News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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Zero Hunger Lab and World Food Programme win prestigious Franz Edelman Award
14th April 2021Tilburg University’s Zero Hunger Lab in co-creation with World Food Programme (WFP) has won the Franz Edelman Award, the world’s most prestigious award for achievement in the practice of analytics and operations research.
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The corona crisis as an opportunity for improved relationships between people and with nature
24th March 2021The corona crisis teaches us that perfectibility is illusory and that people cannot do without communities. That is the thesis of the recently published book Nothing in Excess. Re-evaluating Nature, the Economy and Life post Corona, written by Prince Carlos de Bourbon Parma, Professor of Theology Paul van Geest, and Professor Emeritus of Economics Sylvester Eijffinger.
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Tilburg University and CZ pool expertise in Healthcare System Knowledge Institute
16th March 2021Tilburg University (specifically, the Tilburg School of Economics and Management) and healthcare insurer CZ will be working together in the Healthcare System Knowledge Institute/Academic Collaborative Center for the purpose of gathering and creating knowledge of healthcare systems, the Dutch system in particular. To many parties such knowledge is indispensable for outlining a well-substantiated policy. On March 18, 2021, Tilburg University and CZ signed an agreement formalizing their collaboration.
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Marketing Matters: Engaging students with educational podcasts
15th March 2021Marketing Matters is a podcast by a team of our Marketing lecturers. In each episode, they connect topics from marketing theory to marketing in business. They talk to marketing professionals about their experiences, best and worst practices in Marketing.
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Tilburg University strengthens its position in QS subject ranking
03rd March 2021In the QS rankings Tilburg University has further improved its rankings positions across the board.
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New science program at Tilburg University: De Tafel van Martinus
09th February 2021On Tuesday, February 23, the first edition will take place of ‘De Tafel van Martinus’: a talk show on Tilburg University’s academic research. Tilburg researchers join for an interview, teach a mini-lecture, or present their opinion in a column. These presentations will be alternated with reports in which a video reporter explores the impact of research on society.
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Expert team led by Jan Fransoo advises RIVM on logistics of vaccination process
03rd February 2021Logistics professor Jan Fransoo and a team of experts will advise the RIVM on optimizing the logistics of the COVID vaccinations in the Netherlands. This is stated today in the weekly Parliamentary Letter on the status of COVID-19.
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Online shopping temptations
02nd February 2021Nu.nl published an article about the risks of online shopping. In the past year 11 percent more internet purchases were made than in the year before, according to a study by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Barbara Deleersnyder explains in the article why there is a risk of waste of money when shopping online.
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How dangerous is an “all-eggs-in-one-basket” strategy? The effect of customer dependence on young firm survival and growth
01st February 2021Attracting customers is one of the hardest challenges and most important milestones for entrepreneurial firms. But the challenge doesn’t end there: once your venture has customers, how should you manage them? Is it good to have a large customer portfolio with each individual customer accounting for a small percentage of sales? Or is it better to have a few key customers that generate a significant chunk of your firm’s revenues?
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Why would passive funds invest in corporate governance?
28th January 2021Ownership by passively managed funds has increased over the last 20 years. They are called passive because they hold stock in proportion to the company's weight on a published index. Being tied to indexes means they cannot modify the weight of a specific company in their portfolio.
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Joks Janssen appointed Professor of Practice 'Broad Prosperity in the Region'
11th January 2021Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Joks Janssen, MSc, as Professor of Practice for ‘Broad Prosperity in the Region’, effective January 1, 2021. Janssen works for knowledge institution Het PON & Telos as a senior advisor and researcher in the field of sustainable regional development.
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Pascal Böni appointed as Professor of Practice in Finance & Private Debt
11th January 2021Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Pascal Böni as Professor of Practice in Finance & Private Debt, effective January 1, 2021. Böni is the CEO of Remaco, a Swiss advisory and securities firm and member of Nexia International. He is also Associate Professor of Finance at TIAS, the business school of Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology. He will be the managing director of the newly established Tilburg Institute for Private Debt (TiPD), a joint initiative of the Departments of Accounting and Finance at Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM).
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Modular care focuses on patients
03rd December 2020Vincent Peters shows in his doctoral research how cooperation can be at its best when care is provided by a modular care organization. This he illustrates using the provision of health care to children with Down syndrome.
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Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros
05th November 2020The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.
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Transparency can inhibit workers from making their best efforts
07th October 2020Although enlightened corporate management may seem like a good idea at first glance, new research suggests that when it comes to two features with which it is associated – high transparency and a strong group identity combining them may not work out as hoped. According to a paper co-authored by Ruidi Shang of Tilburg University in the current issue of 'The Accounting Review', employees with strong group identity may not perform best when group transparency is high. Indeed, the most able of them are more likely to perform at their peak when transparency is low.