Speaker Bio

Dirk De Clercq (Ph.D.) is Professor of Management in the Goodman School of Business at Brock University (Canada). He holds a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota (USA) and Master’s degrees in General Management and Engineering from Ghent University (Belgium). His research interests are entrepreneurship, innovation, organizational behavior, human resource management, and cross-country studies. He teaches courses in entrepreneurship, management, and research methodology. He is a recipient of the Brock University Chancellor’s Chair for Research Excellence, the Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Mentorship Award, the Goodman School of Business Distinguished Researcher Award, and the Goodman School of Business Departmental Researcher of the Year Award. He served as Consulting Editor of International Small Business Journal and Associate Editor of Journal of Small Business Management and currently serves as an editorial board member of various academic journals. He has published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals (e.g., Academy of Management Perspectives, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Human Relations, Human Resource Management, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Small Business Economics, and Technovation). He has taught courses in multiple countries, including Canada, the USA, Mexico, China, France, Belgium, and Kuwait.

Dirk De Clercq (博士)，加拿大布鲁克大学古德曼商学院管理学教授；拥有美国明尼苏达大学工商管理博士学位；比利时根特大学综合管理和工程硕士学位。主要研究方向为创业、创新、组织行为学、人力资源管理和跨国研究。教授创业、管理和研究方法论课程。担任布鲁克大学卓越研究主席，获得研究生院研究生导师奖、古德曼商学院杰出研究员奖和古德曼商学院年度部门研究员奖等多项荣誉称号。曾担任International Small Business Journal的咨询编辑和Journal of Small Business Management的副编辑，目前担任各种学术期刊的编委会成员。曾在同行评审的学术期刊上发表了150多篇文章，并在加拿大、美国、墨西哥、中国、法国、比利时和科威特等多个国家教授课程。