Some of the questions Thomas Åstebro tries to answer in his research:
- Why do people become entrepreneurs?
- How important is academic and student entrepreneurship?
- What is the role of various cognitive biases in explaining entrepreneurial choices?
- The importance of job creation by entrepreneurs
- The value of Intelectual property rights
Thomas Åstebro 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 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 of Management Science and Small Business Economics, and Advisory Editor of Industrial and Corporate Change, and Research Policy, and past Associate Editor of European Management Review. Thomas has also worked at University of Waterloo, University of Toronto and KULeuven, and have been a 4-time entrepreneur.