dr. Marc D. Bahlmann

Dr. Marc Bahlmann is an assistant professor (tenured) in the Management and Organization Department at the School of Business and Economics (SBE). Alongside his research activities, he teaches several courses at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. He also supervises the annual Amsterdam Research Project (ARP), which offers 20 selected Master’s students the opportunity to conduct market research for Western companies in emerging markets such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and Colombia

Marc’s research focuses on the role of individual-level psychology in complex, risky, and uncertain innovation decisions, drawing on perspectives from cognitive and evolutionary psychology. For example, he has examined how venture capitalists’ investment decisions are influenced by start-up entrepreneurs’ physical attractiveness and ethnic backgrounds, as well as how venture capitalists’ own physical attractiveness relates to their risk-taking behavior. In addition, Marc studies innovation-related decision-making by CEOs and Top Management Teams (TMTs).

Related to this work, he has several ongoing projects investigating the role of personal values in decision-making, including their influence on venture capitalists’ investments in sustainable start-ups.

His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Economic Geography (Oxford University Press), Industrial & Corporate Change (Oxford University Press), and Industry & Innovation (Routledge).

Master's thesis  |  Bachelor's thesis  |  Doing Business in Emerging Markets  |  Growth Strategies and Organizational Challenges  |  Onderzoek & Advies

2010 Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Meeting. Article: ‘Does distance matter? An empirical exploration of the geography of learning’.

• IJGC - Worldwide | Antwerpen | Adviseur lid advisory board | 2019-01-01 - present

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