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Researcher

Peter-Jan Engelen

  • Research Expertise:My expertise focuses on Innovation Finance and on Institutions-based Corporate Finance. In these two areas I conduct research, publish, consult and give lectures and trainings. My work in Innovation Finance focuses on entrepreneurial financing decisions (Going public process, IPOs, crowdfunding, and venture capital) as well as on investment decisions under uncertainty. I apply real option models to analyze business decisions in highly complex and innovative industries: pharmaceutical R&D, business model innovations in ICT, infrastructure projects, renewable energy (hydrogen, CCS) and sustainable resources (recycling). My second area of expertise analyzes the impact of institutions on corporate financing decisions of companies and on the functioning of financial markets. I focus on formal institutions such as country-level regulations (investor protection, disclosure regulation, securities regulation), semi-formal institutions such as firm-level corporate governance configurations, board composition and board diversity as well as informal institutions such as trust, reputation, CSR and business ethics.
  • Keywords:FINANCIAL ETHICS, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, CORPORATE FINANCE, ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGIES, REAL OPTIONS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS, Economics and applied economics
  • Disciplines:Applied economics, Business administration and accounting, Economic history, Macroeconomics and monetary economics, Management, Microeconomics, Tourism
  • Research techniques:State-of-the-art empirical qualitative and quantitative research methods, including multivariate data analysis, meta analysis, regression analysis, surveys, derivative pricing, complex investment modeling under uncertainty, event study analysis, stock and bond valuation models.
  • Users of research expertise:Consultants, financial managers, multinational firms, board of directors, financial institutions, accountants & auditors, fund managers, asset managers, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, press & media, NGOs, socially responsible investors, SRI, CSR, universities, government agencies.