Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, Emeritus
- PhD in Economics/Management
- PhD in Electronics
Biography
Before joining the Michigan Tech faculty in 1985, K. Pelc worked for electric power industry for about 15 years as an engineer, project leader and R&D manager in the field of measuring and data processing systems. Later he joined the faculty of Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, and lectured on production and R&D management. He has served as international consultant in that domain. He was a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and at the Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. He also conducted research on technology innovation in Japanese industry and was a visiting scholar at the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, Hikone, Japan. Dr. Pelc presented invited lectures on management of technology at several universities in the U. S., Europe, Japan and China. After retirement from Michigan Tech in 2005, Pelc continues to be active in teaching, research, and consulting. In 2006, he was appointed Fulbright Professor of technology management at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. He is married to Ryszarda Lida Pelc, writer and poet. They have one son living with his family in France.
Teaching Interests
- Management of technology and innovation
- Global innovation networks
- Product development management
- Economics of technological innovation
Research Interests
- Knowledge generating networks
- Technology strategy
- R&D management
- Global technology and innovation management
- Methods of interdisciplinary knowledge mapping
Recent Publications
- Pelc, K. I., (2008) Multiple perspectives on technology: A conceptual model based on Adam Smith's theory. In: M. Rzadkowolska and A. Gorynska (eds.) Toward the Future (title in Polish: Ku Przyszlosci), p. 411 – 426, Academic and Professional Publishers, Warsaw, Poland, ISBN 978-83-60807-93-4.
- Pelc, K. I. , (2008) The evolution of Japanese industrial system in the second half of 20th century, Transformations, Special Issue on Globalization-Technology–Information, 39 – 40, p. 104-116.
- Kasprzak, W. A., Pelc, K. I., (2008) Innovation and Technology Strategies, book in Polish : Strategie Innowacyjne i Techniczne, PALMApress, Wroclaw, Poland, ISBN 83-7076-128-3. (Includes summary and list of contents in English ).
- Kasprzak, W., Kozlowska, K., Pelc, K., (2008) Scientific and Economic Profile of Lower Silesia: Strategic and Forecasting Perspectives, book in Polish: Specjalizacja Naukowa i Gospodarcza Dolnego Slaska w Swietle Prognoz I Strategii Rozwojowych, Lower Silesia Regional Council, Wroclaw, Poland, ISBN 978-83-6-425-18.
- Pelc, K. I., (2007) A Schumpeterian perspective on technology networks. In: E. G. Carayannis and C. Ziemnowicz (eds.) Re-discovering Schumpeter, Chapter 14, 229 – 242, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers Ltd., Houndsmills Basingstoke, U. K..
- Jambekar, A. B., Pelc, K. I., (2007) Improvisation model for team performance enhancement in a manufacturing environment, Team Performance Management, 13, 7/8, p. 259 – 274.
- Khadke, K., Gershenson, J. K., Pelc, K. I., (2007) Considering risk potential to enhance engineering decision making during planned product innovation, in: H. Sherif (ed.) Management of Technology for the Service Economy, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2007, Miami, FL, CD format, p. 2473 – 2486.
- Jambekar, A. B., Pelc, K. I., (2006) A model of knowledge processes in a manufacturing company, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 17, 3, p. 315 - 331.
- Pelc, K. I., (2005) Knowledge mapping. In: D. Clarke (ed.) Theory of Technology, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, Chapter 2, p. 25 – 34.
- Pelc, K. I., (2005) On Joseph Schumpeter and technology networks. Khalil, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2005, May 22 – 26, 2005, Vienna, Austria, Paper ID. 157, pp.14, CD Format, ISBN 0-9712964-7-2, Vienna.
- Pelc, K. I., (2005) Knowledge generating networks: A Challenge to Intellectual Entrepreneurs, in: S. Kwiatkowski and P. Houdayer (eds.) Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Through or Against Institutions, Warsaw, L.K. Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, p. 99 -122.
- Kurokawa, S., Pelc, K. I., Fujisue, K., (2005) Strategic management of technology in Japanese firms, International Journal of Technology Management, 30, 3 & 4, p. 223 – 247,