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Name
Roijakkers
First Name
Nadine
Research Institution
Nadine Roijakkers obtained her PhD degree on inter-firm collaborative innovation from United Nations University-MERIT (Netherlands) in 2002. For two years she worked as a policy researcher for the European Commission. The goal of her studies was to determine the value of inter-firm R&D networks within the EU region. From 2004 to 2007 she was an assistant professor of Open Innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands). For the past two and a half years she was working as a strategy consultant at Atos Consulting (Netherlands) advising large companies in utilities and telecommunications on how to profit from their innovation/alliance strategies. Since November 2009 she has been working in Belgium alongside Wim Vanhaverbeke to further develop the theory and practice of Open Innovation. Outlets for her research include Long Range Planning, Harvard Business History Review, and Research Policy.
Area of expertise
Collaborative innovationAlliance management
Students going for a doctors degree
Yuandi WangDu JingshuServaas BoschJim ChengChinh VuWangfang LeeeHenry Lopez
Contact
nadine.roijakkers@uhasselt.be
Relevant projects
R&D globalization and open innovation

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