Biography

Administrative & Editorial Positions

2017- Vice President for Innovation at EPFL

2013- Deputy & Associate Editor: Academy of Management Journal (AMJ

2009-2016 Director of the MTE Master Program at EPFL

2000-2005 Manager of the LMU Entrepreneurship Center



Academic Positions

10/2005 - present
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Assistant Professor (2005-2008), Associate Professor (2008-2010), Full Professor (since 2011)

9/2004 -12/2004
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Visiting Scholar

9/2000 - 9/2005
University of Munich (LMU), Munich School of Management
• Habilitand
• Vice-Director of the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Director: Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D.)
• Manager of the ODEON Center for Entrepreneurship

1/1999 -12/1999
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Visiting Scholar

10/1995-12/1998
University of St. Gallen, HSG
• Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate

Degrees and Nominations

4/2005 University of Munich (LMU), Munich School of Management
Venia Legendi for Management (Habilitation)

10/2000 University of St. Gallen, HSG
Ph.D. in Management

10/1995 University of St. Gallen, HSG
Master in Business Administration (lic. oec. HSG)

Exemplary Publications

• Escaping the prior knowledge corridor: What shapes the number and variety of market opportunities identified before market entry of technology start-ups? (with MacMillan, I.C., Thompson, J.D.), accepted for publication: Organization Science.
• Darwinians, Communitarians and Missionaries: The Role of Founder in Entrepreneurship (with Fauchart, E.), accepted for publication: Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) Vol. 54, No. 5/2011, pp. 935 - 957.
• Configurations of Resources & Capabilities and their Performance Implications: An Exploratory Study on Technology Ventures (with Heinemann, F., Brettel, M., and Hungeling, S.), Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), No.12/2010, pp. 1337-1356.
• From Minds to Markets: How Human Capital Endowments Shape Market Opportunity Identification of Technology Start-ups (with MacMillan, I.C./ Thompson, J.D.), accepted for publication: Journal of Management.
• Individual and Opportunity Factors Influencing Job Creation in New Firms (with Dencker, J.C./Shah, S.), Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), No. 6/2009, pp. 1125–1147.
• "In pursuit of the real deal" A longitudinal study of VC decision making (with Petty, J.), Journal of Business Venturing (JBV), No. 2/2011, pp. 172-188.
• Exploring the Origins of Organizational Paths: Empirical Evidence from Newly Founded Firms, Journal of Management, No. 5/2010, pp. 1143-1167
• Look before you Leap: Market Opportunity Identification in Emerging Technology Firms (with MacMillan, I.C./Thompson, J.), Management Science, No.9/2008, Vol.54, pp. 1652-1665.
• Pre-Entry Knowledge & the Survival of New Firms (with Dencker, J.C./Shah, S.K.), Organization Science, No. 5-6/2009, pp. 516-537.
• Venture Capitalists’ Evaluations of Start-up Teams: Trade-offs, Knock-out Criteria, and the Impact of VC Experience (with Franke, N./Harhoff, D./Henkel, J.), Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ETP), No. 5/2008, pp. 459-483
• Uncovering the Value of Planning in New Venture Creation – A Process and Contingency Perspective, Journal of Business Venturing (JBV), No. 6/2007, pp. 782-807.
• What you are is what you like - Similarity Biases in Venture Capitalists' Evaluation of Start-up Teams (with Franke, N./Harhoff, D./Henkel, J.), in: Journal of Business Venturing (JBV), No. 6/2006, Vol. 21, pp. 802-826.


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