Drs. Raf Sluismans MA


Researcher

Research group(s):
5. Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Transitions

Raf Sluismans studied Arts and Sciences at Maastricht University. After his study he joined a Master's programme in the European Network for Science Society and Technology (ESST). As part of this study he lived in Denmark for several months, where he specialized in Innovation, Regional Integration and Globalization. He wrote his MA thesis under close supervision of Roskilde University Centre, Denmark, Maastricht University, as well as Limburg University Centre, Belgium. The involvement of this third party in Belgium is due to the subject of his MA thesis, in which Raf evaluated the SPIN-OFF innovation project. Raf joined MERIT as a research fellow in February of 2000. He is currently specializing in the different aspects of the common knowledge economy. More specifically, strategic management and the creation of added value, is the overall subject for his PhD dissertation.




Selected publications by Raf Sluismans


Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Sluismans, Raf, Friso den Hertog, F. Lambrechts & Tinne Lommelen, 2010, Robust regional innovation policy learning: key lessons from a large-scale intervention program, Argumenta Oeconomica, 24(1): 89-107, More information


UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Lommelen, Tinne, Friso den Hertog, Lien Beck & Raf Sluismans, 2009, Designing plans for organizational development, lessons from three large-scale SME-initiatives, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2009-027


Research memoranda
Sluismans, Raf, 2003, Looking for synergy in organizations: The role of the concept of configuration in contemporary theory, MERIT Research Memoranda 2003-005
Sluismans, Raf & Patrick de Groote, 2000, Denk- en doegroepen voor een duurzaam toerisme in Hasselt. Beleidsvoorstellen, MERIT Research Memoranda 2000-025
Sluismans, Raf, 2000, Knowledge management: a rethinking of the theoretical framework, MERIT Research Memoranda 2000-024


Research reports
Hamans, R., Claire Nauwelaers & Raf Sluismans, 2004, Benchmarking Life Science Parks, Maastricht: Report for the Maastricht Science Park Board of Directors


Proceedings
Hertog, Friso den, Tinne Lommelen, Paul Kunst & Raf Sluismans, 2007, Methodological strategies for design-oriented research in organizations, in: Proceedings of the 6th European conference on research methodology for business and management studies, ACI, Reading, UK, pp. 125-134


Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Okamoto, Sanae & Raf Sluismans, 2021, The secret to successful negotiating, Open Forum, Blog post, More information


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