News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
News
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Attracting early stage investors through an effective start-up governance
31st March 2020An important question for academics and practitioners alike is whether entrepreneurial firms rely on signals to demonstrate their attractiveness in the financing market. Recently countries like the Netherlands have emerged in the start-ups arena featuring big fundraisings. However, attracting outside investors remains a key challenge.
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How well can we predict life trajectories?
30th March 2020With enough data, computer power and skilled data scientists, one would think that predicting life trajectories in a well-defined context, for example predicting the GPA of children, should not be too difficult. A recent study, authored by a large, international team of researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes to a sobering conclusion.
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Research prize for dr. Martin Salm
26th March 2020Martin Salm (Tilburg University) and Ansgar Wuebker ( RWI Essen) won the "Wissenschaftspreis der deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Gesundheitsoekonomie" (research prize of the German Health Economics Association) for 2019 for the paper "Sources of Regional Variation in Healthcare Utilization in Germany" published in the Journal of Health Economics.
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How Does Self-Esteem Influence Consumer Behavior?
26th March 2020Products can make people feel great about themselves. Enjoying an exquisite glass of wine in a fancy bar or walking down the street in a new stylish outfit sure sound like great ways to give your ego a little boost. But if people consume to feel great about themselves, why do so many people shop at Walmart, get their hair cut at Supercuts, or prefer dressing down to go to a dive bar? Who chooses inferior products, and why?
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Paper by Jan Klein accepted in Journal of Service Management
13th March 2020A paper by Jan Klein (co-authored with Y. Zhang from Santa Clara University, T. Falk from Aalto University, J. Aspara from Hanken School of Economics, and X. Luo from Temple University) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Service Management.
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Paper by Rob Smith accepted in Journal of Applied Social Psychology
13th March 2020A paper by Rob Smith (co-authored with Jesse Chandler, University of Michigan, and Norbert Schwarz, University of Southern California) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
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‘Get Inspired by Economics and Business’: new magazine about research Tilburg School of Economics and Management
12th March 2020The magazine New Scientist has recently published a special edition about research at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management.
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Research project "Optimization for and with Machine Learning" receives ENW-Groot grant
12th March 2020A major research project applied for by Prof. Dr. Dick den Hertog, Prof. Dr. Etienne de Klerk, and Prof. Dr. Monique Laurent, has been awarded an ENW-Groot grant from the NWO Domain Science (Exacte en Natuurwetenschappen, ENW). These grants, totaling over EUR 47 million, are intended for consortia in which research groups collaborate in curiosity-driven, independent fundamental research.
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Third prize for Tilburg University students in Milgard School of Business Case Competition
09th March 2020Four TiSEM students won the third prize in the 9th Milgard School of Business Case Competition on Leadership & Social Responsibility in Tacoma (Seattle, USA) on Friday, February 28. In this business case competition, teams from various universities joined battle on a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) case. In total, 19 teams participate, from universities world-wide. Tilburg University was the only European participant.
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How successful are retailer-themed super saver events?
06th March 2020Els Geysbrechts fromTilburg University and Jonne Guyt from the University of Amsterdam published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that assesses Retailer-Themed Super Saver Events and the effects they have on consumers. The study is titled "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Retailer-Themed Super Saver Events."
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Tilburg University enters Social Sciences and Management Top 100 in the QS World University Rankings
03rd March 2020In the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject, Tilburg University has reached the Top 100 and has strengthened its position in the broad field of Social Sciences and Management by climbing 60 places in the last two years.
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Paper by Inge Geyskens accepted in the Journal of Operations Management
03rd March 2020A paper by Inge Geyskens (co-authored with Johanna Slot and Stefan Wuyts, Penn State University) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Operations Management.
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BOR: feasibility and justice in balance?
02nd March 2020The Dutch business succession scheme in the Gift and Inheritance Tax Act and the income tax deferral scheme (together abbreviated in Dutch as BOR) was created so that the continuity of businesses is not endangered by the payment of tax due after a transfer. In doing so, the legislator has coloured the 'business succession' on the basis of objective standards.
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TiSEM students participate in Milgard School of Business Case Competition
25th February 2020Read the story of four TiSEM students who will participate in the 9th Milgard School of Business Case Competition on Leadership & Social Responsibility! The competion takes place in Tacoma (Seattle, USA) on Friday, February 28. Tilburg University is the only European participant.
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Social Work at Tilburg University
21st February 2020As a pilot, a social worker is present on campus for two half-day periods a week for additional help and support with problems you may encounter in everyday life that make studying more difficult.
