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“Working at TU/e to advance our theoretical and practical knowledge of product innovation and management.”
Research profile
Fred Langerak is Full Professor and chair of Product Development & Management in the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group of the School of Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He served as chairman of the ITEM group between 2010-2014 and 2016-2018. Fred’s research, educational and valorization activities focus on means of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the process of conceiving, designing, developing and bringing new products to market, and managing the product post-launch. Topics of particular interest include fuzzy front end management, portfolio management, accelerated product development, lead user involvement, launch strategies and tactics, and capturing market rewards of new product development.
Academic background
Fred Langerak holds an MSc (1993) and a PhD (1997) from the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam. Before joining TU/e in 2008 he worked first as Assistant and then as Associate Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation in the Erasmus School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management respectively.
Since 2004 Fred serves as editorial board member of the Journal of Product Innovation Management. In 2005 he co-founded the Dutch chapter of the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), acting as board member until 2012. He was ranked number 18 (out of 1718) in the 2012 list of the world’s most active innovation management scholars. He also served as co-chair for the 2014 PDMA's Annual Research Forum in Denver, which is the premier conference for discourse on new product development and innovation research worldwide. In 2015 he received the prestigious best reviewer award for his dedicated service to the Journal of Product Innovation Management and in 2017, as co-author, he received the renowned Christer Karlsson Best Paper Award at the International Product Development Management Conference held in Reykjavik. In 2018 he received a bronze listing in the Journal of Product Innovation Management’s Hall of Fame and one of his co-authored articles was finalist for the 2018 Thomas P. Hustad Best Paper Award. Fred is also member of the editorial board of the Dutch journals M&O, Tijdschrift voor Management en Organisatie and Holland Management Review.
Affiliated with
- Product Development & Management Association-Netherlands.
- Product Development & Management Association-USA.
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Research Output
Exploring the motivational and behavioral foundations of external technology experts’ knowledge sharing in collaborative R&D projects: the contingency role of project formalization
Schepers, J., de Vries, J., van Weele, A. & Langerak, F., Jul 2019, In : Journal of Product Innovation Management. 36, 4, p. 467-489 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The evolution, status and research agenda for the future of research in NPD cycle time
Griffin, A., Langerak, F. & Eling, K., Mar 2019, In : Journal of Product Innovation Management. 36, 2, p. 263-280 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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3
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Light the way for smart cities: lessons from Philips Lighting
Brock, K., den Ouden, E., van der Klauw, K., Podoynitsyna, K. & Langerak, F., 1 May 2019, In : Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 142, p. 194-209 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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5
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(Scopus)
71
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Rational versus intuitive gatekeeping: Escalation of commitment in the front end of NPD
Eliëns, R., Eling, K., Gelper, S. & Langerak, F., Nov 2018, In : Journal of Product Innovation Management. 35, 6, p. 890-907 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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8
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(Scopus)
44
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Measuring the knowns to manage the unknown: How to choose the gate timing strategy in NPD projects
van Oorschot, K. E., Eling, K. & Langerak, F., Mar 2018, In : Journal of Product Innovation Management. 35, 2, p. 164-183 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
5
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(Scopus)
1
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Prizes
Bronze listing in the 2018 Journal of Product Innovation Management’s Hall of Fame.
Fred Langerak (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Christer Karlsson Best Paper Award
R.P.C. Eliëns (Recipient), K. Eling (Recipient), S.E.C. Gelper (Recipient) & F. Langerak (Recipient), 13 Jun 2017
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Best reviewer award
F. Langerak (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Best Paper Award, Research Method track AMA Winter Marketing Educator's Conference 2010
Fred Langerak (Recipient), 19 Feb 2010
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Certificate for being in top 10% most downloaded papers in Journal of Product Innovation Management 2019
Jeroen J.L. Schepers (Recipient), J.J.A.P. (Jelle) de Vries (Recipient), Arjan J. van Weele (Recipient) & Fred Langerak (Recipient), 30 Apr 2020
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
External examiner of doctoral dissertation of V. Sihag
Fred Langerak (Examiner)2019
Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
External examiner of doctoral dissertation of E. Maira
Fred Langerak (Examiner)2018
Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
External examiner of doctoral dissertation of E. Karali
Fred Langerak (Examiner)2018
Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
External examiner of doctoral dissertation of F. Hu
Fred Langerak (Examiner)2017
Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
Holland Management Review (Journal)
F. Langerak (Editorial board member)2011 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Courses
Press / Media
EuroTech Universities' professors on how to make Europe more innovative
Thomas Weber, Isabelle M.M.J. Reymen & Fred Langerak
1/06/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
Accelerating the learning curve at ASML: the effect of increased opportunities to learn
Author: de Kadt, N., 31 Dec 2015Supervisor: Peeters, T. (Supervisor 1), Langerak, F. (Supervisor 2) & Alblas, A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Accelerating the learning curve at ASML: an exploration of drivers
Author: Polman, P., 31 Aug 2012Supervisor: Langerak, F. (Supervisor 1) & Cloodt, M. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Agile innovation portfolio management: explanatory study in how innovation portfolio management including agile methods is performed
Author: van Zuidam, S., 30 Aug 2019Supervisor: Gelper, S. (Supervisor 1), Langerak, F. (Supervisor 2) & Walrave, B. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Balancing exploration and exploitation at a large Dutch consulting/engineering company: a single case study
Author: Singendonk, S., 31 Oct 2015Supervisor: Langerak, F. (Supervisor 1) & Walrave, B. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Blockchain as a tool for contract creation
Author: Kuijpers, R., 31 Jul 2018Supervisor: Langerak, F. (Supervisor 1) & van Weele, A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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