Nicos Nicolaou - Professor - GE Capital Chair for Mid-Market Economics | Staff Directory

Research Interests

Entrepreneurship, Genetics of Entrepreneurship, Biology of Entrepreneurship, Middle Market Firms, Social Networks, Behavioral Genetics, University Spinouts, Innovation

Teaching in 2019-2020

Executive MBA

IB9C30: Entrepreneurship & NVC

Executive MBA (London)

IB9C3L: Entrepreneurship & NVC

Postgraduate Research Business and Management

IB9HH0: Behavioural Research in Decision Making and Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Enterprise Research Centre

Email: Nicos.Nicolaou@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 22090 / Room: 3.229

Biography

Nicos Nicolaou is a Professor and the GE Capital Chair of Mid-Market Economics at Warwick Business School. He previously held faculty and/or visiting positions at Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, Cass Business School and the University of Cyprus. His research has been mentioned on the CNN, BBC, The Times, USA Today, ABC News, Reuters, MSNBC, Washington Post, The New York Times, The Independent, Daily Telegraph etc. He has published in journals like Management Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Business Venturing, Human Resource Management (US), Research Policy, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and others. He has received both research and teaching awards including the 2013 INFORMS Technology Management Best Paper Award for the best paper published in an entire year in Management Science or Organization Science, two of the leading journals in the field, the Principal's Award for the best teaching scores at Imperial College London, and the Psion Prize for the best doctoral thesis.

Representative Publications:

Nicolaou, N., Patel, P. C. and Wolfe, M. T. Testosterone and the tendency to engage in self-employment. Management Science, 64, 4, 1825-1841

Nicolaou, N., Shane, S., Cherkas, L., Hunkin, J. and Spector, T. D. Is the tendency to engage in entrepreneurship genetic? Management Science, Volume 54, Number 1, 167-179.

Awarded the INFORMS Technology Management Best Paper Award for the best paper published in Management Science or Organization Science

Nicolaou, N. and Birley, S. Social networks in organizational emergence : the university spinout phenomenon. Management Science, 49, 12, 1702-1725

Shane, S., Nicolaou, N., Cherkas, L. and Spector, T. D. Genetics, the big five, and the tendency to be self-employed. Journal of Applied Psychology, Volume 95, Number 6, 1154-1162

Nicolaou, N., Shane, S., Cherkas, L. and Spector, T. D. Opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur : a bivariate genetics perspective. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 110, Number 2, 108-117

Nofal, A. M., Nicolaou, N., Symeonidou, N. and Shane, S. Biology and management : a review, critique, and research agenda. Journal of Management, 44, 1, 7-31

Publications

Journal Articles

Nicolaou, N. and Shane, S. (2020) "Common genetic effects on risk-taking preferences and choices", Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 59, 3, 261-279
Nicolaou, N., Lockett, A., Ucbasaran, D. and Rees, G. (2019) "Exploring the potential and limits of a neuroscientific approach to entrepreneurship", International Small Business Journal
Guedes, M. J., Nicolaou, N. and Patel, P. C. (2019) "Genetic distance and the difference in new firm entry between countries", Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 29, 3, 973-1016
Nicolaou, N., Patel, P. C. and Wolfe, M. T. (2018) "Testosterone and the tendency to engage in self-employment", Management Science, 64, 4, 1825-1841
Nofal, A. M., Nicolaou, N., Symeonidou, N. and Shane, S. (2018) "Biology and management : a review, critique, and research agenda", Journal of Management, 44, 1, 7-31
Shane, S. and Nicolaou, N. (2018) "Exploring the changing institutions of early-stage finance", Journal of Institutional Economics, 14, 6, 1121-1137
Symeonidou, N. and Nicolaou, N. (2018) "Resource orchestration in startups : synchronizing human capital investment, leveraging strategy and founder startup experience", Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12, 2, 194-218
Koryak, O., Lockett, A., Hayton, J. C., Nicolaou, N. and Mole, K. (2018) "Disentangling the antecedents of ambidexterity : exploration and exploitation", Research Policy, 47, 2, 413-427
Nicolaou, N. and Souitaris, V. (2016) "Can perceived support for entrepreneurship keep great faculty in the face of spinouts?", Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33, 3, 298-319
Shane, S. and Nicolaou, N. (2015) "Creative personality, opportunity recognition and the tendency to start businesses : a study of their genetic predispositions", Journal of Business Venturing, 30, 3, 407-419
Pitsakis, K., Souitaris, V. and Nicolaou, N. (2015) "The peripheral halo effect : do academic spinoffs influence universities' research income?", Journal of Management Studies, Volume 52, Number 3, 321-353
Nicolaou, N. and Shane, S. (2014) "Biology, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship.", Journal of Management Inquiry, 23, 1, 98-100
Shane, S. and Nicolaou, N. (2013) "The genetics of entrepreneurial performance", International Small Business Journal, 31, 5, 473-495
Quaye, L., Nicolaou, N., Shane, S. and Harris, J. (2012) "A study of gene-environment interactions in entrepreneurship", Entrepreneurship Research Journal, Volume 2, Number 2
Criscuolo, P., Nicolaou, N. and Salter, A. (2012) "The elixir (or burden) of youth? Exploring differences in innovation between start-ups and established firms", Research Policy, Volume 41, Number 2, 319-333
Quaye, L., Nicolaou, N., Scott, S. and Massimo, M. (2012) "A discovery genome-wide association study of entrepreneurship", International Journal of Developmental Science, 6, 3-4, 127-135
Chugh, H., Nicolaou, N. and Barnes, S. (2011) "How does VC feedback affect start-ups?", Venture Capital, Volume 13, Number 3, 243-265
Nicolaou, N., Shane, S., Adi, G., Mangino, M. and Harris, J. (2011) "A polymorphism associated with entrepreneurship : evidence from dopamine receptor candidate genes", Small Business Economics, Volume 36, Number 2, 151-155
Shane, S., Nicolaou, N., Cherkas, L. and Spector, T. D. (2010) "Genetics, the big five, and the tendency to be self-employed", Journal of Applied Psychology, Volume 95, Number 6, 1154-1162
Shane, S., Nicolaou, N., Cherkas, L. and Spector, T. D. (2010) "Do openness to experience and recognizing opportunities have the same genetic source?", Human Resource Management, Volume 49, Number 2, 291-303
Nicolaou, N. and Shane, S. (2010) "Entrepreneurship and occupational choice : genetic and environmental influences", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 76, Number 1, 3-14
Nicolaou, N., Shane, S., Cherkas, L. and Spector, T. D. (2009) "Opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur : a bivariate genetics perspective", Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 110, Number 2, 108-117
Nicolaou, N. and Shane, S. (2009) "Can genetic factors influence the likelihood of engaging in entrepreneurial activity?", Journal of Business Venturing, Volume 24, Number 1, 1-22
Nicolaou, N., Shane, S., Cherkas, L. and Spector, T. D. (2008) "The influence of sensation seeking in the heritability of entrepreneurship", Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 2, Number 1, 7-21
Nicolaou, N., Shane, S., Cherkas, L., Hunkin, J. and Spector, T. D. (2008) "Is the tendency to engage in entrepreneurship genetic?", Management Science, Volume 54, Number 1, 167-179
Nicos Nicolaou (2007) "A spinning streak : a four-dimensional perspective on university spinouts", European Biopharmaceutical Review, 12, 74
Nicos Nicolaou (2006) "Institutional structures and the creation of university spinouts", European Biopharmaceutical Review, 12, 27
Nicolaou, N. and Birley, S. (2003) "Academic networks in a trichotomous categorisation of university spinouts", Journal of Business Venturing, 18, 3, 333-359
Nicolaou, N. and Birley, S. (2003) "Social networks in organizational emergence : the university spinout phenomenon", Management Science, 49, 12, 1702-1725

Book Items

Nofal, A. M., Nicolaou, N. and Symeonidou, N. (2017) "Biology and entrepreneurship", 259-268, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Chicester, UK; New Jersey
Shane, S. and Nicolaou, N. (2015) "The biological basis of entrepreneurship", University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Nicolaou, N. and Shane, S. (2011) "The genetics of entrepreneurship ", Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA