Walter Van Dyck

Walter Van Dyck specialises in technology and innovation management and policy. He’s an expert in the strategic management of innovation and new product development in science-based and technology-intensive industries like life tech and biopharmaceuticals. His research focuses on technology and IP-based business models, innovation decision analytics in public-private contexts and the societal impact of life sciences technology.

Over the past five years, Walter has coached global and multinational companies in the fields of life sciences, smart systems and clean tech to develop more than a hundred innovative ideas.

At Vlerick, he teaches technology and innovation management on our MBA, Masters and executive programmes. He chairs the Technology & Operations Management Area and is the founder and director of the Vlerick Healthcare Management Centre.

Before embarking on his academic career, Walter was a senior strategy consultant with PwC and IBM. He worked in R&D and innovation management – primarily with global pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Who am I?

• Associate Professor, Partner and Director of the Healthcare Management Centre at Vlerick Business School
• Visiting Professor at KU Leuven in Strategic IP Management and Pharmaceutical Economics and Management
• Co-founding scholar of the Personalised Medicine Strategies Fund at KU Leuven Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Doctor of Business Administration at Cranfield University, School of Management, UK
• MSc in Management at Vlerick Business School
• Master of Arts at the Royal Military Academy Brussels

My expertise

• Healthcare management
• Strategic innovation and R&D management
• Ideation in science and technology-based ecosystems
• Corporate venturing and intrapreneurship
• Technology and ecosystem emergence
• Technology and IP-based business modelling
• Life sciences and biopharmaceuticals

Publications

Articles in refereed journals with impact

• Stremersch S. Van Dyck W.  2009. Marketing of the life sciences: a new framework and research agenda for a nascent field. Journal of Marketing, 73(July): 4-30.

Articles in other (un)refereed journals

• Manigart S. Van Dyck W. Witmeur O.  2017. A guide to private equity: Is a buy-in the right move for your practice. CRST Europe, (October): 60-64.

• Neels L. Van Dyck W.  2016. The price of success? Pharmaceutical IP and global healthcare: a positive alliance. Pharma Times Magazine, (May): 16-17.

• Van Dyck W. Cardoen B.  2015. Personalized medicine: time to invest more in our health. The Clinical Services Journal, (February): 34-35.

• Cumps B. Van Dyck W.  2014. Innovation in Financial services - Beyond the red castle. Global banking and finance review, (March)

• Van Dyck W.  2014. The future of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry: Promoting or stifling innovation?. Finance Monthly, (June): 26-27.

• Van Dyck W.  2012. Building and leveraging your ecosystem to spark innovation-based growth. Ivey Business Journal, 76(2): 7-9.

• Van Dyck W. Gassull D. Vértes G. Prateek J. Palaniappan M. Schulthess D. Tambuyzer E. Hudson R. Moran N.  2012. Unlocking the value of personalised healthcare in Europe—breast cancer stratification. Health Policy and Technology, 1(2): 63-68.

• Van Dyck W. Gassull D. Vértes G. Prateek J. Palaniappan M. Schulthess D. Tambuyzer E. Hudson R. Moran N.  2012. Acute coronary syndrome: what is the cost-effectiveness of prevention, point-of-care technology and telemonitoring?. Health Policy and Technology, 1(3): 173-177.

• Leten B. Van Dyck W.  2012. Corporate venturing: Strategies and success factors. Review of Business and Economic Literature, 57(4): 242-243.

• Van Dyck W. Allen P.  2006. Pharmaceutical Discovery as a Complex system of decisions: the case of front-loaded experimentation. Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 8(3): 40-56.

Book Chapters

• Van Dyck W. Cumps B.  2016. The sharing economy demystified: Entrepreneurial platforms as engines of economic growth. In: Ed. Le Droit des Affaires en Evolution. Tome 27: L’ Economie du Futur – Le Futur de l’Economie: Institut des Juristes D’ Entreprise Bruylant.

• Van Dyck W. Aelbrecht T.  2010. Going beyond the pill: business transformation through corporate venturing at Janssen Pharmaceutica. In: Silberzahn P. Van Dyck W. The balancing act of innovation (pp. 233-249).

• Van Dyck W.  2004. Introducing advanced technology in pharmaceutical R&D: The need for a new paradigm?. Festel Capital.

• Van Dyck W. Van Landeghem H.  1997. CIM invoeren in de praktijk: een kwestie van strategie. In: Ed. CIM Praktijkboek: Computer Integrated Manufacturing in België, een praktische handleiding gebaseerd op reële gevalstudies (pp. 21-44). Academia Press.

• Van Dyck W.  1997. DAIKIN Europe: CIM ter ondersteuning van een JIT concept. In: Ed. CIM Praktijkboek: Computer Integrated Manufacturing in België, een praktische handleiding gebaseerd op reële gevalstudies Academia Press.

• Van Dyck W.  1997. Het Europees distributiecentrum van Lee Europe. In: Ed. CIM Praktijkboek: Computer Integrated Manufacturing in België, een praktische handleiding gebaseerd op reële gevalstudies Academia Press.

Books

• Silberzahn P. Van Dyck W.  2010. The balancing act of innovation. LannooCampus.

Conference Presentations

• Geldof T. Van Dyck W.  2016. Defining Real World product performance using survival analysis and supervised machine learning. Paper presented at International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes research ISPOR 19th Annual European Conference, October 29-November 2, Vienna, Austria.

• Van Dyck W. Stokking W. Devoldere B. Stolwijk C. van der Horst T.  2016. Managing technological innovation system emergence and development: the Dutch fieldlab experience. Paper presented at 36th Annual Conference Strategic Management Society, September 17-20, Berlin, Germany.

• Van Dyck W. Stokking A. Devoldere B. Stolwijk C. van der Horst T.  2016. Fieldlab as organizational form to overcome the valley of death. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society, SMS 36th Annual Conference, September 17-20, Berlin, Germany.

• Baert C. Meuleman M. Debruyne M. Van Dyck W.  2012. A dynamic learning perspective of portfolio entrepreneurship in nascent markets. Paper presented at RENT XXVI conference: Research in Entrepreneurship and small business, November 21-23, Lyon, France.

Conference Proceedings

• Van Dyck W.  2005. Predictive performance of front-loaded experimantation strategies in pharmaceutical discovery. 

• Van Dyck W.  2004. Hoe kan Discovery de slaagkansen in Klinische Ontwikkeling bevorderen?. Utrecht:

• Van Dyck W.  2004. Predictive performance of front-loaded experimentation strategies in pharmaceutical discovery. Manchester:

• Van Dyck W.  2003. On Target 2010 - the future of medicines. 

• Van Dyck W.  2002. Managing complexity in fuzzy front-end innovation: The need for a paradigm shift?. Cranfield:

Doctoral dissertation

• Van Dyck W.  2005. Predictive Performance of Front-Loaded Experimentation Strategies in Pharmaceutical Discovery: A Bayesian Perspective. 

Research reports

• Cardoen B. Peeters C. Van Dyck W. Schoonaert L.  2017. Impact of uncertainty in times of network formation. Vlerick Business School. (19 p.)

• Van Dyck W. De Grève J. Schots R. Awada A. Geldof T.  2016. The Future of Access to Innovative Medicines in Cancer Therapy: Towards Conditional Dialogue Fostering Affordable Therapeutic Innovation. (86 p.)

• Van Dyck W. Geldof T.  2015. Oncology horizon scanning project. Healthcare Management Centre. (93 p.)

• Boënne M. Robberecht R. Van den Bergh J. Goeman F. Costers N. Van Dyck W.  2015. Flanders DC open innovation bootcamps: hoe kunnen bootcamps bijdragen tot open innovatie bij en tussen KMO's - lessen uit de praktijkervaring. Flanders DC. (63 p.)

• Van Dyck W. Denayer B. Reymer A. Boënne M.  2015. Emerging business models for additive manufacturing. Vlerick Business School. (47 p.)

• Van Dyck W. Cardoen B. Neels L.  2014. White paper: it's time to invest more in our health. Healthcare Management Centre. (21 p.)

• Van Dyck W. Gassull D. Vértes G. Jain P.  2012. Health for all, care for you: Unlocking the value of personalized healthcare in Europe. 

• Stremersch S. Van Dyck W.  2009. Marketing of the life sciences: a new framework and research agenda for a nascent field. 

• Van Dyck W. Fraser H.  2005. Transforming Industrialization.