Kim Claes

Dr. Claes joined SKK Graduate School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Management in August 2015. His research focuses on the socio-economic structure of markets and the processes underlying price formation. In particular, in the watchmaking industry he looks at the impact of media generated semantic structures of competition on auction prices. He also looks at the role of social similarity between VCs and entrepreneurs on the equity valuation of startups and he analyzes the effects of various stakeholder dynamics and attention to market stories on the valuation of cryptocurrencies.

Kim studies the luxury watchmaking and fashion industry, the Indian venture capital industry, and the emerging cryptocurrencies industry. His work received several academic recognitions such as the SMS Best Paper Award nomination, the AOM best paper proceedings, the JIMH Omega Best Paper Award, and has been published in Organization Science and in Research in the Sociology of Organizations. His work has also been presented in many academic and practitioner conferences worldwide and covered in various media outlets such as Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Gulf Times...

Kim teaches “Competitive Strategy”, “Power and Politics”, and “Group Decision Making” to MBAs and Professional MBAs. He received his Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD and holds a M.S. in Actuarial Sciences and a B.S. in Theoretical Physics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He has worked several years in capital markets prior to starting his Ph.D.

Research Interests

Prices, Semantic Networks, Cryptocurrencies, Venture Capital, Mobility

Education

• 2010-2015: INSEAD Ph.D. in Management - Organizational Behavior
• 2003-2005: Solvay Business School, Belgium Post Graduate Degree in Management. Specialization in Marketing, Honors
• 2002-2005: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Master’s Degree in Actuarial Sciences. Specialization in Stochastic Calculus and Stochastic Finance,
• 1998-2002: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Bachelor’s Degree in Physics. Specialization in Mathematical Physics and General Relativity