Inaugural address: Vareska van de Vrande
On Friday, the 2nd of June 2017, Vareska van de Vrande Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship presented her inaugural address entitled ‘Collaborative Innovation: Creating opportunities in a changing world'.
About the Inaugural Address
Today’s business environment is characterized by fast and frequent change, which is often difficult to predict. As a consequence, companies need to continuously invest in the development of new business in order to remain competitive. However, due to the increasing complexity of the environment, internal development is often not enough and collaborative innovation is becoming more important. In this inaugural lecture, Vareska van de Vrande discusses how recent developments may influence collaborative innovation and business venturing, and how these will have short- and long-term implications for organizations
About Vareska van de Vrande
Vareska van de Vrande is Professor of Collaborative Innovation and Business Venturing at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Vareska joined RSM in 2007 after completing a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Science at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Her expertise focuses on the areas of corporate venturing and collaborative innovation, including external technology sourcing, corporate venture capital investments, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Other research interests include (corporate) entrepreneurship, patents, and venture capital. She has published articles in leading academic journals, including the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of Product Innovation Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and the Journal of Business Venturing. At RSM, Vareska teaches courses and modules in Strategic Management and Corporate Venturing at different levels.
In addition, Vareska is also the director of the Part-time PhD Programme in Management at RSM, a visiting professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, the founder of two web-portals on open innovation (www.openinnovatie.nl and www.openinnovation.eu), and a certified LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitator.
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