Biographie
Thomas Åstebro is the Executive Director and Professor at the ION Management Science Lab at HEC Paris; and Scientific Director and Founder of the Creative Desctruction Lab in Paris. Leading the ION Lab he directs a group of researchers on the selection and training of talent, with a focus on AI augmentation of these human processes. He recently concluded an RCT at scale in Ecuador where over 30,000 high school students were touched with various new online training initiatives. He is now scaling up an RCT with France Travail, seeking to train the unemployed in useful skills using online and AI tools to get them to employment or to become entrepreneurs. With Carlos Serrano, CDL and the HEC Incubateur he is also exploring how to better identify and select ventures and to augment training and mentoring of founders using new AI tools. He has held various high-level administrative positions at HEC and University of Waterloo and has been an entrepreneur four times. 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 300 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 has previously held positions at University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, and KU Leuven. He earned his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and holds both a Master of Engineering and an MBA from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.
Articles scientifiques
Small Business Economics, janvier 2024, vol. 62, pp 1-21, (in coll. with S. C. Parker, D. B. Audretsch, R. Blackburn, A. Burke, A. Coad, M. Cowling, P. Davidsson, M. Fritsch, F. Greene, P. D. Reynolds, R. Thurik)
RAND Journal of Economics, automne 2024, vol. 55, n° 3, pp 403-441, (in coll. with M. FERNANDEZ, S. LOVO, N. VULKAN)
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, décembre 2023, vol. 17, n° 4, pp 830-856, (in coll. with Y. DING, S. Braguinsky)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America_PNAS, juillet 2023, vol. 120, n° 30, pp e2216686120, (in coll. with I. Asanov, A.-M. Asanov, G. Buenstorf, B. CRÉPON, D. McKenzie, F. P. Flores T., M. Mensmann, M. SCHULTE)
Journal of Portfolio Management, septembre 2022, vol. 48, n° 9, pp 250-271, (in coll. with R. Rafih, C. J. SERRANO)
Practical Applications, septembre 2022, pp 513,
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, juin 2021, vol. 15, n° 2, pp 254-278, (in coll. with F. HOOS)
The Journal of Financial Data Science, été 2021, vol. 3, n° 3, pp 97-107,
Organization Science, mars - avril 2020, vol. 31, n° 2, pp 308-329, (in coll. with C. GUTIERREZ, T. OBLOJ)
Industrial and Labor Relations Review_ILR Review, octobre 2019, vol. 72, n° 5, pp 1094-1122, (in coll. with B. BRAGUINSKY, P. BRAUNERHJELM, A. BROSTRÖM)
Chapitres d'ouvrages
The Oxford Handbook Of Entrepreneurial Finance, D. Cummins (ed.), Oxford University Press, 45-108
Handbook Of Research On Entrepreneurship And Regional Development, M. Fritsch (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 252-333
2010 “An Innovation Strategy For Sweden– Swedish Economic Forum Policy Summary”, P. Braunerhjelm, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, 47-61
Computer Integrated Manufacturing, The Past, The Present And The Future, R. U. Ayres, W. Haywood, M. E. Merchant, J. Ranta, J. Warnecke (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 83-96
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
Munich Summer Institute 2022 , 2022 (J. PENALVA)
2019 DRUID conference , 2019 , Copenhaguen , 4970 (A. SHYTI, C. PARASCHIV)
76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management , 2016 , Anaheim , Meeting Abstract Supplement , January (C. GUTIERREZ MORENO)
Cahiers de recherche
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015
Articles scientifiques
Small Business Economics, janvier 2024, vol. 62, pp 1-21, (in coll. with S. C. Parker, D. B. Audretsch, R. Blackburn, A. Burke, A. Coad, M. Cowling, P. Davidsson, M. Fritsch, F. Greene, P. D. Reynolds, R. Thurik)
RAND Journal of Economics, automne 2024, vol. 55, n° 3, pp 403-441, (in coll. with M. FERNANDEZ, S. LOVO, N. VULKAN)
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, décembre 2023, vol. 17, n° 4, pp 830-856, (in coll. with Y. DING, S. Braguinsky)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America_PNAS, juillet 2023, vol. 120, n° 30, pp e2216686120, (in coll. with I. Asanov, A.-M. Asanov, G. Buenstorf, B. CRÉPON, D. McKenzie, F. P. Flores T., M. Mensmann, M. SCHULTE)
Chapitres d'ouvrages
The Oxford Handbook Of Entrepreneurial Finance, D. Cummins (ed.), Oxford University Press, 45-108
Handbook Of Research On Entrepreneurship And Regional Development, M. Fritsch (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 252-333
2010 “An Innovation Strategy For Sweden– Swedish Economic Forum Policy Summary”, P. Braunerhjelm, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, 47-61
Computer Integrated Manufacturing, The Past, The Present And The Future, R. U. Ayres, W. Haywood, M. E. Merchant, J. Ranta, J. Warnecke (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 83-96
Actes de conférence
Munich Summer Institute 2022 , 2022 (J. PENALVA)
2019 DRUID conference , 2019 , Copenhaguen , 4970 (A. SHYTI, C. PARASCHIV)
76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management , 2016 , Anaheim , Meeting Abstract Supplement , January (C. GUTIERREZ MORENO)
Cahiers de recherche
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017
Formation
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Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University - Etats-Unis
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Licentiate of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology - Suède
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Master of Science, Chalmers University of Technology - Suède
Nominations académiques
Responsabilités académiques à HEC
- 2025- Directeur Exécutif du ION Management Lab HEC Paris
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
Conference organisation
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