Keld Laursen

Presentation

Keld Laursen is professor of the Economics and Management of Innovation at Copenhagen Business School and Professor II at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He earned his doctorate in international economics from Aalborg University. His current research focuses on open and distributed innovation processes and on organizational practices and innovation outcomes. His research has been published in outlets such as Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Economic Geography and Research Policy.

He is a co-editor of Research Policy and serves on the editorial boards of Strategic Management Journal and Industrial and Corporate Change. Keld Laursen is the 2016/2017 Chair of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management. He is a former member of the Danish Research Council for Independent Research | Social Sciences and serves presently as a panel member at the European Research Council (ERC) for Social sciences and Humanities (SH1). Laursen is a member of the Executive Board of the Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID). He functions currently as the vice-chair of the CBS Academic Council.

Primary research areas

• Firm strategy and innovation
• Open and distributed innovation processes
• Organization of innovative activities
• University-Industry interaction
• Appropriability strategies

Courses

Keld Laursen is the program coordinator of the MSc (cand. merc.) in Innovation and Business Development at CBS. He teaches also the innovation strategy course in the CBS MSc in Bio Business and Innovation.