We were delighted to have Prof. Dr. van de Vrande in our first Female Scholar Program Webinar in the year 2022. 

Prof. Dr. Varesca van de Vrande is a Full Professor of Collaborative Innovation and Business Venturing at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She joined the RSM in 2007 after completing a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Science at the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Her expertise focuses on the areas of corporate venturing and collaborative innovation, including external technology sourcing, corporate venture capital investments, strategic alliances, and corporate-startup collaboration. Other research interests include (corporate) entrepreneurship, patents, and venture capital. She publishes her work regularily in renown journals and teaches courses and modules in Strategic Management and Corporate Venturing at the graduate and post-experience level at the RSM.

She presented her view on the following topic:

“Building an academic career: The female advantage”

We had a great time getting to know Prof. van de Vrande and thank her for sharing her insights, knowledge and experiences with our female scholar community.