Tilburg School of Economics and Management
Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) is the leading European School for research and education in the fields of Business and Economics.
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About us
The School offers a range of high-quality Bachelor and Master programs (most of them in English) as well as a rigorous Research Master and PhD program to about 7000 students.
The School's academic staff is grouped into departments. Additionally, the School stimulates inter-disciplinary research by partnering in interdisciplinary research centers and networks.
TiSEM’s academic staff contribute to a range societally relevant topics through the cutting-edge international research on for example sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation, market governance and ageing.
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Study with us
Invest in your future by joining one of TiSEM’s excellent programs in Business and Economics. Build your knowledge, skills and character to become a leader of tomorrow. Benefit from the Tilburg University’s closeness to “the Silicon Valley of Europe” – the Brainpoort region – where high-tech multinationals offer plentiful internship and job opportunities. Enjoy our compact green campus, vibrant with student life. Explore Europe from Tilburg University’s central location and easy connections to main tourist attractions of the continent.
Research at TiSEM
TiSEM’s academic staff publish cutting edge economics and business research in the top world journals. The School participates in various interdisciplinary research centers and networks.
Work with us
Build your career at TiSEM and join the international community of world-class scholars and take a look at our vacancies. Explore the job opportunities at TiSEM.
Collaborate with us
Join our vast network of industry, government and higher education partners. Collaborate with our School in the area of education and research. Consider joining TiSEM in a research project, establishing a chair by special appointment or becoming a partner organization in TiSEM’s Extended Master. Consider a professional PhD trajectory for yourself or one of your employees.
TiSEM Alumni
Pursue life-long learning at TiSEM and support the excellent research and educational projects that matter.
News
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Tilburg University maps ecosystems for Brainport Development
21st July 2020Jacob Derks, a PhD researcher affiliated to TiSEM’s Management Department, has finished a study commissioned by Brainport Development in Eindhoven on how Brainport can improve the ecosystem around Medical Technology (MedTech). This job was right up Jacob’s street: he studies how enterprises develop and strengthen their innovation capabilities. And it is a fine example of how academic expertise within Tilburg University can be directly linked to a practical question from the field. We asked Jacob three questions.
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The gap between science and crisis management
02nd July 2020A crisis like the one we are currently in seems to be a fantastic opportunity for researchers to profile themselves. Society is desperate for knowledge and universities have that. But can that knowledge be used in practice, and do we remember the lessons learned? 'We need watch out that we don’t soon have a pile of papers that no one reads’, says crisis expert Kenny Meesters in the recently published NWO journal 'Onderzoek' (Research).
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Wendy van der Valk appointed as Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
30th June 2020Wendy van der Valk was appointed as Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management of Tilburg University on April 1, 2020. The endowed chair has been set up by Nevi, the Dutch Association for Purchasing Management. The teaching and research remit includes stimulating research and teaching in the field of purchasing and supply chain management focusing on three specific themes.
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During WW II, African American soldiers made England a less racist place, lasting until this day
29th June 2020Can racial prejudice be reduced or is it a constant of the human condition? And can interventions unfold effects that persist? Especially in light of recent events such as the Syrian refugee crisis, and more recently, the Black Lives Matter protests in the US, answers to these questions are desperately needed. In the long run, integration appears to have a positive effect on racial attitudes, which are passed on from generation to generation.
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The Bundesliga & corona: Smashing the myth of home advantage
28th June 2020The German Bundesliga was the first European soccer league to resume play after the quarantine rules for the corona crisis were relaxed. The competition started again on May 16, without live spectators, after an interruption of more than two months. John Einmahl and Jan Magnus, both Experts in statistical methods, analyzed the data and came to a striking conclusion: home advantage disappears! It is now clear that spectators play an immense role.
