Thomas Åstebro

Thomas Åstebro is the L''Oreal Professor of Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris; Academic Director, HEC Online Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship; co-Director Entrepreneurship Track HEC MBA Program, and past Academic Director of the HEC Leadership Center; member of the Steering committee Groupement de Recherche et d’Etudes en Gestion d’HEC (HEC Management Research Group); and member of the Steering and Curriculum committees, MBA Program at HEC. He is listed in Marquis Who''s Who in the World, is among the top 2 percent most downloaded authors on www.ssrn, has made over 150 presentations, published over 30 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 an Associate Editor at Management Science , and Small Business Economics , Advisory Editor at Industrial and Corporate Change , and Research Policy , and past Associate Editor of European Management Review . He has previously held positions at University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, and KU Leuven.

Education

• 1994 Ph.D. , Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
• 1989 Licentiate of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
• 1986 Master of Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Academic responsibilities at HEC

• 2016- Professor, Economics - Decision Science.
• 2015-2016 Professor, Strategy and Business Policy.
• 2008-2014 Associate Professor.
• 2008- Member of GREGHEC (CNRS).

External academic responsibilities

• 2006-2008 Cross-appointed Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto.
• 2003-2008 Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
• 2001-2002 Visiting Professor, Queensland University of Technology.
• 2001-2001 Visiting Professor, Jönköping International Business School.
• 2001-2003 Associate Professor, University of Waterloo.
• 2001-2001 Visiting Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
• 2000-2001 Tenured , University of Waterloo.
• 1998-1998 Visiting Scientist, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
• 1997-2000 Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon Census Research Data Center, The Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University.
• 1996-1996 Research Associate, Center for Economic Studies, US Bureau of the Census.
• 1995-2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo.
• 1995-1996 Affiliate Professor, 2Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University.
• 1994-1995 Lecturer, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo.
• 1994-1994 Lecturer, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University.