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Dutch Institute for Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and International Management (NIKOS)

Aard Groen Research Group Chair
Aard Groen

NIKOS is geared towards research, education and knowledge-valorisation with a special focus on knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and business development in local and international networks. Disciplines include: entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic and international management and international management for bachelor's students from every School, including minors in entrepreneurship and international management. NIKOS also offers students Business Administration and Industrial Engineering and Management and Master's specialisations in International Management and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. NIKOS provides courses for the technical Master's and Ph.D. programmes, such as BIT, Nanotechnology and Biomedical technology. There is a growing demand for businesses and/or research institutes involved in education. NIKOS is also active in numerous research and knowledge valorisation projects on regional, national, and international levels. Specific research themes include: development of (start-up) knowledge-intensive ventures, strategic, management and entrepreneurial processes in the context of technological innovation and international contexts, and university-industry interaction in the context of academic entrepreneurship and international contexts. Specific valorisation programmes providing coaching and training for 'High Tech Potentials' are: TOP, Potential Own Boss (KEB) and Venture Lab Twente.

Publications
  • All NIKOS publications
  • R. Oakey, A. Groen, G. Cook & P. van der Sijde (Eds.), New Technology - Based Firms in the new Millennium: The Product and Distribution of Knowledge VII, (pp. 103-116). United Kingdom: Emerald.
  • Kraaijenbrink, J., Bos, G.J. & Groen, A.J. (2009). What do students think of the entrepreneurial support given by their universities? International journal of entrepreneurship and small business, 9(1), 110-125.
  • Pullen, A.J.J., Weerd-Nederhof, P.C. de, Groen, A.J., Song, M. & Fisscher, O.A.M. (2009). Successful Patterns of Internal SME characteristics leading to high overall innovation performance. Creativity and innovation management, 18(3), 209-223.
  • Fink, M., Harms, R., Kraus, S. & Schulz, A. (2009). Selbstverpflichtung als Erfolgsfaktor bei kooperativer Internationalisierung junger Unternehmen. Zeitschrift fuer betriebswirtschaft, 1(2009), 107-132.
  • More information: www.mb.utwente.nl/nikos
  • Capacity Group Chair: : Prof. dr. Aard Groen