Dr. LSG (Leopold) Ried
Leopold Ried is an Assistant Professor of Negotiations & Supply Chain Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and Adjunct Faculty of Negotiations at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. His research interests include the decision-making processes, emotions, role of personalities, and economic outcomes during negotiations and buyer-supplier relationships. He is particularly passionate about the antecedents and consequences of unethical behavior in business negotiations, as well as (other) negotiation strategies and tactics affecting trust. Methodologically, Leopold's main expertise lies in experiments.
Leopold's research has been published in highly reputable outlets including the Journal of Operations Management and Harvard Business Review, and featured in Forbes. He has been serving as a Reviewer for several academic journals including the Journal of Operations Management, the Journal of Supply Chain Management, and the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management where he was awarded the "Outstanding Reviewer" prize in 2023. Leopold is a regular speaker at international conferences and research seminars.
Leopold has been teaching in Bachelor, specialized Master, and MBA programs, including courses and workshops on negotiations, procurement, research methods, and the management of socio-economic dilemmas.
Prior to academia, Leopold gained industry work experience in Germany, Australia, UK, Chile, and Italy, including positions in Business Development at Fraunhofer and Procurement at ThyssenKrupp.
Leopold holds a Ph.D. in Management from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (summa cum laude), an M.Sc. in Economics & Strategy for Business from Imperial College London (Distinction), and a B.A. in Business Studies from The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He completed a study abroad semester at The University of Sydney and a research stay at Arizona State University as a Fulbright scholar.
Publications
Article (5)
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Academic (3)
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Ried, L., Eckerd, S., Kaufmann, L., & Carter, C. (2023). From target to actor: Contagion of honesty and deception across buyer-supplier negotiations. Journal of Operations Management, 69(2), 261-283. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1212
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Ried, L., Eckerd, S., & Kaufmann, L. (2022). Social desirability bias in PSM surveys and behavioral experiments: Considerations for design development and data collection. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 28(1), Article 100743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2021.100743
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Ried, L., Eckerd, S., Kaufmann, L., & Carter, C. (2021). Spillover effects of information leakages in buyer–supplier–supplier triads. Journal of Operations Management, 67(3), 280-306. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1116
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Professional (2)
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Ried, L., Eckerd, S., & Kaufmann, L. (2022). Research: In supplier negotiations, lying Is contagious. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2022/11/research-in-supplier-negotiations-lying-is-contagious
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Ried, L., Eckerd, S., Kaufmann, L., & Carter, C. (2022). Trust is essential for stable supply chains: How suppliers react to potential information leaks. WHU Knowledge. https://www.whu.edu/en/research/whu-knowledge/trust-is-essential-for-stabile-supply-chains/
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Chapter (1)
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Academic (1)
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Ried, L. (2022). Negative effects of opportunism across buyer‐supplier relationships. In C. Bode, R. Bogaschewsky, M. Eßig, R. Lasch, & W. Stölzle (Eds.), Supply Management Research: Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2022 (1 ed., pp. 95-114). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38350-3_5
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PhD Track (1)
- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Yue Liu
- Time frame: 2023 -
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