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

Full Professor

Department of Technology and Operations Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Fellow ERIM

Field: Logistics & Information Systems

Affiliated since 1999

T: +31 10 4082299

E: jende@rsm.nl

Jan van den Ende is a professor of management of technology and innovation at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and holds the International Chair of Management, 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 (65)

Key Publications (12)

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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12286[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12213[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134898[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-01-2013-0036[go to publisher's site]
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[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12146[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12053[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840612443625[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00850.x[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00746.x[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840609357398[go to publisher's site]
J. van den Ende & B. Kijkuit (2009). Nurturing good ideas. Harvard Business Review, 87 (4), 24-24.[go to publisher's site]

Articles (53)

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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2016.05.004[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12286[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797616634665
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12213[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134898[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2014.951320
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-01-2013-0036[go to publisher's site]
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[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2013.2292579[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12146[go to publisher's site]
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
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12053[go to publisher's site]
J. van den Ende, M. Candi & G. Gemser (2013). Organizing Innovation Projects under Technological Turbulence. Technovation, 33 (4-5), 133-141. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2013.01.002
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00915.x[go to publisher's site]
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)
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)
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840612443625[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2011.03.011[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00850.x[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2010.035977[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00736.x[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00746.x[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840609357398[go to publisher's site]
J. van den Ende & B. Kijkuit (2009). Nurturing good ideas. Harvard Business Review, 87 (4), 24-24.[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2008.03.001[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00695.x[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2006.06.016
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2006.02.005[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00191-004-0220-1[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2004.10.001
J. van den Ende (2004). Impacts of TechnologyRreassessed. A Retrospective Analysis of Computing Technololy. History of Technology, 25 (1), 31-43.
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.
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kpm.167
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00156-7
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2003.817286[go to publisher's site]
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0263-2373(03)00051-3
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.
Ch. van Dijk & J. van den Ende (2002). Suggestion systems. Transferring employee creativity into practicable ideas. R and D Management, 32 (5), 387-395.
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059601102027003005
J. van den Ende, N.M. Wijnberg & H.R. Commandeur (2001). Preface. International Studies of Management & Organization, 31 (1), 3-6.
M. Knot, J. van den Ende & P. Vergragt (2001). Flexibility strategies for sustainable technology development. Technovation, 21 (6), 335-344. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00049-3
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.
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.
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.
Ch. van Dijk & J. van den Ende (2001). Suggestiesystemen. Het omzetten van werknemerscreativiteit in kapitaliseerbare ideeen. M en O, 55 (5), 21-36.
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00076790000000222
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: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00027-X
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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

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

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

J. van den Ende (2008). Organising Innovation. (2008, september 18). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management

Professional Publications (9)

J. van den Ende & D. Deichmann (2015). Hoe krijg ik goede ideeën van mijn medewerkers? Holland Management Review, 32, 60-64.
D. Deichmann & J. van den Ende (2014). A radical approach to radical innovation. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 18 (2), 12-13.
H.J. de Vries & J. van den Ende (2013). Why industry standards are pivotal. RSM Insight, 14 (2), 16-17.
F.P.H. Jaspers & J. van den Ende (2013). Making business sense of cross-industry innovation. RSM Insight, 13 (1), 10-12.
J. van den Ende, M. Candi & G. Gemser (2010). How design can improve company performance. RSM Insight, 4 (3), 4-6.
J. van den Ende (2009). Nurturing Good Ideas. RSM Insight, 1 (1), 4-5.
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
J. van den Ende, M. Toonders & N.M. Wijnberg (2001). De organisatie van innovatie in internet dienstverlening. Bedrijfskunde, 73 (4), 65-70.
L. Veldhoen & J. van den Ende (1995). Technische mislukkingen: de Planta affaire, instortende bruggen, vliegdekschepen van ijs. Rotterdam: Uitgeversmaatschappij Ad. Donker

PhD Tracks (24)

Project-level Governance, Monetary Incentives, and Performance in Strategic R&D Alliances

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

The Information-Based View on Business Network Performance

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

Organizing Systemic Innovation

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

Standards Battles for Complex Systems: Empirical Research on the Home Network

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

Behind Networks: Knowledge Transfer, Favor Exchange and Performance

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

Social Networks in the Front End: The Organizational Life of an Idea

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

Innovation Management in Project-Based Firms

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

ICT in Information Services; Use and deployment of ICT in the Dutch securities trade 1860-1970

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

Idea Management: Perspectives from Leadership, Learning, and Network Theory

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

Working Together Alone in the Online Crowd: The effects of social motivations and individual knowledge backgrounds on participation and performance of members of online crowdsourcing platforms

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

Purchasing and supply management at the purchase category level: Strategy, structure, and performance

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

Essays on Accelerated Product Development

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

Crowdsourcing for Innovation: Unpacking Motivational, Knowledge and Relational Mechanisms of Innovative Behavior in Crowdsourcing Platforms

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

Leveraging the International Context: Essays On Building Offshoring Capabilities and Enhancing Firm Innovation

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

Business model innovation: a journey across managers’ attention and inter – organizational networks

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

We are (all) the champions: The effect of status in the implementation of innovations

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

Inter-firm Governance : Controlling suppliers for product and process innovation

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

Vision and Cognition in Disruptive Innovation Process

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

Creative Industries and Business Model Innovation: Innovation Capabilities Oriented Towards Product and Service Innovation?

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

Unpacking the Dynamics of Innovative Teams

Role: Promotor
PhD Candidate: Jun Xiao
Time frame: 2015 -

The Organizational Antecedents and Consequences of Intrapreneurship

Role: Co-promotor
PhD Candidate: Mohammad Taghi Ramezan Zadeh
Time frame: 2015 -

Exploring the Cognitive and Social Foundations of Idea Evaluations

Role: Promotor
PhD Candidate: Davide Bavato
Time frame: 2015 -

A Hundred Flowers Blossom: The Emergence of IoT Platforms and Ecosystems in Industry 4.0

Role: Promotor
PhD Candidate: Qing Ye
Time frame: 2017 -

Advancing Research on Innovation Management: open PhD Position

Role: Promotor
PhD Candidate: Mohamadreza Hoseinpour
Time frame: 2018 -

Recognitions (12)

Editorial positions (7)

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journal of Management Studies

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journal of Product Innovation Management

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journal of Product Innovation Management

Editorial Board
Research Policy

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

Ad Hoc Reviewer
Service Business

Editorial Board

Organization Memberships

Academy of Management

Member

Side positions (4)

NWO, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Secretary of NWO Preparatory Committee of the NWO Priority Research Program on Innovation
Faculty of Economics, University G. d'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD program
Freeband Research Programme

Member of the General Assembly
Dutch Association for Business Development (Vereniging Business Development Nederland)

Executive Academic Relations

Course (1)

Past

Innovation Management: Research on Organizing in a Context of Uncertainty (2017/2018, 2016/2017)

PhD Vacancies (3)

Circular Business Model Innovation

This project focuses on the circular business model innovation process. While scholars have ably identified a range of circular business model archetypes, little is known of how companies select or innovate the business model(s) to implement.

The core objective of this project is to identify and form a detailed understanding of the phases to the circular business model innovation process (i.e. ideation, selection, development etc) and provide insight to the challenges and facilitators from front-end innovation to the implementation of the business model.

The project will identify key organisational practices of circular business model innovation and aims to form explanations of how firms manage the inherent complexity and uncertainty. The research aims to explain how factors such as firm competencies, marketplace environments and product type restrictions are taken into consideration and what tools and (new) competencies are required by firms to lead to effective outcomes.

Collaborate or integrate? The effects of R&D intensity on collaboration and integration of interdependent actors.

When industries become more R&D intensive, firms face a dilemma: performing R&D alone, create joint R&D facilities with non-competing partners, or diversifying into other businesses. A firm like Google mainly performs R&D alone, applying the results in different business lines, while in other industries joint research initiatives are set up. A classic example of the latter is MCC in the micro-electronics industry (Peck, 1986). Considerations of exploiting synergies in R&D, intellectual property and appropriation of returns, and coordination costs affect the choice. In this project we investigate the alternatives for decisions on the organization of R&D and firm integration. The PhD candidate will investigate the performance of joint R&D initiatives in different industries, and the pros and cons of firms exploiting internal research for different business lines. A specific case industry to be addressed will be the horticulture industry, since in this setting different options can be compared within the same industry. In addition, the supervisors have strong connections within this industry, which guarantees access to an exciting and innovative group of companies. The research will be mainly theory-driven and empirical, although the option to develop formal models also exists.

Advancing Research on Innovation Management: open PhD Position

Innovation Management studies how organizations bring innovations to life successfully. A successful innovation involves all actions needed to generate creative ideas and to turn these into attractive new products, services, and business models. The Innovation Management group at RSM is a team composed of several ambitious international faculty whose research focuses on idea management, leadership in innovation, control of innovation projects, standardization and innovation strategies. We also execute large research projects in collaboration with leading organizations on sustainable innovation and on creative industries. Our research is often empirical, but quantitative modelling and qualitative methods are also applied. Doctoral students can choose to join the projects described below or elaborate their own PhD project.