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Roodbergen to serve on College-Industry Council in the USA
Dr. Kees-Jan Roodbergen has been appointed as a member of the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education, which is affiliated with the Material Handling Industry of America. Roodbergen was selected to be the sole representative of the international academia in this North-American council. Initially, he will take up work in two of the council's committees from where he can play an important role to further strengthen the process of interchanging knowledge and ideas between industry and the academic world.
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 15-12-2009
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ERIM Awards Ceremony 2009: and the awards go to…
At the annual ERIM Awards Presentation Ceremony, ERIM (the Erasmus Institute of Management) honoured its best researchers of the joint institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics. The prizes are divided into different academic disciplines such as the Dissertation Award, the Book Award and the Impact Award.
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10-12-2009
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Could servant-leadership have prevented the financial crisis?
Inge Nuijten has defended her thesis on December. Her promoter is Prof.dr. Daan van Knippenberg, Professor of, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Copromotor is Dr. D. van Dierendonck. Other members of the doctoral committee are Prof. dr. D. De Cremer, Prof. dr. M. Kaptein and Prof. dr. A Nauta.
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08-12-2009
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Henk de Vries investigates impact of management system standards for BSI British Standards
BSI British Standards and Henk de Vries started a research project on the impact of three international standards for management systems: ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 27001 (information security management). Management systems based on ISO 9001 have been implemented by more than 1,000,000 organizations world-wide, for ISO 14001 the number increases 160,000 and ISO 27001 has approximately 10,000 users and the numbers continue to grow, in particular in China and India. Of course, the companies have business reasons for implementing these standards but the question is to which extent they really reap their benefits.
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08-12-2009
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What is our social impact?
Karen Maas has defended her thesis entitled ‘Corporate Social Performance: From Output Measurement to Impact Measurement’ on December 2. Her promoter is Prof. dr. H.R. Commandeur. Copromoter is Dr. F.A.A. Boons. Other members of the doctoral committee are Prof. dr. W.B.F. Brouwer, Prof. dr. A.G.Z. Kemna and Prof. dr. E. Peelen.
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02-12-2009
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Transumo covers a lot of ground in the transition towards sustainable mobility
On Tuesday 17 November, the Transumo Foundation held a knowledge festival in the Dutch town of Houten. During the event, Transumo presented 35 innovative practical sustainable solutions to traffic problems in the Netherlands. Its audience consisted of 400 Dutch traffic mobility professionals. Transumo had teamed up with government, universities and companies to carry out research into sustainable solutions to the traffic and environmental problems in the Netherlands. The solutions examined ranged from financial incentives aimed at encouraging people to use other forms of transport and a "tool box" for traffic managers, to electric cars and new insights into how government and industry can jointly tackle the problems.
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30-11-2009
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Are Dutch Top 100 companies’ head offices of strategic importance to the Netherlands?
At the request of the employers’ federation VNO-NCW, strategy professor Henk Volberda puts the Dutch Top 100 companies’ head offices under the microscope. He did so in the middle of last year and has now published its final report, entitled “Mutually Beneficial: The Strategic Importance of the Top 100 Companies’ Head Offices for the Netherlands and Vice Versa.” Today, the Dutch Prime Minister is receiving a copy of the report.
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30-11-2009
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Henk de Vries’ study on SME Access to Standardisation
Standards offer a vital competitive edge to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition to making life easier and safer, standards create a level playing field on which to compete, enable access to state-of-the-art technology, strengthen innovation capacity and help allocate resources most effectively in the toughest of times. But despite all these benefits, it seems clear that SMEs do not always benefit as much as they could from using standards or involvement in creating these standards.
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30-11-2009
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Dinalog: Big Rotterdam input to new advanced logistics institute
Dinalog, the Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, is about to get off to a flying start in Breda. Dinalog will be the international meeting place for innovators in the corporate and academic worlds and a venue for sharing expertise and ideas. It will also play a part in the joint development and implementation of innovative concepts in logistics and supply chain management.
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24-11-2009
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NWO Mosaic grant for Ivana Naumovski
Ivana Naumovski has received the Mosaic grant of NWO for her research project about the role of firm (corporate) reputation in the context of corporate finance and financial markets. The NWO and the Ministry of OCW conceived this programme, that aims at helping representatives of ethnic minorities into the world of science. This Mozaïek (Mosaic) programme started in 2004. For a four-year period of doctoral research, the maximum amount will be 200,000 euro.
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24-11-2009
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De Koster and Gong receive Best Paper Prize in Design and Manufacturing
René de Koster and Yemin Gong have received the Best Paper Prize in Design and Manufacturing for their paper entitled “A polling-based dynamic order picking system for online retailers”. This award is from the Institute of Industrial Engineers. René de Koster is an ERIM Fellow and Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at RSM. Yemin Gong obtained his PhD degree at RSM and is now an Assistant Professor at EM Lyon Business School.
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24-11-2009
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ERIM Lustrum 29 October 2009: Management Research Institute Plays To Two Audiences On Tenth Anniversary
Research in Management as an academic field is maturing rapidly. To mark the current state of the field, ERIM’s recent festivities marking the 10th anniversary of one of Europe’s foremost management research centres featured a distinguished and varied line-up of speakers who reflected on developments over the past 10 years, and described future challenges. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Erasmus Research Institute in Management (ERIM) organized a lustrum conference on the currently hot theme of 'Dual impact of management research'.
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24-11-2009
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Essays on Port, Container, and Bulk Chemical Logistics Optimization
Eelco van Asperen has defended his thesis entitled ‘Essays on Port, Container, and Bulk Chemical Logistics Optimization’ on November 18. His promoter is Prof.dr.ir. R. Dekker, Professor of Operations Research, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University. Other members of the doctoral committee are Prof. dr. ir. U. Kaymak, Prof.dr. H. Haralambides and Prof.dr. S. Voß.
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23-11-2009
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Ting Li and Peter Vervest receive NWO Complexity Grant
Ting Li, ERIM Associate Member and Assistant Professor in Information Strategy and Management, and Peter Vervest, ERIM Fellow and Professor Business Telecommunications, received a NWO Complexity Grant for a total subsidy of €228,000 over a period of two years for their research on “Emergent Travel Behaviour in Complex Networks”. The objective of the NWO Complexity Grant is to strengthen Dutch research into the dynamics of complex systems, to create focus of in-depth knowledge and to form a community of researchers and users in the field of complex systems. The programme focuses on multi-disciplinary research at the interface between scientific disciplines.
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16-11-2009
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Suzana Rodrigues appointed Professor of International Business and Organisation
Suzana B. Rodrigues has been appointed Professor of International Business and Organisation at the Strategy Department of ERIM. Professor Rodrigues’ work has developed in the interface between three areas of research - international business, corporate governance and corporate strategy evolution. Her current research focuses on the international strategy of multinationals and small firms. Her most recent project concerns internationalisation and social innovation.
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06-11-2009
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The Netherlands drops out of gender-equality top ten, dominated by Nordics, which put in strong emancipation performance
Each year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) publishes the Gender Gap Index. The Erasmus Strategic Renewal Centre – led by strategy professors Henk Volberda and Frans van den Bosch – is the WEF’s host institute for the Netherlands. The Gender Gap Index sheds light on inequality between men and women among more than 93% of the global population. The research compared 134 countries with each other, focussing on four aspects of inequality: economic participation, access to education, healthcare and political empowerment. After reaching 12th place in both 2006 and 2007, the Netherlands climbed to the No. 9 spot last year and thereby ranked among the world’s ten most women-friendly countries. Unfortunately, the Netherlands has been unable to stay in the top ten, slipping to 11th place in 2009.
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06-11-2009
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De Cremer Examines Bad Behaviour In Business
How can someone who claims to value moral behaviour in business rationalise their own wrongdoings? The Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics (ECBE), launched last week, aims to use scientific research to find out more about ethical leadership, its motivations and effects. “The current crisis is the time to reflect on the things we do in business,” said Prof.dr. David De Cremer, renowned behavioural ethicist, as he introduced the work of the ECBE. “We need to understand and predict business ethics,” he said. The ECBE is run by Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) and was launched at a one-day symposium featuring five speakers from global business and academia.
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03-11-2009
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3 VENI grants for ERIM Members
Martijn de Jong, Aurélie Lemmens and Ralf van der Lans have been awarded the prestigious Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for their challenging projects. The three recipients are all from the ERIM Marketing Programme.
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01-11-2009
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On Understanding the Human Nature of Good and Bad Behavior in Business: A Behavioral Ethics Approach
In his Inaugural address, David De Cremer, Professor of Behavioural Ethics, focused more closely on the benefits that a behavioural approach can bring to the field of business ethics. In presenting these benefits, he draws a distinction between prescriptive and descriptive approaches and outlines how the field of psychology can help in integrating behavioural business ethics. This integration is illustrated by his own research addressing how sanctioning and regulation systems affect behaviour, the benefits of procedural fairness and the workings of trust repair strategies. At the end of his address, he formulated some implications for academia, the government and economics.
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26-10-2009
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Dan Zhang awarded Doctoral Student Travel Grant by American Finance Association (AFA)
PhD Student Dan Zhang has been awarded a Doctoral Student Travel Grant by American Finance Association (AFA). The AFA publishes the Journal of Finance, one of the top three journals in the field of finance. For 2008 AFA meetings, only 34 students from top European and U.S. universities had received this grant; for 2009, the number of recipients is about 100.
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02-10-2009
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René de Koster appointed new chairman of Logistica Foundation
Prof.dr. René de Koster has recently been named chairman of the Stichting Logistica (Logistica Foundation). He is succeeding Prof.dr.ir. Jos Vermunt, who has decided to bow out. De Koster is Professor of Logistics & Operations Management and ERIM Fellow.
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02-10-2009
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Neuromarketing and the effects of famous people in advertising
Ale Smidts, Scientific Director ERIM and Professor of Neuromarketing at RSM was featured on September 21 in “Weet wat je koopt” (Know what you buy), a VARA programme in which the effects of famous people used in advertising were analysed.
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22-09-2009
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Jordan Otten comments on voluntary code of conduct for bankers
In the New York Times of September 9, 2009, Jordan Otten comments on the newly adopted Dutch bankers’ code of conduct to strengthen risk management and put new constraints on executive bonuses, primarily by limiting them to the amount of a banker’s fixed compensation. He said that the Netherlands was likely to push ahead with tougher measures, even if other countries do not follow. He said he worried that, in the end, any moves would prove more symbolic than real.
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15-09-2009
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Standardisation research recognised again
Prof.dr.ir. Jan van den Ende, Drs. Geerten van de Kaa and Dr. Henk de Vries received a best paper award at the 6th International Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT) in Tokio, Japan. The title of the paper is: “Flexibility and Network Diversity in Technology Battles: Evidence from the Home Networking Industry”.
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15-09-2009
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Lucas Meijs in Eén Vandaag on volunteer work
Lucas Meijs appeared as expert professor on Dutch television in En Vandaag and commented on the increase in both offer and demand of volunteer work. He commented on the reasons behind this increase of people interested in doing volunteer jobs and the offer of this type of community service.
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15-09-2009
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ERIM presents PhD class 2009
Monday, September 7, the new ERIM PhD class assembled for a Introduction Day. This year’s class has 21 PhD candidates with 11 different nationalities.
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11-09-2009
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Best Paper Award Nomination for Learning Agents Research Group
At the 11th International Conference of Electronic Commerce (ICEC) in Taipei, Taiwan this August, Alexander Hogenboom, Wolf Ketter, Jan van Dalen, Uzay Kaymak, John Collins, and Alok Gupta received a Best Paper Award Nomination for their paper “Product Pricing using Adaptive Real-Time Probability of Acceptance Estimations based on Economic Regimes”.
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05-09-2009
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On the real effects of private equity
According to many politicians and journalists, private equity investors are “latter-day robber barons” or even “vultures” plundering companies and evading taxes. In his inaugural lecture, "On the real effects of private equity", Prof.dr. Peter Roosenboom has examined these criticisms, concluding that those casting private equity investors as villains are being one-sided in their assessment. On the contrary, he argues that private equity investors can have a beneficial effect on the investment climate. On September 4, Roosenboom has accepted the endowed Chair of Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
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03-09-2009
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Applying Mathematical Models to Surgical Patient Planning
On September 4, Jeroen van Oostrum has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Applying Mathematical Models to Surgical Patient Planning”. On a daily basis, doctors have to deal with cancellations of operations, overtime at operating rooms (OR) and unexpected emergency surgeries. In his thesis, van Oostrum examines several common practices that can easily cause inefficiency of OR usage.
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03-09-2009
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Leader power does not corrupt
Last year, John Thain, the ousted CEO of Merrill Lynch, spent $ 1.2 Million on redecorating his downtown Manhattan office, as the company was firing employees and was on the brink of bankruptcy. Needless to say, this lavish spending of company money at a time when rank and file employees were losing their livelihoods drew the ire of the general public and the body politic. Similar accounts of leader hubris such as profligate spending on lavish perquisites in the form of executives’ personal use of company jets and lofty bonuses have generated headlines in various business media outlets. Given the spectre of negative consequences carried by leader self-serving behaviour, the question begging for an answer is: what causes leaders to act self-servingly rather than group-servingly? Diana Rus explored this question in her PhD thesis entitled “The Dark Side of Leadership: Exploring the Psychology of Leader Self-serving Behaviour”
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02-09-2009
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Making the Most of Warehouse Space
On September 3, Yeming Gong has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Stochastic Models and Analysis of Warehouse Operations”. Web-based stores like Amazon and Alibaba do not require physical selling space or shops. Therefore, they can invest more in warehouses, admittedly a traditional facility but still compulsory to store products in this ''new'' business era. Another new development is the fact that customers tend to order more frequently, in smaller quantities, and require customised service. In general, lead times are under pressure while clients still expect rapid and timely delivery within tight time windows. This is particularly true for online retailers. In his PhD thesis entitled “Stochastic Models and Analysis of Warehouse Operations”, Yeming Gong provides an optimal method for searching the most efficient batch sizes as well as a polling-based dynamic order picking system for the warehouses in an online retailer environment. This will allow better and swifter service and lower cost.
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02-09-2009
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Standardization: a catalyst for innovation
Prof. Dr. Knut Blind has delivered his inaugural address entitled "Standardization: a catalyst for innovation" on August 28. He has been appointed as extraordinary Professor of Standardization on behalf of NEN, the Netherlands Standardization Institute. Knut Blind (1965) is ERIM Member as of May 1, 2008. His current position is Professor of the Endowed Chair of Standardisation at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Knut received his PhD Cum Laude in 1995, his thesis entitled ‘Allokationsineffizienzen auf Sicherheitsmaerkten: Ursachen und Loesungsmoeglichkeiten’.
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31-08-2009
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Marie Curie ITN grant
Under the theme of Initial Training Network (ITN), a prestigious Marie Curie grant has been awarded to a research consortium being represented by Prof. Henk Volberda, Prof. Frans van den Bosch, and Dr. Ilan Oshri, members of Department of Strategic Management and Business Environment. Dr. Ilan Oshri will be acting as the scientific lead of this research grant. The grant will sponsor 2 PhD candidates who will be conducting research on the topic of the Management of Emerging Technologies for Economic Impact.
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28-08-2009
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New study on the impact of outsourcing on organisations
Business Week online published an article about research co-authored by Dr. Ilan Oshri, ERIM member and Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. The research reveals that companies are failing to measure outsourcing’s impact, and are missing out on major benefits as a result.
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28-08-2009
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ERIM Selected For Prestigious Graduate Programme
The Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) has recently been selected to take part in the first Graduate Programme, developed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to stimulate excellence in doctoral research programmes. The programme provides a block grant for further development of the most successful doctoral programmes at Dutch research institutes, so that they may serve as models for other institutions that want to improve their doctoral education. ERIM is one of nine organisations – out of a total 36 candidate institutions from all Dutch universities, together representing a wide range of scientific research areas – who will receive an 800,000 euro development stipend, in recognition of their status as a model institution.
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19-08-2009
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MinneTAC 3rd place at Trading Agent Competition for Supply-Chain Management
MinneTAC, an autonomous Supply-Chain Management Agent, from the University of Minnesota and Erasmus University (LARGE) won a 3rd place at this year’s Trading Agent Competition for Supply-Chain Management (TAC SCM). This is a tournament witch attracts the best research teams world-wide. Wolf Ketter was the General Chair of this year’s event; he is also at the board of directors of the Association for Trading Agent Research.
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28-07-2009
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Certificate Ceremony Honours Programme 2009
In 2009 the ERIM Honours Programme in Research in Management has been offered for the fifth time. On June, 14th, ERIM celebrated the completion of this year’s programme with a festive lunch in the restaurant ‘De Etage’ where the students received their certificates.
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28-07-2009
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New Topic Site: Purchasing & Supply Management Centre (PSM@RSM)
PSM@RSM is devoted to high-quality research and teaching in Purchasing and Supply Management. The centre website also contains the International Purchasing Survey (IPS) project, which is an international research initiative of academics in Purchasing and Supply management from 10 countries.
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15-07-2009
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Riding asset bubbles
On June 30, Nadja Günster has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Investment Strategies Based on Social Responsibility and Bubbles”. What should investors do if they learn about a stock market bubble? Is it a bad plan to invest in a stock market bubble? Take for example the internet or the housing bubble. Many investors gained, but also many lost. So, what would have been the right strategy beforehand? In her PhD thesis, Nadja Günster analyses this question based on a large sample of bubbles. Her approach takes into account that investors do not know for sure that a bubble is inflating, nor when it may crash. She shows that investing in a bubble produces high average returns but also big price drops in returns from time to time. Overall, the gains outweigh the losses and investing in bubbles is a profitable strategy. Günster concludes that an investor in bubbles is not simply blind for risks but may have made a rational and wise decision.
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06-07-2009
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The true potential of multi-agent systems
On June 25, Hans Moonen has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Multi-Agent Systems for Transportation Planning and Coordination”. What are the requirements and key challenges in setting up systems for transportation? Can multi-agent systems contribute to better performing, and easier-to-implement systems for transportation? Multi-agent systems have indeed potential for supply chains, and, in particular, transportation. They can enable a different planning & control paradigm that is focused on coordination through communication & negotiation rather than isolated optimisation, and do not only offer information sharing, but also selective information hiding, which is very important in inter-organisational applications.
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25-06-2009
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Sustained strategic renewal – how do companies survive time?
Zenlin Kwee has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Investigating Three Key Principles of Sustained Strategic Renewal: A Longitudinal Study of Long-Lived Firms” on June 25. How do large incumbent firms like Royal Dutch Shell change over time and adjust to the changes in their external environment? In her thesis Zenlin Kwee deals with this question. Using an analysis timeframe from 1907-2008, she studies Shell and uses British Petroleum (1970-2008) as a comparative study.
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25-06-2009
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Young Economist Essay Award for Philipp Koellinger
Philip Koellinger, ERIM Member, Erasmus School of Economics, and Christian Roessler, University of Melbourne, have received the prestigious Young Economist Essay Award of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics for their article entitled "Entrepreneurship, Firm Formation and Organizational Design".
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25-06-2009
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Bonuses prompt unethical behaviour
On June 15, leading Dutch newspaper NRC published an opinion article by David De Cremer, Professor of Behavioural Business Ethics and scientific director of the Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics. In this article, David De Cremer argues that the effect of bonuses on behaviour of managers should worry us more than the size of the bonus itself. Read the article (in Dutch).
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23-06-2009
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Organisational flexibility in turbulent times
On June 23, Niels van der Weerdt has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Organizational Flexibility for Hypercompetitive Markets”. How can firms develop flexible organisations? While facing fierce competition, do flexible firms really perform better? Niels van der Weerdt focuses on the ability of organisations to adapt itself to an increasingly turbulent business environment. He investigates the following questions. How can firms develop flexible organisations? How does firm size affect the flexibility of the organisation and its potential to profit? The effects of high flexibility on company performance are demonstrated using a database containing rich information on the flexibility of more than 1900 companies.
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23-06-2009
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A new model for measuring system and process performance
Chien-Ming Chen has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Evaluation and Design of Supply Chain Operations Using DEA” on June 19.Performance evaluation has been one of the most critical components in management. As production systems nowadays consist of a growing number of integrated and interacting processes, the interrelationship among processes have created a major challenge in measuring system and process performance. Moreover, rapid information obsolescence has become a commonplace in today’s high-speed environment. Process design decisions managers need to take, are therefore often based on incomplete information regarding the future market.
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19-06-2009
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Ingolf Dittman in Journal of Finance
The prestigious Journal of Finance has accepted a paper written by Ingolf Dittmann and co-authors Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim) and Oliver Spalt (Tilburg University). The title of this article is "Sticks or carrots? Optimal CEO compensation when managers are loss-averse".
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19-06-2009
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Corporate Gatekeepers Captured by Overconfident CEOs
On June 16, Fred Gertsen has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Riding a Tiger without Being Eaten: How Companies and Analysts Tame Financial Restatements and Influence Corporate Reputation”. In his PhD thesis Fred Gertsen investigates how companies and analysts deal with financial restatements. These corrections of errors of earlier published financial statements caused panic and great declines in stock prices in the financial markets at the beginning of this century, for example during the Ahold and Enron accounting scandals.
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17-06-2009
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Where do I list my company?
On June 12, Tao Jiao has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Essays in Financial Accounting”. Her thesis is devoted to investigate the interaction between the quality of accounting information and the external environment where firms operate, such as stock exchange and stock market. The quality of accounting information is the key for investors to make their investment decisions and to evaluate the performance of managers.
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12-06-2009
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ERIM research tops SSRN ranking again
ERIM currently ranks first again on the SSRN ranking of non-US business schools. The ranking of international business schools contains the working papers of over a thousand non US schools.
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11-06-2009
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How to make the best of your teams – managing team performance
On June 11, Bart Dietz has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Managing (Sales) People towards Performance: HR Strategy, Leadership & Teamwork”. In his thesis, Dietz explores several business relevant topics in the field of HRM. His findings indicate that managers can indeed manage people towards performance by managing the organisational environment
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11-06-2009
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New Topic Site: Erasmus Centre for Cooperatives (ECC)
ECC is a group of people geared towards creating, disseminating, and applying knowledge regarding cooperatives by blending detailed description, informal theory, formal modeling, and empirical analysis in order to contribute to cooperative business practice as well as to science. This asks for bringing different knowledge, from enterprises as well as science, together.
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11-06-2009
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Electricity markets do not yet exist (in the Netherlands and France)
Regulation continues to play a pervasive role in the liberalised electricity industries. It influences the attributes of the electricity transactions, the new governance structures and the adaptation process towards the new structures. Moreover, the vertically integrated hierarchies that characterised the industries before the liberalisation are more efficient structures to coordinate the electricity transactions, and the current hybrid structures should therefore be regarded as second-best solutions.
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05-06-2009
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NETSCAPE: Cities and Global Corporate Networks
On June 5, Ronald Wall has defended his PhD thesis entitled “NETSCAPE: Cities and Global Corporate Networks”. This dissertation is focused on empirically showing that the fate of cities is strongly related to their hierarchic importance within global corporate networks. These connections concern the shares held between multinational headquarters and their thousands of subsidiaries around the world. It is shown that urban development should not only be concerned with economic development within the municipal boundaries but should compliment this with understanding and improving the number and diversity of connections with other cities worldwide. In this way in future a more effective urban development can be created which unites local and global knowledge. The study is based on several advanced network analysis techniques and most importantly, unique datasets on corporate networks. Furthermore, it is well founded in economic network literature.
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29-05-2009
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Brand versus image
On May 29, Steven Sweldens has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Evaluative Conditioning 2.0: Direct versus Associative Transfer of Affect to Brands”. Brands become better liked when they appear in positive contexts. For example, brands can sponsor rock concerts, appear with adored celebrities, or simply be perceived in combination with beautiful images in advertisements. Repeated co-occurrences or pairings of brands with such positive affective stimuli make the brand more well-liked. These are some of the conclusions of Steven Sweldens’s PhD thesis entitled “Evaluative Conditioning 2.0: Direct versus Associative Transfer of Affect to Brands”.
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26-05-2009
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Broad technology standards are beneficial to all
Geerten van der Kaa has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Standards Battles for Complex Systems; Empirical Research on the Home Network” on May 26. Have you ever tried to play movies directly from your computer on your television? To accomplish this, you will have to connect your computer to your television and that sounds easier than it actually is. Take a few moments to look at the available ports on a laptop and try to find similar ports on a television and you are in for a big surprise; the two technologies are incompatible. Why is there no USB port on hardly any television set - or an HDMI port on a computer? To make all of our lives simpler, a choice will have to be made between the different possible standards. But then again, which of these standards would be the best choice?
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13-05-2009
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EU gives maximum score to research project involving Erasmus Behavioural Lab
In the context of its 7th Framework Programme for Research & Development (FP7) the European Union has granted nearly € 350,000 to the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University for its planned contribution to xDelia. xDelia, which stands for “Excellence in Decision-making through Enhanced Learning in Immersive Applications”, is an EU-funded project that investigates the role of behavioural biases and emotions in professional financial trading, private investment, and personal finance.
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24-04-2009
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Cum Laude PhD Defense Joost van Rosmalen
On April 9, Joost van Rosmalen has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Segmentation and Dimension Reduction: Exploratory and Model-Based Approaches”. The dissertation of Van Rosmalen is about developing new statistical techniques that can be used to summarize and visualize the information in a data set. In the thesis, he focuses on two types of statistical techniques. The first technique is dimension reduction, which tries to reduce the complexity of the data by identifying underlying dimensions or factors. These factors or dimensions can be used to visualize and help explain the data. The second technique is clustering, which divides the observations into a limited number of homogeneous groups (clusters). Van Rosmalen specifically focuses on two-mode clustering, in which the rows and columns of a data matrix are assigned to clusters simultaneously. He obtained his degree Cum Laude.
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14-04-2009
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Trust repair only comes with honest intent – taking responsibility for the crisis is not enough.
Today, Dutch leading newspaper NRC published an opinion article by David De Cremer, Professor of Behavioural Business Ethics and scientific director of the Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics. He claims that what banking directors understand by “trust repair” is something different compared to what psychologists would mean. Namely, taking responsibility and move away from old norms and conventions. The current crisis asks for sacrifice, for sacrificial leadership.
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14-04-2009
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Private Software Entrepreneurs in Hangzhou, China
Mark Greeven has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Innovation in an Uncertain Institutional Environment: Private Software Entrepreneurs in Hangzhou, China”, on April 2. The thesis provides insights that can be used by foreign firms contemplating to enter China in one way or the other, Chinese entrepreneurs in high-tech sectors and policy makers inside and outside of China.
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02-04-2009
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Demand Management in E-fulfillment
On April 2, Niels Agatz has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Demand Management in E-fulfillment”. Internet retailers are in a unique position to adjust, in real-time, the product and service offering to the customer and to change the corresponding prices. While this flexibility provides a vast potential for demand management to enhance profitability, exploiting them requires sophisticated decision support. The various interrelated trade-offs between customer preferences, incentives, and operational considerations are much too complex for simple intuition to suffice. The number of quantitative models currently available in the literature to support demand management in e-fulfillment is rather limited.
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02-04-2009
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Martijn de Jong to win the J.C. Ruigrok prize
Dr. Martijn de Jong, who has already won the Dissertation Prize 2006-2007 awarded by Tilburg University, the Niels Stensen grant and a EUR Fellowship, has been awarded with the J.C. Ruigrok prize.
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26-03-2009
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Changes in ERIM’s Management Team
ERIM is pleased to announce that as of 1 April 2009, ERIM’s Management Team will welcome two exciting new appointments. Pursey Heugens, Professor of Organisation Theory at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University will succeed Patrick Groenen as ERIM Associate Director. Patrick Groenen, Professor in Statistics at the Econometric Institute of the Erasmus School of Economics, will move on within ERIM and succeed Eric van Heck as Director of Doctoral Education. Both Pursey Heugens and Patrick Groenen value and support the strategic collaboration of RSM and ESE in research and doctoral education in the field of research in management. With this new team, ERIM will be in a strong position towards its re-accreditation process for the KNAW in 2010.
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26-03-2009
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Launch Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics
As of March 18, the Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics has been launched. The Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics (ECBE) fosters and promotes fundamental (social) psychological research in behavioural ethics that has implications for a wide variety of fields such as management, law, and social sciences in general.
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23-03-2009
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Stijn van Osselaer will chair 2010 ACR North American Conference
Stijn van Osselaer will chair, along with Darren Dahl and Gita Johar, the 2010 ACR North American Conference to be held in Jacksonville, Florida. They will be joined by Priya Raghubir and Patti Williams, who will serve as the Doctoral Symposium co-chairs. The Association for Consumer Research organizes the North American Conference every year in October.
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19-03-2009
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The Role of Diversity by Anne Nederveen Pieterse
On March 19, Anne Nederveen Pieterse has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Goal Orientation in Teams: The Role of Diversity”. This dissertation highlights means to heighten team performance through selection or interventions in existing teams.
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19-03-2009
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The Information Metamorphosis in Economics
Prof. dr. ir. Uzay Kaymak – Professor in Intelligence and Computations in Economics at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, has delivered his inaugural address entitled "The Information Metamorphosis in Economics" on Friday March 6.
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10-03-2009
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Gail Whiteman featured in Nature
Both Gail Whiteman, Associate Professor of Business-Society Management and visiting professor Noreena Hertz are featured in this week’s issue of the reputable magazine Nature. The issue is talking about the global economic downturn that brings both predicament and promise. How will science fare and what role should scientists play on the long road back to recovery and growth? Ten of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners, amongst which Gail and Noreena, provide analysis, experience and advice.
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24-02-2009
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Franchising – making optimal financial choices
On February 20, Tao Jiang has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Capital Structure Determinants and Governance Structure Variety in Franchising” at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Tao Jiang’s dissertation deals with two main topics in franchising. Firs, his thesis investigates the determinants of capital structures in franchising firms and their subsequent impact on the franchise financing decisions. Secondly, the thesis studies the efficient governance structure choice in franchising firms.
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24-02-2009
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Members Update
ERIM welcomes new Members Jolanda Hessels and Gabor Maroti and new Associate Members Martijn van den Assem, Sebastian Gryglewicz, Agnieszka Markiewics, Michel van der Wel, Marieke van der Poel, Peter Neuteboom, Maarten Jennen and Elivira Sojli. In this news item an overview of their current and previous positions.
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13-02-2009
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How to organise and manage new product developments
On February 12, Ferdinand Jaspers has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Organizing Systemic Innovation”. Jaspers’ thesis provides insights that will help managers to organise and manage new product development (NPD) projects. These projects indeed often fail to meet quality, budget, and time objectives. This especially holds true for systemic innovation projects, i.e. projects that involve the change of numerous highly interrelated components.
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12-02-2009
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Behind Networks: Knowledge Transfer and Favor Exchange in Research and Development Labs
On January 30, René van der Eijk has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Behind Networks: Knowledge Transfer and Favor Exchange in Research and Development Labs”. Firms’ success in today’s marketplace depends on their ability to innovate. Faced by this emerging reality, companies are spurred to manage, (re)combine and increase their knowledge stocks. This development has led to a recent and marked interest in the benefits of networks and technological aids for improving knowledge transfer. But the real question, as this dissertation posits, is not so much what processes aid knowledge flows but how knowledge comes to be transferred to begin with. Companies’ interests are obvious but not necessarily in line with those of its employees. Why would knowledge workers want to share knowledge in light of the potential costs?
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02-02-2009
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Towards the Restructuring and Co-ordination Mechanisms for the Architecture of Chinese Transport Logistics
Jaiqi Yang has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Towards the Restructuring and Co-ordination Mechanisms for the Architecture of Chinese Transport Logistics” on January 22. This research focus on the establishment of the architecture of Chinese transport logistics (ACTL) with appropriate structure, complete functions and efficient operations, particularly on the macro environment and supporting system as well as on the fostering mechanism and monitoring model and the technique strategy of Chinese transport logistics.
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27-01-2009
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Dynamics and Competition in Charitable Giving
On January 22, Merel van Diepen has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Dynamics and Competition in Charitable Giving”. In her thesis, Merel van Diepen studies the effects of charitable direct mail requests on donations, as the public opinion appears to become more and more dominated by negative aspects. She studies whether society’s current opinions translate to actual donating behavior and provide socially relevant insights to charities to guide their mailing strategies and help increase their revenues.
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27-01-2009
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Stefan Stremersch one of most prolific scholars in leading marketing journals
In an article published by Steven Seggie and David Griffith in the Journal of Marketing (volume 73, January 2009) positions Stefan Stremersch on the number 2 position in their Top 58 of most prolific scholars in leading marketing journals in the period 1982-2006. For this ranking the authors considered publications in the four leading marketing journals: the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Research and Marketing Science.
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21-01-2009
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The Structure and Level of Executive Pay
Prof. dr. Ingolf Dittmann – Professor in Corporate Finance and Managerial Accounting at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam has delivered his inaugural address ‘The Structure and Level of Executive Pay’ on January 16th, 2009.
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16-01-2009
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Informedness and Customer-Centric Revenue Management
On Friday, January 16, Ting Li has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Informedness and Customer-Centric Revenue Management”. The past decade has witnessed an increased application of revenue management, where firms use various quantitative analysis techniques such as customer segmentation and pricing optimization to deal with capacity allocation and demand management. In particular, the demonstrated success in firms such as airlines and rental cars is encouraging scholars and practitioners alike to explore the possibilities of benefiting from revenue management. Yet despite the success in other transportation firms, public transport operators (PTOs) face difficulties in fully taking advantage of revenue management. Although PTOs have a strong need to reduce peak load passenger demand and increase capacity utilization, there are practical limitations that prevent them from exercising revenue management. PTOs state that “it is difficult to implement a profitable operating environment where the entire business strategy is based on ‘open access’ system for flexible travelling, and revenue management is nearly impossible for us.”
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16-01-2009
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Agricultural Innovation in Asia
On Thursday, January 15, Govert Gijsbers has defended his PhD thesis entitled “Agricultural Innovation in Asia: Drivers, Paradigms and Performance”. This dissertation addresses the issue of agricultural innovation in Asia. Agricultural production and productivity in many Asian countries have grown rapidly over the past decades. Yet, important challenges are ahead. Growing incomes lead to rapid changes in consumption patterns: not only do people eat more food, they also demand more animal products and, fruits and vegetables. While demand is growing the resource base from which to feed a growing and more affluent population is declining: good agricultural land is lost to erosion, urbanization, industrial development and recreation.
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16-01-2009
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Members Update
ERIM welcomes Ilan Oshri, Knut Blind, Jeroen de Jong and Ilona de Hooge as new Members. In this news item an overview of their current and previous positions.
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07-01-2009
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