herman a. van den berg

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suaviter in modo, fortiter in re
(gentle in manner, resolute in execution)

Herman A. van den Berg successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis (abstract, full version) at the University of Toronto on January 18, 2008. He is currently teaching Informatie-economie (Information Economics) and Kennis en leren (Knowledge and Learning) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam Business School. He has also taught Finance courses at the undergraduate level and Information Policy at the graduate level. Dr. van den Berg's research is concerned with the economics of vertical firm boundary location using a knowledge-based view of the firm (KBV). Prior to commencing his Ph.D. program in the Faculty of Information, he served in successively more senior positions in an electrical utility, a financial institution, and an environmental services company. He has also held public office as a Trustee on two school boards.

Dr. van den Berg is a graduate (with distinction, Dean's Honour List) of the Schulich School of Business' MBA program (York University). He also graduated (first in his class, with high distinction, and an Economics Option) from Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Business and Economics' Honours BBA program.

Selected Presentations
Knowledge-Based Vertical Integration: How the Nature of Knowledge Affects Economic Firm Boundary Location poster presentation at the Faculty of Information Studies - Research Day, April 1, 2005, University of Toronto.
Vertical Integration: Applying an Economic Calculus to Knowledge presented at the 26th McMaster World Congress, January 19-21, 2005, McMaster University.

Where's the Beef? presented at the 24th McMaster World Congress, Management of Intellectual Capital and Innovation 2003, McMaster University.
Models of Intellectual Capital Valuation: A Comparative Evaluation presented at the Knowledge Summit Doctoral Consortium 2002, Queen's Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprise, Queen's University School of Business.
Financial Planning for Information Organizations class lecture for the graduate Management of Information Organizations course in the MISt program in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.

herman.vandenberg@utoronto.ca

University of Toronto
140 St. George Street
Toronto, ON
M5S 3G8

 

 

  


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