PhD Defence: Arco van Oord
In his dissertation ‘Essays on Momentum Strategies in Finance’ ERIM’s Arco van Oord discusses several aspects and possible improvements of equity momentum strategies in finance.
In his dissertation ‘Essays on Momentum Strategies in Finance’ ERIM’s Arco van Oord discusses several aspects and possible improvements of equity momentum strategies in finance.
Martijn de Jong, Professor of Marketing Research at Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Erasmus University Rotterdam is one of three recipients of the annual JMR Paul E. Green Award as co-author of the article A Bounded Rationality Model of Information Search and Choice in Preference Measurement, which first appeared in the April 2015 issue (Vol. 52, No. 2) of Journal of Marketing Research.
World-shaking accounting scandals often originate in financial reporting from internal accountants. By studying internal accountants’ brain activity, Professor Frank Hartmann Professor in the Department of Accounting & Control, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) discovered that some misreporting comes from a neurological make-up that makes them more vulnerable to social pressure from managers promoting their own personal interests.
Dr. Daniel Fernandes won the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award for his PhD research The Functions and Dysfunctions of Memory Cues with which he graduated from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) in 2013 with the guidance of supervisor Dr. Stefano Putoni.
Professor Giessner argues that an organizational behaviour perspective focusing on the management of identity levels during an organisational merger provides important practical insights for employee management.
In her dissertation ‘Prevention of the portion size effect’, ERIM’s Ires Versluis aims is to better understand why the portion size effect occurs and what can be done to prevent it.
Seven out of ten transfers of family businesses to succeeding generations don’t end well because founders hold onto too much control. As a result, the next generation can’t do business effectively, or new directors are too cautious to keep the business profitable. But improvements can be achieved by drawing up plans at an early stage, continuing to invest in innovation and remaining decisive. These are the key conclusions of Nieuw bloed, nieuwe koers (New blood, new course)
In his dissertation ‘Big Data in Management Research: Exploring New Avenues’ ERIM’s Colin Lee explores the opportunities that Big Data brings for management scholars and describes three distinct projects that show how Big Data can be utilized in management research.
In her dissertation ‘Others. Essays on interpersonal and consumer behavior’, ERIM’s Irene Consiglio investigates how consumers rarely realize how much principles governing the way they interact with other people may affect not only their interpersonal behavior, but even their consumer behavior.
In her dissertation ‘Gender and Leadership Aspiration: The impact of the organizational environment’, ERIM’s Claudia Erlemann focuses on assessing the potential impact of the organizational environment, including formal and informal elements, as well as relevant actors and their respective impact on leadership aspiration.