Wouter Broekaert

Short bio

Wouter Broekaert holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economic Sciences and has been conducting research on family businesses, SMEs and innovation since 2007. In the field of family businesses and SMEs, he investigated topics such as competition strategy, strategic change, business performance, psychological ownership and business financing. His research on innovation focuses primarily on organizational flexibility and open innovation. Wouter is affiliated with the Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CenSE) and is a lecturer at Odisee Hogeschool, Department of Business Administration.

Projects

Expertise Sustainable entrepreneurship

Expertise Digitalization

Customer-driven generation of ideas for product innovation at SMEs

Contact details

E-mail: wouter.broekaert@odisee.be

GSM: +32 (0)2 300 22 46

LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/wouter-broekaert-618b5353

Important publications

Articles

Broekaert, W., Henssen, B., Lambrecht, J., Debackere, K. and Andries, P., (2018). Limits to psychological ownership in the family business. Journal of Family Business Management, 8 (2), pp.196-216. DOI 10.1108/JFBM-12-2017-0042.
Broekaert, W., Andries, P. and Debackere, K. (2016). Innovation processes in family firms: the relevance of organizational flexibility. Small Business Economics, 47 (3), pp. 771-785. DOI 10.1007/s11187-016-9760-7.
Lambrecht, J. en Broekaert, W. (2008). Het Roer Omgooien: Strategische Verandering van het Familiebedrijf. Roeselare, Roularta Books.
Lambrecht, J. en Broekaert, W. (2011). Wat maakt familiebedrijven succesvol? 20 jaar wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar familiebedrijven. Studiecentrum voor Ondernemerschap, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Acerta, Bank Van Breda.
Broekaert, W., Degadt, J. and Lambrecht, J. (2014). Strategic Management of family SMEs: Experience from Belgium. In: Todorov K., Smallbone D. (Eds.), bookseries: Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Book Series, Handbook of Research on Strategic Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, Chapt. 12. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global (Business Science Reference), pp. 244-265.
Broekaert, W. en Henssen, B. (2016). Groeikracht in familiebedrijven. Hoe een draagvlak voor verandering creëren bij werknemers. Antwerpen - Cambridge: Intersentia.

Conference papers

Kociper T., Henssen B. and Broekaert W. (2016). Testing willingness and ability as distinguishing factors between family and non-family firms: Contextualizing the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and business performance. In Aaltio, I. (Ed.), Tunkkari Eskelinen, M. (Ed.), 11th European conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Finland, 15-16 September 2016 (pp. 1020-1023). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited.
Broekaert, W., Lambrecht, J. and Henssen, B. (2016). Family firms after the financial and economic crisis: Did they weather the Great Recession? Paper presented at the 12th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Bridging the gap – integrating family business theory and practice, 13-14 May 2016, Zwolle, Netherlands.
Broekaert, W., Henssen, B., Lambrecht, J., Andries, P. and Debackere, K. (2015). The role of psychological ownership during change processes in family businesses. Paper presented at the 2015 IFERA Annual Conference on Tradition and Innovation in Family Business, 30 June – 3 July 2015, Hamburg, Germany.
Henssen, B., Broekaert, W. and Lambrecht, J. (2015). Exploring antecedents and consequences of CEOs’ psychological ownership toward change processes in family firms. Paper presented at the 11th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Shifting Boundaries in Family Firm Research, 29-30 May 2015, Lyon, France.
Broekaert, W., Andries, P. and Debackere, K. (2014). Family firms’ dynamic capabilities as enablers of innovation. Paper presented at the 10th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Innovation, Family Firms and Economic Development, 23-24 May 2014, Bergamo, Italy.
Broekaert, W., Henssen, B. and Lambrecht, J. (2014). The role of psychological ownership during change processes in family businesses: Towards an integrated model and future research directions. Paper presented at the 10th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Innovation, Family Firms and Economic Development, 23-24 May 2014, Bergamo, Italy.

Prizes

2014 Best Conference-Related Paper Award (EIASM): Family firms’ dynamic capabilities as enablers of innovation. 10th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Innovation, Family Firms and Economic Development, 23-24 May 2014, Bergamo, Italy