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Scholarship
Dirk Libaers specializes in Technology
Entrepreneurship, New Product Development in new ventures
and Economic Development. He teaches Technology
Entrepreneurship at both undergraduate and graduate levels,
Product Innovation Management at the undergraduate level,
and a cross-disciplinary graduate course in Entrepreneurship
and Venture Creation. His research interests include new
venture performance and survival, new product development,
economic development through entrepreneurship, and
technology transfer.
View for a full list of articles
Libaers,
D. (2009) “Industry relationships of DoD-funded
academics and institutional changes in the US university
system”, (forthcoming) Journal of Technology Transfer,
Libaers,
D. (2009) Research Universities in the US Defense System
in the post-Cold War era, in James, A (Ed.)
Re-evaluating Defense R&D and Innovation Dynamics.
Edward Elgar Publishers, Northampton, MA
Libaers, D. (2007), “The role and contribution of
foreign-born scientists and engineers to the US public Nano
Science & Technology research enterprise” IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, 54 (3), pp.
423-432
Youtie, J.,
Libaers, D., Bozeman, B. (2006),”Institutionalization
of University Research Centers: The Case of the National
Cooperative Program in Infertility Research”,
Technovation, 26 (9): 1055-1063
Libaers, D., Meyer, M., Geuna, A. (2006), “The Role of
University Spinout Companies in an Emerging Technology: The
Case of Nanotechnology in the UK”, Journal of
Technology Transfer, 31 (4): 443-450
Education
PhD Georgia Institute of Technology
2008
Academic Positions Held
Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation,
Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO since
August 2007
Courses Taught
ENT 542 Technology and New
Ventures (MBA) Fall 2007, 2008, 2009
ENT 515 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (BBA & MBA)
Fall 2007
ENT 342 Product Innovation Management (BBA) Spring
2008, 2009
ENT 545 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
(MBA, JD, MEng) Spring 2008, 2009
ENT 322 Managing the Growing Venture (BBA) Fall 2008
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