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Etienne KRIEGER

Affiliate Professor

Centre Entrepreneuriat et innovation

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Biography

Dr. Etienne Krieger is an Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris. He is academic director of the HEC Challenge + certificate (France & Africa) and the “SME Manager: Innovation, Impact & Growth” certificate. He is also Scientific Director of the Entrepreneurship Certificate and Scientific Advisor of the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MSIE) at HEC Paris.

Etienne is a graduate of HEC Paris and holds a Ph.D. in management science from Paris Dauphine University. He has advised more than 1000 innovative companies. He is member of the Paris Saclay Seed Fund investment committee. He is also cofounder and/or advisor of several innovative companies and he was a board member of Xiring, a leading security solutions provider for electronic transactions, from its IPO until its friendly takeover by Ingenico.

He authored numerous books, papers, financial and business tools for entrepreneurs.

Dr. Krieger mainly teaches entrepreneurial finance. He launched a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) jointly developed by HEC and Ecole Polytechnique about technology-based start-up creation and development. This MOOC provided by Coursera has been followed by more than 66 000 students worldwide. He also designed the online course on Entrepreneurial Finance in HEC's Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Prior to starting his business activities, Dr. Krieger was the Director of the HEC Start-Up Institute and cofounder of the Challenge+ program at HEC Paris, France's leading business school. In this capacity, Mr. Krieger has developed and taught various programs on entrepreneurship and finance and advised numerous tech start-ups. He also participated in international meetings on innovation, notably the High Technology Small Firms Conference (The Netherlands), the International Conference on Small Business (San Francisco), the National Summit on Innovation (Malaysia), and the International Finance Conference (Tunisia). Dr. Krieger is founder and President of the Challenge+ alumni association and member of several committees selecting high tech new ventures. He has been consulted by the French government and several administrations about various mechanisms intended to favor innovation in small companies.

Scientific articles

Vers une révolution entrepreneuriale en France ?

Entreprendre & Innover, 2017, vol. 2, n° 33, pp 100-109, (in coll. with P. ALBERT)

La troublante mesure du risque du capital-risque

La Revue du Financier, January-February 2013, vol. 35, n° 199, pp 4-20, (in coll. with F. ISELIN, K. MEDJAD)

You Said Successful? Actual and Perceived Performance of Venture Capital in France

International Journal of Business, Fall 2011, vol. 16, n° 4, (in coll. with K. Medjad, V. Gerasymenko, R. Grandsart, F. ISELIN)

La reprise d'entreprise à l'aune de l'analyse du récit

Gestion 2000, May-June 2009, n° 3, (in coll. with E. Riot, B. RAMANANTSOA)

La reprise d'entreprise à l'aune de l'analyse du récit

Gestion 2000, May-June 2007, pp 125-140, (in coll. with E. Riot, B. RAMANANTSOA)

Créer et fiancer une start-up : constat et recommandations

Revue Télécom, Spring-Summer 2001, n° 126, pp 06-12,

La confiance : clé de voûte des réseaux d'innovation

Revue Française de Géoéconomie, Winter 1999, n° 8, pp 125-138, (in coll. with J. P Alix)

Books

De l'entreprise traditionnelle à la start-up : les nouveaux modèles de développement

Editions d'Organisation, Paris (in coll. with H. Azoulay, G. Poullain (Eds.))

Chapters in edited books

Return Expectations from Venture Capital Deals in Europe: A Comparative Study

New Challenges In Entrepreneurship And Finance, M. Peris-Ortiz, J. M. Sahut (Eds), Springer, Berlin, 17-33

Quelle performance pour les portefeuilles de capital-risque ? Ecart entre croyance et réalité

Innovation Et Création D'Entreprise : De L'Idée À L'Organisation, A. Bloch, S. Morin Delerm (Eds), Vuibert, 354-363

Venture capital and its perceived performance: exploring a mirage

Innovation And New Venture Creation: From Idea To Organization, A. Bloch, S. Morin Delerm (Eds), ESKA, 313-326

Le contribuable, premier capital-risqueur de France

L'Art Du Management 3, Dunod, 479-483

Le contribuable, premier capital-risqueur de France

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 479-483

Financement de l'innovation : les solutions informelles

L'Art D'Entreprendre, S. Buirley, D. Muzyka (Eds), Village Mondial, 87-89

Trust and management: as applied to innovative small companies

New Technology-Based Firms In The 1990S, W. E. During, R. P. Oakey, SAGE Publications, 4, 125-139

Proceedings

General background on some incubation programs

21st NBIA Conference , 2007 , Seatle (J. Arlotto, J.P. Boissin, G. Quetin, S. Saingré)

Le dilemme du repreneuriat ou les structures élémentaires de la parenté

Colloque Georges Doriot , 2006 , Deauville (E. Riot, B. RAMANANTSOA)

La relation Entrepreneur-Investisseur : un moteur de la réussite

CapInTech , 2005 (A. Garrigues)

Retour d'expérience sur 2 initiatives de formation-action destinées aux entrepreneurs et aux innovateurs

3ème Conférence Internationale de Finance , 2005 (J. Arlotto)

Scientific articles

Vers une révolution entrepreneuriale en France ?

Entreprendre & Innover, 2017, vol. 2, n° 33, pp 100-109, (in coll. with P. ALBERT)

La troublante mesure du risque du capital-risque

La Revue du Financier, January-February 2013, vol. 35, n° 199, pp 4-20, (in coll. with F. ISELIN, K. MEDJAD)

You Said Successful? Actual and Perceived Performance of Venture Capital in France

International Journal of Business, Fall 2011, vol. 16, n° 4, (in coll. with K. Medjad, V. Gerasymenko, R. Grandsart, F. ISELIN)

La reprise d'entreprise à l'aune de l'analyse du récit

Gestion 2000, May-June 2009, n° 3, (in coll. with E. Riot, B. RAMANANTSOA)

Books

De l'entreprise traditionnelle à la start-up : les nouveaux modèles de développement

Editions d'Organisation, Paris (in coll. with H. Azoulay, G. Poullain (Eds.))

Chapters in edited books

Return Expectations from Venture Capital Deals in Europe: A Comparative Study

New Challenges In Entrepreneurship And Finance, M. Peris-Ortiz, J. M. Sahut (Eds), Springer, Berlin, 17-33

Quelle performance pour les portefeuilles de capital-risque ? Ecart entre croyance et réalité

Innovation Et Création D'Entreprise : De L'Idée À L'Organisation, A. Bloch, S. Morin Delerm (Eds), Vuibert, 354-363

Venture capital and its perceived performance: exploring a mirage

Innovation And New Venture Creation: From Idea To Organization, A. Bloch, S. Morin Delerm (Eds), ESKA, 313-326

Le contribuable, premier capital-risqueur de France

L'Art Du Management 3, Dunod, 479-483

Proceedings

General background on some incubation programs

21st NBIA Conference , 2007 , Seatle (J. Arlotto, J.P. Boissin, G. Quetin, S. Saingré)

Le dilemme du repreneuriat ou les structures élémentaires de la parenté

Colloque Georges Doriot , 2006 , Deauville (E. Riot, B. RAMANANTSOA)

La relation Entrepreneur-Investisseur : un moteur de la réussite

CapInTech , 2005 (A. Garrigues)

Retour d'expérience sur 2 initiatives de formation-action destinées aux entrepreneurs et aux innovateurs

3ème Conférence Internationale de Finance , 2005 (J. Arlotto)

Education

  • Doctorat Es Sciences de Gestion (Ph.D. in Management), Université Paris Dauphine - France
  • Diplome vise bac + 5, Other, Other, Université Paris Dauphine - France
  • Master, HEC Paris - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 1988- Affiliate Professor HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Founder and previous general manager of the HEC Start-up Institute
  • President du Club Challenge+
  • Cofondateur et administrateur de l'Academie de l'Entrepreneuriat
  • Membre du jury de selection du trophee des Mercure des Entrepreneurs HEC.
  • Membre du collectif Paris-Saclay Innovation
  • Membre du comite stategique du programme Challenge + et de divers seminaires HEC.
  • Vice-President et DG Delegue, -Navidis S.A.
  • Co-Gerant, SeleXel
  • Member of the Board, Vega Vista Inc.
  • Administrateur, Xiring
  • Gerant, Kermedia

Awards & honors

  • 2012 Best Paper Award de l'INBAM (International Network of Business and Management Journal), pour l'article "You Said Successful? Actual and Perceived Performance of Venture Capital in France", International Journal of Business, automne 2011, vol. 16, n 4 (en coll. avec Karim Medjad, Violetta Gerasymenko, Romain Grandsart, Frederic Iselin)