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Nils PLAMBECK

Associate Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

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Biography

Nils Plambeck holds a Doctor rer oec. From the University of Hamburg, along wiht a Diplom Kaufmann with a focus on strategy and sociology.

His primary research interests concern the determinants and consequences of managerial and organizational cognition. He addresses questions of how cognition influences strategic change and firm's actions such as product innovations.

Scientific articles

Books

Proceedings

Working papers

Organizational Interpretation and its Influence on Entrepreneurial Actions

Mimeo , 2026

Strategic Objectives as Contingencies for the Performance Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics

Mimeo , 2026

Case Studies

Education

  • Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.), University of Hamburg - Germany
  • Diplom Kaufmann (Strategy, Economic Development, Sociology), University of Hamburg - Germany

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, Academy of Management
  • Member, Strategic Management Society
  • Member, European Academy of Management

Editorial activities

  • Reviewer: European Management Review, Journal of Business Research, Academy of Management Meetings, European Academy of Management Meeting, Journal of Management Studies

  • Conference organisation

  • Organizer of the Cognition in the Rough Workshop (Managerial & Organizational Cognition Division) at the Academy of Management Meeting
  • Co-organization of a symposium at Academy of Management Conference
  • Awards & honors

    • 2025 Laureate of the 2024 EFMD Case Writing Competition - Entrepreneurship Category
    • 2009 Syntec Management Consulting Best article award in the category "Management/Ressources Humaines/Organisation", "CEO ambivalence and responses to strategic issues", accepted in Organization Science
    • 2007 Nominated for the McKinsey best paper award, Strategic Management Society Conference, San Diego
    • 2005 Nominated for the McKinsey best paper award, Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando
    • 2003 Best international proposal award at the 6th annual "Cognition in the Rough Workshop" of the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division at the Academy of Management Meeting, Seattle