Wim Vanhaverbeke

Wim Vanhaverbeke is a Professor of Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Antwerp and Visiting Professor at ESADE Business School. He serves as Academic Director of the Master in Management program at Antwerp Management School. His research focuses on innovation ecosystems, digital strategies, sustainability, and open innovation in SMEs. He has published extensively in journals like Organization Science, Research Policy, and Technovation, and co-edited influential volumes such as Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm (OUP, 2006).

He is Editor-in-Chief of Technovation and has co-founded the European Innovation Forum and co-organized the World Open Innovation Conference. His advisory roles include the Research Center for Technological Innovation at Tsinghua University (2018–2021) and collaborations with global companies.

Awardee of IAMOT’s top 50 authors in technology and innovation management (2008–2012), he is a sought-after speaker at international conferences and workshops for multinationals.