RESEARCH INTERESTS

In recent years, my main area of research has been on behavioral approaches in corporate finance, entrepreneurship, and strategy. I study the implications of decision-makers' cognitive biases and personality traits on the behavior of entrepreneurs, CEOs, and financial investors, as well as on corporate performance. The second axis of my research deals with stakeholder theory and organization theory. The third axis of my research investigates corporate debt restructurings and the resolution of financial distress.

RECENT ACTIVITY

• January 2026: "The power of expressed humility: Investors' reaction to humble entrepreneurs" (co-written with I. Vitanova) accepted in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

• Paper presentations 2025: AEI (June, Aix-en-Provence), ENTFIN (Rotterdam, July), SMS (San Francisco, October) 

• March 2025: Humbles ou narcissiques : quels entrepreneurs réussissent dans « Qui veut être mon associé ? »" (co-écrit avec Ivana Vitanova), The Conversation

• Paper presentations 2024: AFFI (Lille, June), Academy of Management (AOM) (Chicago, August)

• May 2023: "Bank Priority and Strategic Debt Restructuring" presented at AFFI (Bordeaux) 

• Nov. 2022: Interview (in French): "Séduire les investisseurs: humilité et narcissisme"  on Xerfi Canal

• Nov.2022: Interview (in French): "Finance: savoir tromper pour gagner"  on Xerfi Canal

• June 2022: "Bank Priority and Strategic Debt Restructuring" presented at EFMA conference (Rome) 

• Nov. 2021: The Wall Street Journal devotes an article to our study (co-written with Ivana Vitanova) on how entrepreneurial humility affects investors' perceptions and decisions! See here: Some Humility Can Really Help an Entrepreneur Win Over Investors