My PhD students

  1. 2020 – (2025) LIU Jian – supervision with Rainer Harms, and Haibo Zhou (UT, Haibo Zhou is also at Nottingham Ningbo University) “Building Entrepreneurial Team Resilience: different paths to bounce back from adversity” 
  2. 2016- 2021 Timo Fiorito “Organizing Integrity”, funded by DNB (De Nederlandse Bank)- with Michel Ehrenhard (UT) and Richard Hoff (DNB)
  3. 2016 – 2021 HAN Jin “Innovation EcoSystems” scholarship from the China Science Council. – with Sandor Lowik (UT) and Haibo Zhou (Nottingham University at Ningbo)
  4. 2016- 2020 PhD research Igors Skute “Factors enabling early detection of university-industry collaboration”, funded by UT/BMS’ T4P (‘TechForPeople’) with Kasia Zalewska (UT), Bart Van Looy (KULeuven) and Isabella Hatak (University of St Gallen)
  5. 2010-2019 Annelies Geerts “Effective innovation strategies of incumbent firms in high-velocity environments and the dynamic interplay between technological capabilities and organizational design choices” (Double Diploma KU Leuven) – with Klaasjan Visscher (UT) and Bart Van Looy (KU Leuven)
  6. 2008-2013 Matthias de Visser “Individual, team, and organizational antecedents of explorative and exploitative innovation in manufacturing firms” funded by Regional Network for Research on Competences of Innovation program – with Klaasjan Visscher and Dries Faems (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Business)
  7. 2006-2010 Annemien Pullen “Successful new product development through external collaboration: the case of SMEs in the medical devices sector” with Aard Groen (RijksUniversiteit Groningen) and Olaf Fisscher (UT)
  8. 2000-2004 Liqin Ren “Management of Technical Innovation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises” – with Koos Krabbendam (UT)