Jamie Smith

Dr Jamie Smith is of English nationality and has had an academic career in France for over 20 years. He earned his PhD at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK and his MBA from Aalto, Helsinki, Finland. In addition to teaching Strategic Marketing internationally at the graduate and executive education levels, Dr Smith has notably advanced several French Grandes Écoles with AACSB, EFMD,D and AMBA International Accreditations. He has been the Director of the Grande Ecole Programme at both ESCEM Poitiers and INSEEC Bordeaux. Publishing in such journals as International Management and The Journal of Strategic Marketing, Dr Smith has more recently oriented his research to value creation and destruction in large online communities and human relations with AI chatbots. Before his academic career, he launched a successful small business in Florida, USA and a training company in Paris. Since November 2024, he has joined the Marketing Department of FGV-EAESP (The Sao Paulo School of Business Administration) in Brazil. In addition to teaching and research his responsibilities include international development.