Resume C. Mirjam van Praag February, 2010 Business address Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) Roetersstraat 11; 1018 WB Amsterdam; The Netherlands Phone +31 20 525 4096; e-mail:
[email protected] Personal data Full name: Celine Mirjam van Praag, Date of Birth: November 11, 1967; Nationality: Dutch Education • PhD in economics from the UvA (1992 - 1995, cum laude) • Dissertation: "Determinants of successful entrepreneurship" • Supervisors: Prof. Dr J.S. Cramer and Prof. Dr J. Hartog • Tinbergen School PhD Diploma • Masters ("doctoraal") in econometrics from the UvA (1987 - 1991, cum laude) • “Propedeuse” econometrics and actuarial sciences from the UvA (1986 - 1987, cum laude) • "Gymnasium Beta" (1980 - 1986, cum laude) • Program ‘Academic Leadership’ UvA, 2008-2009 • Education Program for Supervisory Board Members, ESAA Rotterdam School of Management, 2009-2010 Current position and affiliations • Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organization, FEB, UvA (2005-) • Founding Director of the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) (2005-2009) • Academic director of ACE (2010-) 8 million euro project with UvA, VU, HvA and many outside parties such as the City, The Chamber of Commerce, RABO and KPMG • Research Fellow Tinbergen Institute (2002-) • Research Professor at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena (2006-) • Research Fellow IZA Institute for Labour Market Research, Bonn (2006-) • Associate Editor of the Small Business Economics Journal (2005-) • Member of the Supervisory Board of APG Group NV (2008-) • Member of the Advisory Board of the UvA/AMC Technology Transfer Office (2009-) • President of the Evaluation Committee Chambers of Commerce 2010 installed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (October 2009• Advisory Member of the Committee ‘Belastingherziening’ installed by the Ministry of Finance (October 2009-) • Member of the SER Committee ‘The position of the Self-Employed’ (2010-) • Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Federatie Zakenvrouwen” (2009-) • Member of the Board of SEO Economisch Onderzoek (2010-) • Member of the Supervisory Board of the “SCALES” EIM research program • Member of various advisory committees of start-ups Previous Positions • Member of the Expert Committee “Kapitaalmarkt toegang Kleine en Middelgrote Ondernemingen” van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken (2006, voorzitter: Fred VondeWall) • Director of Education Programs in Business Economics FEE UvA 2005
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Program Coordinator of Bsc and Msc programs in “Economics of Organization", FEB UvA 2001-2005 Co-director of the Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance 2002-2005 Associate Professor Economics of Organization, FEB, UvA, 1998-2005 Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group (1995-1998) PhD student, economics department of the UvA (1992-1995) Consultant with GfK Intomart B.V. Hilversum (1992-1995) Financial Analist with Procter & Gamble, Rotterdam (1991-1992) Internships and student assistant experience: • Marketing Department, Française de Brasserie (Heineken), Paris (1991) • Finance Department, Procter & Gamble, Frankfurt (1990) • Research assistant with the Foundation for Economic Research (SEO), UvA (1988-1989)
Research topics • Entrepreneurship Performance and (Human) Capital • Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Education Programs (Field experiments) • Personnel Economics, Economics of Organization, Performance Measurement and Rewards Publications
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“If you are so smart, why aren’t you an entrepreneur? Returns to cognitive and social ability: Entrepreneurs versus employees” 2009 (coauthors Joop Hartog and Justin van der Sluis), forthcoming in Journal of Economics and Management Strategy “The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation”, 2009, (coauthors Hessel Oosterbeek and Auke IJsselstein), forthcoming in The European Economic Review. “Who values the status of the entrepreneurship?”, 2009, forthcoming in the Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ed David Audretsch), Edward Elgar “Group status and entrepreneurship” (coauthor Simon Parker), forthcoming in 2009 Journal of Economics and Management Strategy “Academic Entrepreneurship in Europe: A Different Perspective”, 2009, Chapter 12 in “Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy”, eds Z. Acs, D, Audretsch and R. Strom, Cambridge University Press, p. 284-298 Book review, 2009, of “Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-,Asian-, and White-Owned Businesses in the United States” 2008, by Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia M. Robb. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, Journal of Economic Literature 47, p. 44-47. "Performance measurement, expectancy and agency theory: an experimental analysis" (coauthor: Randolph Sloof), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 67(4) 2008, pp. 794-
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"First author determinants and the Benefits of Being Professor A (and not Z): An empirical analysis of non-alphabetic name ordering among economics authors" (co-author: Bernard van Praag), Economica 75(300), 2008, pp. 782-796. “Education and Entrepreneurship selection and performance: a review of the empirical literature”, 2008, (coauthor: Wim Vijverberg en Justin van der Sluis), Journal of Economic Surveys, 22(5), 2008, pp. 795-841. “Explaining entrepreneurial intentions by means of the theory of planned behaviour”, 2008, (coauthors: Marco van Gelderen, Maryse Brand, Wynand Bodewes, Erik Poutsma, Anita van Gils), Career Development International, 13(6), 2008, pp. 539-559.
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“The economic benefits and costs of entrepreneurship” (co-author: Peter Versloot), Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship 4(2), 2008, pp. 65-154. “What is the Value of Entrepreneurship: A Review of Recent Research” (co-author: Peter Versloot), Small Business Economics 29(4), 2007, pp. 351-382. "The value relevance of top executive departures: Evidence from the Netherlands" (co-author: Kees Cools), Journal of Corporate Finance 13(5), 2007, pp. 721-742. “Returns to education for entrepreneurs”, Chapter 4 in “Human Capital: Moving the Frontier”, eds Joop Hartog and Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Cambridge University Press (co-author Justin van der Sluis), 2007 "Illegal entrepreneurship experience: Does it make a difference for business performance and motivation?”(co-author: Ruta Aidis), Journal of Business Venturing 22(2), 2007, pp. 283-310. "The entrepreneur’s mode of entry: Business takeover or new venture start?”, 2007 Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 27(5), article 9 (Selected Conference Papers and Proceedings Babson Conference Available at: http://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/fer/vol27/iss5/9 "Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance: The Endogenous Triangle" (co-author Simon Parker), Journal of Business and Economic Statistic 24(4), 2006, pp. 416-431. "Wage structure and the incentive effects of promotions" (co-authors: Marco van Herpen and Kees Cools), Kyklos 59(3), 2006, pp. 441-459. "Venture performance and venture input: human and financial capital", Chapter 17 in The Life Cycle of Entrepreneurial Ventures, International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship, Springer Academic Publishers (ed. Simon Parker), 2006, pp. 507-533. “The effects of performance measurement and compensation: an empirical study” (co-authors: Marco van Herpen and Kees Cools), De Economist 153(3), 2005, pp. 303-329. "Entrepreneurship selection and performance: A meta-analysis of the impact of education in developing economies (co-authors: Justin van der Sluis and Wim Vijverberg), World Bank Economic Review 19(2), 2005, pp.225-261. "Initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial venture performance” (co-authors Gerrit de Wit and Niels Bosma), Journal of Private Equity 9(1), 2005, pp. 36-44. "Economic returns to education for entrepreneurs: The development of a neglected child in the family of economics of education?" (co-author: Justin van der Sluis), Swedish Economic Policy Review 11(2), 2004, pp. 183-226. "The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Startups" (co-authors: Niels Bosma, Roy Thurik, and Gerrit de Wit), Small Business Economics 23(3), 2004, pp. 227-236. "Some advances in the explanation of entrepreneurial intentions", Chapter 2, pp. 27-45 in M. Dowling, J. Schmuede and D. zu Knyphausen-Aufsess (eds) Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research, Lit Verlag, Muenster, Germany, 2004 (co-authors: M. van Gelderen, M. Brand, M. Ombach and W. Bodewes) "Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners", Small Business Economics 21(1), 2003, pp. 1-17. "Opportunity and willingness to start as an entrepreneur", Chapter 2, pp. 38-62 in D.J.Storey (ed) Small Business: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, Routledge, London, 2003 "The Value of Investments in Human and Social Capital for Small Business Founders" (coauthor: Gerrit de Wit), 2002 in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research "Low risk aversion encourages the choice for entrepreneurship: an empirical test of a truism" (co-authors: Mars Cramer, Joop Hartog, Nicole Jonker), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 48(1), 2002, pp. 29-36. "The roots of entrepreneurship and labor demand: individual ability and low risk aversion", (coauthor: Mars Cramer), Economica 68(269), 2001, pp. 45-62.
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"On the virtues of transparency and simplicity: an empirical analysis of the value-relevance of targets" (co-author: Kees Cools, Editor J. Zimmerman), special issue in English of Maandschrift Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie 74, 2001, pp. 24-37. "Some Classic Views on Entrepreneurship", De Economist 147(3), 1999, pp. 311-335. "The demand for concerts of classical music - decision support for scenario planning of orchestras" (co-authors: Bernard van Praag, Karel Slootman, Piet Stam and Willem Wijnbergen), Marketing and Research Today 24(2), 1996, pp. 27-35; Award-winner at ESOMAR conference "Determinants of Willingness and Opportunity to Start as an Entrepreneur" (co-author Hans van Ophem), Kyklos International Review for Social Sciences 48, 1995, pp. 513-540. "Firm-size wage differentials in the Netherlands" (co-author Hessel Oosterbeek), Small Business Economics 7, 1995, pp. 173-182.
Books th • Nieuwe Combinaties, December 2006, book based on inaugural lecture from September, 28 , 2006, with the official installment as a professor of “Entrepreneurship and Organization”, Amsterdam University Press, the Netherlands • Successful Entrepreneurship: Confronting Economic Theory with Empirical Evidence, November 2005, Edward Elgar, London, England • Succesvol als Ondernemer, 1997, Academic Service, Schoonhoven / Amsterdam, series 'Management Briefings' • Determinants of Successful Entrepreneurship, 1996, dissertation, Thesis Publishers, Amsterdam • Opleiden, starten, slagen of falen als ondernemer, 1996, Max Goote kenniscentrum voor beroepsonderwijs en volwasseneneducatie • Start-, slaag- en faalkansen van hoger opgeleide startende ondernemers, October 1996, "voorstudie van de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid", by SEO/Intomart for WRR, Rabobank Nederland, Thinktank Elsevier. Co-authors: E. Brouwer, E. Edelmann, C.M. van Praag en B.M.S. van Praag • The demand for concerts of classical music: decision support for the scenario-planning of orchestras by means of ROA-analysis;, SEO-publication, June 1995 (co-authors B.M.S. van Praag, K.C.P. Slootman, P.J.A. Stam, J.C.M. van Ophem en W. Wijnbergen) Contributions to non-refereed books • 8 Entrepreneurship Updates, see www.ace-uva.nl • ‘Ambitie onder de kaasstolp’ chapter based on interview with Dick Boer (chairman of the Management Board of Albert Heijn) and Mirjam van Praag, 2008 • “Hoe effectief is ons corporate governance system?”, p91-99 in Yearbook 2003-2004 of the "Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde" (co-author: Kees Cools) • “De essentie van prestatiemaatstaven”, p114-122 in Yearbook 2003-2004 of the "Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde" (co-author: Kees Cools) • "Ideeen over ondernemerschap", Chapter 6, pp103-126 in Handboek Ondernemers en adviseurs: management en economie van het Midden- en Kleinbedrijf (P. Risseeuw en A.R. Thurik), Kluwer, 2003 • "Meerdere doelstellingen is geen doelstelling", p55-61 in Yearbook 2001-2002 of the "Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde" • "Succesvolle ondernemingen: de rol van de ondernemer", Chapter 5 in Ondernemers en Beleidsmakers (D.P. Scherjon en A.R. Thurik), Kluwer Bedrijfsinformatie, Deventer, 1998 •
"Het inkomen van de Nederlandse econoom", p108-114 in Yearbook 1995-1996 of the "Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde"
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(Recent) Research contributions in the media • Van Praag CM (2010) “ Ondernemers genoeg, nu de groei nog”, essay in Het Financieele Dagblad, Saturday February 27th, p. 17. ” • Van Praag CM (2010) “Fiscaal bevorderen van groei en innovatie via de DGA? Essay voor de Studiecommissie Belastingstelsel (Van Weeghel) over ondernemerschap en fiscaliteit (besproken in Het Financieele Dagblad van maandag 18 januari, 2010) • Van Praag, CM (2010, Februari), NRC Handelsblad Opinie • Van Praag, CM (2009, November 14), Het Financieele Dagblad, Optiek, “Ondernemerschap selectiever stimuleren” • Van Praag, CM (2009) Member of VPRO Radio 1 Economics panel (August 6, 20; September, 24; October 29; November 26) • Van Praag, CM (2009, November 9), Het Financieele Dagblad, p 2, article about my research on entrepreneurship and the Bizworld Program • Van Praag, CM (2009, September 9), Handelsblatt “Wissenschaft & Debatte, p 7, article about my research on entrepreneurship education • Van Praag, CM (2009, August 17) BNR in Business discussion about research on entrepreneurship and education (with Henny van de Most and Harry Starren) • Van Praag, CM (2009, May), Article about ACE and my research in Ondernemerstijdschrift ‘De Zaak’ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Van Praag, CM (2009, May 31) Guest in Buitenhof Van Praag, CM (2009, May 25) BNR in Business discussion about entrepreneurship Van Praag, CM (2009, May 15) AVRO Radio 1 expert opinion on entrepreneurship Van Praag, CM (2009, May 5) Interview Elsevier dossier carriere “Liever Eigen Baas” Van Praag, CM (2009, January) interviews with Radio 3FM (22/1), Amsterdam City Radio (21/1), Het Parool (21/1; 23/1) related to the CASE launching event. Van Praag, CM (2009, January), Financieele Dagblad, FD Entrepreneur, Special about Centers for Entrepreneurship (interview) “Fiscaal beleid voor ondernemers: stimuleer de toppers , Weekblad Fiscaal Recht 6812, 14 mei 2009, p. 595-597 “Onderzoek nut van banenplan”, NRC Handelsblad, 24 november 2008, p.1 and ‘opinion’ “Hoogleraar ziet toe op ambtenarenpensioen”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 23 september 2008, p.2 “Hoogleraar van Praag commissaris bij APG”, Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau, 22 september 2008 “Ondernemen in de spotlight”, Brabants Dagblad, 5 september 2008, p.7 “Ondernemers in de maak”, Metro, 4 augustus 2008, p.9 “Studie zonder gespreid bedje”, Volkskrant Banen, 8 april 2008, p.14-15 “Vier opleidingen in hoger onderwijs slaan de handen ineen”, Het Parool, 15 februari 2008, p.24 “Training”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 8 februari 2008, p.14 “Jong geleerd…”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 23 januari 2008, p.14 “Cultuurverandering”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 18 januari 2008, p.12 “MKB laat groei lopen”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 11 januari 2008, p.14 “Succesvolle ondernemers blijken heel vaak academisch opgeleid”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 11 januari 2008, p.4 “Prestatiebeloning”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 4 januari 2008, p.10 “Op zoek naar nieuwe helden”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 29 november 2007, p.12 “Ondernemen in de praktijk, Amsterdam in Bedrijf”, najaar 2007 “Nederlandse ondernemer slimste van de klas”, Intermediair, 19 oktober 2007 “Ondernemers niet exclusief innovatief”, Brabants Dagblad, 13 oktober 2007, p.7 “Topondernemers wel degelijk hoog opgeleid”, De Telegraaf, 13 oktober 2007, p.29
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“Rectoraat UvA voor Dymph van den Boom”, Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau, 1 oktober 2007 “Opleiding essentieel”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 7 augustus 2007, p.8 “Ondernemerschap: liever eigen baas”, Elsevier, 4 augustus 2007, p.50-55 “De waarde van status”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 31 juli 2007, p.8 “Blije werknemers”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 24 juli 2007, p.8 “Starten of overnemen?”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 17 juli 2007, p.6 “Vier vragen aan Mirjam van Praag”, Ondernemersplein, 22 mei 2007 “Academisch ondernemen”, Ondernemen!, 22 mei 2007 “Bestuurder moet zijn eigen falen voelen”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 15 mei 2007, p.13 “Hier is de literatuurlijst: zie maar”, De Volkskrant, 8 mei 2007, p.3 “Succesvol ondernemen is te leren”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 24 april 2007, p.10 “Nieuwe Combinaties”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 24 april 2007, p.10 “Geen graaitaks voor de top maar een beloningsparagraaf”, Opiniestuk in het Financieele Dagblad, 19 april 2007, p 11. “Zes suggesties voor lager topsalaris”, De Volkskrant, 11 april 2007 “Succesvol ondernemen is te leren”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 24 maart 2007 “Beloningsbeleid mkb kan professioneler”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 22 maart 2007 “Variabel belonen voor ondernemende werkers”, Sprout Magazine, 21 maart 2007 “Inzet flexibele arbeid niet geliefd in mkb”, Het Financieele Dagblad, 9 maart 2007 “Flexwerker nog niet echt populair bij kleinbedrijf”, Trouw, 9 maart 2007 “Entrepreneurship: het ondergeschoven kindje van de economie”, Rostra Economica, 2 februari 2007 “Nieuwe Combinaties”, artikel op basis van inaugurele rede in Tijdschrift Politieke Ekonomie 28(1), p 27-55, 2007 “Prestatiebeloning aan de top”, column in Economische Statistische Berichten 4479, p72, 2006 Research report commissioned by the Monitoring Committee of the Corporate Governance Code in the Netherlands: Literatuuronderzoek “Relatie beloning van topbestuurders en bedrijfsprestaties” Van Praag, rapport, 2005. "De promotieprikkel",Economische Statistische Berichten 4411, p394-395, (co-authors: M. van Herpen and K.Cools) 2003 "Hoe effectief is ons corporate governance systeem?", Economische Statistische Berichten 4403, p220-223, (co-author: K.Cools) 2003 "De motivatie van de ondernemer", Economische Statistische Berichten 4402, p D17, 2003 "De essentie van prestatiemaatstaven", Economische Statistische Berichten 4394, p56-59, (coauthor: K.Cools) 2003 "Motiverend belonen loont", Economische Statistische Berichten 4386, p867-871, (co-authors: R. Kok, K.Cools and M. van Herpen) 2002 "Topmanagers", NRC Handelsblad December (co-author: Kees Cools) 2001 "Bedrijven met één helder doel verdienen het meest", Het Financieele Dagblad p13 (optiek), (coauthor: K.Cools) 2001 "Hoe minder doelen, des te hoger de aandelenkoers", Het Financieele Dagblad p12 (optiek), (coauthor: K.Cools) 2001 "Meerdere doelstellingen is geen doelstelling", Economische Statistische Berichten 4321, p644647, (co-author: K.Cools) 2001 "Topsalarissen en aandelenopties", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4240, 69-73, (with K. Cools) 2000 "Optieplan FNV is alleszins redelijk", NRC Handelsblad (With Bernard M.S. van Praag) 2000 "De intermediair blijft: een casestudie van de verzekeringsmarkt", Holland Management Review 58, 59-66 (with K. Cools and M. Nikolic), 1998
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"Ondernemerschap: Marshall versus Schumpeter", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4104, 344-347, 1997 "Een antwoord op de vraag naar klassieke muziek", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4106, 388-390, (with B.M.S. van Praag) 1997 "Naar een ondernemend en succesvol startersbeleid in Nederland", Tijdschrift voor Politieke Economie 19(4) 73-98, 1997 "Het inkomen van de Nederlandse econoom", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4039, pp13-15, (with J. Hartog and J. Odink), 1996 "Succesvol Ondernemerschap: wie wel en wie niet?", Economenblad p8 March 1996 "Credit Management en de Startende Ondernemer", 1996, De Credit Manager 6(4), 17-19 1995 "Ondernemer worden: kunnen en willen is twee", Economisch Statistische Berichten 3959 (1994), pp390-393, (with H. van Ophem) 1994 "Schoonheid betaalt!", Economisch Statistische Berichten 3978, p1139, 1994 "Heeft economie nut?", Economenblad November p6-7, 1994 "Anomalie: grotere bedrijven betalen hogere lonen", Economisch Statistische Berichten 3925 pp764-768 (with H. Oosterbeek), 1993
Working papers • “If you are so smart, why aren’t you an entrepreneur? (coauthors: Joop Hartog and Justin van der Sluis) • Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework, with Robin Douhan • Comparing the returns to education for entrepreneurs and employees (coauthors: Justin van der Sluis and Arjen van Witteloostuijn) • The entrepreneur’s mode of entry: Business takeover or new venture start? (coauthor: Simon Parker) • Measuring returns to education based on changes in compulsory schooling laws (coauthor: Justin van der Sluis) • The Degradation of Distorted Performance Measures: An Application to Residual Income Based Measures like EVA (coauthor: Randolph Sloof) • The effect of noise in a performance measure on work motivation: A real effort laboratory experiment (coauthor: Randolph Sloof) Current Research Projects • Evaluation study of entrepreneurship education at the HvA (together with Sander Hoogendoorn and Hessel Oosterbeek) • Entrepreneurs and icons (together with Veronique Schutjens, Ingrid Verheul, Jolanda Hessels and Niels Bosma) • Entrepreneurship and education from a macroperspective (together with Andre van Stel) • The Dutch weaker case of entrepreneurship: why do Dutch entrepreneurs not employ personnel? (together with Andre van Stel and Jose Millan) • Bizworld evaluation (with Laura Rosendahl Huber and others) • Entrepreneurship and networks (with Tom Elfring, Martin Haring and Sander Hoogendoorn) • Entrepreneurship and cognitive ability (Sander Hoogendoorn and others) PhD students • Marco van Herpen, “Issues in Personnel Economics”, Promotion was in January 25 2007. • Justin van der Sluis, “Entrepreneurship and Education”, Promotion was April 20 2007 • Sander Hoogendoorn “Entrepreneurship, teams and diversity: some field experiments” • Laura Rosendahl Huber “Entrepreneurship education at primary school and the value of CSR for entrepreneurs: a field experiment”
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PhD committees • Ruta Aidis (UvA); Hans Banens (UvA), Josse Delfgaauw (EUR), Jose Maria Millan (University of Huelva, Spain, 2008, promotor: Emilio Congregado); Arjan van den Born (UU, 2009), Miguel Preto (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2009, promoter: Rui Baptista) Antonio Golpe (University of Huelva, Spain, 2009, promotor: Emilio Congregado), Joris Ebbers, UvA, September 2009, promoter: Nachoem Wijnberg Teaching experience • "Price Theory" for first year students Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam (1992-1995) • "Economics of Organization and Management" Bachelor course in Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam (2000-present) • "Economics of Organization and Management" Master course in Business Economics, University of Amsterdam (2002-present) • "Economics of Internal Organization" Core course in the Tinbergen Institute Masters/PhD program (2000) • "Economic Theory of Organization" for first year students Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam (2000-2005) • "Incentives for Management and Value Based Management", course for Shell Financial Managers and a (by Shell invited) group of PhD students (2005) • "Personnel Economics", course for AIAS MA students (2000-2005). • "Economics of Entrepreneurship" Master course in Business Economics, University of Amsterdam (2006-present) • Masterclass top economics students on "Performance Measurement and Rewards" (2006present) • Supervised ca 100 master theses 1998-2008 Experience in Course Design th • "Economics, Organization and Management" Bachelor course in Business Economics (8 year, 75 students) • "Economics, Organization and Management" Master course in Business Economics (5rd year, 40+ students) • "Economic Theory of Organization" for first year students Economics and Business (not run anymore) • "Personnel Economics", course for AIAS MA students th • "Economics of Entrepreneurship" Master Course in Business Economics (4 year, 25 students) rd • Minor Entrepreneurship for academic Bachelor students (3 year, 50+ students) • M-track ‘Entrepreneurship’ for Master students FNWI (starting in 2009, organized together with Sander Hoogendoorn in collaboration with FNWI faculty) Past administrative experience • Lustrum committee University of Amsterdam 375 (2006) • Director of Business Economics Bachelor and Masters Programs (2005) • Coordinator of the Bachelor and Master Programs “organizational economics”, FEE-UvA • Member of "Kamer 2" SMO/COM • Member of the supervising board of internetproject www.joods.nl • Member of the Educational Committee (OCE) FEE/UvA • Board Member "Kring van Amsterdamse Economen", alumni association of FEE, UvA • Member of the Scientific committee (VCW) of FEE/UvA
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Vice-President of the General Board of students association SSRAmsterdam. Member of the board of the Zionistic-socialistic youth movement "Habonim" Student member of the Econometrics Educational Committee, UvA Member of the Board of the alumni association of the "sorority" B.V. Bla Bla&Co Accountant to the "sorority" `B.V. Bla Bla & Co.' of Student association SSRA.
Academic Conference and Seminar Presentations
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Van Praag, CM (2010, February 10th) Invited seminar at DIW institute Berlin Germany Van Praag, CM (2010, February 11-12th) Invited workshop participant and speaker at workshop University of Copenhagen “Successful Entrepreneurship”, Copenhagen, Denmark Van Praag, CM (2010, February 25-26) Invited workshop participant at entrepreneurship workshop organized by IZA and DIW, Bonn, Germany (presentation and discussion) Research visit IFN Stockholm, October 2009-10-21 Invited conference speaker at the opening of the Utrecht Center for Entrepreneurship, October 2009 Invited workshop participant “Entrepreneurship Economics” HES, Paris, September, 2009 Panel member PDW on Entrepreneurship Education, Academy of Management Conference, August, 2009 Invited seminar at Oslo Norway, Norway Statistics, July 2009 Paper at Babson Conference Boston, June 2009 Invited workshop presentation at Entrepreneurship workshop, University of Cassino, Italy, April 2009 Van Praag, CM (2009, April 23), Discussant of Eduard Lazear’s ‘Wages, Productivity and Retirement’ NETSPAR Conference, Den Haag (SER) Two papers at IECER conference, Technical University Lisbon, March 4-6, 2009 Research visit to IFN, Stockholm, Robin Douhan, Sweden, February 4-6, 2009 Faculty seminar, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam, February 2nd, 2009 Invited seminar at the Centraal Plan Bureau, The Hague, January 13, 2009 Invited speaker at the Workshop: Frontiers in entrepreneurship research: The interplay
of the entrepreneur and the firm over their life cycles”, Portugal Lisbon January 910, 2009, Hosted by Carnegie Mellon (Steven Klepper) and the Technical University of Lisbon (Rui Baptista). Invited discussant at the Workshop: Drivers and Impacts of Corporate R&D in SMEs, 19/09/2008, Seville organized by the University of Seville and the European Committee June 2008, invited speaker at the Searle Center Research Symposium on The Economics and Law of the Entrepreneur, Northwestern University School of Law May, 2008, conference presentation at the ACE/Max Planck conference Benefits and Costs of Entrepreneurship January 2008 invited seminars in Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research; September 19, 2008 Invited discussant at the Workshop: “Drivers and Impacts of Corporate R&D in SMEs” Seville Spain (organized by the EC and University) April 2008, Invited seminar Universiy of Antwerp, Belgium February 2008, Rotterdam School of Management, invited seminar research visit to New York University; 2008
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Research visit to Ecuador Quito, 2008
2007: invited speaker at KVS/ESB annual conference; invited speaker at conference Utrecht, Babson Conference in Madrid, Tinbergen Institute Workshop “Economics of the Workplace”, Invited Discussant in Warwick seminar, Seminar Santa Cruz, invited speaker at IFN Workshop Stockholm 2006: oratie “nieuwe combinaties”; invited seminar at the Utrecht School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University Beer Sheva (Israel), Swedish School of Economics and Business Helsinki, Finland, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, IUI, Stockholm, Sweden; conference presentation at the Babson conference, discussion at Max Planck/Kaufman workshop on Entrepreneurship, Public Policy and Economic Growth (Muenchen); ACE-conference “Entrepreneurship and Human Capital”, June 2006 in Amsterdam. 2005: Conference presentation at the Babson Kaufman conference in Boston (June), Conference Presentation at the SOLE (Society of Labor Economists) conference in San Francisco (June); Invited seminar at the University of Caen (France, March); Program committee of IECER conference in Amsterdam; Conference presentation at the EEA meeting, Amsterdam 2004: Invited lecture at the Conference Self-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation organized by the Economic Council of Sweden, Invited seminars at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, at the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, at the TILEC group, Tilburg University, conference presentations at the EEA conference in Madrid, at the EALE conference in Lisbon, at the Babson conference in Glasgow (2x), EFA Maastricht. 2003: Seminars at Harvard Business School (2); Seminar at Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam, Conference presentations (2) at EALE Sevilla, Conference presentation at International Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation Conference, Durham, Seminar at Warwick Economics Faculty; Seminar at Durham Economics Faculty; Seminar at Aarhus Business School; Seminar at Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam; Seminar at IZA Bonn, Conference presentations at Babson Kaufmann Conference on Entrepreneurship; 2002: Nederlandse Arbeidsmarktdag, Amsterdam; Financial Management Association European Meeting, Copenhagen; European Association of Labor Economics Paris; European Association of Research in Industrial Economics Madrid; UvA, FEE; Speaker at CESifo workshop "Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Public Policy", Munich; Organizer Tinbergen Institute workshop "Economics of Organization" (speakers: George Baker, Arnoud Boot, Anke Kessler, Mirjam van Praag) Academic presentations in 2000 and earlier: UvA/FEE (2000); University of Groningen (2000); ASAC-IFSAM Montréal, Canada (2000); BIRC (Business and Investment Research Centre) of the University of Maastricht Scientific Council Meeting (1999); MAB conference (with G. Zimmerman) on accounting research (1999); University of Groningen (1997); Meeting of the International Society on Entrepreneurship, Nijmegen, Netherlands (1997); Presentation of thesis to the Scientific Council of the Government, Den Haag, Netherlands (1995); Tel Aviv University (1994) Israel; ESEM Maastricht (1994); ESEM Uppsala (1993); EEA Helsinki (1993) Other lectures on research (2009-) Van Praag, CM (2010, February 18), Speech on ‘Ambitious Self-employed without personnel, for ZZP Netwerk Nederland (Rabobank Amstelveen)
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Van Praag, CM (2009, December, 2), Speech on Entrepreneur Education (research) at InnovatiePlatform “Vrienden van de Wetenschap”, Den Haag Van Praag, CM (2009, September, 28), Speech on Entrepreneur Gazelles on conference organized by ACE, EIM and Het Financieele Dagblad, Amsterdam Van Praag, CM (2009, June, 10), Dinner speech for club of female top lawyers, Amsterdam Van Praag, CM (2009, May, 14), panelist at the “Creative Company Conference” (Muziekgebouw aan t IJ, Amsterdam) Van Praag, CM (2009, May, 14), invited speaker at the “Fiscaal Symposium” organized by and at the Ministry of Finance (Den Haag) Van Praag, CM (2009, April 21) Discussion on entrepreneurship in FEBs Room for Discussion (with Arie van der Zwan) Van Praag, CM (2009, January 22) Launching event CASE, 700 participants, presentation and discussion on (research about) entrepreneurship education Organisational contributions to conferences, workshops and seminars Van Praag, CM (2009, November), ACE hosts the Global Entrepreneurship Week, Netherlands Van Praag, CM (2009, September, 28), Conference on Entrepreneur Gazelles organized by ACE, EIM and Het Financieele Dagblad, Amsterdam Van Praag, CM (2009, June 4) CASE hosts Breaking Out event, 500 participants (UvA) Van Praag, CM (2009, January 22) Launching event CASE, 700 participants, presentations and discussions on (research about) entrepreneurship education (Alexander Rinnooy Kan, Job Cohen, Annemarie van Gaal, et al.)
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