DSM Chair of Innovation Management established at RSM Erasmus
University, the Netherlands
Heerlen (NL), Rotterdam (NL), 3 September 2007--- As of today, the
new DSM Chair of Innovation Management has been established at RSM
Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The chair will be
held by Prof. Harry Barkema, who until now was Professor of Strategy
and International Management at the School of Economics and Business
Administration at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
As Executive Director, Barkema will be responsible for the setting-up
and organization of the Innovation-Cocreation Lab (ICCL). This is the
first time a lab of this kind will be created in Europe. The
objective of this lab is to develop, in alliance with top companies,
top researchers and top institutions, new strategies and
organizational designs in order to provide high value product
innovation and new business models. This will be achieved through
innovative methodologies - the co-creation of knowledge with
companies.
The Board of Directors of the ICCL consists of Feike Sijbesma
(chairman of DSM's Managing Board), Han van Dissel (dean RSM), Kathy
Eisenhardt (Stanford) and Jan Willem Oosterwijk (President of
Executive Board of Erasmus University).
By supporting this initiative, DSM is once again showing its
commitment to innovation. Feike Sijbesma, chairman of DSM's Managing
Board, commented: "For DSM, innovation is of the utmost importance.
It's one of the driving forces to realize our strategy, Vision 2010 -
Building on Strengths. By sponsoring this Innovation Management chair
and the Innovation-Cocreation Lab, we aim to accelerate our own
innovation efforts as well as raise the level of knowledge and
expertise in the field of innovation management."
Prof. Han van Dissel, dean of RSM, is also delighted with the new
chair: "Today, innovation is a very important theme, both for society
and for the business community. RSM Erasmus University wants to be on
top of this development. We are pleased that DSM, a top innovative
company, is enabling us to start this lab, with a top research team,
which will act as a multiplier for innovation."
"The most successful companies today are the ones that are able to
systematically develop new products and, increasingly, new business
models. Not only by using their own internal resources but,
increasingly, by co-creating knowledge and ideas with others outside
the company as well. What strategies and organizational designs help
companies to do this successfully over long periods of time? That is
the core question of this Lab, and a new exciting and important
research area for management researchers and companies alike. The Lab
will co-create knowledge with top researchers around the world and
with the most innovative companies. I am delighted that a very
innovative company such as DSM is committed to working with us to
"crack the DNA code" of long-term, successful innovation", according
to Harry Barkema.
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DSM
DSM is active worldwide in nutritional and pharma ingredients,
performance materials and industrial chemicals. The company develops,
produces and sells innovative products and services that help improve
the quality of life. DSM's products are used in a wide range of
end-markets and applications, such as human and animal nutrition and
health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive and transport,
coatings and paint, housing and electrics & electronics (E&E). DSM's
strategy, named Vision 2010 - Building on Strengths, focuses on
accelerating profitable and innovative growth of the company's
specialties portfolio. The key drivers of this strategy are
market-driven growth and innovation plus an increased presence in
emerging economies. The group has annual sales of over ¤8 billion and
employs some 22,000 people worldwide. DSM ranks among the global
leaders in many of its fields. The company is headquartered in the
Netherlands, with locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and
the Americas. More information about DSM can be found at www.dsm.com.
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