Rene Bakker Email & Phone Number

I am a Full Professor of Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Work at Tilburg University.Before joining Tilburg, I was Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (USA) and Associate Professor at Erasmus University (Netherlands).My main current research theme is Inclusive Entrepreneurship, i.e., understanding whether and how entrepreneurship could form a pathway toward economic and social inclusion of often marginalized groups, including immigrants, elder entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs with a cognitive or physical disability. My vision is that entrepreneurship is, or at least has the potential to be, a diverse and inclusive landscape promoting the inclusion of those with a larger distance to the labour market. Realizing this vision is my main drive.I am a field editor for the Journal of Business Venturing, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Academy of Management Review. My own research has been published in the leading management journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Annals, and Journal of Business Venturing. In addition, I have obtained multiple competitive grants throughout the years, totaling well over €1.2M in external funding, including a recent NWO VIDI grant supporting my research on entrepreneurs with disabilities and neurodiversity.I have extensive experience teaching at all levels. I currently teach Entrepreneurship in the BA program, and Strategic Management in the Executive MBA program. I have recently won several awards for my teaching, including the Best Teacher Award in the area of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and I was nominated twice in recent years by my students for the Student Representatives’ Professor of the Year Award.My teaching recently culminated in writing a textbook (with Greg Fisher and John Wisneski) called Strategy in 3D: Essential Tools to Diagnose, Decide, and Deliver, published by Oxford University Press (https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-3D-Essential-Diagnose-Deliver/dp/0190081481).Please connect to get in touch!

Listed skills include Quantitative Research, Statistics, Project Management, Research Design, and 11 others.