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Dr. K. (Kevin) Curran

Faculty of Economics and Business
Section Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Visiting address
  • Plantage Muidergracht 12
Postal address
  • Postbus 15953
    1001 NL Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    Kevin is an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Amsterdam Business School. His research explores how changing cultural trends impacts sustainable entrepreneurship and the functioning of markets. He is particularly interested in how the world is moving away from tangible signals of quality and relying more on the symbolic. He teaches courses on ethics and entrepreneurship to undergraduate, masters and executive program students. Kevin has consulted with organizations including the United Nations, Social Impact Hub (UK), Centre for Charity Effectiveness (UK) in relation to entrepreneurship and social impact.

    Prior to joining the University of Amsterdam, Kevin obtained his PhD from Cass Business School (now Bayes) and was a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. During his studies, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Georgia in 2016 and 2017. Prior to his PhD, he worked as a facilitator for start-up digital entrepreneurs and as a freelance journalist in Ireland.

  • Publications

    2024

    • Curran, K., Lee, E., Pfarrer, M., & Graffin, S. (2024). Sharing the Spotlight: The Benefits of Having a Celebrity Competitor. Journal of Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241236767
    • Gamache, D., Pfarrer, M., & Curran, K. (2024). Organizational hubris: Its antecedents and consequences for stakeholder relationships. Strategic Management Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3587
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