Prof. H.L. Aalbers (Rick)
Professor - Strategy
- rick.aalbers@ru.nl
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06-25771398
Heyendaalseweg 141
6525 AJ NIJMEGEN
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6500 HK NIJMEGEN
Prof. dr Rick Aalbers is Full Professor of Corporate Restructuring and Innovation in the Department of Business Administration at Radboud University. His research examines how organizations restructure and renew in response to technological disruption, economic shocks, and strategic change. In particular, his work focuses on responsible restructuring, collaborative innovation across firm boundaries, and the development of organizational resilience.
His research has been published in leading international journals including Research Policy, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Long Range Planning, Journal of Business Research, and British Journal of Management, as well as practitioner-oriented outlets such as MIT Sloan Management Review (recipient of the Richard Beckhard Award) and Harvard Business Review. His work aims to bridge academic research and managerial practice, with a particular interest in how leaders navigate corporate transformation and crisis. Rick teaches these themes at bachelor-master and executive program level.
Aalbers has secured multiple competitive European and national research grants on restructuring and technology, including funding from Horizon 2020 and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. He served as program coordinator and principal investigator of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network FINDER funded by the European Commission. Reflecting his engagement with practice, he currently serves as a member of the supervisory board (RVC) of STMG, a healthcare provider, where he contributes to strategic oversight and governance.
He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Management Studies and the editorial board of Radboud University Press. Aalbers has held visiting appointments at Imperial College London, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Tokyo Science. Prior to his academic career, he worked at Deloitte Consulting advising organizations on strategic change.