Thomas ASTEBRO

Professeur

Economie et Sciences de la Décision

astebro@hec.fr
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Biographie

Thomas Åstebro is the L'Oreal Professor of Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris and Academic Director, CDL Paris. He has also held tenure track positions at University of Toronto, University of Waterloo and KU Leuven.

Thomas Åstebro's research areas relates to innovation and entrepreneurship. He has published over 40 articles in journals such as  Management Science, Organization Science,  RAND Journal of Economics and the Economic Journal. Thomas is currently Editor at Small Business Economics and Associate Editor at Management Science.

Thomas Åstebro has worked as a management consultant in the field of business strategy. Has also founded several companies. Thomas obtained his Doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University. He has a Master of Engineering and an MBA from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Articles scientifiques

Gross, net, and new job creation by entrepreneurs

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, novembre 2017, vol. 8, pp 64-70, (in coll. with J. TAG)

The private financial gains to entrepreneurship: Is it a good use of public money to encourage individuals to become entrepreneurs?

Small Business Economics, février 2017, vol. 48, n° 2, pp 323-329,

Public policy to promote entrepreneurship: a call to arms

Small Business Economics, juin 2016, vol. 47, n° 1, pp 35-51, (in coll. with T. ACS, D. AUDRETSCH, D. ROBINSON)

Hierarchies and entrepreneurship

European Economic Review, octobre 2016, vol. 89, pp 129–147, (in coll. with J. TAG, P. THOMPSON)

Decision biases and entrepreneurial finance

Small Business Economics, 3 février 2016, vol. 47, n° 4, pp 819–834, (in coll. with Gordon ADOMDZA, Kevyn YONG)

Invention Quality and Entrepreneurial Earnings: The Role of Prior Employment Variety

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, mars 2016, vol. 40, n° 2, pp 381-400, (in coll. with K. YONG)

Equity crowdfunding: A new phenomena

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, juin 2016, vol. 5, pp 37–49, (in coll. with N. VULKAN, M. FERNANDEZ SIERRA)

Detecting heterogeneous risk attitudes with mixed gambles

Theory and Decision, 3 février 2015, vol. 79, n° 4, pp 573-600, (in coll. with L. SANTOS-PINTO, A. BRUHIN, J. MATA)

Skewness seeking: risk loving, optimism or overweighting of small probabilities?

Theory and Decision, février 2015, vol. 78, n° 2, pp 189-208, (in coll. with J. MATA, L. SANTOS-PINTO)

Business Partners: Complementary Assets, Financing, and Invention Commercialization

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, été 2015, vol. 24, n° 2, pp 228-252, (in coll. with C. J. SERRANO)

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Actes de conférence

Cahiers de recherche

Classification Models Via Tabu Search: An Application to Early Stage Venture Classification

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Detecting Heterogeneous Risk Attitudes with Mixed Gambles

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2014

Business Partners, Financing and the Commercialization of Inventions

Mimeo , 2025

Cognitive Biases May Not be All That Bad: Their Socio-Psychological Influences on Investments and Venture Performance

Mimeo , 2025

Creative Invention and Commercialization

Mimeo , 2025

Entry into Entrepreneurship: Risk Loving, Optimism, or Overweighting of Small Probabilities?

Mimeo , 2025

Risk Taking in Mixed Gambles

Mimeo , 2025

The Entrepreneurial Earnings Puzzle: Mismeasurement or Real?

Mimeo , 2025

Articles scientifiques

Practical Applications of An Inside Peek at AI Use in Private Equity

Practical Applications, septembre 2022, pp 513,

Venture Capital Financing in Europe: Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Founder Teams

Journal of Portfolio Management, septembre 2022, vol. 48, n° 9, pp 250-271, (in coll. with R. Rafih, C. J. SERRANO)

An Inside Peek at AI Use in Private Equity

The Journal of Financial Data Science, été 2021, vol. 3, n° 3, pp 97-107,

Impact Measurement based on Repeated Randomized Control Trials: The Case of a Training Program to Encourage Social Entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, juin 2021, vol. 15, n° 2, pp 254-278, (in coll. with F. HOOS)

Chapitres d'ouvrages

The International Diffusion of Computer Aided Design

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technologies; Models, Case Studies And Forecasts Of Diffusion, R.U. Ayres, W. Haywood, I. Tchijov (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 171-196

Actes de conférence

Cahiers de recherche

The Impact of Overconfidence and Ambiguity Attitude on Market Entry

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Appendix: Invention Quality and Entrepreneurial Earnings: The Role of Prior Employment Variety

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Invention Quality and Entrepreneurial Earnings: The Role of Prior Employment Variety

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Public Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship: A Call to Arms

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Formation

  • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University - Etats-Unis
  • Licentiate of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology - Suède
  • Master of Science, Chalmers University of Technology - Suède

Activités scientifiques

Adhésion à l'organisation académique ou professionnelle

  • Member of the Executive Committe, SEI (Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
  • Member of selection committee, Canadian Young Entrepreneur Award

Activités scientifiques

  • mars 2016- Editor, Small Business Economics
  • 2015- Associate Editor, Management Science
  • 2014- Advisory Editor, Research Policy
  • janvier 2011-janvier 2013 Associate Editor, European Management Review
  • 2001- Chief Academic Review Officer, TIM Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
  • Editeur Adjoint, Industrial and Corporate Change

    • Conference organisation

  • 2017-2017 Organisateur, 6ème HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Development
  • 2014-2014 Organisateur, 5ème HEC Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance
  • 2013-2013 Organisateur, 4ème HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop on Crowdfunding
  • 2012-2012 Organisateur, 3rd HEC Entrepreneurship Workshop on Student Entrepreneurship
  • 2011- Member of the SEI (Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation) Organizing Committee 2011
  • 2010-2010 Organisateur, 2nd HEC Entrepreneurship workshop on Academic Entrepreneurship
  • 2009-2009 Organisateur, 1st HEC Entrepreneurship workshop on Entrepreneurial Entry

    • Prix ​​& honneurs

    • 2016 Best Empirical Paper, AoM Entrepreneurship Division, AoM conference
    • 2016 Chair of Excellence
    • 2015 Finalist, Prix Académique 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