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Dr. Anton de Waal is an Assistant Professor at Bond Business School, specializing in corporate entrepreneurship and innovation management with a focus on frugal innovation (FI). With a 15-year engineering industry background, he transitioned to academia by earning a PhD in Innovation Management from the University of Canterbury (2011). He collaborates with the Center for Frugal Innovation at the Hamburg University of Technology and supervises HDR students at Bond University, where he accepts PhD candidates in corporate entrepreneurship, frugal innovation, and sustainability.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Innovation Management, University of Canterbury
- Master of Business Leadership, University of South Africa
- Master of Science in Physics, Potchefstroom University
His research investigates how organizations can re-engineer premium products into sustainable, affordable solutions through frugal innovation. He explores factors inhibiting/fostering innovation in SMEs and Australian firms, with recent work analyzing organizational resilience during crises (Ukrainian firms in war economies, pandemic responses). His publications bridge entrepreneurship education, digital transformation, and ecosystem mapping via patent analytics.
2025 articles highlight organizational resilience in war economies, while 2024 works focus on ecosystem roadmaps and entrepreneurial universities. Earlier studies cover frugal innovation in Indonesian startups, NPD tools in SMEs, and senior entrepreneurship in Australia. Though no scientific awards are listed, his 30+ research outputs and 9 h-index reflect significant academic impact.
