A former fellow of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Jean-Jacques Degroof is an entrepreneur and venture investor with more than two decades of experience in Europe and the United States. Jean-Jacques Degroof completed postdoctoral studies at the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he focused on overcoming inefficient entrepreneurial infrastructure for academic ventures. The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government traces its roots to 1978, when John Dunlop, a professor at Lamont University, laid the groundwork for the center in a series of papers and essays. Dunlop's writing explored the relationship between government and business, and proposed dedicating more resources to the study of business-government relations at the Business School and the Kennedy School. Dunlop published the book, Business and Public Policy, in 1980. Dunlop's vision was met with that of Harvard President Derek Bok and Dean Graham Allison, who also sought a revitalized Kennedy School. When Harvard alumnus and donor Frank Weil recruited Winthrop Knowlton as director, the final piece of the puzzle fell in place. The Center for Business & Government was officially founded in 1982. It was renamed the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government in 2005.
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