Drs. Nicolas Classen

Room: A1.15
Tel.: +31 43-3883894
Fax.: +31 43-3884893
Email: n.classen@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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After having finished a two-year apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG in Düsseldorf (Germany) in 2004, Nicolas studied International Business at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Maastricht University and he received his Master’s Degree with cum laude (Strategy and Innovation) in 2009. During his studies, he spent an academic semester at the University of Sydney (Australia) in fall 2007. He started his four-year PhD program at Maastricht University (Department of Organization and Strategy) in September 2009. His favourite areas of research are entrepreneurship and innovation in family firms and SMEs. In his leisure time he loves to play tennis and to go travelling.

Position: PhD candidate

Specialization: Entrepreneurship, SMEs and family firms.

PhD: 2009-2013. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Carree and Dr. Anita van Gils

Postal address

SBE/O&S

P.O. Box 616

6200 MD

Maastricht

The Netherlands

Visiting address

Tongersestraat 53

6211 LM

Room A1.15

Maastricht

Netherlands

Publications:

Classen, N., Van Gils, A., Bammens, Y. & Carree, M. 2011. Cooperation and External Resource Acquisition: The Search Breadth of Family and Non-Family SMEs. In Leslie A. Toombs (Ed.), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
Classen, N., Van Gils, A., Bammens, Y., & Carree, M. 2011. (forthcoming). Accessing Resources from Innovation Partners: The Search Breadth of Family SMEs. Journal of Small Business Management, Special Issue on Small business and networked innovation: Organizational and managerial challenges.