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     Prof. Dr. Diemo Urbig
        Junior Professor for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Corporate Change (since 2012)
         Jackstädt Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Wuppertal
    E-mail: urbig@diemo.de  
    Education:
        ~   Ph.D. (Management Science, Doctor, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2010)
        ~   M.Sc. (Computer Science, Dipl.-Inf., Humboldt University, Berlin, 2003)
        ~   M.Sc. (Management, Dipl-Kfm., Humboldt University, Berlin, 2001)
    Previous positions:
            University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics, Department of Management (2009-2012)
            Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy Group (2007-2009)
            Humboldt University of Berlin, Entrepreneurial Studies and Innovation Management  (2006-2007)
            Humboldt University of Berlin,  Artificial Intelligence Group (2002-2006)
    Visiting:
           Wharton School, University of Pennsilvania (2010),
           Florida International University (2009)
Research fields:
Economic and managerial psychology, entrepreneurship and innovation, organizational behavior
Research topics:
Individual decision-making under risk and uncertainty, source- and effect-dependent risk perceptions and preferences, structures of risk and uncertainty, social learning and diffusion, overconfidence and optimism, entrepreneurial and managerial cognition, new product development, technology transfer

Selected recent & forthcoming publications (all publications)
  • Urbig, D., Bürger, R., Patzelt, H., Schweizer, L. (forthcoming) Investor reactions to new product development failures: The moderating role of product development stage. Journal of Management. dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206311416120
  • Urbig, D., Monsen, E. (2012)  The structure of optimism: “Controllability affects the extent to which efficacy beliefs shape outcome expectancies”. Journal of Economic Psychology, 33(4), 854–867. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2012.03.004
  • Urbig, D., Weitzel, U., Rosenkranz, S., van Witteloostuijn, A. (2012) Exploiting opportunities at all cost? Entrepreneurial intent and externalities. Journal of Economic Pychology, 33(2), 379-393.  dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2011.03.003

Upcoming presentations (all presentations)
  • Entrepreneurial Teams: Personality Composition, Conflicts, Efficacy, And Satisfaction.(presented by co-author) Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Fort Worth, Texas USA, June 6-9, 2012.
  • Entrepreneurship and General Expectations of Good Luck and Social Support: An Unexpectedly Negative Relationship. 3rd IZA Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research, Potsdam University, Postdam, Germany, June 14-15, 2012.
  • Entrepreneurs' Search Behavior: An Experimental Study. (presented by co-author) Academy of Management conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 3-7, 2012.
  • Entrepreneurial Learning Between Exploration and Exploitation: An Experimental Study. (presented by co-author)  European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, June 6-8, 2012.