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Proactive environmental strategies pay off
Posted on 15-05-2012Although there is contradicting evidence on the impact of a company’s proactive environmental strategy on its environmental performance, recent research shows such an approach can indeed make a difference.
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Ecological sensemaking and climate change
Posted on 30-04-2012There is not enough understanding of the issues affecting our environment and climate system. This raises the crucial question: are modern managers prepared to ‘embed’ themselves in our natural world to monitor and make sense of local variability in the natural environment?
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Why do firms go public?
Posted on 16-04-2012
Ambitious chief executives considering the possibility of floating their company on a major stock exchange should be careful what they wish for. They need to be sure that they are making the decision for the right reasons, at the right time, and that the initial public offering (IPO) is made in the right location.
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Customer empowerment in new product development
Posted on 01-04-2012Companies have traditionally taken responsibility for deciding what products and product innovations are offered to customers. However, a growing number of companies are turning this relationship on its head by asking customers not only for help in creating new products, but also in deciding which ones should be produced.
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Managing organisational politics for effective knowledge processes
Posted on 05-03-2012As business demands cause companies to become more distributed and global, dispersed organisational structures are created that fuel internal politics. So, how do these companies manage the sharing of knowledge and the co-ordination of tasks across borders?
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Influencing purchasing behaviour: the mind or the body?
Posted on 14-02-2012In conventional thinking, the mind controls the body. Our brains decide something and the body follows suit. However, in many ways this turns out not to be the case. Indeed, our research has found that even simple postures and gestures may be enough to influence our purchasing behaviour.
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The science of leadership
Posted on 01-02-2012Science can tell us a great deal about what leadership is, but far less about how to develop it in our managers. It's a gap we are determined to fill. ‘The development aspect of leadership research is rather unrefined in the international research community,’ says Professor Daan van Knippenberg, head of the Erasmus Centre for Leadership Studies.
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An insight into the subconscious
Posted on 11-01-2012Brain-imaging technologies have given economists and marketers a whole new set of tools with which to understand human decision-making processes. At the forefront of developments in this exciting new field is the Erasmus Centre for Neuroeconomics.
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Consumers as innovators: the changing face of product development
Posted on 12-12-2011Product innovations are usually initiated by producers while consumers are supposed to indicate their needs and absorb what producers have on offer. For Jeroen de Jong, a new era of product innovation is imminent.
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Identity management key to successful mergers
Posted on 28-11-2011Although mergers may be both strategically and financially well-planned, most of them are still not successful in terms of meeting financial goals. For Steffen Giessner, the solution lies in managing human resources by applying the social identity approach.
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Soft information matters in SME lending
Posted on 14-11-2011Analysing loan data from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Lars Norden and Jens Grunert show that positive attributes such as good management skills and character – the so-called ‘soft’ facts – can improve a borrower’s bargaining power with his bank and thus his loan terms.
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Cassandra-Energy: EU project to model future energy market
Posted on 01-11-2011With changes already happening in both production technologies and consumer behaviour, what might the energy markets of the future look like, and how might the dynamics change? A new cross-European project, co-directed by Wolf Ketter, will be finding out.
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The Strategy of Philanthropy
Posted on 26-09-2011A decade ago Professor Michael Porter championed corporate philanthropy as a strategic means by which companies could improve the business environment in which they operate – and along with it their own long-term business prospects. But the Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy (ECSP) has a significantly different thrust. “We’re focusing on how philanthropic organisations themselves can perform their philanthropy in a strategic manner – and as effectively as possible,” say Lucas Meijs, Professor of Strategic Philanthropy.
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Raising its game: a vital future for entrepreneurship research
Posted on 01-09-2011September 2011 sees the publication in the Journal of Management Studies of a special issue on entrepreneurship. It’s yet another sign, says Henk Volberda, one of the special issue's editors, that this comparatively new academic discipline is truly starting to come of age.
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Making sense of thought leadership
Posted on 16-08-2011Many corporations feel that they should be developing a thought leadership strategy. However, when asked what thought leadership actually means or entails, most managers immediately falter in providing an explanation. So, what is thought leadership, why is it important, and how can companies pursue it?
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Going offshore – a favoured route to internationalisation
Posted on 29-07-2011For the past seven years, Professor Henk Volberda has been at the forefront of a long-term international study tracking the remarkable rise in the global sourcing of business services.
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Personality and organisational change: reworking social networks
Posted on 12-07-2011In organisational change projects, such as reorganisations or the introduction of new technologies, employees need to form new collaborations. Placing people with the right networking ability in the right roles is of paramount importance, according to Michaéla Schippers and Zuzana Sasovova.
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Chinese insolvency law lacks teeth
Posted on 22-06-2011The speed by which China has moved towards a market economy has not been accompanied by a similar development of its judiciary system. Although foundational national legislation with a direct effect on firms has been introduced since the 1990s, dispute settlement rarely depends on formal rules and procedures.
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Defining respectful leadership
Posted on 01-06-2011Research shows that employees value respectful leadership very highly. But what is it exactly? Can it be measured, and is it possible for managers to determine if they give it to their employees? Niels van Quaquebeke explains.
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Making sense of climate change
Posted on 10-05-2011When Gail Whiteman officially accepted the Ecorys NEI Chair in Sustainability and Climate Change on April 1, 2011, she had a clear message: if we don’t start paying attention to the Earth’s changing ecosystem now, extreme weather will take us by surprise time and again, harming people and business alike.
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Accidents will happen: Do hazard-reducing systems help?
Posted on 15-03-2011In the summer of 2009, journalist Marcel te Lindert wondered out loud why it was that there were more questions raised about safety issues in warehousing than there were answers. It was about time for a serious scientific study into the effectiveness of safety systems. René de Koster, Daan Stam and Bert Balk took up the challenge
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Back to the future: Tools to support pension decisions
Posted on 18-02-2011By making the right pension decisions in an early phase of their professional careers, many people can augment their pensions handsomely. Professor Benedict Dellaert and Dr. Bas Donkers are exploring how online tools can help consumers select suitable pension products.
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Innovating the innovators
Posted on 25-01-2011Strategic renewal, the process of creating and implementing new products, processes and capabilities, is the focus of ERIM’s Strategy programme. Whilst technological innovations remain important, Prof. Henk Volberda believes that the future lies in Social Innovation.
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The missing link between risk-taking and global equity fund performance
Posted on 10-01-2011Contrary to consensus, taking big risks doesn’t ensure that global equity funds will perform well. But a broad investment strategy will generate a positive return, according to Joop Huij and Jeroen Derwall. Their findings are both an academic breakthrough and an important cue for fund managers.
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Why some assets are best left frozen
Posted on 17-12-2010Earlier this year, Prof. Gail Whiteman participated in an important expedition to the Arctic ice floes of Canada to see at first hand the impact of climate change. For her it was an eye-opener that reinforced the increasingly important role of ecology and sustainability in business.
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Knowledge – Port of Rotterdam’s Precious Cargo
Posted on 03-12-2010A new multi-disciplinary initiative seeks to serve as the main knowledge partner of the Port of Rotterdam. Its ultimate goal? To make Rotterdam the best port in the world.
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Consumer choices: Going green to be seen
Posted on 19-11-2010What motivates consumers to buy eco-friendly products? Are people’s choices linked to their concern for the environment and thus to be viewed as expressions of altruism, or are motives fragile and self-serving reflections of concern about social status within the community?
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How design can improve company performance
Posted on 05-11-2010Emphasising design and including designers in product development teams contributes to new product success. Likewise, involving designers in developing websites and corporate visual identity helps to improve firm image. When taken together this can contribute to improved company performance, according to Jan van den Ende and his colleagues.
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How companies can help in the transition to low carbon cities
Posted on 22-10-2010Greenhouse gas emissions are a significant contributor to climate change with our cities producing approximately 75-80% of all CO
2 worldwide. In tackling the problem at an urban level, industry can learn much from initiatives undertaken by cities and by partnering with city authorities locally and internationally, argues Professor Gail Whiteman.
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Trusted advisers build business success
Posted on 08-10-2010Many family-controlled firms benefit from the professional and personal advice of someone outside of the family. That person, through a mix of trust, integrity, respect and experience, is accepted within the family’s inner circle and becomes their most confidential adviser and counsellor. Vanessa Strike investigates the role of this Most Trusted Adviser.
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Large EU grant for a comparative study of organisational change in police
Posted on 24-09-2010Organisational change is still more art than science, argues Gabriele Jacobs. To address this lacuna, the European Union has awarded her a 6.6 million euro grant for her Comparative Police Studies in the EU (COMPOSITE) project. Studying organisational change in police forces in ten different countries, she and her colleagues will develop an integrative theory of organisational change.
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The logistics of operations management
Posted on 20-08-2010Innovation is high within the field of logistics, says René de Koster, Professor of Logistics and Operations Management, as he outlines here the challenges that lie ahead for researchers and business managers alike.
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A matter of incentive?
Posted on 27-07-2010Few topics in the accounting world have divided opinion as squarely as executive compensation and incentives – especially in the banking sector. But how should pay be structured in the future, and what systems will work best? Frank Hartmann, Professor of Management Accounting and Management Control, outlines how researchers can help provide the answers.
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Tunnel vision in consumer search behaviour and decision-making
Posted on 06-07-2010Why do consumers make suboptimal purchasing decisions in search? Research by Gerald Häubl, Benedict Dellaert and Bas Donkers has identified how companies and consumers can facilitate and improve the product search process.
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A viral approach to marketing
Posted on 23-06-2010The Marketing programme at ERIM has long examined the decision-making function that drives consumer behaviour. The future of the field, says Professor Stijn van Osselaer, Chair of the Department of Marketing Management, is in looking at customer-to-customer marketing: how does marketing go viral, and how can we use language to target consumers in a multicultural setting?
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Why innovative business development projects fail
Posted on 09-06-2010In today’s fast-paced, knowledge-based environments, companies need to develop new business opportunities continuously in order to take advantage of technological and market changes.
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New ways of working - Microsoft’s ‘mobility’ office
Posted on 26-05-2010There is a common expectation among forward-looking companies that through the use of information technology new ways of working can be created that will enhance workplace conditions with such an effect as to improve employee satisfaction levels, increase productivity and ultimately impact positively upon company performance.
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Lucky bets and hot hands ; Is your fund manager really performing?
Posted on 19-03-2010Congratulations! You are a lucky winner! All too often we receive email messages like these in our inbox and they invariably turn out to be nothing but a scam. But why be lucky? For the manager, the financial equivalent of winning is in outperforming benchmarks or the markets, preferably through the application of skill, insight and experience, not pure luck.
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Combining efficiency and innovation: Ambidextrous managers or ambidextrous firms
Posted on 04-03-2010How do firms reconcile the conflicting forces for change and stability? How do they promote order and control among their different units, while having to respond and learn? Expanding world-wide competition, fragmenting markets, and emerging technologies force established firms to create new sources of wealth through new combinations of resources. On the other hand, these pressures for change are countered by short-term competitive forces that require organizations to maximally exploit the capabilities of existing units.
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New intelligence on future energy markets
Posted on 02-03-2010The face of Europe’s energy supply is set to change. If latest plans by nine European countries go ahead, the North Sea could become home to an intricate network of undersea cables – part of Europe’s first supergrid for renewable energy. Initiatives of this type signal a marked departure from the traditional model of energy supply management, says Wolfgang Ketter. Until now a few large companies have held centre stage in each country, operating in a largely top-down, command-and-control fashion.
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An Evolution In Thinking
Posted on 02-01-2010Over the last decade there has apparently been a three-fold increase in the number of academic papers and articles relating to the topics of ethics and morality in business. At the bold frontier of exploration into these issues is a new research centre led by Prof. David De Cremer. Organisations such as Enron, Worldcom and Andersen helped increase the scrutiny into the sometimes shadowy realms of morality when they rocked the corporate world and shattered the public’s trust and confidence in big business at the beginning of the new millennium, with their scandalous accounting practices and tardy approaches to business ethics.
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Luca Berchicci on Green Entrepreneurship
Posted on 08-12-2009SCR member Luca Berchicci is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and New Business Venturing, and author of the recently published Innovating for Sustainability. Fresh from a trip to Silicon Valley where he and his masters students were looking at firms specialising in clean technologies, he reflects on the challenges and opportunities for companies in becoming more ‘green’.
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3 VENI grants for ERIM Members
Posted on 06-11-2009Martijn 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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To Invest, or Not To Invest: Real Options by Enrico Pennings
Posted on 02-10-2009When interested in learning everything about real options, ERIM member Enrico Pennings is the one to contact, although he refers to his knowledge as: “when you want to explain my field it’s investment under uncertainty. Theoretically and empirically, I did some research.” An example of his research concerns investments in R&D, where the pay-offs are uncertain as one starts investing without knowing whether the outcome will be a success.
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Why CEOs need carrots. Or how loss-aversion affects executive compensation
Posted on 28-08-2009How can firms structure the pay of their top executives most cost-effectively, to provide the best incentives for good performance? Will you get better results by holding over the CEO the ‘stick’ of punishment for poor outcomes, or by dangling the ‘carrots’ of sizeable rewards for success?
An article by Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst Maug and Oliver Spalt, to be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Finance.
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Gerard Mertens: 'Poor supervision by supervisory boards'
Posted on 19-06-2009Housing corporation Woonbron is to spend more than 200 million euros on a ship rather than the six million euros in its original estimate; at fellow housing corporation Rochdale, the director drove a Maserati and undertook transactions worth millions in his own name using money from the corporation as security; the Stichting Philadelphia faces financial difficulties due to years of mismanagement, and last but not least, the financial sector is on its last legs. And in each case, the supervisory board has simply stood by quietly. Is this the exception or the rule? Despite these shocking examples, Gerard Mertens, professor of Financial Analysis sees improvements in supervision.
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Executive pay; how is it justified? By Jordan Otten and Ed Carberry
Posted on 26-05-2009Not for the first time executive pay has been exercising minds and exciting public outrage. Many are questioning how top executives can apparently walk away from financial calamity with performance-related bonuses intact. And governments around the world are looking at how best to curb the soaring levels of boardroom pay.
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Why Isolated R&D Firms Fall and Innovative Networkers Outperform All
Posted on 06-05-2009Collaborative innovation of new products and technologies is one of the key factors that lead to sustained economic growth in the emerging knowledge economy. The Rotterdam School of Management and ABN AMRO joined forces to find out how firms benefit from innovative networks in the global food industry. Although many opinion leaders and policy makers claim that investment in R&D routinely leads to higher economic returns, this assumption does not prove to be valid in today's global food innovation networks.
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The issue: Sunday shopping or day of rest?
Posted on 02-04-2009Is limiting the number of Sundays which shops may open a good idea during this credit crisis? This is necessary in order to ensure there is a day of rest, say some political parties, like the ChristenUnie. Disastrous for employment, says the Retail Platform, and others. Retail expert and professor Dellaert of the Erasmus School of Economics warns that the Netherlands must realise that its position is under pressure internationally. "You almost cannot afford to make these kinds of decisions."
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Peter Wakker: “It’s irrational to insure your bike or computer.”
Posted on 05-03-2009For several years, Professor dr. Peter Wakker has worked at the Econometric Institute of the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University. His research focuses on decision making under uncertainty. Recently, he has finished a book on prospect theory, which is a theory for decision making under uncertainty. He is particularly interested in decision making with Bayesian statistics. He furthermore teaches master classes and supervises PhD students. In this interview he will explain, among other interesting facts, principles for making good decisions.
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Cees van Riel & Guido Berens: Damage limitation – how companies can manage the impact of financial restatements on corporate reputation
Posted on 27-01-2009If your company is forced to issue a financial restatement, how can the right managerial behaviour help to minimise the damage to corporate reputation? Research from Professors Cees van Riel and Guido Berens provides some pointers.
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Benedict Dellaert about the certification mark as a marketing tool
Posted on 03-12-2008They are waging war against obesity in the Netherlands, the manufacturers of 'responsible' and organic food currently filling the shelves of your local supermarket. Put a 'responsible' certification mark on your product and you can create the illusion that tucking in unlimited amounts of mayonnaise and cake won’t affect your health. This approach can lead to confusion, says marketing professor Benedict Dellaert. "Certification marks have an effect, but the question remains whether this effect is always desirable."
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Investors go for gold
Posted on 04-11-2008It is spreading unchecked, the credit crisis that started in the United States and has paralysed the global economy. In a time when banks are going under, rescue plans are failing, and confidence on the stock markets is vanishing into thin air, there is only one investment that seems to still offer some security: gold! Out-dated thinking, says doctor of finance Mathijs van Dijk. "It is for historical sentimental reasons that gold apparently has eternal value."
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“Ethno marketing is slightly crude”
Posted on 16-10-2008Given the diversity of ethnic minority consumers, there is a need for variety in terms of methods and approach. “Ethno marketing” is a way to reach consumers of ethnic background. A task that is not as simple as it might sound. “I would caution against an overly simplistic approach claiming that a single specific message for certain ethnic groups suffices,” according to Stefano Puntoni.
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Debate on shareholder activism: �There is clear evidence that activist shareholders help make markets more efficient.’
Posted on 25-09-2008The public debate on the benefits verses detriments of shareholder activism continues to boil unabated. To some camps, active shareholders are nothing more than raiders and opportunists, obliterating jobs en masse in their quest for short term returns. To others, they’re drivers of significant value, not just for firms, but for stakeholders and society at large. Who is right? In the debate participate Gerard Mertens (ERIM fellow) is a professor of financial analysis, Abe de Jong (ERIM member) a professor of corporate finance and corporate governance, and Hans van Oosterhout (ERIM fellow) a professor of corporate governance and responsibility.
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Woody van Olffen: “I feel like a scientific omnivore"
Posted on 19-08-2008Since November 1, 2007, Woody van Olffen can be found in Rotterdam. After years of studying, teaching and researching in Maastricht, it was time for a change. In this interview we hope to find out why someone interested in the individual behaviour of people has joined the Strategy Department.
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Top managers come at a price
Posted on 14-07-2008The sky-high salaries of top managers at large companies are a thorn in the side for many. That shouldn’t be the case, says business economist
Abe de Jong. “Such a risky job deserves a higher salary.” Big bonuses that used to be granted to directors when they were forced to resign cannot be justified however.
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Dirk Smeesters on how (un)conscious processes impact consumer perceptions, judgment and actions
Posted on 04-06-2008Dirk Smeesters is not a business researcher pur sang. He is a psychologist, mainly interested in studying the (conscious and unconscious) processes that determine consumers’ perceptions, judgment, and actions. At the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, he examines why thinking about for example our own death makes us consume more. He is also quite intrigued by the fact that seemingly rational behavior in economic games and negotiations can actually be affected by situational forces outside of conscious awareness. For Dirk, the choice for the social behavior part in psychology was quite certain: “The question: why do people behave in some ways? has always intrigued me.”
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Will Felps on how to scrape the mold off the bad apple and other research projects
Posted on 20-02-2008Will Felps just recently has finished his PhD at the University of Washington Business School. His dissertation, entitled ‘How, when, and why bad apples spoil the barrel: A theory of destructive group members’, is about the contagious effects of members with a negative attitude in a group. For Will, the overall idea behind doing research on such topics is the desire to have a positive impact on the world. Since a few months, Will participates in the talent programme. In this interview, Will gives insight into his work so far and the work yet to come.
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Diederik van Liere: Preparing for Toronto after receiving the Rubicon grant
Posted on 27-11-2007A few weeks ago, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) announced that Diederik van Liere would be the recipient of the Rubicon Grant. Last may he defended his dissertation “Network Horizon and the Dynamics of Network Positions” cum laude. As of February next year, Diederik will use his Rubicon grant to conduct research at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto for a period of two years. Until then, he is working on some papers based on his dissertation, continues teaching the IBA Business Information Management course and works on a consultancy project for Delta Lloyd. And all of these activities, he says, have sprung from a fascination with networks and the Internet. “When I first heard about the Internet and its possibilities, I was intrigued”.
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Introducing Harry Barkema
Posted on 09-11-2007Internationally-acclaimed academic Professor Harry Barkema recently joined ERIM, RSM's research institute, as a Fellow and as the DSMChair of Innovation Management. As the new chair - RSM's first endowed professorship in innovation management sponsored by global chemicals powerhouse DSM- Barkema will serve as executive director of the Innovation Cocreation Lab [ICCL], a revolutionary initiative that is the first of its kind in Europe. Barkema's covetable track record guarantees the spotlight will be on both the lab and its future progress. So who is Harry Barkema?
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Dennis Fok’s Multidisciplinary Path leading to the Erasmus Research Prize 2007
Posted on 03-07-2007Dennis Fok, assistant professor of the econometric institute and member of ERIM, has been awarded the Erasmus Research prize 2007. His research on the multidisciplinary path of Econometrics and Marketing, undoubtedly led to this achievement. His dissertation entitled: ‘Advanced Econometric Marketing Models’ received the appellation cum laude.
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Vasily Klucharev about decision-making and social influence
Posted on 04-05-2007In the latest edition of RSM Outlook, the article mentioned below on ‘The Brain Mechanisms of Persuasion’ honoured the magazine. It describes the latest finding of neuroimaging techniques to discover more about what goes on in the brains of consumers. Perhaps in the future, marketeers may know how to more effectively conduct advertising campaigns.
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Sander Wennekers: Why are some Countries more Entrepreneurial than Others?
Posted on 02-11-2006On September 15 Sander Wennekers (1947) defended his PhD thesis entitled, ‘Entrepreneurship at Country Level; Economic and non-Economic Determinants’. Wennekers followed a non-typical process to publish his PhD thesis.
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Abe de Jong: ‘Challenges for an Empirical Researcher’
Posted on 27-09-2006Abe de Jong will give his inaugural address coming October 6th. He joined RSM and ERIM in 2001 and has since been published on a wide array of topics within the Corporate Finance field. In 2005 Abe de Jong won the ERIM Impact Award for the CFO Business Outlook study: “One of the questions that I will try to address in the future is how we can empirically measure irrational behaviour by managers.”
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Henk Volberda: Innovating the Netherlands with a Centre for Social Innovation
Posted on 30-08-2006The debate on how to make the Netherlands more competitive has so far revolved around investing more in R&D. RSM’s Professor Henk Volberda argues that the cure for the persistent lack of innovation in Dutch companies, the Dutch ‘disease’, not only depends on technological innovation, but on ‘social innovation’ – and now the Dutch government is listening.
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Bettina Wittneben; The evolution of an international career
Posted on 21-08-2006Bettina Wittneben has recently joined the Organization Research Programme within ERIM. In 2005 she obtained a PhD degree from the Judge Institute of Management Studies. Bettina brings a fascinating set of international experiences to RSM. She studied in Canada and France; she worked in Canada and Germany and conducted her research in the UK, Canada, Germany and now The Netherlands.
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The fit between Benedict Dellaert and Erasmus
Posted on 25-06-2006This spring, Benedict Dellaert joined the Erasmus School of Economics and Business Economics. Dellaert received his PhD (1995) from Eindhoven University of Technology and started his academic career at the University of Sydney.
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Justin Jansen: an ambidextrous academic
Posted on 27-04-2006Justin Jansen is assistant professor at the Department of Strategy and Business Environment at RSM Erasmus University. Justin obtained his PhD cum laude in April 2005. Meanwhile he has published three articles in internationally refereed journals (
Academy of Management Journal,
Management Science, and
Schmalenbach Business Review), was awarded the SAP Best Strategy Paper Award and was acknowledged with an EUR-Fellowship.
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Jan Rotmans: Societal Innovation: ‘between dream and reality lies complexity’
Posted on 06-03-2006In September 2004, Jan Rotmans (1961) made an academic move from Maastricht University to the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Rotmans is a Rotterdam native and grew up in ‘Rotterdam Noord’. Upon his arrival at the Erasmus University he was appointed a full professor in transitions and transition management at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Inaugural Address Finn Wynstra
Posted on 21-02-2006Finn Wynstra accepted the position of professor of Purchasing and Supply Management at RSM Erasmus University on February 17th. Wynstra is a professor by special appointment of the Dutch Association for Purchasing Management (NEVI) and the 'Vereniging Trustfonds EUR'.
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Breakthrough research initiative on socially responsible investing gains worldwide recognition
Posted on 22-12-2005It is seldom that a research initiative receives multiple recognitions by the international business community in its breakthrough stage. This year, the research team of the European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE), at RSM Erasmus University, has received
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Stefan Stremersch new member of The Young Academy
Posted on 14-12-2005Stefan Stremersch, a professor of marketing at the Erasmus School of Economics will be appointed as a member of The Young Academy on January 24th, 2006. The Young Academy (De Jonge Academie) is a highly-prestigious institution of young researchers
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Prof. Harald Benink writes on 'Basel II Accord' for comment page of Financial Times
Posted on 25-11-2005Harald Benink writes on 'Basel II Accord' in the Financial Times
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Leading multinationals and IB scholars meet at JIBS/ERIM Conference in Rotterdam
Posted on 28-09-2005Some of the leading business minds from around the world will meet at RSM Erasmus University next week, for the 3rd Annual JIBS/AIB/CIBER/ERIM Conference on Emerging Research Frontiers in International Business.
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Wilfred Dolfsma fifth ERIM member with NIAS Fellowship
Posted on 18-03-2005
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