Thomas Astebro

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.

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 APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2016- Professor, Economics - Decision ScienceHEC Paris
• 2015-2016 Professor, Strategy and Business PolicyHEC Paris
• 2008-2014 Associate ProfessorHEC Paris
• 2008- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC ParisHEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 2006-2008 Cross-appointed Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of TorontoDepartment of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
• 2003-2008 Associate ProfessorRotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• 2001-2003 Associate ProfessorUniversity of Waterloo
• 2001-2002 Visiting ProfessorQueensland University of Technology
• 2001-2001 Visiting ProfessorJönköping International Business School
• 2000-2001 TenuredUniversity of Waterloo
• 1995-2001 Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
• 1998-1998 Visiting ScientistInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• 1996-1996 Research AssociateCenter for Economic Studies, US Bureau of the Census
• 1995-1996 Affiliate Professor2Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
• 1994-1995 LecturerDepartment of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
• 1994-1994 LecturerGraduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University