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Ivana VITANOVA

Associate Professor

Habilitation to supervise research (HDR)

Accounting & Corporate Finance

Research topics

1. Managerial overconfidence

2. Managers' and entrepreneurs' personality traits (narcissism, humility)

3. Early-stage fundraising

4. Corporate governance

5. Management of financial distress

6. Gender biases in entrepreneurial finance

Prizes and awards

Presented Paper Award
2023
Best Managerial or Societal Implications
Award for Best PhD in Finance
2014
FNEGE

Publications

Associations

  • 2022 - Now: Member of Special Interest Group “Gender and Entrepreneurship (GENSIG)" of the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • 2020 - 2024: Member of « Association des Experts en Evaluation d'Entreprises (A3E)"

Editorial Committees

Reviewing in academic journals :

  • The Leadership Quarterly - Journal of Business Ethics – Journal of Business Research - Small Business Economics - The European Journal of Finance - Managerial and Decision Economics - Bankers, Markets and Investors – Revue Française de Gestion - Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat

Member of editorial and reviewing team :

  • ANR Research projects - Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference (RENT)

Communications & Seminars

  • Achbah, R.; Frechet, M. & Vitanova, I (2024). Examining the impact of entrepreneurial narcissism on insolvency proceedings initiation by financially distressed SMEs; Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Munich, DE (2024)
  • Vilanova, L. & Vitanova, I (2024).Entrepreneurs expressed humility and investors willingness to fund; 40th Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), Lille, FR (2024)
  • Achbah, R.; Frechet, M. & Vitanova, I (2023). CEO Advice seeking and the Failure Escape: The Role of the CEO Entourage in Corporate Restructuring; XXXIIème conférence de l'AIMS. Strasbourg, FR (2023)
  • Achbah, R.; Frechet, M. & Vitanova, I (2022). CEO Characteristics and Firm Restructuring Decision: The Choice Between In and Out-of-Court Restructuring; 38th Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI). Saint-Malo, FR (2022)
  • Vitanova, I. (2022). Self-presentation in entrepreneurial pitches : a review of literature using the dramaturgical approach; Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference (RENT), Naples, IT (2022)
  • Vilanova, L. & Vitanova, I. (2021). The Power of Expressed Humility : Investors' Reaction to Humble Entrepreneurs ; Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2021, online (2021)
  • Vilanova L. & Vitanova I., (2017) Unwrapping Opportunity Confidence : How do Different Types of Nascent Entrepreneurs' Feasibility Beliefs affect Venture Emergence; ECNU-UDL Joint Workshop on Innovation and Finance, Shanghai, CN ( 2017)
  • Vitanova I. (2015) CEO overconfidence and corporate tournaments, 31st Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) Cergy, FR (2015)
  • Vitanova I. (2014) Nurturing CEO overconfidence : the dynamics of corporate governance, managerial beliefs and firm performance; EFA Eastern Finance Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (2014)
  • Vilanova L. & Vitanova I., (2013) Self-efficacy vs. Confidence in Opportunity Outcomes : Which type of entrepreneurial confidence fosters venture emergence ?; Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lyon, FR (2013)