Teaching

MOOC Principles of Economics for Scientists, part II (2018)
Modules: Game Theory, Economics of Information, Cournot Oligopoly, Bertrand Oligopoly and Collusion
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This MOOC was created as part of the Erasmus+ project IBIS (Implementation of a Business and Innovation module in Science programs: www.ibisproject.eu)

Ad-hoc Classes

  • Principles of Economics for Scientists, KU Leuven (2017)
    Lecture on game theory

  • Economics of Global Innovation, KU Leuven (2016)
    Lecture on global R&D patterns

  • Guest Lectures ‘A Primer on Innovation’, Vesalius College Brussels (2016)
    Lecture on innovation for the Business 101 course

Supervision Master's thesis KU Leuven (+/- 55 students, 4 Best Thesis Prize winners)

  • 2019 (selection)

Entry barriers, the gender gap and scientific productivity.
Maurane Van der Veken, M.Sc. Business Economics

Parental leave and the gender gap in innovation. Evidence from OECD states
for 1978-2015
Emily Goderis, M.Sc. Business Economics

Scientist-Firm Collaboration and Innovative Output.
Siebe Eggermont, M.Sc. Business Economics

  • 2018 (selection)

Science Parks as Catalyzers for Radical Inventions? A Quantitative and Exhaustive Look at the United States of America.
Hendrik Vyncke (M.Sc. Business Engineering), MSI Best Thesis Award

Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune? The Effect of Going Public on Innovation.
Iris Wouters (M.Sc. Business Engineering), MSI Best Thesis Award

  • 2017 (selection)

What do we Know about Radical Innovation?
Aurelie Buti, M.Sc. Business Economics

Which Mechanisms Influence the Effect on Novelty Following an Initial Public Offering?
Jef Delcroix , M.Sc. Business Economics

  • 2016 (selection)

The Effect of Initial Public Offerings on Novel Innovation.
Thomas Noicos, M.Sc. Business Economics, MSI Best Thesis Award

Science Parks as Catalyzers for Radical Inventions?
Wiebe Bakker, M.Sc. Business Economics

Early Patent Disclosure and the Direction of Follow-on Inventive Activity.
Nina Bruno, M.Sc. Business Economics

  • 2015 (selection)

How do patenting entities influence patent success? An empirical analysis based on a unique dataset.
Yannick Vangerven, M.Sc. Business Economics

Migration of European top managers to emerging US firms.
Jason Verkoyen, M.Sc. Management

  • 2014 (selection)

What does it take to become an award-winning inventor?
Mieke Simons, M.Sc. Business Economics, MSI Best Thesis Award

Assessing the validity of patent-based indicators of technological novelty.
Ziyun Tang, M.Sc. Business Economics

In-depth industry analysis for testing and improving indicators of technological radicalness in Nuclear Fusion.
Karel Reynders, M.Sc. Management

  • 2013 (selection)

How can risk taking propensity and cognitive thinking processes play a distinctive role in different types of entrepreneurship?
Bregt Prieels, M.Sc. Business Economics

Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE): a distinctive path towards various types of entrepreneurship.
Ben Wynants, M.Sc. Business Economics

Identification of important contributions in human DNA isolation and quantification technology.
Lars Pinxten, Msc. Business Economics

  • 2012 (selection)

CEO education background and firm’s innovation. Evidence from the UK.
Xiyue Zhang, M.Sc. Business Economics

Life cycle models: review of the literature. Towards an integrated model of technology and industry life cycle.
Bart Peetermans, M.Sc. Business Economics