Prof. dr. Bart Van Looy

Professor Research Methodologies & Innovation Management

Bart Van Looy is professor at KU Leuven (Innovation and Organization) at the department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation (MSI), Faculty of Business and Economics and he is co-promotor of ECOOM (responsible for the service and research activities pertaining to Technometrics/Patent Analysis) and responsible for the research activities of INCENTIM (Research division KU Leuven R&D) which conducts applied and basic research in the field of innovation, technology and knowledge intensive entrepreneurship (in close collaboration with a.o. Eurostat and DG Research (EC)).

His current research focuses on innovation processes (firm level) and regional innovation systems (Entrepreneurial Universities and Science -Technology interactions). Bart Van Looy has published on these topics in journals like Research Policy, Journal of Product and Innovation Management, Organization Studies, R&D Management, Technovation, Scientometrics, Journal of Technology Transfer, Academy of Management Journal and Regional Studies.