Biography
Georg Wernicke’s research is on topics in, and at the intersection of, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR), broadly defined. More specifically, he is interested in the drivers of public disapproval of firms’ practices, for example the compensation firms pay to their CEOs, how firms’ prosocial activities affect disapproval, and, in turn, which subset of firms and CEOs reacts to being targeted. Georg also analyzes how the characteristics and values of CEOs affect firm level outcomes such as corporate misconduct or the adoption of prosocial practices, as well as how demographic minority status affects labor-market outcomes for directors after occurrences of financial fraud. Furthermore, Georg engages in projects that explore the antecedents of superior firm performance on CSR.
Georg received his Ph.D. in Management from the University of Mannheim and is a graduate of the University College London and Humboldt University of Berlin. His Ph.D. dissertation was awarded with the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Best Dissertation Award. His research won or was shortlisted for a number of Best Conference Papers Awards and been pubslished in Organization Science and the Strategic Management Journal, besides others. As conference reviewer, he has been recognized with multiple Best Reviewer Awards.
Before joining the HEC Paris faculty, Georg was an Assistant Professor in Corporate Governance at Copenhagen Business School and a visiting scholar at Stern School of Business/NYU, the University of Antwerp, Kellogg School of Management/Northwestern University and at INSEAD. In Copenhagen, he taught courses in General Management, Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Social Responsibility as well as in Strategy and International Business. In 2016, he has been nominated for the CBS wide Best Teacher Award. At HEC Paris, Georg teaches Strategic Management.
Scientific articles
Organization Science, September-October 2024, vol. 35, n° 5, pp 1930 - 1955, (in coll. with Y. DEWAN, T. SIMONS)
Journal of Business Ethics, April 2024, vol. 190, pp 755-774, (in coll. with A. Feix)
Academy of Management Discoveries, March 2022, vol. 8, n° 1, pp 36-55, (in coll. with MIHA SAJKO, CHRISTOPHE BOONE)
Academy of Management Journal, 2020, vol. 63, n° 3, pp 881-902, (in coll. with I. NAUMOVSKA, E. J. ZAJAC)
Organization Science, September-October 2018, vol. 29, n° 5, pp 796-817, (in coll. with J.-P. VERGNE, S. BRENNER)
Strategic Management Journal, November 2018, vol. 39, n° 11, pp 2943-2964, (in coll. with I. F. KOCH-BAYRAM)
European Journal of International Management, 2016, vol. 10, n° 1, pp 78-94, (in coll. with K. MEHLSEN)
Proceedings
2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2025 , 2025 , 1 (L. VANDEPOELE)
2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2023 , 2023 , 1 (S. Brenner, I. Solal)
2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2023 , 2023 , 1 (Y. DEWAN, T. Simons)
2022 AOM Conference , 2022 , 2022 , 1 (J. Kang, S. Graffin, D. C. Hambrick, C. A. Post, C. Shropshire)
Scientific articles
Organization Science, September-October 2024, vol. 35, n° 5, pp 1930 - 1955, (in coll. with Y. DEWAN, T. SIMONS)
Journal of Business Ethics, April 2024, vol. 190, pp 755-774, (in coll. with A. Feix)
Academy of Management Discoveries, March 2022, vol. 8, n° 1, pp 36-55, (in coll. with MIHA SAJKO, CHRISTOPHE BOONE)
Academy of Management Journal, 2020, vol. 63, n° 3, pp 881-902, (in coll. with I. NAUMOVSKA, E. J. ZAJAC)
Proceedings
2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2025 , 2025 , 1 (L. VANDEPOELE)
2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2023 , 2023 , 1 (S. Brenner, I. Solal)
2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting , 2023 , 2023 , 1 (Y. DEWAN, T. Simons)
2022 AOM Conference , 2022 , 2022 , 1 (J. Kang, S. Graffin, D. C. Hambrick, C. A. Post, C. Shropshire)
Education
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Ph.D., Management, University of Mannheim - Germany
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M.Sc. in Business Administration, Humboldt University - Germany
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M. A. Comparative Business Economics (with distinction), University College London - United Kingdom
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2023- Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
- 2018-2023 Assistant Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
Scientific Activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Strategic Leadership Governance IG, SMS 2023Outstanding Reviewer Award, Strategic Leadership Governance IG
- 2023 2023 BNP Paribas Vernimmen Teaching Prize
- 2022 2022 Best Paper Award of the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB) for Naumovska, I., Wernicke, G. and Zajac, E. 2020. Last to Come and Last to Go? The Complex Role of Gender and Ethnicity in the Reputational Penalties for Directors Linked to Corporate Fraud, Academy of Management Journal 63 (3)
- 2020 Best Reviewer Award, ONE Division
- 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award, STR Division
- 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Stakeholder Strategy IG
- 2017 ABCD Award, OMT Division
- 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award, BPS Division
- 2017 Feigenbaum Best Paper Award (Nominee), Israel Strategy Conference
- 2017 Best Conference Paper Award (Finalist with Honorable Mention)
- 2017 Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention), Strategic Leadership Governance IG
- 2016 Best Reviewer Award
- 2016 Best Reviewer Award, Corporate Governance SIG
- 2016 Nominee DSEB Education Prize (University Wide Best Teacher Award)
- 2016 Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Best Dissertation Award
- 2015 Best Empirical Paper on Environmental and Social Practice (Runner-up), OMT
- 2015 Best Paper Award (Nominee), International Corporate Governance Society (2x papers)
- 2015 Best Paper Award Strategic Management SIG, EURAM
- 2015 Best Paper Award General Track, Strategic Management SIG
- 2014 Best Paper Award (Runner-up), 12. Workshop on International Management
- 2012 PREBEM Best Conference Paper Award