News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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Everyone vaccinated before July 1. Is that feasible?
04th March 2021Minister Hugo de Jonge calculated on Tuesday, March 2, that every adult Dutch citizen could be vaccinated before July 1. Is that calculation correct? In an interview in NRC, professor of logistics Jan Fransoo explains what that calculation is based on and to what extent it is feasible. "For vaccination, three things are needed: a vaccine, the person who gives the injection and an upper arm."
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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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Dissertation paper by Suzanne Bies accepted for publication in the International Journal of Research in Marketing
02nd March 2021The Ph.D. project by Suzanne Bies and her advisors Bart Bronnenberg and Els Gijsbrechts on: “How Push Messaging Impacts Consumer Spending and Reward Redemption in Store-Loyalty Programs” has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Research in Marketing.
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Paper by Anna Paley accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research
02nd March 2021The paper by Anna Paley on “How and Why Our Eating Decisions Neglect Infrequently Consumed Foods” (co-authored with Abigail Sussman from the Un. of Chicago and Adam Alter from NYU) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.
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Frank de Meijer and Renata Sotirov awarded Meritorious Paper Award
26th February 2021The recently accepted paper to INFORMS Journal on Computing titled: 'SDP-based bounds for the Quadratic Cycle Cover Problem via cutting plane augmented Lagrangian methods and reinforcement learning' by Frank de Meijer and Renata Sotirov has been given a Meritorious Paper Award.
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Logistics advice: create real flexibility with more vaccination capacity
23rd February 2021To vaccinate a large part of the population is a vast challenge because of its huge scale, complex conditions and much uncertainty in supply and demand. Prof. Jan Fransoo and Niels Agatz explain how to resolve this logistical puzzle.
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Tilburg University collaborates with United Nations humanitarian department
22nd February 2021The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) is to collaborate with Tilburg University in the field of information management. The agreement between Tilburg School of Economics and Management and the UN organization, which is responsible for, among other things, the coordination of emergency aid after disasters, was digitally signed last Wednesday.
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Interview with Hannes Datta: "Datta loves data"
18th February 2021Mr. Spotify – that’s how Hannes Datta is sometimes seen because of his research into the popular music streaming service. But his research into digitization is much broader. “Education is in need of a format that is just as radically innovative as Spotify’s.”
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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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#3 worldwide in Marketing Research
08th February 2021The Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) is ranked 3rd worldwide by the American Marketing Association in terms of research productivity in the most prestigious Marketing journals. With 41 publications in the Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Marketing Research over the last ten year, TiSEM belongs to the most productive universities in the field of marketing.
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Paper by Niels van de Ven accepted for publication in European Journal of Social Psychology
08th February 2021Niels' paper on 'What Causes the Strength-is-Weakness Effect In Coalition Formation? Passive Adoption or Active Selection of Self-Serving Allocation Rules' (co-authored with J. Wissink, I. Van Beest en T, Pronk) has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Social Psychology.
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Paper by Niels van de Ven accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences
08th February 2021A paper by Niels van de Ven (co-authored with M. Zeelenberg and S. Breugelmans), entitled 'When Enough Is Not Enough: Overearning as a Manifestation of Dispositional Greedpaper' has been accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences, 165.
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TiSEM student Max Warmerdam helps Jorden van Foreest to final victory at Tata Steel Chess tournament
05th February 2021BSc student Economics Max Warmerdam recently obtained the Chess Grandmaster title. As a 'Second' to Dutch Grandmaster Jorden van Foreest, he was able to immediately make his mark at the Tata Steel Chess tournament. Van Foreest won the chess tournament.
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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.
