News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management

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• Tilburg School of Economics and Management once again ranks high in Economists Top 40

  09th January 2020

  The researchers of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) traditionally do well in the Economists Top 40. In the 2020 edition, Tilburg University ranks second, just like last year, after Erasmus University Rotterdam, and TiSEM takes the lead again its output of high-impact articles.

  

• More autonomy and contact with the outside world reduce aggression in prisoners

  09th January 2020

  A few daily routine adjustments in correctional facilities can substantially reduce aggressive behavior in prisoners. This is one of the main outcomes of an evaluation of an experiment with an alternative detention regime that was conducted in the Nieuwegein correctional facility by Ben Vollaard (Tilburg University), Marike Knoef (Leiden University), and Tom van Dijk, independent consultant.

  

• Market examples and trends shared at European Supply Chain Forum

  07th January 2020

  Getting grip on consumer behavior is both important and difficult to achieve. During the ESCF FMCG community workshop valuable scientific insights, market examples, and trends were shared by dr. Barbara Deleersnyder (Tilburg University), Bleckmann Logistics and the community members.

  

• Tilburg University launches new Bachelor’s program aimed at entrepreneurship

  06th January 2020

  The Tilburg School of Economics and Management starts with a new Bachelor’s program in September 2020: Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. The new Bachelor’s is a unique academic degree program in the Netherlands that fully focuses on starting up new enterprises and stimulating innovation within existing companies or organizations. The business community and government authorities will be actively involved.

  

• EU wide implementation UBO register completed?

  23rd December 2019

  By 10 January 2020, the public UBO register should be implemented in all EU/EEA countries. The Dutch Minister has stated that, according to the European Commission, the implementation is not implemented correctly in any of the EU Member States.

  

• Paper Els Gijsbrechts accepted in the Journal of Marketing

  17th December 2019

  A paper by Els Gijsbrechts, together with Jonne Guyt from the UvA, titled: “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Retailer-Themed Super Saver Events” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Marketing.

  

• Background Ads are Everywhere, But How Do They Affect People?

  09th December 2019

  People often encounter advertisements in the background while primarily focused on other stimuli (e.g., while multitasking). For example, someone may listen to the radio while browsing the internet, checking social media, or performing a variety of other tasks.

  

• Official opening CentERlab

  05th December 2019

  Monday, December 2, saw the official opening of the new CentERlab. CentERlab is TISEM's facility for conducting economic and business experiments. The lab is located in the basement of the Koopmans Building.

  

• Keuzegids Universiteiten 2020: Six Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs rank # 1

  27th November 2019

  Economics and Theology top programs according to Keuzegids

  

• Anatomy of political risk

  19th November 2019

  Quantifying the economic impact of risks emanating from the political system (e.g., referendum in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, shutdown of the federal government in the United States) has often proven difficult due to a lack of firm-level data on exposure to political risk and on the political issues firms are most concerned about.

  

• Paper Stäbler accepted in Journal of Advertising Research

  19th November 2019

  Samuel Stäbler got a single-authored paper on “Well-meant, poorly done: the negative consequences of giveaways” accepted for publication in the Journal of Advertising Research.

  

• Samuel Stäbler wins award

  19th November 2019

  Samuel Stäbler won the 2019 GAMMA / KSMS dissertation competition award in Seoul.

  

• Paper Dekimpe accepted in International Journal of Research in Marketing

  18th November 2019

  Marnik Dekimpe has a paper accepted for publication in the International Journal of Research in Marketing on “Retailing and Retailing Research in the Age of Big Data Analytics”.

  

• Paper Robert Smith accepted in Journal of Consumer Research

  18th November 2019

  The paper: “The Meaning of Distraction: How Metacognitive Inferences from Distraction during Multitasking Affect Brand Evaluations” by Robert Smith (co-authored with PhD candidate Daniel Zane and Rebecca Reczek from Ohio State University) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.

  

• Cooperation agreement with Zhejiang University

  14th November 2019

  President of Tilburg University Prof. Koen Becking signed a co-operation agreement with the School of Management of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou China in October, on 5 projects aimed at “The Digital Economy”. Both TISEM and TSB are involved in these projects. Tilburg University has a strategic partnership with the School of Management of Zhejiang University.