Jackson Nickerson

Jackson Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He also is a nonresident senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. His research, which can be found in the leading academic journals, has won numerous awards including twice winning the Olin Award Recognizing Research That Transforms Business. His research on pharmaceutical manufacturing, which has been discussed in Business Week, has led to tangible changes in the way the FDA oversees pharmaceutical manufacturing. Jackson teaches strategic management and leadership courses on innovation, organizational strategy, and critical and strategic thinking. His research focuses on leadership issues around why firms choose different organizational structures and the performance implications of these choices; with a special emphasis on knowledge, innovation, and problem formulation and solving. Through executive education and consulting activities, Jackson has engaged and impacted numerous organizations for industries including architecture and art, chemicals, education, finance, health care, and pharmaceuticals

Area of Expertise:

Business And Government, Business/Corporate Strategy, Law and Economics, Critical Thinking, Managerial Assessment, Innovation and Growth, Organizational Design, Business And Government, Business/Corporate Strategy, Critical Thinking, Innovation and Growth, Law and Economics, Managerial Assessment, Organizational Design

Research Interests:

Business strategy organization choice and performance, corporate survival, new institutional economics, intellectual capital management, management of innovation and technology.

Awards/Honors:

• Faculty Recognition Award - Executive MBA Mumbai Program, Olin Business School, 2017
• Best Paper, An Exploration of Brain Science and its Potential for Contrbutions to Strategic Management and Thinking, Academy of Management, 2017
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA (Fudan) Professor of the Year, 2015
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA (Fudan) Professor of the Year, 2010
• Award Recognizing Research that Transforms Businesses, Olin School of Business, 2009
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2009
• Award Recognizing Research that Transforms Businesses, Olin School of Business, 2008
• Reid Teaching Award: Professional MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2008
• Founder''s Day Distinguished Faculty Award, 2007
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2006
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2005
• Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduate required courses Professor the Year, Olin School of Business, 2004
• Best Paper Award, Second International Business & Economy Conference, 2003
• Governor''s Award for Excellence in Teaching, State of Missouri, 2003
• Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduate required courses Professor of the Year, Olin School of Business, 2003
• AOM Best Papers Proceedings, AOM, 2002
• Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduate required courses Professor of the Year, Olin School of Business, 2002
• Marcile & James Reid Chair:, Olin School of Business, 2001
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA (HSM III) Professor of the Year, Washington University, 2001
• Reid Teaching Award: Undergraduate required courses Professor of the Year, Olin School of Business, 2001
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, BPS Division of the Academy of Management, 2000
• Reid Teaching Award: Executive MBA (HSM II) Professor of the Year, Washington University, 2000
• SMS Best Conference Paper Prize, 3rd Annual McKinsey/SMS Conference, 2000
• UBSC Teaching Award, 1999
• Best Paper, TIM, ASAC, 1998
• Finalist for Free Press Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research in BPS, 1998
• Honorable Mention Paper in Organization Theory, ASAC, 1998
• Student Union Professor of the Year, 1998
• UBSC Teaching Award, 1998
• Best Paper in Organization Theory, ASAC, 1997
• Honorable Mention Paper in Policy, ASAC, 1997
• Hayase Award, 1995
• LES Fellowship, 1995
• John M. Olin Foundation Fellowship, 1994
• Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, 1994
• University of California - Berkeley University Fellowship, 1991