ShengYun Yang notes that the increasing complexity of the business environment and advent of prediction markets has significantly affected forecasting in firms. ShengYun’s research confronts two key research objectives; the development of an understanding of a traders dynamic behaviour, and an investigation into the effect of information transparency in prediction markets.
Kristiaan Glorie seeks to develop market clearing algorithms to improve clearing in real-life barter exchange markets, with significant attention paid to the scalability of said algorithms. With a focus on kidney exchange markets, Kristiaan develops algorithms which seek to alleviate the acute shortage of donors and improve the health outcomes of kidney patients.
ERIM’s Miriam Koning investigates how the media, auditors and regulators influence the process of financial reporting. More specifically, Miriam Koning examines the media’s critique of reporting practises, auditor selection, and the changing role of regulators arising from increased IFRS adoption.
ERIM’s Luuk Veelenturf confronts the inevitability of disruptions in railway planning and explains how models can be used to induce flexibility into scheduling, such as through consideration of small delays during planning. Luuk also presents interesting insights into how small issues can be mitigated before they become significant through ingrained flexibility.
The Dutch brewing industry, though renowned for its established players such as Heineken and Bavaria, features a surprising number of small, independent breweries. Jochem Kroezen examines this 'rejuvenation' of the industry and proposes a solution which lies in the combination of the resistance of consumers to established brewers, and building on the legacy of old breweries. Lastly, Kroezen demonstrates how other mature industries can benefit from the findings.
Aybar's research introduces the Regulatory Focus Theory and examines the linkage between an individual’s regulatory focus and motivation towards exploration and exploitation. The contributions and findings of this study have a number of implications for behavioral strategy theory and practice, and presents areas for future research.
Erwin Abbink, describes how Operations Research has significantly improved the way NS creates schedules for train drivers and management. Erwin further demonstrates how advanced algorithms can be applied in the instance of a disruption to day operations and how the use of an objective basis for scheduling improves the relationship between rail companies and their employees.
Research by Niels Rietveld adopts a perspective in which individual economic choices and outcomes are connected to individual biological characteristics. Rietveld finds that genetic variants explain an important part of the population variance in educational attainment, cognitive function, subjective well-being and entrepreneurship. Moreover, specific genetic variants are identified.
New research by Oguz Ali Acar enhances our understanding of crowd’s behaviour, and reveals that monetary rewards in crowdsourcing do not necessarily motivate the crowd. Moreover, Oguz demonstrates that a crowd’s expertise does not always devise the best solution for complex innovation problems.
Professor Patrick Verwijmeren argues that the increasing availability and continuous improvement of financial data creates opportunities for financial researchers to aid in the identification of suspicious behavior in financial markets.
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