Jorge Walter

Dr. Jorge Walter is 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, including the Peter B. Vaill Outstanding Doctoral Educator Award, the Outstanding World Executive MBA Faculty Award, and the Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty 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.

Research Awards & Fellowships

• 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

• 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

Areas of Expertise

• Strategy Formulation & Implementation
• Social Networks
• Social Capital
• Knowledge & Technology Transfer

Education

• 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