Sebastian Krakowski, Assistant Professor

House of Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics

I love technology. But I focus on the human side of AI. How we get the strategy and implementation right. How we use it to become more human, not less.

My background is in economics and management, and my research sits at the intersection of digital technology and organizational strategy, particularly AI. I study what happens when organizations actually adopt and use the stuff. Machine learning, generative AI, all of it. The behavioral and organizational implications. What works, what doesn't, and why. Turns out, it's complicated. Who knew.

I teach too. Undergraduates, graduates, executives. I like sharing research-based insights with people who'll actually use them. My work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Information & Organization, Management Science, and Strategic Management Journal, and I was featured in the Thinkers50 Radar List 2025.

I have been a visiting researcher at Warwick Business School and am affiliated with Stanford University and The Institute for Futures Studies.

Selected Publications

Krakowski, S., Haftor, D., Luger, J., Pashkevich, N., & Raisch, S. (2026). Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: A Field Experiment. Management Science. 72(1):57-72. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2022.03849.

Buckley, P. J., Elia, S., Gaur, A., Krakowski, S., Kuivalainen, O., & Pedota, M. (2026). Artificial Intelligence and International Business: Theoretical Challenges, Strategic Implications, and Research Agenda. Journal of World Business. (In Press.) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101710.

Krakowski, S. (2025) Human-AI Agency in the Age of Generative AI. Information and Organization. 35(1):100560. DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2025.100560

Vomberg, A., Schauerte, N., Krakowski, S., Gijsenberg, M., Ingram Bogusz, C., & Bleier, A. (2023). The Cold Start Problem in Nascent AI Strategy: Kickstarting Network Effects. Journal of Business Research. 168:114236. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114236

Krakowski, S., Luger, J., & Raisch, S. (2023) Artificial Intelligence and the Changing Sources of Competitive Advantage. Strategic Management Journal 44(6):1425-1452. DOI: 10.1002/smj.3387

Raisch, S. & Krakowski, S. (2021) Artificial Intelligence and Management: The Automation-Augmentation Paradox. Academy of Management Review 46(1):192-210. DOI: 10.5465/2018.0072. Link to pre-print.

Ingram Bogusz, C., Krakowski, S., & Guttmann, C. (2021) Don't Panic: A Human- and Problem-Centric Approach to AI-Led Innovation. Sweden Through the Crisis. Stockholm: SIR.

Wiley explainer video.mp4

“Sebastian’s research into the implications of new technologies on organisational strategy is a significant contribution to management thinking.”

Stuart Crainer & Des Dearlove, Thinkers50

Contact

I do AI research. The kind where we actually run experiments in real organizations and figure out what works, what doesn't, and why. Not opinions. Not whatever's trending. Evidence. If you want to collaborate on a study, reach out. Want to see what that looks like? (Check out Selected Publications above.) My latest Pharma paper is a decent example, and it got some media attention too (see Media Features below). Who wouldn't want +40% rather than -20% performance with AI?

I also do learning. Workshops, seminars, keynotes. AI strategy, business models, the future of work, that sort of thing. I lead AI for Business Leaders at SSE Executive Education and run open or customized sessions grounded in research and experience.

Past clients include SSE Executive Education, UEFA Academy, Eisai, Niterra Group (Venture Lab), and Meritmind. Startups to multinationals. Boards and TMTs to operational staff. Industrials, education, defense, pharma, consulting, medical devices, energy, software, and more.

e-mail: firstname.lastname@hhs.se