Biography
Thomas Åstebro is the L'Oreal Professor of Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris; Academic Director CDL Paris, and former Academic Director, HEC Online Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship; co-Director Entrepreneurship Track HEC MBA Program, Academic Director of the HEC Leadership Center; member of the Steering committee HEC Management Research Group; and member of the Steering and Curriculum committees in the MBA Program at HEC. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World , is among the top 1 percent most downloaded authors on www.ssrn, has made over 200 presentations, published over 40 academic journal articles, and has been mentioned in business media over 50 times (including The Economist, Business Week, The Times, and Wall Street Journal). He is Editor at Small Business Economics and Associate Editor at Management Science. He has previously held positions at University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, and KU Leuven.
Scientific articles
Journal of Business Venturing Insights, November 2017, vol. 8, pp 64-70, (in coll. with J. TAG)
Small Business Economics, February 2017, vol. 48, n° 2, pp 323-329,
Small Business Economics, June 2016, vol. 47, n° 1, pp 35-51, (in coll. with T. ACS, D. AUDRETSCH, D. ROBINSON)
European Economic Review, October 2016, vol. 89, pp 129–147, (in coll. with J. TAG, P. THOMPSON)
Small Business Economics, february, 3 2016, vol. 47, n° 4, pp 819–834, (in coll. with Gordon ADOMDZA, Kevyn YONG)
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, March 2016, vol. 40, n° 2, pp 381-400, (in coll. with K. YONG)
Journal of Business Venturing Insights, June 2016, vol. 5, pp 37–49, (in coll. with N. VULKAN, M. FERNANDEZ SIERRA)
Theory and Decision, february, 3 2015, vol. 79, n° 4, pp 573-600, (in coll. with L. SANTOS-PINTO, A. BRUHIN, J. MATA)
Theory and Decision, February 2015, vol. 78, n° 2, pp 189-208, (in coll. with J. MATA, L. SANTOS-PINTO)
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Summer 2015, vol. 24, n° 2, pp 228-252, (in coll. with C. J. SERRANO)
Chapters in edited books
Proceedings
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2014
Mimeo , 2025
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Mimeo , 2025
Mimeo , 2025
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Mimeo , 2025
Scientific articles
Practical Applications, September 2022, pp 513,
Journal of Portfolio Management, September 2022, vol. 48, n° 9, pp 250-271, (in coll. with R. Rafih, C. J. SERRANO)
The Journal of Financial Data Science, Summer 2021, vol. 3, n° 3, pp 97-107,
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, June 2021, vol. 15, n° 2, pp 254-278, (in coll. with F. HOOS)
Chapters in edited books
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technologies; Models, Case Studies And Forecasts Of Diffusion, R.U. Ayres, W. Haywood, I. Tchijov (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 171-196
Proceedings
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Education
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Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University - USA
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Licentiate of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology - Sweden
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Master of Science, Chalmers University of Technology - Sweden
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Member of the Executive Committe, SEI (Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
- Member of selection committee, Canadian Young Entrepreneur Award
Editorial activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2016 Best Empirical Paper, AoM Entrepreneurship Division, AoM conference
- 2016 Chair of Excellence
- 2015 Finalist, Prix Academique de la Recherche en Management
- 2014 Management Science Distinguished Service Award
- 2003 Best Paper: Administrative Association of Canada, Technology and Innovation Management Division.
- 2001 National Award: 2nd place - Most Promising Technology, Awarded by the Innovations Foundation, University of Toronto
- 1999 Best Paper, Runner Up: Canadian Council on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
- 1995 National Award: NSERC/SSHRC/CIBC Associate Chair in Management of Technological Change.
- 1991 1994 - National Scholarship: Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation for Research in the Social Sciences
- 1991 National Scholarship: The Sweden-America Foundation.
- 1989 Scholarship: The Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology, Sweden, 10 year Jubilee Stipend.
- 1988 Scholarship: Arvid Lindmans Memorial Foundation
- 1988 National Scholarship: The Swedish Natural Science Research Council.