dr. F.P.H. (Ferdinand) Jaspers

Ferdinand Jaspers
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Former ERIM PhD Candidate
Field: Organisation
Former Associate Member ERIM
Field: Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Former Member ERIM
Field: Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Affiliated since 2004

Ferdinand Jaspers is adjunct faculty in Entrepreneurship at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Programme Director at Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE). He is also a visiting professor in the MBA programme at EMLYON Business School. His teaching and training activities focus on executive education. In particular, he facilitates masterclasses and workshops on corporate entrepreneurship, new business development, and entrepreneurial start-up and growth. In his work, Ferdinand adopts an integral perspective on entrepreneurship. He helps you to integrate and move beyond approaches such as discovery-driven planning, disruptive innovation, customer development & lean startup, value-based leadership, business modeling, effectuation, portfolio management, design thinking, and open innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in technology and innovation management from Rotterdam School of Management.

PhD Track Organizing Systemic Innovation

Systemic innovation refers to product development activities that involve the change of multiple interdependent components. Unlike autonomous innovation, which refers to components that change independently, systemic innovation is for many firms the norm rather than the exception. This is for instance the result of increased efforts to develop products from multiple (new) technologies, such as mobile phones. The systemic nature of innovation, combined with its inherent uncertainty, makes it a challenging task to organize and manage this process as well as possible. This is why this thesis develops and tests several theories to explain the performance of new product development (NPD) projects. Of main concern are the performance implications of a project’s organizational form. This thesis, for instance, proposes and refines a configurational theory about the integration of component development projects by systems integrators. These firms are responsible for the coherent design and development of (complex) product systems, i.e. systems integration. The theory predicts that systems integrators carefully combine project ownership, supplier involvement, knowledge management, and coordination intensity to improve their products. This thesis also tests to what extent the organization of NPD projects contributes to the capability of NPD teams to solve technical problems. The results indicate that systemic problems require differently organized teams than autonomous problems. For instance, systemic problems are solved relatively fast in the presence of a powerful project manager. In addition, we find that search for external information helps to generate high-quality solutions for systemic problems, but only to a certain degree. After that, this effect turns negative.

Keywords
systemic innovation, systems integration, vertical integration, dimensions of integration, problem solving, configurational theory, new product development, project performance, interdependence, systemic problems
Time frame
2004 - 2009

Publications

Article (15)

  • Academic (10)

    • van den Ende, J., Jaspers, F., & Rijsdijk, S. (2013). Should System Firms Develop Complementary Products? A Dynamic Model and an Empirical Test. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30(6), 1178-1198. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12053

    • Jaspers, F., Prencipe, A., & van den Ende, J. (2012). Organizing Inter-Industry Architectural Innovations: Evidence from Mobile Communication Applications. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 29(3), 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00915.x

    • Dul, J., Ceylan, C., & Jaspers, F. (2011). Knowledge Workers' Creativity and the Role of the Physical Work Environment. Human Resource Management, 50(6), 715-734. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.20454

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2010). Open innovation and systems integration. How and why firms know more than they make. International Journal of Technology Management, 52(3/4), 275-294. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2010.035977

    • van den Ende, J., Jaspers, F., & Gerwin, D. (2008). Involvement of system firms in the development of complementary products. The influence of novelty. Technovation, 28(11), 726-738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2008.03.001

    • Jaspers, F., Hulsink, W., & Theeuwes, JJM. (2007). Entry and Innovation in Maturing Markets: Virtual Operators in Mobile Telecommunications. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 19(2), 205-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537320601168144

    • Jaspers, F. (2007). Case study research: Some other applications besides theory building. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 13(3), 210-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2007.09.012

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2006). The Organizational Form of Vertical Relationships: Dimensions of Integration. Industrial Marketing Management, 35(7), 819-828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2006.06.016

    • Hulsink, W., & Jaspers, F. (2005). Na KPN nu NMA en OPTA aan zet (after KPN's move to acquire Telfort, it is now up to the regulators. Het Financiële Dagblad, 5-5.

    • Hulsink, W., Jaspers, F., & Theeuwes, JJM. (2004). Reguleren? Reguleren! Nieuwkomers zonder netwerk in de mobiele telecomsector. I&I Nieuwe media in perspectief, 6, 34-41.

  • Professional (5)

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2013). Making business sense of cross-industry innovation. RSM Insight, 13(1), 10-12. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/39959

    • Jaspers, F. (2010). Meer generiek innovatiebeleid. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 95(4576), 29.

    • Hulsink, W., Jaspers, F., & Weterings, ABR. (2010). Kenniscampus als compensatie. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 95(4596), 666-668.

    • Jaspers, F., & Hulsink, W. (2005). Op zoek naar relevantie in de mobiele markt. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 90(4468), 348-349.

    • Jaspers, F., & Hulsink, W. (2005). Innovation, entrepreneurship and regulation: the impact of KNP's acquisition of Telfort on competition in the mobile industry. Interface, 22(1).

Book editing (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Dittrich, K., Jaspers, F., & Wynstra, F. (2005). Dealing with Dualities. Proceedings of the 21st IMP Conference. Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), EUR.

Chapter (3)

  • Academic (2)

    • Hak, A., Jaspers, F., & Dul, J. (2013). The Analysis of Temporally Ordered Configurations: Challenges and Solutions. In P. C. Fiss, B. Cambré, & A. Marx (Eds.), Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research (pp. 109-127). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0000038009

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2008). Testing a theory of ideal typical organizational configurations for successful product innovations. In J. Dul, & T. Hak (Eds.), Case Study Methodology in Business Research (pp. 119-130). Butterworth-Heinemann.

  • Professional (1)

    • Jaspers, F. (2006). Open innovatie: contingenties, systeemintegratie en beleid. In Open stellingen; Essays over Open innovatie - De beste essays uit de AWT-essaywedstrijd over Open innovatie Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid.

Conference contribution (4)

  • Academic (2)

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2005). Organizational Forms for Innovation in System Industries.

    • van den Ende, J., & Jaspers, F. (2004). Governance modes for systemic innovation. Service Development for Mobile Telecommunications.

  • Professional (2)

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2005). Organizational Forms for Innovation in System Industries: A Configurational Approach.

    • van den Ende, J., & Jaspers, F. (2003). Governance Modes for the Development of Mobile Telecommunications Services: An Emprical Study.

Conference proceeding (6)

  • Academic (5)

    • Dul, J., Ceylan, C., & Jaspers, F. (2009). Environmental effects on creative behavior and the role of person-environment fit. In Renaissance & Renewal in Management Studies EURAM 2009, 9th Annual Conference University of Liverpool.

    • Jaspers, F., Hak, A., & Dul, J. (2008). Testing process theory hypotheses with cases. In Proceedings of the 24th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies

    • van den Ende, J., Jaspers, F., & Gerwin, D. (2006). Organizing the Development of Complementary Products. The Influence of Novelty. In Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, August 11-16 Academy of Management.

    • van den Ende, J., & Jaspers, F. (2006). Governance Modes for Component Development of Larger Systems. A Model and Empirical Test. In Proceedings of the 13th International Product Development Management Conference, Milan, Italy, June 12-13

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2005). Organizational Forms for Innovation in System Industries: A Typology Test with Case Studies on the Development of Mobile Telecom Applications. In J. Y. F. Wynstra, K. Dittrich, & F. P. H. Jaspers (Eds.), Dealing with Dualities, Proceedings of the 21st IMP Conference, 1-3 September 2005, Rotterdam IMP.

  • Professional (1)

    • Jaspers, F., & van den Ende, J. (2005). Organizational Forms for Innovation in System Industries: A Configurational Approach. In The R&D Management Conference 2005, Pisa, 6-8 July 2005 RADMA.

Doctoral Thesis (1)

  • Internal (1)

    • Jaspers, F. (2009). Organizing systemic innovation. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).

Editorial (1)

Paper (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Dul, J., Ceylan, C., & Jaspers, F. (2012). The effect of the work environment on employee creativity: A person-environment fit perspective.. Paper presented at Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2012, Boston, USA, August 3-7, 2012.

Report (3)

  • Academic (2)

    • Stam, FC., Bosma, N., van Witteloostuin, A., Jong, JPJ., Bogaert, S., Edwards, N., & Jaspers, F. (2012). Ambitious Entrepreneurship: A Review of the academic literature and new directions for public policy. Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid.

    • Jaspers, F., Hulsink, W., & Theeuwes, J. (2005). Virtual enterprises, mobile markets and volatile customers: entry and innovation strategies of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) into the telecommunications services market. ERIM.

  • Professional (1)

    • Van Eijk, N., Felso, F., Hinloopen, J., Jaspers, F., & Theeuwes, JJM. (2001). Toegang tot mobiele netwerken; onderzoek in opdracht van OPTA. SEO.

Teaching case (1)

  • Professional (1)

    • Hulsink, W., Jaspers, F., & Kraaijeveld, P., (2012). From Go to IPO: The hyper-growth strategy of the new European telecoms operator Versatel http://hdl.handle.net/1765/38861

Additional activities (1)

  • Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)

    Publication Peer-review (Academic)

Events (2)

2012
December
13
Renewal, Reuse and Reinforcement: Building capability to enter, grow and shape the nascent market for integrated sustainable urban solutions
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator, Contact
2009
February
12
Organizing Systemic Innovation
PhD Defence
As: Speaker

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T11-09
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Research Initiatives

Latest publication

Article

van den Ende, J., Jaspers, F., & Rijsdijk, S. (2013). Should System Firms Develop Complementary Products? A Dynamic Model and an Empirical Test. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30(6), 1178-1198. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12053

Supervisory Team

Geert Duysters
  • Member Doctoral Committee
Steef van de Velde
Steef van de Velde
Professor of Management and Technology
  • Member Doctoral Committee
Jan van den Ende
Jan van den Ende
Professor of Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Promotor
Wim Hulsink
Wim Hulsink
Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Member Doctoral Committee