Dr. Oliver Thomas

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Dozent für Internationales Management

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Forschungsschwerpunkt: Behavorial Entrepreneurship

Lehrtätigkeit

Internationales Strategisches Management; Internationales und Behavioral Marketing; Research Design; Integrierte Business Case Studies; Verhandlungsmanagement

Berufserfahrung

• Dozent
  ZHAW
  09 / 2018 - heute
• Dozent
  Fachhochschule Münster
  07 / 2014 - 07 / 2018
• Projektleiter/Geschäftsführer für Südamerika
  Deutscher Geno-Bankenverband
  09 / 2011 - 06 / 2014
• Diverse Positionen (Kreditanalyst, Firmenkundenbetreuer)
  Bankensektor
  09 / 1997 - 09 / 2005

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

• Dr. rer. pol. / Betriebswirtschaft
  Philipps-Universität Marburg
  09 / 2014 - 03 / 2018
• Master (M.Sc.) in Management / Betriebswirtschaft
  HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
  07 / 2009 - 07 / 2011
• Bachelor (B.A.) / Deutsch-Lateinamerikanische BWL
  FH Münster (mit Doppeldiplom Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica)
  09 / 2005 - 12 / 2008
• Bankfachwirt / Banking
  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  09 / 1999 - 09 / 2001

Netzwerk

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1634-6589

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

• Hess, M., Nordt, S. M., & Thomas, O. (2026). Shared entrepreneurial leadership in new ventures : a systematic review, theoretical extension, and research agenda. Review of Managerial Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-026-01049-2
• Thomas, O., & Hess, M. (2025). Scaling in the beauty industry : the high-stakes quest for investor capital. International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 15(4), 331–351. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTCS.2025.149408
• Thomas, O. (2022). Entrepreneurship education : which educational elements influence entrepreneurial intention?. Industry and Higher Education, 37(3), 328–344. https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222221121065
• Thomas, O., & Reimann, O. (2022). The bias blind spot among HR employees in hiring decisions. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 37(1), 5–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/23970022221094523
• Thomas, O., Kucza, G., & Schuppisser, S. (2021). Can sports sponsorship affect consumers' motivation for sports consumption?. Journal of Promotion Management, 28(7), 893–922. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496491.2021.2009611
• Thomas, O., & Wulf, T. (2021). Success factors of academic entrepreneurship education : a new approach. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 43(4), 531–547. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2021.117346
• Thomas, O., & Wulf, T. (2019). Entrepreneurship education and intention to start a business : the moderating role of cognitive biases. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 11(5), 413–439. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2019.10021564
• Thomas, O. (2018). Two decades of cognitive bias research in entrepreneurship : what do we know and where do we go from here?. Management Review Quarterly, 68(2), 107–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-018-0135-9

Bücher, peer-reviewed

Thomas, O. (2018). New venture creation : the role of entrepreneurship education and cognitive biases [Doctoral dissertation]. Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

• Reimann, O., Nagengast, L., Thomas, O., & Kucza, G. (2024). Private labels and negative marketing events : inter-category spillover effects to competing retailers' private labels [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the European Marketing Academy, 122609.
• Thomas, O., Reimann, O., Nagengast, L., & Kucza, G. (2024). The impact of store atmosphere and retailers' price positioning on economy, standard, and premium private labels [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the European Marketing Academy, 122610.
• Reimann, O., Thomas, O., Nagengast, L., & Kucza, G. (2023, September 29). Private labels and negative information : effects within a retailer. EMAC Regional Conference, Athens, Greece, 27-29 September 2023.
• Nagengast, L., Thomas, O., Reimann, O., & Kucza, G. (2023, September 29). Private labels and negative information : effects across retailers. EMAC Regional Conference, Athens, Greece, 27-29 September 2023.
• Reimann, O., Thomas, O., & Kucza, G. (2022). Private labels, product harm crises, and cross-brand learning. Proceedings of the European Marketing Academy.
• Reimann, O., Thomas, O., & Kucza, G. (2021). Do PWYW labels affect internal reference prices and prices paid? [Conference paper]. In T. Williams Bradford, A. Keinan, & M. Thomson (Eds.), Advances in Consumer Research Volume 49 (pp. 523–524). Association for Consumer Research.
• Reimann, O., Thomas, O., & Kucza, G. (2021). Attitude formation toward economy, standard and premium private label [Conference paper]. Proceedings 2021 AMA Summer Academic Conference, 32, 535–538. https://www.ama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-Summer-AMA_Proceedings-Cover_v1-3-merged.pdf
• Reimann, O., Thomas, O., Kucza, G., & Schuppisser, S. (2021). First insights on brand attitude towards a retailer's individual private labels [Conference paper]. In F. J. Martínez-López & J. C. Gázquez-Abad (Eds.), Advances in National Brand and Private Label Marketing (pp. 20–23). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76935-2_3

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Reimann, O., Thomas, O., Kucza, G., & Schuppisser, S. (2020). How sport sponsorships affect motivation for sport consumption : the role of perceived brand sincerity. 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 4-6 December 2020.

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