Kent Business School is pleased to welcome Dr Dirk Libaers<\/p>\n
Dirk P. Libaers is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in the USF Center for Entrepreneurship at the Muma College of Business. He is the Kennedy Family Professor of Entrepreneurship\u00a0and teaches\u00a0courses in\u00a0strategic entrepreneurship and creativity and design. He was a visiting professor at the University of Kent and the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and the University of Queensland in Australia.<\/p>\n
His research interests include technology and academic entrepreneurship, new product and service development in new ventures and established firms; and issues related to creativity and innovation. His work has been published in the\u00a0Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy,\u00a0the\u00a0Journal of Business Venturing, R&D Management\u00a0and\u00a0Industrial and Corporate Change. He has written book chapters, edited books and presented\u00a0papers at numerous conferences in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n
Libaers’ service to the academic community includes being a reviewer for several business and technology journals such as\u00a0Research Policy, the\u00a0Journal of Technology Transfer\u00a0and\u00a0Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice\u00a0and others.\u00a0He has served as a member of various search and selection committees for faculty and PhD candidates while at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and managed a portfolio of study-abroad programs\u00a0at Northeastern University where he also was an advisor to several startups.<\/p>\n
Dr Libaers has co-authored a number of papers with members of the school and worked with us in introducing teaching innovations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"