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Ronald M. Schmidt

Schmidt

Janice M. and Joseph T. Willett Professor of Business Administration for Teaching and Service


Office: CS-3-306A Carol Simon Hall
Phone: (585) 275-3438
Email: ron.schmidt@simon.rochester.edu

Professor Schmidt developed the Execu­tive Development (M.B.A.) Program at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and served as its first chairman. His teaching areas include economics, statistics, marketing, organizations and corporate strategy.

Schmidt received Superior Teaching Awards from the M.B.A. Classes of 1974, 1976, 1983 and 1991; the Executive De­velopment (M.B.A.) Classes of 1984, 1985 and 1988; the Rochester-Erasmus M.B.A. Class of 1987 and the Rochester-Nyen­rode Classes of 2000 and 2001. His publications include papers on pricing, regulation and management compensation. His current research activities include an ex­am­ination of the relationship between pay and performance for C.E.O.’s and an in­vestigation of the impact of contractual provisions on the performance of major-league baseball players. He has served as a consultant to Eastman Kodak Company, Xerox Corporation, Bausch & Lomb, Schlegel Corporation, Croon Electro­techniek and several other corporations.

 

B.A., Economics, The Ohio State University

M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University