
Professor Dirk Libaers
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- About
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Biography
Dirk Libaers is currently a Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship at the University of Aberdeen on a fractional appointment. He is also the John and Beverly Grant Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Muma College of Business at The University of South Florida and Director of the USF Center for Entrepreneurship. Before joining the University of South Florida in 2017, Dirk was Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to that he was first an Assistant, and later an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Regnier Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City from 2007 to 2014. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Sussex and Kent in the UK and the University of Queensland in Australia. His research and teaching interests include technology entrepreneurship, academic entrepreneurship, technology commercialization from universities, and new product development in new ventures and established organizations. He also gained 12 years of work experience in the private sector in the consumer electronics industry in Europe and the Asia Pacific.
He received the Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
- Research
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Research Overview
Technology Entrepreneurship; Opportunity Recognition; Academic Entrepreneurship; New Product/Service Development in large, small and new firms
Research Areas
Management
Research Specialisms
- Management Studies
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
I have current research projects going on in the following areas:
1) academic entrepreneurship
2) Product innovation and corruption
3) complementor strategies in digital platform ecosystems
- Publications
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The relationship between human capital, new venture ideas, and opportunity beliefs: A meta-analysis
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 454-477Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1397
CEO Cognitive Flexibility, Information search, and Organizational Ambidexterity
Strategic Management Journal, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 2200-2233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3192
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Implementing product platforms in the global enterprise: Lessons from an LED industry leader
Business Horizons, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 421-434Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2020.03.001
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Does product platforming pay off?
Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 66-87Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUniversity patenting and technology commercialization - legal frameworks and the importance of local practice
R&D Management, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 88-108Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/47266/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12123
- [ONLINE] University of Kent repository
The paradox of openness: How product and patenting experience affect external R&D sourcing in China
Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 250-268Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12359
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14960/1/Paradox_JPIM.pdf
Time allocations across collaborations of academic scientists and their impact on efforts to commercialize novel technologies: is more always better?
R&D Management, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 180-197Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12164
Nonmimetic Knowledge and Innovation Performance: Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries
The Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 570-588Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12306
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15376/1/Non_mimetic_Knowledge_JPIM.pdf
A taxonomy of small firm technology commercialization
Industrial and Corporate Change, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 371–405Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtq039
Examining the relationship between creativity and innovation: A meta-analysis of organizational, cultural and environmental factors.
Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 714-731Contributions to Journals: Articles