Strategic Innovation Management

• The programme focuses on a singular issue: how can innovation be managed to create a sustainable firm? We explore this topic in an open and lively learning environment, which combines our staff, students and expert practitioners, to prepare our graduates for a career in a world of increasingly demanding innovation.

• The programme has been internationally accredited by the AACSB and EQUIS, ensuring a high-quality education, which only 1% of universities reach worldwide.

• Most in-demand graduates: did you know that the graduates from MSc BA - Strategic Innovation Management are the 3rd most in-demand graduates in the Netherlands?

All tracks facilitate international exchange. In the past, MSc BA SIM students have: 1. taken (a part of their 15EC) electives abroad; 2. (collected data for or have) written their theses abroad; 3. completed internships abroad. In these cases, however, the exchange was organised by the student and facilitated by the programme coordinator.

With the ever-increasing demand for innovation, your perspectives as an MSc BA SIM graduate are bright. A large number of our graduates have gone on to careers managing innovation.

We have graduates who work as business developers and innovation managers, working with innovation within the firm; as strategic consultants, advising the firm on their innovation processes; as bankers, evaluating firms and their innovations; and as policy advisors, working on stimulating innovation at the regional, national, and international levels.

A large number of our students have, however, also opted for more general positions. Many of our graduates, for example, now work as general managers, strategists, or consultants, across a range of well-known firms and multinationals, and a number of our graduates have started their own companies. As a graduate, your degree will be highly valued in the labour market. The Faculty of Economics and Business is internationally accredited and belongs to the 1% of business schools around the world accredited by both EQUIS and AACSB.

FEB Career Services
When you become a student at the faculty, we want to support you in developing your career and strengthening your employability skills. You can count on a dedicated on-campus Career Services team offering you a wide range of courses, workshops, events and career-related support during your studies. Everything you need to enter the labour market.

Our education is strongly rooted in business practice and society. Right from the start of your degree programme attention is paid to academic research and professional development, since an analytical and critical mind and problem-solving capabilities are important qualities in any career our students aspire to.

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 the 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 an 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, collaboration strategies, alliances, and the performance of mergers and acquisitions. Killian 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