News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
News
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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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Dissertation prizes awarded to Melissa Lewis and Camille Hébert
22nd January 2021The Tilburg University prizes for the best dissertations defended in 2019 have been awarded to Melissa Lewis of Tilburg Law School and Camille Hébert of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management.
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TiSEM and Asset conclude recruitment agreement with Achmea
19th January 2021On January 18, insurance company Achmea signed a recruitment agreement with TiSEM and Asset. The agreement enters into force with retrospective effect on September 1, 2020. This partnership marks the beginning of long-term and efficient collaboration between Achmea and all parties within TiSEM and Asset engaged in preparation for the job market. TiSEM sets great store by intensifying and formalizing its ties with the business world.
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PhD research: institutional investors, portfolio selection and asset prices
11th January 2021Academics have a relatively good view on how individuals should invest over the life cycle. On the investment choices of pension funds however, very little is known. Kristy Jansen delved into the world of investment strategies, liabilities and risk preferences of pension funds for her PhD research.
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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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Apply for the 2021/2022 IFA Research Associate Position
23rd December 2020The Permanent Scientific Committee (PSC) of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) has established a Programme Working Group to assist the PSC in selecting Congress Subjects and Seminar topics. The position is for a period of six months, and depending the developments of the pandemic, the position might be on a virtual basis.
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PhD research: Labor market and pension scenarios for the self-employed
17th December 2020The number of self-employed workers in the Netherlands and Europe is growing. To what extent are they able to prepare well for their retirement? And what about their financial well-being in later life? The doctoral research of Elisabeth Beusch (Tilburg University) provides a better understanding of the heterogeneity among the self-employed and provides insight into the implications of self-employment for different groups over the life cycle. This research was made possible in part by Instituut Gak.
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Are we facing Climate Crash? Reyer Gerlagh explains at Science Gala 2020
17th December 2020At the Dutch national Gala of Science 2020, held in November 26, Prof. dr. Reyer Gerlagh from Tilburg Sustainability Center spoke about climate changes over the past 100 years, expectations for the next 50 years, and discussed whether a climate-neutral economy can be combined with economic growth.
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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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Keuzegids Universiteiten 2021: Five Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs rank # 1
26th November 2020The Keuzegids Universiteiten 2021 shows that students have ranked five Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs as the best in their field. In the annual Keuzegids Universiteiten, all academic Bachelor’s programs are compared, largely based on student satisfaction measured through the National Student Survey (NSE). In the overall ranking of Dutch universities, Tilburg University achieves a tied 5th position.
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New Book: EU Cartel Law and Economics
13th November 2020EU Cartel Law and Economics is the first book-length assessment of cartels from an integrated law and economics perspective. This perspective allows for a more insightful evaluation of the wide variety of practices at the intersection between collusive restrictions of competition and pro-competitive agreements between firms.
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Paper by Rob Smith accepted for publication in the International Journal of Research in Marketing
05th November 2020Rob Smith his paper “If All Their Products Seem the Same, All the Parts within a Product Seem the Same Too: How Brand Homogeneity Polarizes Product Experiences” (co-authored with Kevin Keller from Dartmouth college) has been accepted for publication at the International Journal of Research in Marketing.
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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.
