Faculty, Research & Staff
Erwin Danneels
Associate Professor
Faculty Listing
Office: Washburn Shops, 207
Phone: +1-508-831-5181
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
erwin@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- B.A., University of Ghent, 1990
- M.B.A., University of Ghent, 1991
- M.S., University of California, 1994
- Ph.D., Penn State University, 1998
Research
My research focuses on the growth and renewal of corporations in the face of changing technological environments. In particular, I study product innovation and second-order competences as vehicles for growth and renewal, including their organizational and cultural antecedents and their performance effects.
Research Grants
- Three-year National Science Foundation grant to conduct a large scale study of product innovation and growth in public US firms
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
Best Dissertation Proposal from the Product Development and Management Association
Professional Experience & Activities
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Editorial Board
- Strategic Management Journal
- Organization Science
- Journal of Product Innovation Management
- Journal of Management Studies
- Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
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Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Academy of Management Journal
- Academy of Management Review
- Management Science
- Journal of Marketing
- Journal of Academy of Marketing Science
- Journal of Business Research
- MIT Sloan Management Review
- Technovation
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Visiting faculty member
- Emory University's Goizueta Business School
- Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
- Bocconi University
Media Coverage
- WPI Transformations magazine
- MIT Sloan Management Review, Spring 2008 by Larry Yu: "Learning to Innovate"
- Commentary on Nightly Business Report, PBS, aired June 19, 2008