Duysters, Geert
Professorial Fellow
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-MERIT
- OFFICE:
- Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands
- E-MAIL:
- Duysters@merit.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +31(0)43 3884413
Biographical Statement
Geert Duysters is an economist with a Ph.D. in Economics and Business Administration. After working at the University of Maastricht as subsequently, researcher, assistant professor and associate professor, he is currently employed as a Professorial Fellow at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). He is also a part-time full professor of Organization Science at the faculty of Technology Management of the Eindhoven University of Technology.
His academic research mainly concerns international business strategies, innovation strategies, mergers and acquisitions, technology catch up strategies of developing countries, network analytical methods and strategic alliances. He has published over 50 international refereed articles and book chapters. His interest in business strategies and innovation strategies is not only academic, as he worked for several years as a consultant (senior manager) for KPMG Alliances at the international headquarters in Amstelveen (the Netherlands). He also acts as a founding global board member of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP).
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Articles
- Duysters, Geert, Jacob, Jojo, Lemmens, Charmianne and Jintian, Yu (2009). Internationalization and technological catching up of emerging multinationals: a comparative case study of China's Haier group. Industrial and Corporate Change, 325-349
Books
- Communication and Cooperation in the Virtual Workplace, ed. Sadowski-Rasters, Gaby, Duysters, Geert and Sadowski, Bert (UK: Edward Elgar, 2006).
Conference Publications
- Duysters, Geert and Zhang, Ying, The role of entrepreneurship education in university students' entrepreneurial intention Annual Conference of the Academy Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2011, Beijing, 2011/07/01-03.
- Ramani, Shyama V., SadreGhazi, Shuan and Duysters, Geert, Taking Innovations to the Poor: Lessons from Sanitation Activists in India 7th GLOBELICS International Conference, Dakar, 2009/10/06-08.
Reports
- Doranova, Asel, Costa, Ionara and Duysters, Geert (2011). Absorptive capacity in technological learning in clean development mechanism projects. UNU-MERIT.
- Zhang, Ying and Duysters, Geert (2010). Entrepreneurship Development and the Role of Economic Transition in Entrepreneurial Activities in China. UNU-MERIT.
- Ramani, Shyama V., SadreGhazi, Shuan and Duysters, Geert (2010). On the Delivery of Pro-Poor Innovations: Managerial Lessons from Sanitation Activists in India. UNU-MERIT.
- Pereira de Carvalho, Flavia, Duysters, Geert and Costa, Ionara (2010). Drivers of Brazilian foreign investments – technology seeking and technology exploiting as determinants of emerging FDI. UNU-MERIT.
- Pereira de Carvalho, Flavia, Costa, Ionara and Duysters, Geert (2010). Global Players from Brazil: drivers and challenges in the internationalization process of Brazilian firms. UNU-MERIT.
- Doranova, Asel, Costa, Ionara and Duysters, Geert (2009). Knowledge Base Determinants of Technology Sourcing in the Clean Development Mechanism Projects. UNU-MERIT.
- Zhang, Ying and Duysters, Geert (2009). Alliance-based Network View on Chinese Firms' Catching-up: Case Study of Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd. UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. UNU-MERIT.
- Schoenmakers, Wilfred, Duysters, Geert and Vanhaverbeke, Wim (2008). Radical versus non-radical inventions. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert, Lemmens, Charmianne, Letterie, Wilko and Vanhaverbeke, Wim (2008). The Innovative Performance of Alliance Block Members: Evidence from the Microelectronics Industry. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert and Lemmens, Charmianne (2008). Alliance block composition patterns in the microelectronics industry. UNU-MERIT.
- SadreGhazi, Shuan and Duysters, Geert (2008). Serving low-income markets: Rethinking Multinational Corporations’ Strategies. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert, Jacob, Jojo, Lemmens, Charmianne and Hu, Jintian (2008). Internationalization and Technological Catching Up of Emerging Multinationals: A Case Study of China’s Haier Group. UNU-MERIT.
- van de Vrande, Vareska, Vanhaverbeke, Wim and Duysters, Geert (2007). External technology sourcing: The effect of uncertainty on governance mode choice. UNU-MERIT.
- Vanhaverbeke, Wim, Beerkens, Bonnie and Duysters, Geert (2007). Technological capability building through networking strategies within high-tech industries. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert, Saebi, Tina and Dong, Qinqin (2007). Strategic Partnering with Chinese companies: Hidden motives and treasures. UNU-MERIT.
- Vanhaverbeke, Wim, Gilsing, Victor, Beerkens, Bonnie and Duysters, Geert (2007). Exploration and Exploitation in Technology-based Alliance Networks. UNU-MERIT.
- Sadowski, Bert, Sadowski-Rasters, Gaby and Duysters, Geert (2007). Transition of Governance in a Mature Open Software Source Community: Evidence from the Debian Case. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert and Lokshin, Boris (2007). Determinants of alliance portfolio complexity and its effect on innovative performance of companies. UNU-MERIT.
- Bekkers, Rudi, Duysters, Geert and Verspagen, Bart (2000). Intellectual Property Rights, Strategic Technology Agreements and Market Structure, The Case of GSM. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- Hagedoorn, John and Duysters, Geert (2000). External Appropriation of Innovative Capabilities: The Preference for Strategic Alliances or M&AS. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- Hagedoorn, John and Duysters, Geert (2000). The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Technological Performance of Companies in a High-tech Environment. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- Hagedoorn, John and Duysters, Geert (2000). Learning in Dynamic Inter-firm Networks – The Efficacy of Multiple Contacts. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert and Hagedoorn, John (1996). The Effect of Core Competence Building on Companies Performance. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.
- Duysters, Geert and Hagedoorn, John (1994). A phenotype interpretation of isomorphism and diversity: corporate structures and strategies in the international dataprocessing industry. UNU-MERIT Research Memoranda. UNU-MERIT.