...Jochen Schlapp.

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Academic Employmentsince

02/2015Assistant Professor of Operations ManagementBusiness School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

since01/2016

Visting Scholar, Technology & Operations ManagementINSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

04/2014 –05/2014

Visiting ResearcherINSEAD, Fontainebleau, Franceon invitation by Prof. Luk Van Wassenhove and Prof. Jürgen Mihm

08/2010 –01/2015

Research AssistantBusiness School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyChair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Education08/2010 –

07/2014Doctoral Studies in Business Administration (Dr. rer. pol.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyThesis: ”Three Essays on Product Management”; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Moritz Fleischmann

10/2009 –09/2010

M.Phil. in Management Science & OperationsJudge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

10/2006 –09/2009

B.Sc. in Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Technology Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Research Interests• New product development, R&D, and innovation management with an emphasis on

incentive conflicts and the design of complex decision processes• Inventory management in the presence of multi-dimensional uncertainties• Interface between operations strategy and new technological developments

PublicationsArticles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Schlapp, J., N. Oraiopoulos and V. Mak. 2015. Resource Allocation Decisions underImperfect Evaluation and Organizational Dynamics. Management Science, 61(9): 2139-2159.

Articles in Practitioner Journals• Schlapp, J., N. Oraiopoulos and V. Mak. 2015. Effizienter Forschen (Towards a More

Effective R&D Management). Harvard Business Manager, 07/2015: 10-11.

Papers under Review• Mihm, J. and J. Schlapp. 2017. Sourcing Innovation: On Feedback in Contests.• Schlapp, J. and M. Fleischmann. 2017. Multi-Product Inventory Management under

Customer Substitution and Capacity Restrictions.

ContactBusiness School

University of Mannheim68131 Mannheim

Germany

T +49 621 181 1651

B jschlapp@bwl.uni-mannheim.de

LanguagesGerman native

English fluentFrench fluent

15 March 2017

• Schlapp, J. and J. Mihm. 2017. Optimal Stochastic Feedback in Asymmetric DynamicContests.

• Schlapp, J. and M. Fleischmann. 2016. Selling over an Uncertain Season: Scale andTiming of Inventory Availability.

Active Research• Schumacher, G. and J. Schlapp. Delegated Testing of Design Alternatives: The Role of

Incentives and Testing Mode.• Chen, Z., J. Mihm and J. Schlapp. Procuring Complex Innovations: Integrated System

or Individual Modules?• Oraiopoulos, N., J. Schlapp, N. Taneri, O. Tuncel. Resource Allocation Decisions under

Uncertainty: Theory and Experiment.• Mihm, J., J. Schlapp and S. Ülkü. Incentive Schemes and the Destruction of Informal

Help Networks.• Schlapp, J. and N. Oraiopoulos. Delegated Project Choice and Execution.

Teaching ExperienceGraduate Courses03/2017 Supply Chain Management (Guest Lecture, MBA)

Mannheim Business School, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 30 students.

since09/2016

Technology & Operations Strategy (M.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 10 students. Evaluation results: 1.00.

since04/2015

Innovation Management & Operations (M.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 20 students. Evaluation results: 1.07; 1.11.

08/2014 –07/2016

Inventory Management (M.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 60 students. Evaluation results: 1.67; 1.65.

08/2014 –07/2016

Inventory Management (Example Classes, M.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 60 students. Evaluation results: 1.64; 1.54.

since08/2010

Research Seminar in Supply Chain Management (M.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

since08/2010

Master-Thesis Advisor (M.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Undergraduate Courses08/2010 –

07/2013Linear Algebra (B.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 1400 students. Evaluation results: 1.8; 1.9; 1.82.

08/2010 –07/2014

Linear Algebra (Example Classes, B.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, GermanyClass size: 1400 students. Evaluation results: 1.8; 1.7; 1.73; 1.77.

since08/2010

Bachelor-Thesis Advisor (B.Sc.)Business School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Professional ServiceUniversity of Mannheimsince

04/2015Board of the FacultyBusiness School, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Journals and Community• Ad hoc reviewer for Management Science, Production and Operations Management• DFG grant evaluation

Honors and Awards2015 Third Prize, Best Paper Award “Innovation Management”, Strascheg Institute for In-

novation & Entrepreneurship (SIIE), EBS Business SchoolResource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational Dynamics

2015 Runner-Up, POMS College of Product Innovation and Technology Management (PITM)Best Student Paper AwardResource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational Dynamics

2009 Best Graduate Award “Industrial Engineering”University of Technology Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

PresentationsInvited Seminars2016 EBS Business School

Selling over an Uncertain Season2015 SIIE Colloquium, EBS Business School

Resource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational DynamicsPOMS PITM Mini-Conference, Wharton School - University of PennsylvaniaResource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational DynamicsGerman Graduate School of Management and LawSourcing Innovation: Public and Private Feedback in ContestsFrankfurt School of Finance & ManagementThe Value of Feedback in Innovation Tournaments

2014 Judge Business School - University of CambridgeThe Value of Feedback in Innovation TournamentsINSEADResource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational DynamicsJudge Business School - University of CambridgeResource Allocation Decisions under Imperfect Evaluation and Organizational DynamicsKLU - Kühne Logistics UniversitySelling over an Uncertain Season: Scale and Timing of Inventory Availability

Conference Presentations2017 INFORMS Conference (Houston) scheduled

Delegated Testing of Design AlternativesPOMS Conference (Seattle) scheduledDelegated Testing of Design Alternatives

2016 OR 2016 (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg)Sourcing Innovation: Public and Private Feedback in ContestsPOMS Conference (Orlando)Sourcing Innovation: Public and Private Feedback in Contests

2015 Darden & Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference(University of Cambridge)Sourcing Innovation: Feedback in Tournaments (joint with Jürgen Mihm)

2014 OR 2014 (RWTH Aachen)Selling over an Uncertain Season: Scale and Timing of Inventory Availability

2013 EURO (Erasmus University Rotterdam)Selling over an Uncertain Season: Scale and Timing of Inventory AvailabilityMSOM Conference (INSEAD)Substitution Effects in a Supply Chain with Upstream Competition

2012 POMS World Conference (VU Amsterdam)Substitution Effects in a Supply Chain with Upstream Competition