Wim Vanhaverbeke is Professor of Digital Strategy and Innovation at the University of Antwerp. His research focuses on digital transformation, innovation ecosystems, and open innovation, with publications in leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of Management, Research Policy, and California Management Review. He has co-edited four books on open innovation and authored a seminal work on managing open innovation in SMEs.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Technovation and a prominent academic voice in digital transformation and innovation ecosystem research. He co-founded the European Innovation Forum with Henry Chesbrough in 2012 and co-organized the World Open Innovation Conference in 2016. A sought-after speaker at international conferences, he also advises large corporations and technology start-ups on innovation strategies. He serves on the Advisory Committee of the Research Center for Technological Innovation at Tsinghua University.
