News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
News
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Do Firms Foresee Proprietary Cost of Mandatory Public Disclosures?
23rd June 2020Research Robin Litjens covered by Duke University blog
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Paper by Niels van de Ven accepted in Personality and Individual Differences
19th June 2020The paper by Niels van de Ven on “When Enough Is Not Enough: Overearning as a Manifestation of Dispositional Greed” together with Marcel Zeelenberg, Terri Seuntjens, and Seger Breugelmans from the Department of Social Psychology at the Tilburg University has been accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences.
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Paper by Tatiana Sokolova accepted in Journal of Marketing Research
19th June 2020Tatiana Sokolova her paper “The Left-Digit Bias: When and Why Are Consumers Penny Wise and Pound Foolish?”, co-authored with Satheesh Seenivasan (Monash University, Australia) and Manoj Thomas (Cornell University, USA) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Marketing Research
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Bart Bronnenberg has been awarded the Long Term Impact Award
19th June 2020Bart Bronnenberg has been awarded the Long Term Impact Award from the INFORMS Society for his impactful 2010 publication in Marketing Science.
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Pension benefits of the elderly insufficiently protected against interest rate fluctuations
08th June 2020Under the current Dutch pension contracts, the pension benefits of participants age 60 and older are inadequately protected against interest rate fluctuations. The current defined benefits agreement, moreover, offers insufficient possibilities for distributing interest rate risk between young and old in a desirable manner.
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High score for Tilburg University economics research
19th May 2020In the recently published ‘Tilburg University Top 100 of Economics Schools Research Ranking 2015-2019’, Tilburg University emerges as the Dutch university publishing most frequently in the most prestigious scientific journals. In the world university rankings, Tilburg University ranks in 42nd place.
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Harald Benink: The Netherlands will have to move along.
15th May 2020Following the discussion in Europe about an emergency aid programme for Italy, Harald Benink argues in EenVandaag that "the Netherlands will have to move along. Not only in the context of European integrity, but also out of self-interest to maintain the stability of the European market and the euro". (in Dutch)
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More conscious consumers are an opportunity for smart marketers
14th May 2020Interview with Barbara Deleersnyder in Marketing Tribune (in Dutch). She has recently been appointed as Professor of Marketing at the Marketing Department of Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM). How does she view the corona crisis for marketers?
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Theo-Jan Renkema has been appointed as Professor of Practice in Data Analytics & Auditing
11th May 2020Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Theo-Jan Renkema as Professor of Practice in Data Analytics & Auditing, effective April 1, 2020. Renkema works for Rabobank as Head of the IT & Digital Audit Department. He will be working at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) and the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) in ’s-Hertogenbosch. The purpose of this appointment is strengthening our education and research in auditing and intensifying our collaboration with the auditing practice, in particular with respect to data science and artificial intelligence.
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Three students on internship at National Corona Team
08th May 2020Bram Verhoeven, Nikki van Emmerloot, and Frederik Venneman, three Information Management Master’s students, were already well on their way with their graduation research projects on crisis management, guided by their thesis supervisor Dr. Kenny Meesters, when the corona crisis erupted. As a crisis expert, Kenny Meesters had been appointed to the national operational team on corona (LOT-C) in Zeist. This proved to be a blessing in disguise for the three students: as a result, they were allowed to work for the team as well, a rare opportunity to obtain a wealth of information and experience for their graduation research. All three students have been keeping a diary for a week about their work at LOT-C.
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Fabio Braggion appointed as Professor of Finance and Financial History
07th May 2020As of April 1, 2020, Professor Fabio Braggion holds the Chair of Finance and Financial History. Braggion works in the Finance department of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) at Tilburg University. Braggion's research focuses on financial history and 'fintech' (new financial technologies).
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Barbara Deleersnyder has been appointed as Professor of Marketing
28th April 2020Tilburg University has appointed dr. Barbara Deleersnyder as Professor of Marketing at the Marketing Department in the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), effective May 1, 2020. Her research is dedicated to support marketing managers to pursue strategies that benefit the firm, its customers, and society at large.
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Low-income earners suffer most from the COVID-19 crisis
20th April 2020Working from home on full pay is not an option for all employees hit by the coronavirus crisis. To analyse changes in work arrangements during the pandemic, a team of economists from Tilburg University, the University of Bonn en IZA surveyed around 5,500 individuals in the Netherlands from March 20-31. The results show that high-skilled workers spend more time in the home office, while less-skilled workers are more likely to work reduced hours or lose their jobs.
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Nick Bombaij finalist 2020 AMS Mary Kay Dissertation Proposal Award
16th April 2020The dissertation proposal by our Ph.D. student Nick Bombaij titled, “When do loyalty programs work?” has been selected as one of the three finalists for 2020 AMS Mary Kay Dissertation Proposal Award.
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Paper by Inge Geyskens and Marnik Dekimpe accepted in Journal of Marketing Research
16th April 2020Inge Geyskens and Marnik Dekimpe have their paper accepted together with our former PhD student Kristopher Keller (now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) on: “Opening the Umbrella: The Effect of Rebranding Multiple Category Specific Private-Label Brands to One Umbrella Brand”.
