Robert Kok

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About Robert Kok

Robert A.W. Kok currently is associate professor of Innovation at the Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship Centre, Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was visiting scholar at the Institute for Technology and Management of the Technical University Berlin from September - November 2012. He obtained his Ph.D. in business administration and holds a master of science degree in business economics from the University of Groningen. His research is concentrated on radical high-tech innovations for sustainable solutions, which falls apart in the development of new business models underlying sustainable product innovations and the adoption of sustainable and digital technologies as part of process innovations. Topics of interest include open innovation methods, new business models, supply chain management, the involvement and governance of customers, suppliers and other stakeholders, and determinants of sustainable process technologies. With his expertise on the adoption of sustainable technologies, he contributed to the Climate Strategies research network that aims to design emission reduction policies for the materials sectors. His articles are published in journals such as Journal of Product Innovation Management, Technovation, Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Creativity and Innovation Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Innovation Management. His teaching experience includes courses on: Innovation management; Social, sustainable, and technological innovation; Strategic change management; Organizational learning and Organization theory.