ITINERARIUM AMICORUM Daniël Van Den Bulcke Edited by Filip De Beule ITINERARIUM AMICORUM Daniël Van Den Bulcke Travels with Danny Experiences shared with a globetrotting „International Business‟ professor from Belgium ITINERARIUM AMICORUM Daniël Van Den Bulcke Travels with Danny Experiences shared with a globetrotting „International Business‟ professor from Belgium Filip De Beule Lessius University College and LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance Catholic University of Leuven Belgium Antwerp, February 2009 © Filip De Beule 2009 Published by University of Antwerp Prinsstraat 13 2000 Antwerpen Belgium Printed and bound in Belgium by Wilda Table of Contents PART ONE INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 Travels with Danny: Introduction to the Volume ............................................................. 1 by Filip De Beule .............................................................................................. 1 PART TWO FROM THE HOME FRONT ................................................................. 5 Proficiat! ............................................................................................................................ 7 door Francis Van Loon ..................................................................................... 7 The Flandrien .................................................................................................................. 11 door de schoonzonen Jan en Stef .................................................................... 11 Op stap met opa (1) .......................................................................................................... 16 door de kleinzonen Joris, Stan en Daan .......................................................... 16 Op stap met opa (2) .......................................................................................................... 17 door schoonzoon Jan Jourquin ........................................................................ 17 Waar is de tijd? ................................................................................................................ 18 door André De Moor ....................................................................................... 18 Uitstap naar Petra –Jordanië .......................................................................................... 20 door Leo Sleuwagen ........................................................................................ 20 Danny geschetst in „zeven plus één punten‟ ................................................................... 22 door Roland Paemeleire .................................................................................. 22 Liber „itinerarium‟ ........................................................................................................... 26 door Louis Uytterschaut .................................................................................. 26 Op een olifantenrug in Thailand .................................................................................... 27 door Bart Heijnen ............................................................................................ 27 Professor Emeritus .......................................................................................................... 29 door Ans Kolk ................................................................................................. 29 Danny, de primus van de klas ......................................................................................... 30 door Jozef Lowyck .......................................................................................... 30 In de ban van de Saracenen en het FWO ....................................................................... 33 Door Romain Lefebvre ................................................................................... 33 Officiële fotograaf............................................................................................................ 36 door Renaat Gijbels ......................................................................................... 36 Office Belge pour l‟Accroissement de la Productivité .................................................... 37 par André Taeymans ....................................................................................... 37 PART THREE MEMORIES AT SIXTY FIVE ......................................................... 39 The internationalization process of Daniel Van Den Bulcke ......................................... 41 by Filip De Beule ............................................................................................. 41 Dental care in Warsaw .................................................................................................... 45 by Krzysztof Oblój .......................................................................................... 45 A global mission to Bombay ............................................................................................ 47 by José de la Torre ........................................................................................... 47 Lights, Action, Roll „Em .................................................................................................. 49 by Jean-François Hennart ................................................................................ 49 The birth of International Business ................................................................................ 51 by Jack Behrman ............................................................................................. 51 The Indonesian connection ............................................................................................. 52 by Faisal Afiff .................................................................................................. 52 Sterling ............................................................................................................................. 53 by Filip De Beule ............................................................................................. 53 AIB Fellow ....................................................................................................................... 58 by Vern Terpstra .............................................................................................. 58 “Have a nice career” ....................................................................................................... 59 by Bruce Kogut ................................................................................................ 59 Once upon a time in a Finnish sauna ............................................................................. 60 by Peter Walters............................................................................................... 60 Danny, the photographer ................................................................................................. 61 by Alan M. Rugman ........................................................................................ 61 Danny, the role model ...................................................................................................... 62 by John Stopford .............................................................................................. 62 Beer in Manila ................................................................................................................. 63 by Gerrit Janssens ............................................................................................ 63 Stonehenge for ever ......................................................................................................... 65 by Carla Millar................................................................................................. 65 Danny, the Statesman ...................................................................................................... 66 by Bernard Yeung ............................................................................................ 66 Sleepless in Banff ............................................................................................................ 67 by Torben Pedersen and Bent Petersen ........................................................... 67 Guardian angel ................................................................................................................ 69 by John Dunning .............................................................................................. 69 Shining white knight........................................................................................................ 71 by Peter Buckley .............................................................................................. 71 Mister EIBA ..................................................................................................................... 72 by Marjan Svetličič ......................................................................................... 72 Time isn‟t quite money for everyone! ............................................................................. 74 by P.L. Beena .................................................................................................. 74 The best of the best .......................................................................................................... 75 by Bernie Wolf ................................................................................................ 75 Canadian roots ................................................................................................................