Skip navigation

Olivier Braet

Olivier Braet
  • Project Leader & Researcher
  • T: +32 2 629 16 20
  • F: +32 2 629 17 00
  • E: olivier.braet@vub.ac.be
  • This information last updated: 30 March 2009

Before joining SMIT Olivier Braet worked for six years at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University) as research-assistant in the management of information systems. Before that he was involved in the automation of the elections as an advisor at the Ministry of Interior Affairs, advisor at the Flemish Administration for Planning and Statistics, and researcher at the Flemish Parliament. He focuses on business modelling, strategic ICT-alignment, and the management of intangible assets such as intellectual and social capital. He has served on advisory boards in ICT-appropriation decisions, did consultancy on ERP and eBusiness implementations, and conducted research on entrepreneurship. He followed numerous courses, workshops and master classes, such as ‘Managing ICT’ at the Vlerick School for Management.

Related projects

Publications

  • Braet, Olivier (2009) 'Business modellering en nieuwe business formats voor community media', Final report for IBBT-project CoCoMedia (Collaborative Community Media), WP6, pp. 30, February 2009.
  • Braet, Olivier (2009), 'Business Modellering voor het IFIP platform: Raamwerk, Industriële context en Business model design', Final report deliverable for IBBT-project IFIP (Independent Film in Progress), WP2.2, pp. 39, May 30 2009.
  • Braet, Olivier (2009) 'Businessmodelaspecten van digitale cultuurproductie- en consumptie - Een kritische reflectie op enkele geldende mis- en opvattingen', chapter 9 in De Nil, Bart & Walterus, Jeroen (eds.), Erfgoed 2.0. Nieuwe perspectieven voor digitaal erfgoed, Brussel: Pharo Publishing.
  • Olivier Braet, Erik Mannens and Rik Van de Walle (2009), 'Mobile DRM Business Motives', In: Tomohiro Hase (ed.), Abstract Book of the 13th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE May 25-28 2009, Kyoto, Japan: p. 47.
  • Gonçalves, V., Braet, O. & d’Ippolito, R. (2009). WTEPlus Deliverable 4.1: Business Model Design and Challenges (32pp.)
  • Braet, Olivier (2008), Digital Rights Management and its Implications. Report for IBBT-project VideoQsac, pp. 54, IBBT, January 2008.
  • Ballon, Pieter and Braet, Olivier (2008) 'The Design of Mobile Television in Europe', pp. 150-173 in Huang, Wang and Day (eds.), Global Mobile Commerce - Strategies, Implementation, and Case Studies, Information Science Reference, London, U.K.
  • Braet, Olivier & Nulens, Gert (2008), 'Business Model Issues of Citizen Media', 7th International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 18-21/06/2008, Athens, Greece.
  • Braet, Olivier & Ballon, Pieter (2008) 'Cooperation models for mobile television in Europe', Telematics & Informatics, Vol. 25, Iss. 3: 216-236.
  • Kris Van Bruwaene, Pieter Veevaete, Olivier Braet, Etienne Deventer, Wout Joseph, Lieven De Marez, Luc Martens and Pieter Ballon (2008) 'Determining the Viability of a Mobile TV Ecosystem with the Monte Carlo Method', TEMU 2008 - International Conference on Telecommunications & Multimedia, July 16-18 2008, Ierapetra (Crete), Greece.
  • Vermeir, Lotte & Braet, Olivier (2008), IFIP State of the Art, Final report for IBBT-project IFIP (Independent Film in Progress), WP2.1, pp. 33, November 2008.
  • Braet, Olivier & Gonçalves, Vânia (2008), Market overview regarding end-to-end QoS control — Assessing the strategic impact of different revenue models. Report for IBBT-project VideoQsac, pp. 50, IBBT, December 2008.
  • Braet, Olivier; Van Audenhove, Leo; Mannens, Erik; Van de Walle, Rik & Vanhoucke, John (2008), 'The Business Ecosystem Surrounding Digital Video DRM', Proceedings of ITSEurope 19th European Regional Conference, September 18-20 2008: Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy.
  • Braet, Olivier; Veevaete, Pieter; Evens, Tom; De Marez, Lieven; Schuurman, Dimitri, Ballon, Pieter & Van Bruwaene, Kris (2008), 'Who Pays the Bill? In Search of a viable business model for Mobile Digital Television in Flanders', IAMCR 2008 (International Association for Media and Communication Research), July 21-25 2008: Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Ballon, P., Braet, O., Galli, L., Killström, U., Pitkänen, O. and M. Stamatelatos (2007), 'Business model issues and roles for next generation wireless systems: The Wireless World Initiative perspective', Wireless World Research Forum Meeting 18, Espoo, Finland, 13-15 June 2007.
  • Braet, Olivier and Ballon, Pieter (2007), 'Business Model Scenarios for Remote Management', Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Vol. 2, Issue 3: 62-79.
  • Ballon, P., Braet, O., Galli, L., Killström, U., Pitkänen, O. and M. Stamatelatos (2007), 'Business scenarios, issues and role models for next generation wireless systems and services: The Wireless World Initiative perspective', WWI White Paper, pp. 22.
  • Braet, Olivier (2007), Community Media Business Model Characteristics. Final report for IBBT-project CoCoMedia (Collaborative Community Media), Work Package 1.5, pp. 60, July 2007.
  • Braet, Olivier and Ballon, Pieter (2007), 'Strategic design issues of IMS versus end-to-end architectures', INFO, Vol. 9, No. 5: 44-56.
  • Braet, Olivier & Ballon, Pieter (2006), 'Business Model Scenarios for Remote Management', in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Vol. 226, Project E-Society: Building Bricks, eds. R. Suomi, Cabral R., Hampe J. Felix, Heikkilä A., Järveläinen J., Koskivaara E., Boston, Springer, pp. 252-265.
  • Braet, Olivier, Ballon, Pieter & Dreessen, Katrien (2006), Cooperation Models for DVB-H Rollout. Final Report for MADUF (Maximize DVB-H Usage in Flanders), IBBT-project 0052, July 2006.
  • Braet, Olivier; Ballon, Pieter & Dreessen, Katrien (2006), 'Cooperation Models for Mobile Television in Europe', Proceedings of 17th European Regional ITS Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 22-24 2006.
  • Braet, Olivier & Ballon, Pieter (2006), Service business models overview and evaluation. Final report for IBBT-project Armad@ (Autoconfiguration and Remote Management of Any Device @ home), pp. 90, IBBT-project 0005, March 2006.
  • Bracke, Sylvie; Cauwel, Kristof; Braet, Olivier; Van De Veire, Stijn & Mahieu, Tom (2006), Service deployment architecture. Project deliverable for WP 4, 'Service Deployment Architecture' of IBBT-project Armad@ (Autoconfiguration and Remote Management of Any Device @ home), IBBT-project 0005, March 2006.
  • Deschoolmeester, Dirk & Braet, Olivier (2004), ‘Strategic Information Systems Alignment’, chapter 8 in Verweire, Kurt & Van den Berghe, Lutgart (red.), On the Right Track: How Integrated Performance Management Contributes to Effective Strategy Formulation, Implementation and Change, London, UK: Sage.
  • Deschoolmeester, Dirk, Braet, Olivier, & Willaert, Peter (2004) ‘On a balanced methodology to evaluate a portfolio of ICT investments’, Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Information Technology Evaluation, 11-12 November, Amsterdam, Nederland: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.
  • Deschoolmeester, Dirk, Braet, Olivier & Lootens, Annick (2002) ‘Internet-ability - The feasibility and ability of information technology adoption by SMEs’, Conference St-Gallen 2002, Zwitserland.
  • Deschoolmeester, Dirk & Braet, Olivier (2001), ‘Anatomy of the e-commerce and e-business hype’, Trends Management Jaarboek 2001, Vlaamse Management Associatie.
  • Deschoolmeester, Dirk & Braet, Olivier (2001), ‘On the Five Mechanisms for Strategic IS Alignment’, Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Information Technology Evaluation, Oriel College, Oxford, UK.
  • Deschoolmeester, Dirk & Olivier Braet (2000) ‘Evaluation of ERP Investments in the Belgian Assembly Industry’, Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Technology Evaluation, Trinity College - University of Dublin, Ireland.

Recent weblog posts

Informatie over deze medewerker in het Nederlands