Management Science and Innovation
R&D Project Management
Contract Design for R&D Licensing
How should innovators design licensing contracts, when there
is incomplete information on the partner’s valuation of the innovation, and
limited control over the partner’s development efforts? (published in Operations Research)
R&D Project Valuation and Negotiations
How can we value early-stage R&D projects and support
licensing negotiations? (published in Interfaces;
recipient of INFORMS Case Competition Award)
Managing Technology Risks in R&D Project Management
What are the advantages and disadvantages of parallelizing
R&D activities and simultaneously pursuing alternative technologies, when
investments have to be made at risk? (published in IIE Transactions, recipient of the Outstanding Paper....more
Project Leader: Bert De Reyck
An Integrated Decision-Making Approach for improving European Air Traffic Management
A model supporting the European Commission’s Single European
Sky initiative, evaluating alternative air traffic management improvement
programmes (published in...more.
Project Leader: Bert De-Reyck
Real Options Valuation using Decision Analysis
A novel approach for valuing real options in projects (published in the European Journal of Operational Research).
Optimal Investment under Operational Flexibility, Risk Aversion and Uncertainty
When should we invest in, expand, shrink or abandon risky projects depending on market conditions? (published in the European Journal of Operational Research)
Inspiring Open Innovation
The design and delivery of activities that promote the role that Open Innovation can play in addressing key societal and economic challenges through collective innovate at a pan-European level (EU INTEREG Project).
Ecology and music software
In preparation, a long view of the music software history
and pre-history, going back to machine orchestras and tracing them through to
today, taking in the role of standards, ecologies based on competing standards
and the knock on...more
Developing agile software architecture using real option analysis and value engineering
How should you develop software architecture to enable agility?
This will invariably take account of the strategy of the organisation, and what
they consider is of value. (SEI SEPG Conference Dublin 2011)
Improvement of agile development processes
Software development methods often focus on team activities
and don’t always incorporate clear and appropriate guidelines for project
management and scaling the project. (Journal of Object Oriented Programming)
Developing metrics for agile projects compatible with CMMI
What measurements are needed to improve agile project management? Categorised as, ‘cutting edge’ by the SEI (Software
Engineering Institute). SEPG, Amsterdam 2006
Achieving earlier and more accurate estimates for agile CMMI projects
Agile development practices are increasingly being applied
to large scale projects. How can we predict and forecast how long and how much
a complex agile development will cost? (SEI SEPG 2008)
Universities as engines for industrial growth
How has the rise of new science-based industries altered the
organization of universities? A study of the development of university-industry
relationships in Silicon Valley details the critical role of universities in
the region’s success and...more
Bridges or Isolates? The Effect of Patenting on the Networks and Connections of Academic Scientists
Patenting by academic scholars presents a number of issues and opportunities. We analyse the acquaintances of a sample of academic inventors and their paired controls ...more
Best Quality Ideas and Rent Appropriation: How Innovation Contests Affect Individual Search Behaviors
The use of innovation contests is burgeoning, and increasingly larger cash prizes are being offered to foster the conversion of promising ideas into specific social and...more
Mining the Web for Modern Greenbacks: An Empirical Investigation of Crowdfunding
Crowdsourced fund-raising services are increasingly been used to connect projects with patrons. We investigate the characteristics of more than 6000 crowdfunded projects across a...more
Measuring Time using Dynamic project control
How can a project manager predict the final duration of a project in progress using performance information? A combination of baseline scheduling, schedule risk analysis and project ...more
Westerscheldetunnel
What is the main objective during the construction of a project baseline schedule for the Westerscheldetunnel constructed at the Netherlands? Minimizing idle time of an expensive freezing machine! (published in Journal of Construction Engineering and Management)
Impact of net present value optimisation at the Flemish water production company
What is the impact of optimising the net present value of a capacity extension project at a Belgian water purification company? (published in the Management Science and Project Management Journal)
Reputation in Open Source Communities
What determines the reputation and competence in open source communities? (forthcoming in Organization Science)
Institutional Logic of Open Source Projects
Why and how do companies compete with or participate in voluntary open source software projects?
