Professor Dimo Dimov
BSc, MBA, PhD
Job Title:
Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Subject Group:
Strategy & International Management
Research Interests
My work focuses on understanding the entrepreneurial process, from initial idea to viable venture or well intentioned abandonment. An evolving entrepreneurial opportunity is central in this process: obvious in retrospect, but uncertain, nebulous, and ambiguous in prospect. I am interested in how potential entrepreneurs and investors think, act, and interact in the face of such uncertainty and how these interactions give rise to exciting new phenomena.
Publications
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Books | Refereed journals papers | Book ChaptersBooks
De Clercq D & Dimov D (Forthcoming) Doing it alone: Antecedents, dynamics and outcomes of venture capital syndication.Companion to Venture Capital, Robert W Kolb Companion to Finance Series
Wiklund J, dimov D, Katz JA & Shepherd DA (Eds) (2006) Entrepreneurship: Frameworks and empirical investigations from forthcoming leaders of European research. Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth, Volumne 9. Amsterdam:Elsevier
Refereed journal papers
Dimov D, Martin de Holan P & Milanov H (2012) Learning patterns in venture capital investing in new industries Industrial and Corporate Change5 DOI:10.1093/icc/dts010
Thongpapanl N, De Clercq D & Dimov D (2012) An investigation of the performance consequences of alignment and adaptability: contingent effects of decision autonomy and shared responsibility R & D Management 42(1):14-30 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00666.x
De Clercq D, Thongpapanl N & Dimov D (2011) The Moderating Role of Organizational Context on the Relationship between Innovation and Firm Performance IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 58(3) DOI:10.1109/TEM.2010.2048911
Dimov D (2011) Grappling with the unbearable elusiveness of entrepreneurial opportunities Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 35(1):57-81 DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00423.x
De Clercq D, Thongpapanl N & Dimov D (2011) A closer look at cross-functional collaboration and product innovativeness: Contingency effects of structural and relational context Journal of Product Innovation Management 28(5):680-697 DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00830.x
Dimov D & Gedajlovic E (2010) A property rights perspective on venture capital investment decisions Journal of Management Studies 47(7):1248-1271 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00905.x
Dimov D (2010) Nascent entrepreneurs and venture emergence: Opportunity confidence, human capital, and early planning Journal of Management Studies 47(6):1123-1153 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00874.x
Dimov D & Milanov H (2010) The interplay of need and opportunity in venture capital syndication Journal of Business Venturing 25(4):331-348 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.01.002
Dimov D & Martin de Holan P (2010) Firm experience and market entry by venture capital firms (1962-2004) Journal of Management Studies47(1):130-161 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.01.002
De Clercq D, Dimov D & Thongpapanl T (2010) The moderating impact of internal social exchange processess on the entrepreneurial orientation-performance relationship Journal of Business Venturing 25(1):87-103 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.01.004
De Clercq D, Thongpapanl N & Dimov D (2009) When good conflicts gets betterand bad conflict becomes worse: the role of social capital in the conflict-innovation relationship Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 37(3):283-297 DOI:10.1007/s11747-008-0122-0
De Clercq D & Dimov D (2008) Internal knowledge development and external knowledge access in venture capital investment performanceJournal of Management Studies 45(3):585-612 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00747.x
Dimov D & Murray GC (2008) Determinants of the incidence and scale of seed capital investments by venture capital firms Small Business Economics 30(2): 127-152 DOI:10.1007/s11187-006-9008-z
► older publications
Dimov D (2007) From opportunity insight to opportunity intention: The importance of person-situation learning match Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 31(4):561-583 DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00188.x
Dimov D (2007) Beyond the single person, single insight attribution in understanding entrepreneurial opportunities Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 31(5): 713-731 DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00196.x
Dimov D, Shepherd DA & Sutcliffe KM (2007) Requisite expertise, firm reputation, an status in venture capital investment allocation decisionsJournal of Business Venturing 22(4):481-502 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2006.05.001
Dimov D & De Clercq D (2006) Venture capital investment strategy and portfolio failure rate: A longitudinal study Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 30(2): 207-223 DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00118.x
Dimov D & Shepherd DA (2005) Human capital theory and venture capital firms: Exploring 'home runs' and strike outs'Journal of Business Venturing 20(4):481-502 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2003.12.007
De Clercq D & Dimov D (2004) Explaining venture capital firms syndication behaviour: A longitudinal study Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 6(4):243-256 DOI:10.1080/1369106042000277688
Book Chapters
De Clercq D & Dimov D (Forthcoming) Doing it not alone: Antecedents, dynamics and outcomes of venture capital syndication.Companion to Venture Capital, Robert W Kolb Companion to Finance Series
Murray GC & Dimov D (2007) Through glass darkly: New perspectives on the equity gap. in Tom Schamp (eds) Entrepreneurship and the Financial Community:Starting Up and Growing New Business (161-174) London: Edward Elgar
Dimov D (2006) Idea generation from a creative perspective. in A Zacharakis & S Spinelli Jnr (Eds) Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth: Volume 2 Portsmouth, NH: Greenwood Publishing Group
Dimov D (2004) The individuality of opportunity identification: A critical review and extension. In J Butler (Eds) Research in Entrepreneurship and Management: Volume 4: Opportunity identification and entrepreneurial behaviour (135-161) Greenwich , CT: Information Age Publishing
