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The weakest link in innovation theories often is their applicability.
Research profile
Fred Langerak is Full Professor and chair of Product Development & Management in the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group of the department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
Fred also serves as vice-dean of the department IE&IS and in the past, among others, as chairman of the ITEM group, as member of the interdepartmental tenure and promotion committee, as vice-chair of the research committee and as acting vice-dean.
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. In 2021 he acted as national representative for the PDMA’s best practices research on new product development in the Netherlands.
Besides Fred is also a longtime member of the editorial boards 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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Freight Traffic Management as a Service
Kadivar, M. (Project member), Sens, F. (Project communication officer), van Broeckhoven, B. (Project communication officer), Langerak, F. (Project member), van Woensel, T. (Project member), Scheepers, P. (Project Manager), Gelper, S. E. C. (Project Manager) & Baltus, A. (Contact Person invoices)
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research direct
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"Brabant Center of Entrepreneurship"
Keizer, J. A. (Project member), van Weele, A. J. (Project member), Wouters, J. P. M. (Project member), Reymen, I. M. M. J. (Project member), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project member), Snijders, C. C. P. (Project member), Podoynitsyna, K. S. (Project member), Schepers, J. J. L. (Project member), Cloodt, M. M. A. H. (Project member), Romme, A. G. L. (Project member), Nijssen, E. J. (Project member), Langerak, F. (Project member), Weggeman, M. C. D. P. (Project member) & Smits, J. M. (Project member)
15/07/08 → 30/06/13
Project: Research direct
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Cross-Site and Cross-Generation Knowledge Transfer in High-Tech After-Sales Service
Zijlstra, F. S., Alblas, A. A. (Corresponding author) & Langerak, F., Sept 2024, In: Service Science. 16, 3, p. 155-171 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Till the cloud do us part: Technological disruption and brand retention in the enterprise software industry
Kocaman, B. (Corresponding author), Gelper, S. E. C. & Langerak, F., Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Research in Marketing. 40, 2, p. 316-341 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Holding Back or Letting Go? The Effect of Emotion Suppression on Relationship Viability in New Venture Teams
Ivanova, S. (Corresponding author), Treffers, T., Langerak, F. & Groth, M., Jul 2023, In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 47, 4, p. 1460-1495 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Optimal distinctiveness across revenue models: Performance effects of differentiation of paid and free products in a mobile app market
van Angeren, J. (Corresponding author), Vroom, G., T. McCann, B., Podoynitsyna, K. S. & Langerak, F., 1 Oct 2022, In: Strategic Management Journal. 43, 10, p. 2066-2100 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The Innovative Work Behavior of External Technology Experts in Collaborative R&D Projects: Uncovering the Role of Multiple Identifications and Extent of Involvement
Schepers, J. J. L. (Corresponding author), de Vries, J. J. A. P., Raassens, N. & Langerak, F., 1 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Product Innovation Management. 39, 6, p. 797-823 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (Scopus)170 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Certificate for being in top 10% most downloaded papers in Journal of Product Innovation Management 2019
Schepers, J. J. L. (Recipient), de Vries, J. J. A. P. (Recipient), van Weele, A. J. (Recipient) & Langerak, F. (Recipient), 30 Apr 2020
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Finalist for the Thomas P. Hustad Best Paper Award for articles published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management in 2018.
van Oorschot, K. E. (Recipient), Eling, K. (Recipient) & Langerak, F. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Bronze listing in the 2018 Journal of Product Innovation Management’s Hall of Fame.
Langerak, F. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Christer Karlsson Best Paper Award
Eliëns, R. P. C. (Recipient), Eling, K. (Recipient), Gelper, S. E. C. (Recipient) & Langerak, F. (Recipient), 13 Jun 2017
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best reviewer award
Langerak, F. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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External examiner of doctoral dissertation Z. Aydin Gökgöz
Langerak, F. (Examiner)
2021Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
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External examiner of doctoral dissertation of V. Sihag
Langerak, F. (Examiner)
2019Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
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External examiner of doctoral dissertation of E. Maira
Langerak, F. (Examiner)
2018Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
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External examiner of doctoral dissertation of E. Karali
Langerak, F. (Examiner)
2018Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific
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External examiner of doctoral dissertation of F. Hu
Langerak, F. (Examiner)
2017Activity: Examination types › Examination › Scientific