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Don’t offer public transport when everyone wants a bike

Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor in Organisation and Personnel Management

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Driving short sellers out of the market

Patrick Verwijmeren, Professor of Corporate Finance

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Don’t put popcorn in front of you while watching a movie

Anne-Kathrin Klesse, Associate Professor in Marketing

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When does peak creativity occur?

Philip Hans Franses, Professor of Applied Econometrics and Marketing Research

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Consistently ranked in the top of management research centres in Europe, the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) has created an environment for the development of internationally recognised management knowledge with academic and societal impact since 1998.

ERIM researchers, a community of over 450 management scientists, are focused on the real needs of business and management, and dedicated to produce relevant and excellent research that adds innovative dimensions to management knowledge. ERIM combines publishing in leading academic journals with effective dissemination through research projects and advanced doctoral programmes in business and management for aspiring researchers. Where possible, research is created in conjunction with business.

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News

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

PhD Defence Merel van Hulsen

In her dissertation, 'Wait for Others? Social and Intertemporal Preferences in Allocation of Healthcare Resources', ERIM’s Merel van Hulsen studied the joint effect of peoples' social and intertemporal preferences on allocation decisions, focusing on decision-making in healthcare. Most countries' budgets for healthcare is limited; therefore, decisions must be made on how to spend this budget, who receives treatment, and when, which may have significant temporal and social consequences.

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

PhD Defence Ilaria Orlandi

In her dissertation, 'Unringing the Stigma Bell: Investigating Informational and Social Mechanisms Behind Boards of Directors’ Appointments', ERIM’s Ilaria Orlandi focused on how people make decisions when a lot of information is unknown or kept hidden. Ilaria examined this by exploring the appointment of directors by board members: How do board members gather information, evaluate it, and make their decisions?