prof.dr.ir. J.C.M. (Jan) van den Ende

Jan van den Ende is a professor of management of technology and innovation at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) . In addition, he is professor of horticulture innovation and visiting professor at LUISS Universita Guido Carli, Rome, Italy.
His field of expertise is the development process of new products and services in firms. His current research interests include firm-internal and -external idea management, control of NPD projects, design management and sustainable innovation.
Jan van den Ende has published in numerous journals including Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Group and Organization Management.
He teaches in MBA and Executive Education for firms such as ASML, FrieslandCampina, IFF and MAN. Van den Ende holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology.
Publications (68)
Key Publications (10)
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D. Deichmann, C. Moser & J. van den Ende (2020). Talk, talk, talk: Exploring idea conversations and the micro-level foundations of knowledge sharing for innovation. Innovation: Organization & Management, in press. doi: 10.1080/14479338.2020.1763177 [go to publisher's site]
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B. Szatmari, D. Deichmann, J. van den Ende & B. King (2020). Great successes and great failures: The impact of project leader status on project performance and performance extremeness. Journal of Management Studies, in press. doi: 10.1111/joms.12638
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S.P. Kennedy, G.M. Whiteman & J. van den Ende (2017). Radical Innovation for Sustainability: The Power of Strategy and Open Innovation. Long Range Planning, 50 (6), 712-725. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.05.004
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M. Candi, J. van den Ende & G. Gemser (2016). Benefits of customer co-development of new products. The moderating effects of utilitarian and hedonic radicalness. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33 (4), 418-434. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12286
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D. Deichmann & J. van den Ende (2014). Rising from failure and learning from success: The role of past experience in radical initiative taking. Organization Science, 25 (3), 670-690. doi: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0870
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J. van den Ende, G. van de Kaa, S. den Uijl & H.J. de Vries (2012). The Paradox of Standard Flexibility: The Effects of Co-evolution between Standard and Interorganizational Network. Organization Studies, 33 (5-6), 705-736. doi: 10.1177/0170840612443625
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S.A. Rijsdijk & J. van den Ende (2011). Control combinations in new product development projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28 (6), 868-880. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00850.x
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B. Kijkuit & J. van den Ende (2010). With a Little Help from Our Colleagues: A Longitudinal Study of Social Networks for Innovation. Organization Studies, 31 (4), 451-479. doi: 10.1177/0170840609357398
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F.P. Blindenbach-Driessen & J. van den Ende (2010). Innovation management practices compared: The example of product-based firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27 (5), 705-724. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00746.x
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J. van den Ende & B. Kijkuit (2009). Nurturing good ideas. Harvard Business Review, 87 (4), 24-24. [go to publisher's site]
Articles (56)
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M.N. Ozdemir & J. van den Ende (2021). Innovators' gains from incumbents' exit options in R&D alliances: A reconciliation of real options and transaction costs logics. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 15 (in press).
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D. Deichmann, C. Moser & J. van den Ende (2020). Talk, talk, talk: Exploring idea conversations and the micro-level foundations of knowledge sharing for innovation. Innovation: Organization & Management, in press. doi: 10.1080/14479338.2020.1763177 [go to publisher's site]
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B. Szatmari, D. Deichmann, J. van den Ende & B. King (2020). Great successes and great failures: The impact of project leader status on project performance and performance extremeness. Journal of Management Studies, in press. doi: 10.1111/joms.12638
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S.P. Kennedy, G.M. Whiteman & J. van den Ende (2017). Radical Innovation for Sustainability: The Power of Strategy and Open Innovation. Long Range Planning, 50 (6), 712-725. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2016.05.004
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O.A. Acar & J. van den Ende (2016). Knowledge Distance, Cognitive Search Processes and Creativity: The Making of Winning Solutions in Science Contests. Psychological Science, 27 (5), 692-699. doi: 10.1177/0956797616634665
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M. Candi, J. van den Ende & G. Gemser (2016). Benefits of customer co-development of new products. The moderating effects of utilitarian and hedonic radicalness. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33 (4), 418-434. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12286
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J. van den Ende, L. Frederiksen & A. Prencipe (2015). The Front End of Innovation: Organizing Search for Ideas. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32 (4), 482-487. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12213
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G. van de Kaa, H.J. de Vries & J. van den Ende (2015). Strategies in network industries: the importance of inter-organizational networks, complementary goods, and commitment. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 27 (1), 73-86. doi: 10.1080/09537325.2014.951320
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M.A. Ates, J. van den Ende & G. Ianniello (2015). Inter-organizational Coordination Patterns in Buyer-Supplier-Design Agency Triads in NPD Projects’. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 35 (11), 1512-1545. doi: 10.1108/IJOPM-01-2013-0036
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O.A. Acar & J. van den Ende (2015). Understanding Fear of Opportunism in Global Prize-Based Science Contests: Evidence for Gender and Age Differences. PLoS One (online), 2015 (July), 1-13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134898
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B. Szatmari, D. Deichmann & J. van den Ende (2014). Irrational resistance or irrational support? Performance effects of project leader status. In Academy of Management Proceedings [go to publisher's site] doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.200
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F.P. Blindenbach-Driessen & J. van den Ende (2014). The Locus of Innovation: The Effect of a Separate Innovation Unit on Exploration, Exploitation, and Ambidexterity in Manufacturing and Service Firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31 (5), 1089-1105. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12146
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G. van de Kaa, E. van Heck, H.J. de Vries, J. van den Ende & J. Rezaei (2014). Supporting Decision-Making in Technology Standards Battles Based on the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 61 (2), 336-348. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2013.2292579
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D. Deichmann & J. van den Ende (2014). Rising from failure and learning from success: The role of past experience in radical initiative taking. Organization Science, 25 (3), 670-690. doi: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0870
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J. van den Ende, F.P.H. Jaspers & S.A. Rijsdijk (2013). Should System Firms Develop Complementary Products? A Dynamic Model and an Empirical Test. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (6), 1178-1198. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12053
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J. van den Ende, M. Candi & G. Gemser (2013). Organizing Innovation Projects under Technological Turbulence. Technovation, 33 (4-5), 133-141. doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.01.002
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F.P.H. Jaspers, A. Prencipe & J. van den Ende (2012). Organizing Inter-Industry Architectural Innovations: Evidence from Mobile Communication Applications. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 29 (3), 419-431. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00915.x
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J. van den Ende, G. van de Kaa, S. den Uijl & H.J. de Vries (2012). The Paradox of Standard Flexibility: The Effects of Co-evolution between Standard and Interorganizational Network. Organization Studies, 33 (5-6), 705-736. doi: 10.1177/0170840612443625
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M.A. Ates, G. Ianniello & J. van den Ende (2012). Buyer-supplier-supplier Collaboration in New Product Development Projects: An Exploratory Model. In E. Esposito, P. Evangelista, G. Pastore & M. Raffa (Eds.), Purchasing and Supply Management in a Changing World, Proceedings of 21st Annual IPSERA conference (pp. CP041-CP0414). Naples (Italy)
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M.A. Ates, J. van den Ende & G. Ianniello (2012). An exploratory model for coordination approaches in buyer-supplier-supplier triads in NPD projects. In Serving the World: 4th P&OM World Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: (Chris Voss Highly Commended Award)
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G. van de Kaa, J. van den Ende, H.J. de Vries & E. van Heck (2011). Factors for winning interface format battles: A review and synthesis of the literature. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78 (8), 1397-1411. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.03.011
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S.A. Rijsdijk & J. van den Ende (2011). Control combinations in new product development projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28 (6), 868-880. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00850.x
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B. Kijkuit & J. van den Ende (2010). With a Little Help from Our Colleagues: A Longitudinal Study of Social Networks for Innovation. Organization Studies, 31 (4), 451-479. doi: 10.1177/0170840609357398
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F.P. Blindenbach-Driessen & J. van den Ende (2010). Innovation management practices compared: The example of product-based firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27 (5), 705-724. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00746.x
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F.P. Blindenbach-Driessen, J. van Dalen & J. van den Ende (2010). Subjective Performance Assessment of Innovation Projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27 (4), 572-592. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00736.x
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F.P.H. Jaspers & J. van den Ende (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. doi: 10.1504/IJTM.2010.035977
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J. van den Ende & B. Kijkuit (2009). Nurturing good ideas. Harvard Business Review, 87 (4), 24-24. [go to publisher's site]
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J. van den Ende, F.P.H. Jaspers & D. Gerwin (2008). Involvement of system firms in the development of complementary products. The influence of novelty. Technovation, 28 (11), 726-738. doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.03.001
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B. Kijkuit & J. van den Ende (2007). The Organizational Life of an Idea. Integrating Social Network, Creativity and Decision-Making Perspectives. Journal of Management Studies, 44 (6), 863-882. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00695.x
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F.P.H. Jaspers & J. van den Ende (2006). The Organizational Form of Vertical Relationships: Dimensions of Integration. Industrial Marketing Management, 35 (7), 819-828. doi: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2006.06.016
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F.P. Blindenbach-Driessen & J. van den Ende (2006). Innovation in project-based firms: The context dependency of success factors. Research Policy, 35 (4), 545-561. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.02.005
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J. van den Ende & W.A. Dolfsma (2005). Technology-Push, Demand-Pull and the Shaping of Technological Paradigms. Patterns in the Development of Computing Technology. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 15 (1), 83-99. doi: 10.1007/s00191-004-0220-1
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J. van den Ende (2004). Impacts of TechnologyRreassessed. A Retrospective Analysis of Computing Technololy. History of Technology, 25 (1), 31-43.
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J. Hermans, N.M. Wijnberg, O. de Wit & J. van den Ende (2004). Vertical integration as a remedy to imbalances in the "Porterian" value system. The dutch financial securities industry at the beginning of the 20th century. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 20 (4), 357-374. doi: 10.1016/j.scaman.2004.10.001
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J. van den Ende (2003). Modes of governances of new service development for mobile networks: A life cycle perspective. Research Policy, 32 (8), 1501-1518. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00156-7
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J. van den Ende & N.M. Wijnberg (2003). The organization of innovation and market dynamics. Managing increasing returns in software firms. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 50 (3), 374-382. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2003.817286
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N. Disco & J. van den Ende (2003). Strong, invincible arguments? Tidal Models as Management Instruments in Twentieth-Century Dutch Coastal Engineering. Technology and Culture, 44 (3), 502-535.
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C. Kerkhof, J. van den Ende & I. Bogenrieder (2003). Knowledge Management in the Professional Organization: A Model with Application to CMG Software Testing. Knowledge and Process Management, 10 (2), 77-84. doi: 10.1002/kpm.167
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J. van den Ende, N.M. Wijnberg, R.A.W. Vogels & M.P.A. Kerstens (2003). Organizing innovative projects to interact with market dynamics: a coevolutionary approach. European Management Journal, 21 (3), 273-284. doi: 10.1016/S0263-2373(03)00051-3
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Ch. van Dijk & J. van den Ende (2002). Suggestion systems. Transferring employee creativity into practicable ideas. R and D Management, 32 (5), 387-395.
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N.M. Wijnberg, J. van den Ende & W.O. de Wit (2002). Decision Making at Different Levels of the Organization and the Impact of New Information Technology. Two Cases From the Financial Sector. Group and Organization Management, 27 (3), 408-429. doi: 10.1177/1059601102027003005
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W.O. de Wit, J. van den Ende, J. Schot & E.C.J. van Oost (2002). Innovation Junctions. Office technologies in The Netherlands, 1880-1980. Technology and Culture, 43 (1), 50-72.
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J. van den Ende & N.M. Wijnberg (2001). The Organization of Innovation in the Presence of Network and Bandwagons in the New Economy. International Studies of Management & Organization, 31 (1), 30-45.
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J. van den Ende, N.M. Wijnberg & A. Meijer (2001). Public Policy and Innovative Capabilities: The Case of Philips' IT Activities. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 13 (3), 389-405.
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J. van den Ende, N.M. Wijnberg & H.R. Commandeur (2001). Innovation Managament In The New Economy. International Studies of Management & Organization, 31 (1), 3-125.
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M. Knot, J. van den Ende & P. Vergragt (2001). Flexibility strategies for sustainable technology development. Technovation, 21 (6), 335-344. doi: 10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00049-3
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Ch. van Dijk & J. van den Ende (2001). Suggestiesystemen. Het omzetten van werknemerscreativiteit in kapitaliseerbare ideeen. M en O, 55 (5), 21-36.
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J. van den Ende, N.M. Wijnberg & H.R. Commandeur (2001). Preface. International Studies of Management & Organization, 31 (1), 3-6.
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W.O. de Wit & J. van den Ende (2000). The Emergence of a New Regime: Business Management and Office Mechanisation in the Dutch Financial Sector in the 1920s. Business History, 42 (2), 87-118. doi: 10.1080/00076790000000222
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J. van den Ende, N.M. Wijnberg & W.O. de Wit (1999). De invloed van systematic en scientific management op de besluitvorming in dienstverlenende ondernemingen. M en O, 53 (3), 7-25.
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A.K. Aarssen, J. van den Ende, R.V. de Jongh, L.P. Ligthart & F.H.A. Janszen (1999). Projectevaluaties in universitaire en onafhankelijke kennisinstituten. Een bijdrage aan het commercialiseren. M en O, 96-119.
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J. van den Ende & R.P.M. Kemp (1999). Technological transformations in history: how the computer regime grew out of existing computing regimes. Research Policy, 833-851. doi: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00027-X
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J. van den Ende, K. Mulder, M. Knot, E. Moors & P. Vergragt (1998). Traditional and modern technology assessment: toward a toolkit. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 58 (1-2), 5-21.
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J. van den Ende, W. Ravesteijn & D. de Wit (1997). Shaping the early development of television. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 16 (4), 13-26.
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J. van den Ende (1995). Computers and Industrial Organization: Early Sources of 'Just in Time' Production in the Dutch Steel Industry. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 17 (2), 22-32.
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J. van den Ende (1995). A History of Real-time Industrial Process Control in the Dutch Steel-Making Industry. Real-Time Systems, 8 (2-3), 215-226.
Books
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J. van den Ende, E. Oost, G. Alberts & H.W. Lintsen (Ed.). (1998). De opkomst van de Informatietechnologie in Nederland. Den Haag: Ten Hagen en Stam
Book Contributions
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F.P.H. Jaspers & J. van den Ende (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). Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann
Inaugural Speech
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J. van den Ende (2008). Organising Innovation. (2008, september 18). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management
Professional Publications (9)
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J. van den Ende & D. Deichmann (2015). Hoe krijg ik goede ideeën van mijn medewerkers? Holland Management Review, 32, 60-64.
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D. Deichmann & J. van den Ende (2014). A radical approach to radical innovation. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 18 (2), 12-13.
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H.J. de Vries & J. van den Ende (2013). Why industry standards are pivotal. RSM Insight, 14 (2), 16-17.
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F.P.H. Jaspers & J. van den Ende (2013). Making business sense of cross-industry innovation. RSM Insight, 13 (1), 10-12.
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J. van den Ende, M. Candi & G. Gemser (2010). How design can improve company performance. RSM Insight, 4 (3), 4-6.
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J. van den Ende (2009). Nurturing Good Ideas. RSM Insight, 1 (1), 4-5.
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I. Borst, R. Bitter, P. Ballon, K. Dittrich & J. van den Ende (2005). SOTA broadband services and their business models. (Extern rapport, Freeband/B@HOME/D2.0/V1.0). Enschede: Freeband
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J. van den Ende, M. Toonders & N.M. Wijnberg (2001). De organisatie van innovatie in internet dienstverlening. Bedrijfskunde, 73 (4), 65-70.
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L. Veldhoen & J. van den Ende (1995). Technische mislukkingen: de Planta affaire, instortende bruggen, vliegdekschepen van ijs. Rotterdam: Uitgeversmaatschappij Ad. Donker
PhD Tracks (24)

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Mahmut Ozdemir
- Time frame: 2006 - 2011

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Sarita Koendjbiharie
- Time frame: 2007 - 2014

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Ferdinand Jaspers
- Time frame: 2004 - 2009

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Geerten van de Kaa
- Time frame: 2004 - 2009

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: René van der Eijk
- Time frame: 2003 - 2009

- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Bob Kijkuit
- Time frame: 2002 - 2007

- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Floortje Blindenbach-Driessen
- Time frame: 2001 - 2006

- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Janneke Hermans
- Time frame: 1999 - 2004

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Dirk Deichmann
- Time frame: 2007 - 2012

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Mark Boons
- Time frame: 2007 - 2014

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Melek Akin Ates
- Time frame: 2008 - 2014

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Pinar Cankurtaran
- Time frame: 2008 - 2014

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Oguz Ali Acar
- Time frame: 2009 - 2014

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Mashiho Mihalache
- Time frame: 2011 - 2015

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Maria Rita Micheli
- Time frame: 2010 - 2015

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Balazs Szatmari
- Time frame: 2012 - 2016

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Vikrant Sihag
- Time frame: 2013 - 2019

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Timo van Balen
- Time frame: 2014 - 2019

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Ivo Esseveld
- Time frame: 2015 -

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Paul Wiegmann
- Time frame: 2013 - 2019

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Mira Yoon
- Time frame: 2019 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Peiru Wang
- Time frame: 2019 -

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Haozheng Shi
- Time frame: 2019 -

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Davide Bavato
- Time frame: 2015 -
Recognitions (12)
Editorial positions (7)
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Journal of Product Innovation Management
Editorial Board
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Journal of Product Innovation Management
Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Service Business
Editorial Board
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Research Policy
Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Journal of Management Studies
Ad Hoc Reviewer
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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Organization Memberships
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Academy of Management (AoM)
Member
Side positions (4)
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NWO, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Secretary of NWO Preparatory Committee of the NWO Priority Research Program on Innovation
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Faculty of Economics, University G. d'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD program
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Freeband Research Programme
Member of the General Assembly
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Dutch Association for Business Development (Vereniging Business Development Nederland)
Executive Academic Relations
Events (24)
Address
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