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.

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Selected Key Publications

Meyer, M., and Libaers, D. (2010) “The Emergence of Novel Science-related fields: Regional or Technological Patterns? Exploration and Exploitation in UK Nanotechnology” (forthcoming) Regional Studies

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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