Scott Schaefer
Professor of Finance at David Eccles School of Business
Visiting Professor of Strategy at Kellogg School of Management
Biography
David Eccles School of Business
Scott Schaefer is the John W. McIntyre Family Endowed Chair for Free Market Economics and Professor of Finance at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business.
Professor Schaefer is co-author of Roadside MBA: Backroad Lessons for Executives, Entrepreneurs, and Small Business Owners, and co-author of the leading textbook Economics of Strategy. He joined the Utah faculty in 2005, and served as Associate Dean at the School of Business from 2009 to 2012. From 1995 to 2005 he was a faculty member at Kellogg, where he held the Richard M. Paget Chair in Management Policy. He was the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Visiting Professor of Economics and Finance at Utah State University during Fall 2012.
Scott Schaefer earned a PhD in Economic Analysis and Policy from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1995. He holds a bachelors degree from Stanford University, with a double-major in Economics and Mathematical and Computational Sciences.
Education
- BAS with distinction, Economics / Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Stanford University
- PhD, Economic Analysis and Policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Kellogg School of Management
Scott Schaefer is Professor of Finance and David Eccles Faculty Fellow at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business. He is also an Investigator with the Institute for Public and International Affairs at the University of Utah.
Professor Schaefer joined the Eccles School faculty in 2005. He had previously spent ten years on the faculty of the Kellogg School of Management, where he held the Richard M. Paget Chair in Management Policy from 2001 to 2005.
Professor Schaefer's research focuses on the economics of organization, with an emphasis on understanding employment relationships and decision-making inside firms. He has written extensively on executive compensation, use of stock options in compensation, and the labor market effects of employment protections such as the Civil Rights Act of 1991. His research has been published widely in top academic journals in Economics, Management, Finance and Accounting. He is a co-author of "Economics of Strategy," a leading textbook in the field of strategic management, and founder of the Utah Winter Business Economics Conference.
At Utah, Professor Schaefer teaches a variety of economics-based business courses, including core microeconomics for undergraduates, MBAs and executives. At Kellogg, Professor Schaefer developed and taught MBA electives on strategic organization design and human resource management, and led a PhD seminar on organizational economics. He received Kellogg's Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award three times and was a four-time finalist for the Lawrence Lavengood Professor of the Year Award.
Scott Schaefer earned a PhD in Economic Analysis and Policy from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1995. He holds a bachelors degree in economics and math from Stanford University.
Education Ph.D., 1995, Economic Analysis and Policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
B.A.S., 1990, Economics, Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Stanford University, with Distinction
Academic Positions Visiting Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-present
Kendall D. Garff Chair in Business Administration, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, 2011-present
Professor of Finance, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, 2007-present
Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Visiting Professor, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, 2012-2012
Visiting Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2008-2008
Richard M. Paget Associate Professor of Management Policy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-2005
Visiting Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-2005
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