker, Paul J.H., Sohvi Heaton, and David Teece “Innovation, Dynamic Capabilities and Leadership,” California Management Review, 2018, Vol. 61(1) pp 15-42.
Paul J.H. Schoemaker and George S. Day, “Preparing Organizations for Greater Turbulence,” California Management Review, Summer 2021, Vol 63, Issue 4
