The lecturers in the MSc SIM have excellent records.
Dr. Isabel Estrada’s research focuses on
collaborative innovation strategies. Her work has been published in
top journals such as Research Policy, Industrial Marketing
Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of
Knowledge Management, and Long Range Planning. Isabel has also won
a number of teaching awards, such as the 'Best Newcomer
Award' (2013) and the 'Fellowship
for Innovation of teaching Award' (UG, 2017).
Dr. Florian Noseleit’s research interests
include the determinants and implications of entrepreneurial
activity, the interrelation of innovation and entrepreneurship,
collaborative R&D, green innovations, and growth of regions and
firms. His research has been published in top journals like
Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Small Business
Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Industrial and Corporate
Change, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Cambridge Journal of
Economics, and Regional Studies. Practitioner-oriented
contributions have been published in the Maandblad voor Accountancy
en Bedrijfseconomie and Economisch Statistische Berichten
Dr. Thijs Broekhuizen’s research
interests are interdisciplinary and bridge the fields of innovation
and marketing and reside in Value Appropriation-Innovation &
Adoption-Diffusion. His current research focuses on the success of
entertainment products such as video games, movies, music and
books, but also on complex financial products. His focus is also on
the role of digital business models, and how firms can appropriate
value from their (digital) innovations in turbulent environments,
and how firms respond to disruptive technologies. His articles have
appeared in Journal of Marketing Research, Research Policy,
International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Product
Innovation Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science,
Futures, Business Horizons, Journal of Business Research,
Management Research News, and Journal of Market-Focused
Management.
Prof. Dr. Pedro de Faria’s research
focuses on topics in innovation management and strategic human
capital. He is particularly interested in understanding how firms
define their cooperation and knowledge protection strategies and
how human capital plays a role in internationalization strategies.
Pedro's research has appeared in leading academic journals such as
the Journal of Management, Journal of International Business
Studies or Research Policy. He is currently Associate editor of the
journal Industry and Innovation. Pedro has worked on a number of
strategy and innovation-related applied projects and was the
coordinator of the €100.000 research project, “Closure
of foreign MNC subsidiaries: What stays when the MNC
leaves?”, funded by the Fundação Francisco Manuel
dos Santos.
Dr. Killian McCarthy’s research focuses
on Innovation and Organisation, on collaboration strategies, on
alliances, and on the performance of mergers and acquisitions.
Killian’s has written 4 books on strategy and has his
research published in journals, such as the Journal of Business
Strategy, Journal
of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Journal
of Product Innovation Management, Energy Policy, Research
Policy, Management
and Organization Review, Regional
Studies, and the International
Review of Law and Economics. Killian has also won a number of
teaching awards, including the 2015 and 2017 'Fellowship
for Innovation of teaching Award'.
In collaboration with external partners, we conduct research
projects on e.g banking, local government, customer insights,
leadership, energy, healthy ageing and lean operations.
Research institute related to the MSc programme: Innovation
and Organization
