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ERIM Doctoral Programme News
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Can I get a ride? Niels Agatz to receive a Rubicon grant
The Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Niels Agatz, PhD Student of the Department of Decision and Information Management, with a Rubicon grant. Thanks to this grant, he can get research experience abroad. Niels will go to Georgia Tech, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (USA) for a period of 12 months. There, Agatz will develop a method to enable people to easily find a “ride-share”through their mobile phones in the future.
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 19-12-2008
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Real-time Planning Support: A Task-Technology Fit Perspective
On December 19, Elfriede Krauth has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Real-time Planning Support: A Task-Technology Fit Perspective”. Transport planning is in some aspects not unlike surfing. Logistics is about delivering the right product in the right quantity, at the right place and at the right time. The unpredictable and volatile demand gives planners little time to adjust plans and ensure high efficiency. While there are decision support systems available for calculating the shortest transport route or the optimal order-resource assignment, we know little about how to give this advice in the chaos and unpredictability that characterize the decision making situation in real-time transport.
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19-12-2008
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Empirical Essays on Debt, Equity, and Convertible Securities
On December 18, Patrick Verwijmeren has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Empirical Essays on Debt, Equity, and Convertible Securities”. The focus in this thesis is on firms' financing decisions. A question Verwijmeren tried to answer is: Why do some firms issue debt to finance investments, while others issue shares? He further focussed on specific financing instruments (convertible bonds and convertible preferred stock), and examined the drivers of these instruments' designs. Important drivers are tax benefits, the costs of refinancing, the need to reduce managers' opportunities for overinvesting, and the desire to manage earnings.
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18-12-2008
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Leveraging Logistics Partnerships: Lessons from Humanitarian Organizations
On December 15, Ramina Samii has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Leveraging Logistics Partnerships: Lessons from Humanitarian Organizations”. The thesis aims to understand how humanitarian organizations can best respond to a growing number of predictable and unpredictable disasters and what triggers the contribution of a diverse range of parties to its operations.
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18-12-2008
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Why good people do bad things Money – not the root of all evil
On December 12, Niki den Nieuwenboer has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Seeing the Shadow of the Self: Studies on Workplace Deviance”. The world is in a financial crisis and people wonder how things could have gotten this far. An often heard augment, made by business people, politicians and academics alike, is that the reward system in the financial services industry is the root cause of all of the world's financial troubles. The research presented in this dissertation contradicts this view. It examines why good people do bad things and finds that the reasons for this should be sought far beyond the financial rewards that an organization gives or a lack of control and compliance, as is often also suggested. Bad behaviour is less deliberate than this. Often it is born out of emotions of helplessness, out of a desire to feel good about oneself or even out of a wish to do good. Because of this common misconception, the traditional ways of fighting corporate malfeasance are largely misguided. The corporate world should not focus on detecting and deterring the evil ways of greedy self-serving individuals, but rather aim at creating environments that help good people to not do bad things. It turns out that it is really rather difficult to never do bad.
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15-12-2008
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ERIM celebrates 150th PhD dissertation
On December 5, with the PhD defense of Deependra Moitra, ERIM will celebrate the appearance of the 150th PhD dissertation. It was only in 2007 that ERIM celebrated the first one hundred PhD dissertations in the ERIM PhD Series with a presentation of the “Hora Est! and Beyond” book and the launch of the ERIM Alumni Association.
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05-12-2008
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Globalization of R&D: Leveraging Offshoring for Innovative Capability and Organizational Flexibility
On December 5, Deependra Moitra has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Globalization of R&D: Leveraging Offshoring for Innovative Capability and Organizational Flexibility”. Although growing in its propensity, offshoring of R&D is generally viewed as a vehicle for cost reduction, and its influence on the firm’s competitiveness is not yet understood. My dissertation represents perhaps one of the first systematic attempts to examine the terrain of offshoring of R&D. Specifically, interpreted as a part of globalization of R&D, my dissertation illuminates on the link between offshoring of R&D and the firm’s innovative capability and organizational flexibility—the two most important capabilities for the competitive success of high technology firms.
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05-12-2008
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Managing Dreams and Ambitions: A Psychological Analysis of Vision Communication
Daan Stam has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Managing Dreams and Ambitions: A Psychological Analysis of Vision Communication” on December 4. The greatest of leaders have the greatest of visions. Good examples of these great leaders are, for instance, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. However, communicating inspiring visions is not only the territory of politicians: In organizational settings the ability to inspire those around you by painting a picture of the future as you see it, may be as crucial as in the political arena. This book focuses on how bussiness leaders can effectively communicate visions to motivate subordinates.
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04-12-2008
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NEVI InkoopScriptieprijs 2008 for Melek Akin
The NEVI InkoopScriptieprijs 2008 has been awarded to Melek Akin for her master thesis, entitled ´The Impact of Supply Chain Related Factors on the Environmental Performance of Firms’. Melek Akin wrote her master thesis as part of the MScBA Supply Chain Management at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She graduated in August 2008.
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03-12-2008
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Eco-efficient Supply Chains for Electrical and Electronic Products
On December 4, João Quariguasi Frota Neto has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Eco-efficient Supply Chains for Electrical and Electronic Products”. This thesis proposes a simple methodology to elicit preference among the many optimal alternatives of eco-efficient recovery networks. The methodology can help decision makers to find their preferable balance between environmental (waste and energy) and business dimensions (costs). In other words, the methodology may potentially help decision makers to find eco-efficient solutions for their supply chains,and the theoretical trade-offs between costs and environmental impact.
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03-12-2008
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Capital Structure, Strategic Competition, and Governance
On November 27, Thuy Nguyen has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Capital Structure, Strategic Competition, and Governance”. The research in this thesis focuses on the strategic role of debt that firms take. It shows, among other things, that a firms' competitive behaviour has important interactions with a firms' capital structure. Next, it illustrates the impact of provincial public governance quality on corruption, and corruption influence on firm's growth across different economic sectors.
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27-11-2008
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Productivity, R&D and Entrepreneurship
Hugo Erken has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Productivity, R&D and Entrepreneurship’, on November 27. The research in this dissertation is focused on the contribution of research & development and entrepreneurship on the development of labour productivity.
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27-11-2008
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Strategic Renewal in Regulatory Environments
Marten Stienstra has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Strategic Renewal in Regulatory Environments’ on Thursday, November 20. His thesis investigates strategic renewal actions of incumbent firms in the European energy industry. Stienstra specifically focus on incumbent firms that are active in electricity or gas. European energy incumbents were used to supply energy to customers in a monopolistic market for decades or even centuries. Since the implementation of European Union (EU) directives 96/92/EC and 98/30/EC, which heralded the start of a single European market for electricity and gas, respectively, the European energy industry has been confronted by major regulatory punctuations (e.g. Helm and Jenkinson 1998; Newbery 2004).
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25-11-2008
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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Information unexploited by investors and financial analysts
On Thursday, June 26, Gerben de Zwart has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Empirical Studies on Financial Markets: private equity, corporate bonds and emerging markets’. Using his 10 year experience in asset management, the author aims to bring academic research closer to the investment management world by answering five questions that are relevant from both an academic and from an industry perspective. In sum De Zwart shows that there is unexploited information available that can be used by investors to improve their investment returns and by financial analysts to improve the quality of their earnings estimates.
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26-06-2008
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Is Friendship Silent When Money Talks?
On Thursday, June 26, Mirjam Tuk has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Is Friendship Silent When Money Talks? How People Respond to Word-of-Mouth Marketing”.
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26-06-2008
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Festive Lunch at Honours Programme 2008 Certificate Ceremony
On June 25, 2008, the group of this year’s Honours Programme students has received the certificate to account for their participation in the ERIM Honours Programme. The last seven months, a selected number of 2nd and 3rd year bachelor students of the programmes International Business Administration, Business Administration (both RSM) and Economics & Business (ESE) have been challenged by leading professors to show their research skills. From over a hundred of excellent applications 30 students were selected on the basis of motivation, GPA, and research experience to participate in the Honours Programme offered by ERIM for the fifth time.
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26-06-2008
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The 5 Fits for HRM; Corine Boon obtained PhD degree
On June 12, Corine Boon has defended her PhD thesis entitled “HRM and Fit: Survival of the fittest!?” Her promoters are Prof. dr. Jaap Paauwe, Professor of Business and Organisation, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Prof. dr. Deanne N. den Hartog, Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Amsterdam.
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16-06-2008
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Consumer Adoption of Mobile Services according to Remco Prins
On May 23, Remco Prins has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Modeling Consumer Adoption and Usage of Value-Added Mobile Services”. His promotors are Prof.dr. Philip Hans Franses, Professor of Applied Econometrics, Erasmus school of Economics, Erasmus University and Prof.dr. Peter Verhoef, Professor of Marketing at the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.
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28-05-2008
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Strategy Implementation in Curaçao: PhD Defense Arnoud van der Maas
Arnoud van der Maas has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Strategy Implementation in a Small Island Context: An Integrative Framework” on Friday, May 9. His promoter is Prof.dr.H.G. van Dissel, Professor of Information Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
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09-05-2008
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Urban Freight Transport and its problems: PhD Defense Hans Quak
On March 20, Hans Quak has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Sustainability of Urban Freight Transport: Retail Distribution and Local Regulation in Cities”. His promotor is Prof.dr. M.B.M. de Koster, Professor of Logistics and Operations Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
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25-03-2008
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“Steal to enhance creativity”, PhD Defense Laurens Rook
On Thursday, March 6, Laurens Rook has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Imitation in Creative Task Performance”. His promotor is Prof.dr. D.L. van Knippenberg, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
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06-03-2008
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New scholarship for talented female researcher Romy Kraemer
On Talent Day, Tuesday 12 February 2008, Romy Kraemer, PhD student at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University was recognised for her research and was awarded with the Dr. W.H. Posthumus-van der Goot grant, worth 3500€.
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15-02-2008
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ERIM Ingenium Alatum sculpture presented
A newly designed sculpture, representing Desiderius Erasmus with wings on his cap, was presented to Casper Hoedemaekers after the defense of his PhD thesis. As of this year, all newly qualified ERIM doctors will receive this sculpture.
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11-02-2008
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Kick Off Fifth Anniversary of ERIM Honours Programme
On February 4, the fifth anniversary of the Honours Programme of the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is a fact with the start of the Programme with as much as 30 participants. Eric van Heck, Director of Doctoral Education of ERIM, introduced this years Programme by expressing his wish to have a challenging and useful programme for the participants as well as the professors.
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05-02-2008
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Market Dynamics subject PhD Thesis Katalin Boer-Sorbán
On January 25, Katalin Boer-Sorbán has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Agent-Based Simulation of Financial Markets”. Her promotor is Prof.dr. A. de Bruin, Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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29-01-2008
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Thesis by Mignon van Halderen sheds light on Identity Expressions & Reputation Management
On Friday 11 January 2008, Mignon van Halderen has defended her PhD thesis, entitled “Organizational Identity Expressiveness: Principles for Expressing the Organizational Identity in order to Manage External Stakeholders’ Perceptions of a Company.” Her supervisor is Prof.dr. Cees B.M. van Riel, who is Professor of Corporate Communication at RSM Erasmus University. Van Halderen’s thesis research took place as part of the Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management, organized by ERIM – the research and training institute connected to both RSM Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics.
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21-01-2008
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Performance Management and Pressure of Work at the Dutch Government
On January 10, Casper Hoedemaekers has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Performance, pinned down’. His promotors are Prof.dr. S. Magala, Professor in Cross-Cultural Management at RSM Erasmus University, and Prof. dr. D.H. den Hartog, Professor in Organisational Behaviour at University of Amsterdam.
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10-01-2008
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In assessing an employee, effective leaders look at the bigger picture – Jan Noeverman
Assessment systems and performance measurements used by organizations aim to encourage employees to improve their performance. These systems and measurements also purport to look at all employees in an equal fashion. But is this really so? New research suggests that managers and executives use different styles of assessment for good performers and underperformers. Jan Noeverman examined the impact of managers’ style of assessment on the performance of their underlings. On Friday 21 December 2007, he defended his PhD thesis, entitled “Management Control Systems, Assessment Style and Performance: An Investigation of Assessments Styles and Their Impact on Performance.” His promotors are Prof.dr. E.G.J. Vosselman, Professor in Accounting and Control, and Prof. dr. A.R.T. Williams, Professor in Business Psychology, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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21-12-2007
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Customers and suppliers need to discuss and fine-tune B-to-B services all the time – Wendy van der Valk
In business-to-business services, customers and suppliers must discuss what is needed and make the necessary adjustments on an ongoing basis. Currently, most organizations that have purchased services are paying too little attention to the practical impact that these services are having on their own customers. So writes Wendy van der Valk in her thesis entitled “Buyer-Seller Interaction Patterns during Ongoing Service Exchange.” She gives an example, “If the Netherlands Railways brings in a cleaning company to work in its railway stations, then the cleaning staff should be able to properly deal with train passengers.” On Thursday 20 December 2007, she defended her PhD thesis. Her promotors are Prof.dr. Finn Wynstra, Professor of Purchasing & Supply Management, RSM Erasmus University, and Prof.dr. Bjorn Axelsson, Professor in Business Administration and first holder of the SILF Chair Purchasing & Supply Management, Stockholm School of Economics.
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21-12-2007
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PhD Thesis Haikun Ning about measuring performance by the investor
On Thursday, December 20, Haikun Ning defended his PhD thesis entitled “Hierarchical Portfolio Management: Theory and Applications”. His promotor is Prof.dr. Jaap Spronk, Professor of finance and investment, Erasmus School of Economics Erasmus University.
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21-12-2007
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Annual ERIM MPhil graduation dinner
On December 14, ERIM celebrated the graduation of 8 students from the ERIM MPhil programme in Business Research. The MPhil graduates, together with the current students and the ERIM team gathered for a graduation dinner at the Hotel New York. During the dinner, MPhil graduates were honoured with a unique gift: a bronze image of a young Desiderius Erasmus. The image was specially designed and produced by Rotterdam artist Elly Hendrix for ERIM MPhils. The name chosen for this figure is "INGENIO ET STUDIO". In Latin, “ingenium” means talent, while “studium” refers to research, study, and zeal.
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19-12-2007
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Mirdita Elstak, Organisational Identity Processes as the centre theme of PhD thesis
On November 16, Mirdita Elstak defended her PhD thesis entitled “Flipping the Identity Coin: The comparative effect of perceived, projected and desired organizational identity on organizational identification and desired behavior”. Her promoter is Prof. dr. Cees B.M. van Riel, Professor of Corporate Communication, RSM Erasmus University.
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19-11-2007
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ERIM MPhil Class 2007 Kick Off
On Thursday September 13, ERIM presented its new MPhil Class. This year’s class has 13 students from 6 different nationalities.
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17-09-2007
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Ze Zhu defended PhD thesis on Chinese tax system
On September 4, Ze Zhu defended his PhD thesis entitled “Essays on China’s Tax System”. His promotors are Prof.dr.Barbara Krug, Professor of Economics of Governance, and Prof.dr.George W.J. Hendrikse, Professor of Economics of Organisation, both from RSM Erasmus University. His dissertation intends to put forth a theoretical framework and empirical methods of taxation research, applicable to the non-democratic background in China and intends to contribute to the wider application of the theory of New Institutional Economics.
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06-09-2007
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About the position of the internal auditor, Leen Paape obtains his PhD degree
Leen Paape obtained his PhD degree on June 22, in a full Aula at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His thesis entitled ‘Corporate Governance: The Impact on the Role, Position, and Scope of Services of the Internal Audit Function’, is the result of a joint research between ERIM and the TU Eindhoven. Promotors are Prof.dr. Gert J. van der Pijl and Prof.dr. Harry Commandeur, both professors at the Department of Applied Economics of Erasmus School of economics.
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27-06-2007
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ERIM Honours Programme 2007 Ceremony
During the festive lunch at restaurant Siena at the campus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the group of this year’s Honours Programme students have received the certificate to account for their participation in the ERIM Honours Programme. Before Christmas 2006 a selected number of 2nd and 3rd year bachelor students of the programmes International Business Administration, Business Administration (both RSM) and Economics & Business (ESE) were invited to apply for the Honours Programme. 20 students were selected on the basis of motivation, GPA, and research experience to participate in the Honours Programme offered by ERIM for the third time.
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27-06-2007
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Armenio Bispo obtains PhD degree
Armenio Bispo defended his PhD thesis on June 15, entitled ‘Labour Market Segmentation, An investigation into the Dutch hospitality industry’. Promotors are Prof.dr. Gerard Evers, Professor of Human Resource Management at the Department of Human Resource Management, Tilburg University, and Prof.dr. Roy Thurik, Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship at Erasmus School of Economics Erasmus University.
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27-06-2007
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Frederic Damen obtains PhD degree
Frederic Damen defended his PhD thesis on June 14, entitled ‘Taking the lead: The role of affect in leadership effectiveness’. Promotor is Prof.dr. Daan van Knippenberg, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Rotterdam School of Management. Co-promotor is dr. Barbara van Knippenberg.
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15-06-2007
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Erik van Leeuwen obtains PhD degree
Erik van Leeuwen defended his PhD thesis on June 1st, entitled ‘Recovered-Resource Dependent Industries and the Strategic Renewal of Incumbent Firms: A Multi-Level Study of Recovered-Resource Dependence Management and Strategic Renewal in the European Paper and Board Industry’. His promotors are Prof.dr.ing. Frans van den Bosch, Professor of Management Interfaces between Organizations and Business Environment, and Prof.dr. Henk Volberda, Professor of Strategic Management and Business Policy, both at RSM Erasmus University.
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12-06-2007
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Diederik van Liere obtains PhD degree Cum Laude
On May 31, Diederik van Liere has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Network horizon and the dynamics of network positions, A Multi-Method Multi-Level Longitudinal Study of Interfirm Networks’. His dissertation was awarded Cum Laude. Promotor is Prof. Dr Peter Vervest, Professor of Business Telecommunications at RSM Erasmus University. Co-promoter is Dr.ir. Otto Koppius.
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31-05-2007
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Ron Meyer obtains PhD degree
On May 24, Ron Meyer has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Mapping the mind of the strategist, A quantitative methodology for measuring the strategic beliefs of executives’. Promotor is Prof. Dr Rob van Tulder, Professor of International Business-Society Management at RSM Erasmus University.
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24-05-2007
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Bob Kijkuit obtains PhD degree
On May 11, Bob Kijkuit has defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘Social Networks in the Front End: The Organizational Life of an Idea’. Promotor is Prof. Dr Bart Nooteboom, Professor of innovation policy at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. Copromotor is Dr.ir. Jan van den Ende, Associate Professor of Management of Technology and Innovation at RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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11-05-2007
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Karen Watkins Fassler obtains PhD degree
On May 10, Karen Watkins Fassler has defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘Macroeconomic Crisis and Firm Performance’. The two promotors are Prof. dr. J. Spronk, Professor of Finance and Investment, and Prof. dr. D. van Dijk, Professor at the Econometric Institute, both at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University.
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10-05-2007
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ERIM Sports Tournament 2007
The traditional ERIM Sports Tournament took place at Woudestein sports complex on April 12th. A total number of 18 PhDs from RSM and ESE showed up and were ready to test their athletic skills at darts and table tennis.
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25-04-2007
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First ERIM MPhil graduation dinner
ERIM celebrated the graduation of its first class from the ERIM MPhil programme in Business Research, on Friday, March 30th.
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23-04-2007
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Lenny Pattikawa defends her thesis on the study of the US pharmaceutical industry
On Thursday, April 5, 13.30 hours, Ms. Lenny Pattikawa will defend her PhD thesis entitled ‘Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Evidence from Drug Introductions in the U.S.’. Promotor is Prof.dr. Harry Commandeur, Professor at the Department of Applied Economics at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University.
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16-04-2007
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Lenny Pattikawa obtains PhD degree
On April 5, Lenny Pattikawa has defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry Evidence from Drug Introductions in the U.S.’. Promotor is Harry Commandeur, Professor at the Department of Applied Economics at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University.
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