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Value Creation Across National Borders: PhD defense Jolanda Hessels
On November 13, Jolanda Hessels has defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘International Entrepreneurship: Value Creation Across National Borders’. The research in this thesis is focused on providing insight into the economic effects of internationalization of SMEs and new ventures, e.g. in terms of innovation (at the firm-level) and in terms of new venture creation and economic growth (at the economy-wide level). The research also aims to provide insight into factors that affect the decision of SMEs and new ventures to undertake international activity.
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 14-11-2008
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“Supporting Consumer Pension Decision-Making Online” receives Netspar Grant
Netspar has recently approved a 500k euro grant to Customer Integration researchers prof. dr. ir. Benedict Dellaert and dr. Bas Donkers for research on how individuals can best be aided online in making pension decisions. The research project involves two PhD projects and a post-doc position and also includes cooperation with prof. Gerald Haeubl from the University of Alberta, Canada. The project will start in April 2009 and is closely in line with previous research of Benedict Dellaert, Bas Donkers and others on empowering consumers online and bundled in the ERIM Topic Center on Customer Integration.
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06-11-2008
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“Supporting Consumer Pension Decision-Making Online” receives Netspar Grant
Netspar has recently approved a 500k euro grant to Customer Integration researchers prof. dr. ir. Benedict Dellaert and dr. Bas Donkers for research on how individuals can best be aided online in making pension decisions. The research project involves two PhD projects and a post-doc position and also includes cooperation with prof. Gerald Haeubl from the University of Alberta, Canada. The project will start in April 2009 and is closely in line with previous research of Benedict Dellaert, Bas Donkers and others on empowering consumers online and bundled in the ERIM Topic Center on Customer Integration.
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06-11-2008
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PhD defense Betina Szkudlarek Cum Laude, “Spinning the Web of Reentry”
On October 31, Betina Szkudlarek has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Spinning the Web of Reentry” Cum Laude. There are substantial differences in training design and execution among the variety of intercultural reentry services available. Consequently, the utility of such services for the organization and for the returning employee will vary. As this research indicates, foremost the timing and the thematic composition of the training deserves the special attention of HR personnel.
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31-10-2008
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City Marketing Towards to an Integrated Approach
On October 30, Erik Braun has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘City Marketing Towards to an Integrated Approach’. This PhD thesis deals with city marketing: cities making use of marketing ideas, concepts and tools. Marketing has proved its value in the business environment, but what about applying marketing in the context of cities? How can cities make effective use of the potential of marketing?
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31-10-2008
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Dimitri van Schaik: ‘M&A in Japan: An Analysis of Merger Waves and Hostile Takeovers’
On October 30, Dimitri van Schaik has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘M&A in Japan: An Analysis of Merger Waves and Hostile Takeovers’. The research provides the following practical findings for business in Japan: (i) investors can achieve significant financial gains from hostile tender offers, and (ii) mergers in which a main bank is involved do not create shareholder wealth.
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30-10-2008
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Stanford professor Hau Lee awarded Honorary Doctorate
Professor Hau Lee has been awarded an honorary doctorate, in recognition of the enormous achievements made in the areas of global supply chains and supply chain management, by the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University has, on the occasion of its 95th Dies Natalis – the anniversary of the founding of Erasmus University – and the 38th anniversary of RSM. Hau Lee will be conferred with this Honorary Doctorate on November 7th at 2pm.
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30-10-2008
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Jo van Nunen participates in RTL 7 TV Series on Sustainable Mobility
The 8-part TV series ‘Vakwerk NL Duurzame Mobiliteit” will address the crucial need for sustainable mobility to the Netherlands. The series is an initiative of Transumo, who commissioned a national research programme on the topic, headed by Professor Jo van Nunen. The goal is to inform the greater public, in a clear and simple manner, what the transition to sustainable mobility will mean to them and how it may affect them.
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30-10-2008
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A new model for order picking in warehouses
On October 23, Mengfei Yu has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Enhancing Warehouse Performance by Efficient Order Picking’. The subject of this thesis is order picking processes in warehouses. Yu developed a fast and flexible model to estimate the impact of warehouse layouts, order profiles and operational strategies on the order picking system performance. This model is especially useful for the design phase of an order picking system to provide insight on different design alternatives. The model has been validated by a real life order picking process and therefore can be put directly into practice.
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24-10-2008
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Essays on Office Market Dynamics
On October 23, Maarten Jennen has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Empirical Essays on Office Market Dynamics’. The dissertation consists of six different papers, all of which evolve around the subject of Office Market Dynamics . They shed a light on important topics such as the impact of agglomeration, density on office rents, and firm performance; the determinants of office rents on a macro level; and the relation between direct and indirect investments in real estate assets.
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23-10-2008
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'Deal or No Deal?' PhD Defense Martijn van den Assem
On October 16, Martijn van den Assem has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Deal or No Deal? Decision Making under Risk in a Large-Stake TV Game Show and Related Experiments’. The research in this dissertation is focused on how people make risky choices when large monetary amounts are at stake, using data from the unique tv game show Deal or No Deal.
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16-10-2008
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The effects of Online Reverse Auctions
On October 10, Uladzimir Radkevitch has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Online Reverse Auctions for Procurement of Services’. His Promotor is Prof.dr.ir. H.W.G.M. van Heck, Professor of Information Management and Markets at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His Copromotor is Dr.ir. O. R. Koppius, Assistant Professor at RSM. Other members of the Doctoral Committee are Prof.dr. A. Gupta, Prof.dr.ir. J.A.E.E. van Nunen and Prof.dr. S.L. van de Velde.
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10-10-2008
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Developing new business within an existing business context
On October 9, Henri Burgers has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Managing Corporate Venturing’. Managing new business development projects – how can you increase you chances of success? That is the question to investigate. New business development projects in existing firms need to develop new knowledge but can at the same time benefit from the firm’s existing knowledge and resources.
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09-10-2008
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Closed Loop Supply Chains website online
On the occasion of the International Closed-Loop Supply Chain Workshop on Interdisciplinarity in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research, ERIM launched a new Closed Loop Supply Chains website.
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09-10-2008
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PRIME wins the HP-IAPP Privacy Innovation Technology Award
PRIME (Privacy and Identity Management for Europe) has won the HP-IAPP Privacy Innovation Technology Award. PRIME was selected for its successful, extensive project scope and business model. One judge remarked: “This was a monster collaborative project that still focused on what serious, widespread applications of IAM can be. PRIME has proven that what was once thought impossible is now feasible through a multitude of technology levels”. Prof. Piet Ribbers, Alea Fairchild, and Associate Member of ERIM Jimmy Tseng were responsible for the Social and Economic Requirements and Evaluation work package within the PRIME project.
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08-10-2008
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Michel Lander receives AXA Doctoral Grant
Michel Lander has received one of only twenty prestigious AXA Doctoral Grants. Each grant is worth EUR 75.000 annually, paid out in three annual installments. French insurance company AXA finances these PhD grants on a competitive basis through its AXA Research Fund.
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07-10-2008
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Prof. dr. Enrico Pennings appointed endowed professor in Applied Industrial Economics
As of October 1, 2008, Prof. dr. Enrico Pennings has been appointed as endowed professor in Applied Industrial Economics, Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics. His chair is endowed by the Erasmus University’s Trust Fund. The objective of the Trustfonds is promoting growth and flourishing of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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07-10-2008
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Poverty Alleviation as a Business Strategy, PhD Defense Martin Klein
Martin Klein has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Strategic Business Models; Essays on Poverty Alleviation as a Business Strategy’ on October 3. His promotor is Prof.dr. H.R. Commandeur, Professors at the Department of Applied Economics of Erasmus School of economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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03-10-2008
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Innovation within Dutch Life Sciences & Medical Technology must pick up momentum
Innovation in the Dutch Life Sciences & Medical Technology sector is lagging behind because of a gap between knowledge development and knowledge application. This is holding back this sector of the economy. The effective return on R&D investment will need to go up substantially. This can be achieved through better cooperation, effective leadership and professional mid-level management. These are the conclusions of Dr. Justin Jansen, Dr.ir. Vareska van de Vrande, and Prof.dr. Henk Volberda in a study entitled “More Return on R&D Investment,” commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
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03-10-2008
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PhD defense Marc Schauten on the Cost of Capital
Marc Schauten has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Valuation, Capital Structure Decisions and the Cost of Capital’ on October 2. In his thesis, Schauten approaches the capital structure decision as a multi-criteria problem instead of an optimization problem. The main topics of his thesis are: the valuation of excess cash held by large European listed firms and the relation between corporate governance and the cost of debt.
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03-10-2008
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Veni, Vidi, Vici changes in 2009
The NWO Veni, Vidi, Vici programme will be changed in 2009. There are information meetings on 6 and 28 November and 16 December. During these meetings will be explained what is new, what is important for a grant application and what the alternatives are if you do not win. It also allows to speed date with winners, coordinators and (ex-) committee members and ask everything you always wanted to know.
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25-09-2008
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‘The Value of Health’ Inaugural Address Han Bleichrodt
On 19 September 2008, Prof.dr. Han Bleichrodt has delivered his Inaugural Address entitled ‘The Value of Health’. With his Inaugural Address, Bleichrodt has accepted the chair of Professor of health economics at Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and at Erasmus MC. Han Bleichrodt recently joined ERIM and ERIM is very proud to have him on board.
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23-09-2008
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PDMA Research Forum 2008 Best Paper Award for Pinar Cankurtaran
Pinar Cankurtaran has won the “PDMA Research Forum 2008 Best Paper Award for a Paper First-Authored by Ph.D. student”. ERIM Ph.D. student Cankurtaran received the award for her article entitled “Cycle Time Reduction and the Learning Curve” (with co-authors Fred Langerak and Serge Rijsdijk) in Orlando on September 14th.
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23-09-2008
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Inaugural Address Jan van den Ende: “Organising Innovation”
Prof.dr.ir. Jan van den Ende – Professor of Management of Technology and Innovation at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University – has delivered his inaugural address ‘Organising Innovation’ on September 18th. His chair is endowed the Erasmus University’s Trust Fund.
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22-09-2008
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“CEOs’ background characteristics influence their decisions”; PhD defense Marieke van der Poel
On September 18, Marieke van der Poel has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Empirical Essays in Corporate Finance and Financial Reporting”. Her promoter is Prof.dr. A. de Jong, Professor in Corporate finance and corporate governance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and Prof.dr. G.M.H. Mertens, Professor of Financial Analysis, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
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22-09-2008
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Lars Nielsen & Daniel Potthoff Winners INFORMS Railway Application Student Paper Award
Lars Nielsen (PhD Candidate, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universiteit) and Daniel Potthoff (PhD Candidate, Erasmus School of Economics) have been awarded with the RAS Student Research Paper Contest Award. Lars has won the first price, Daniel has achieved the second place. RAS (Railway Applications Section), a subdivision of INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences) sponsors the student research paper contest on Management Science in Railroad Applications.
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16-09-2008
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Stock Market Prediction by Georgi Nalbantov
On September 11 Georgi Nalbantov has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Essays on Some Recent Penalization Methods with Applications in Finance and Marketing’. His promotor is Prof.dr. P.J.F. Groenen, Professor in Statistics at the Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University. His Copromotor is dr. J.C. Bioch.
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12-09-2008
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ERIM MPhil Class 2008 Kick Off
The new MPhil Class has been presented by ERIM on Friday September 5. This year’s class has 8 students from 6 different nationalities.
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11-09-2008
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Peter Roosenboom appointed Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity
September 1st, 2008 - dr. Peter G.J. Roosenboom (1973) has been appointed to an endowed chair of Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Roosenboom took his doctoral degree in 2002 at the Tilburg CentER for Economic Research. Since 2002, he has been working at RSM.
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03-09-2008
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Uzay Kaymak appointed endowed professor in Intelligence and Computation in Economics
As of September 1st 2008, dr. ir. Uzay Kaymak (1968) has been appointed as endowed professor in Intelligence and Computation in Economics at the Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics through the Vereniging Trustfonds EUR. The objective of the Trustfonds is promoting growth and flourishing of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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03-09-2008
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Dr. Wendy van der Valk receives Emerald / EFMD Highly Commended Award
Van der Valk’s doctoral dissertation, entitled "Buyer-Seller Interaction in Ongoing Service Exchange" has been selected for a Highly Commended Award in the category Operations Management by the EFMD. The dissertation was awarded because of its high relevance for the field of Service Operations Management. In her dissertation, Van der Valk states that in business-to-business services, customers and suppliers must discuss what is needed and make the necessary adjustments on an ongoing basis. Currently, most organisations that have purchased services are paying too little attention to the practical impact that these services are having on their own customers
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22-08-2008
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NWO-VIDI grant for Mathijs van Dijk
Mathijs van Dijk, Associate Professor of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University has received a NOW-VIDI grant for his project entitled “Liquidity Black Holes”. Van Dijk will receive a sum of up to € 600.000,-. This allows the researcher to develop his research and appoint one or more researchers for five years.
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19-08-2008
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NWO-VENI grant for Wilco van den Heuvel
On August 6, NWO announced to award a NWO-VENI grant to Wilco van den Heuvel for his project: Reducing the Price of Anarchy in Supply Chains. Wilco receives the sum of € 208.000,-, starting in February 2009 until February 2012. The NWO-VENI is a grant for young researchers up to 3 years after their defense. A while ago, van den Heuvel, assistant professor at the Econometric Institute, also received an EUR Fellowship.
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19-08-2008
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RSM Outlook Summer 2008: Entrepreneurship; the leap of faith
What makes entrepreneurship – perhaps the riskiest of business endeavours – so appealing? Can entrepreneurship be taught? What does it take to succeed? Are the rewards worth the risks? Learn more about the experiences of successful RSM Alumni-entrepreneurs in the RSM Outlook Summer 2008.
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22-07-2008
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The Netherlands falls just shy of the Top Ten in the WEF’s Enabling Trade Index
The Global Enabling Trade Index, compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF), is a cross-sectional analysis of the trade conditions found in 118 countries around the world. To be more specific, the Index measures the four main factors impacting a country’s ability to carry out international trade and attract foreign investment as part of its overall economic development strategy: 1) market access, 2) customs administration, 3) transport & communications infrastructure and 4) business environment.
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22-07-2008
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E-Commerce - What E-Tailers Can Learn From Airline Pricing
On July 7, 2008, Wall Street Journal has published an article from ERIM members Niels Agats, Moritz Fleischmann and Jo van Nunen. The article entitled ‘What E-Tailers Can Learn From Airline Pricing’ is an cooperation with Ann Campbell (Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa) and Martin Savelsbergh (Schneider professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta).
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17-07-2008
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Launch Entrepreneurship Research topicsite
On the 10th of July 2008, the topic-site on Entrepreneurship Research has been launched. The topic site is hosted at the Mainport of Management Knowledge portal of the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). The main purpose of this site is to be a mean of external and internal communication on research for several entities, organizations, researchers and students.
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17-07-2008
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Roodbergen to serve on Scientific Advisory Council of WFLO
Dr. Kees Jan Roodbergen, Associate Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the World Food Logistics Organisation (WFLO). He was elected at the WFLO Annual Convention in Florida together with Don Ratliff, executive director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech, and Vicky Salin of Texas A&M University. The new members for the Scientific Advisory Council were select | |
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