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Pieter VanderWerf

Professor of the Practice

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Pieter VanderWerf

Contact

Fulton Hall 352A

Telephone: 617-552-2433

Email: pieter.vanderwerf@bc.edu

Education

  • BA, Dartmouth College
  • Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Construction Products Industry; Entrepreneurship; New Ventures; and Product Design.

Expertise

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
Curriculum Vitae

Department

Business Analytics

Profile

Pieter VanderWerf is an expert in the mathematical modeling of business problems. He has particular expertise in the construction products industry, but has performed work for a wide variety of corporations and organizations. Former clients include W.R. Grace & Co., BASF, PFB Corporation, The President鈥檚 Council on Environmental Quality, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Association of Homebuilders, the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, The National Concrete Masonry Association, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. His modeling expertise spans the major methods of business analytics, including Machine Learning, Optimization, and Simulation.

Selected Publications

Articles

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Rodney W. Zubrod and Charles D. Welker.) Proceedings of the 2008 Concrete Technology Forum, National Ready Mix Concrete Association, Denver, CO. May 20-22, 2008.聽

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With John F. Mahon.) Management Science, 43 (11), 1510-1519. November, 1997.听

  • 鈥�.鈥� Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 17 (2). January, 1993.聽

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Candida G. Brush.) Journal of Business Venturing, 7 (2), 157-170. March, 1992.聽

  • 鈥淎dvancing Entrepreneurship Research with Precise Definition of the Unit of Analysis."聽Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 7 (16). 1993.聽

  • 鈥�,鈥� Research Policy, 21 (4), 315-333. August, 1992.聽

  • 听鈥�.鈥� Research Policy, 19 (1), 83-96. February, 1990.聽

Books

  • 鈥溾�澛� (With Ivan Panushev, Mark Nicholson, and Daniel Kokonowski.) New York: McGraw-Hill. 2006.听

  • 鈥溾�� (With With Stephen J. Feige, Paula Chammas, and Lionel Lemay.) New York: McGraw-Hill. 1997.听
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