Torben Antretter
Title
PD Dr.
Last Name
Antretter
First name
Torben
Email
torben.antretter@unisg.ch
Phone
+41 71 224 78 89
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Item type:Publication, To Crush the Pitch, Skip the Suit(Harvard Business Review, 2026-02-01); ; ; - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Not what you expected to see? Obesity stereotypes, expectancy violations, and angel investment decisions(2025-05-17); ; ; This article investigates the impact of obesity stereotypes on angel investment decisions. Drawing from the stereotype literature and expectancy violation theory, we propose that angel investors tend to evaluate founders with obesity worse because they perceive them as high in warmth but low in competence (and competence matters more for angel investors’ evaluations). However, we also suggest that founders with obesity who violate low-competence stereotypes through high-competence displays can offset negative obesity stereotypes without affecting positive ones, leading to overall higher evaluations. The results from two field studies show that angel investors penalize founders with obesity but that the effect is ameliorated for those presenting high-tech ventures. A follow-up experiment using AI-generated, photorealistic manipulations of founders’ body types identifies perceived competence and warmth as mechanisms that explain the effects. Collectively, these findings contribute to the literature streams on appearance in entrepreneurial finance, stereotypes and their violations, and entrepreneurial research methods.Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Business VenturingScopus© Citations 8 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Appearing Authentic: How Dress Formality Influences Perceived Authenticity in Investment Evaluations(2025); ; Scopus© Citations 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Following in the Footsteps of Others: Social Proof in Angel Groups(2025-02-21); Scopus© Citations 9 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Bridging the Social Investment Divide: How Can We Generate More Investments in Social Ventures?(2024); Justo, RachidaSocial ventures, constituting a small fraction of startups, are pivotal in addressing global challenges and fostering inclusive economic growth. Despite their significance, these ventures encounter sub-stantial funding deficits, particularly in early stages, with only a minimal percentage of social funding directed towards nascent initiatives. Contrary to the assumption that low financial returns deter inves-tors, recent research indicates that the primary barrier is investors' difficulty in assessing the dual objectives—social impact and financial viability—of these ventures. This challenge is exacerbated by investors’ limited training in social sector evaluation and a lack of prior experience with social in-vestments. To bridge this investment divide, the article offers practical recommendations for inves-tors on how to approach investments into social ventures successfully.Type:journal articleJournal:California Management Review Insights - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, It’s a Peoples Game, Isn’t It?! A Comparison between the Investment Returns of Business Angels and Machine Learning Algorithms(Wiley-Blackwell SSH, 2022-07); ; ; ; Type:journal articleJournal:Entrepreneurship Theory and PracticeScopus© Citations 77 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The role of skill versus luck in new venture survivalType:journal articleJournal:International Journal of Management ReviewsVolume:23Issue:4Scopus© Citations 10 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?(Harvard Business Review, 2020-11-02); ; ; ; Malmstrom, MalinType:journal articleJournal:Harvard Business Review - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Should business angels diversify their investment portfolios to achieve higher performance? The role of knowledge access through co-investment networks.(2020-09-05); ; ; This paper investigates the performance effects of business angel portfolio industry diversification. Using a unique bi-annual panel dataset of 142 members of a professional angel investment platform and their portfolio returns between 2013 and 2017, we consider the costs and benefits of diversifying investments into various industries. Drawing upon theoretical arguments about distant search, we theorize and find a nonlinear (S-shaped) relationship between portfolio industry diversification and performance. Further, we pay specific attention to a proposed overdiversification effect that takes place at high levels of portfolio industry diversification and show that this effect is moderated by individuals' access to industry knowledge through their co-investment networks. For business angels who have a central position within a diverse network of industry specialists, the overdiversification effect is less pronounced.Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Business VenturingScopus© Citations 30 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, New Venture Survival: A Review and Extension(2020-05-23); Type:journal articleJournal:International Journal of Management ReviewsVolume:22Issue:2020Scopus© Citations 127
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