AURELIEN QUIGNON
Finance, Audit, Accounting and Control
Permanent
Presentation
Biography
Aurélien Quignon is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Finance Department at ICN Business School, where he has been a faculty member since 2023. His research lies at the intersection of innovation economics, entrepreneurship, and applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on knowledge externalities, university-industry collaborations, and the role of public policy in supporting innovative activity.
He holds a PhD in Economics from Paris Nanterre University and has held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Luxembourg and Paris Nanterre University. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Research Policy, Small Business Economics, The Journal of Technology Transfer, and The Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade.
Before joining academia, Aurélien Quignon worked as an economist at the Paris Île-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry and then as Associate Director of R&D at Wirate. He is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lorraine-CEREFIGE.
Degrees and Training
| Year | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ph.D, Economy, Business Economics | Université Paris 10 Nanterre | France |
| 2016 | Master, Economy, Other | Université Paris 10 Nanterre | France |
| 2014 | French Bachelor, Economy | Université Paris 10 Nanterre | France |
Courses Taught
| Year | Title | Country | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | International Economics | France | ICN Business School |
| 2023 | Econometrics | Luxembourg | University of Luxembourg |
| 2023 | Economics | France | ICN Business School |
| 2023 | Jeu d'économie | France | ICN Business School |
| 2023 | Economy game | France | ICN Business School |
| 2023 | Welcome to the world | France | ICN Business School |
| 2023 | Economie | France | ICN Business School |
| 2020 | Economie Industrielle | France | Université Paris 10 Nanterre |
| 2020 | Macroéconomie | France | Université Paris 10 Nanterre |
| 2020 | Microéconomie | France | Université Paris 10 Nanterre |
Research Interests
- General Economics, General Management
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Publications
| Year | Type | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Journal article | QUIGNON, A., “Cluster and Local Science-Industry Collaborations: Evidence from a Place-based Innovation Policy”, Journal of Technology Transfer, October 2025, pp. 1-43 |
| 2025 | Journal article | QUIGNON, A., “Crowd and the gender gap in evaluating entrepreneurship”, Small Business Economics, September 2025 |
| 2025 | Journal article | MIRABEL, T., A. QUIGNON, “Employee ownership and technological innovation: do worker cooperatives innovate?”, Applied Economics Letters, December 2025 |
| 2025 | Proceedings from scientific conference | QUIGNON, A., “University-Industry Collaborations in European Regions: the Effect of Business Cycle on Diversification” in Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management (AOM), vol. 2025, no. 1, 2025 |
| 2025 | Communications in an Academical or Professional conference | QUIGNON, A., “University-Industry Collaborations in European Regions: the Effect of Business Cycle on Diversification” in 2025 RSA Annual Conference, 2025, Porto, Portugal |
| 2025 | Communications in an Academical or Professional conference | QUIGNON, A., T. MIRABEL, “Employee Ownership and Technological Innovation: Do Worker Cooperatives Innovate?” in Third Annual Rutgers–Oxford Employee Ownership Research Conference, 2025, Oxford Coauthorspresented |
| 2023 | Journal article | QUIGNON, A., “Crowd-based feedback and early-stage entrepreneurial performance: Evidence from a digital platform”, Research Policy, September 2023, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 104792 |
| 2023 | Proceedings from scientific conference | QUIGNON, A., “High-Tech Clusters and Public R&D” in AOM Annual meeting, Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2023, 2023 |
| 2022 | Journal article | QUIGNON, A., “Market Regulation and Innovation: Direct and Indirect Effects”, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, August 2022, vol. 22, no. 3-4, pp. 429-456 |
| 2022 | Proceedings from scientific conference | QUIGNON, A., “Crowd-Based Feedback and Early-Stage Entrepreneurship Performance: Evidence from a Digital Platform” in AOM Annual Meeting, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022 |