Professor Strategic Management
1982: 'Licentiaat' in philosophy (equivalent to B.A.) with high honors - K.U.Leuven
1982: 'Aggregatie' in philosophy (equivalent to teaching certificate) - K.U.Leuven
1985: 'Licentiaat' in Economics (equivalent to B.A.), with honors - K.U.Leuven
1985: 'Aggregatie' in Economics (equivalent to teaching certificate) - K.U.Leuven
1987: Degree of 'Master of Arts in Economics', with high honors. - K.U.Leuven
1990-1993: "Doctor in Business and Administration"-program at I.E.S.E.- Barcelona (Apto "Cum laude" in 1995)
November 1986 - March 1988: Research assistant at the 'Center for Economics and Ethics'
March 1988 - November 1990: Research assistant in International Economics, working for Prof. Paul De Grauwe
November 1990 - May 1993: SPES scholarship of the EC for 2 years in order to finish a doctoral thesis. Host institute is IESE- Barcelona.
July 1993 - December 2000: Assistant Professor at the Universiteit Maastricht (Department "Management Science", section "Organisation")
January 2000 - December 2000: Assistant Professor at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Department of Technology Management)
January 2001 - November 2004: Associate Professor at the Limburg Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek (Bedrijfskunde)
December 2004 - present: Professor at the Limburg Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek (Bedrijfskunde)
August 2004 – December 2007: Part-time researcher at the Technical University of Eindhoven (Department of Technology Management)
September 2009 – present: Part-time Professor Open Innovation at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
September 2009 – present: Part-time Professor Open Innovation at ESADE Business School