News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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Essay Nick Bombaij accepted in the International Journal of Research in Marketing
05th July 2019The 1st essay of PhD candidate Nick Bombaij on “When do loyalty programs work? The moderating role of design, retailer-strategy, and country characteristics”, a study together with his advisor Marnik Dekimpe has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Research in Marketing.
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John Einmahl new holder of Arie Kapteyn Chair
28th June 2019The Arie Kapteyn Chair has a new incumbent. On June 24, 2019, Rik Pieters passed the baton to John Einmahl. Pieters reflects, Einmahl offers a preview.
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Unemployment during the Great Recession feeds left-wing populism; unauthorized immigration flows feed right-wing populism
27th June 2019In the past decade, there has been a great rise in populism in many western democracies. This has led to the emergence of radical and populist politicians. In his PhD research, Shuai Chen investigats the influence of recent unemployment during the Great Recession and the vast influx of unauthorized immigrants on the growth of populism. He shows there is a difference between the populism caused by economic factors and the populism caused by cultural factors.
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First-Ever SDG Index and Dashboards Report for European Cities
21st June 2019Recently, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which co-produces the Sustainable Development Report (formerly SDG Index and Dashboards), in partnership with the Brabant Center for Sustainable Development (Telos, Tilburg University), released the first-ever SDG Index and Dashboards Report for European Cities.
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Ties de Kok - cum laude dissertation on information processing of narrative disclosures
21st June 2019On May 20, 2019, Ties de Kok obtained his PhD degree degree with the cum laude qualification for his dissertation on reporting and information processing (TiSEM, supervisors Philip Joos and Jan Bouwens).
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Eijffinger: does populism threaten the independence of the ECB?
19th June 2019This week, the annual ECB Forum was held in Sintra, Portugal, with all the leaders of the international banking world. Among them was Tilburg's professor of Financial Economics, Sylvester Eijffinger. Eijffinger asked the panel, including Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, whether the rise of populism in Europe poses a threat to the independence of the European Central Bank (ECB).
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New paper Johan van Leeuwaarden accepted in Mathematics of Operations Research
17th June 2019Johan van Leeuwaarden (Department of Econometrics and OR) together with Gianmarco Bet and Remco van der Hofstad (Eindhoven University of Technology) had a paper accepted in Mathematics of Operations Research.
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New paper Dick den Hertog accepted in INFORMS
17th June 2019Dick den Hertog (Department Econometrics and OR) and Ernst Roos (2nd year CentER PhD student) had a paper accepted in INFORMS Journal on Computing.
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New paper Bart Bronnenberg accepted in Marketing Science
17th June 2019Bart Bronnenberg (Department of Marketing), together with Jean-Pierre Dubé and Robert Sanders (both University of Chicago), had a paper accepted in Marketing Science.
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Willem Buijink receives Anthony G. Hopwood Award for Academic Leadership
14th June 2019Professor Willem Buijink, emeritus Professor of Business Economics at Tilburg University, has received the Anthony Hopwood Prize 2019. The prize was awarded by the European Accounting Association (EAA) at a ceremony at the EAA Annual Congress in Pathos, Cyprus, 29th-31th May 2019.
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Johan van Leeuwaarden appointed as TiSEM Professor of Stochastic Operations Research
11th June 2019As of June 1, 2019, Professor Johan van Leeuwaarden holds the Chair in Stochastic Operations Research (SOR). At Tilburg University, van Leeuwaarden works at the Econometrics and Operations Research department of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM). SOR is concerned with the mathematical analysis of systems whose outcome is not fully predictable, and to some extent determined by randomness.
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Bart Dierynck appointed as TiSEM Professor of Management Accounting
11th June 2019Tilburg University has appointed dr. Bart Dierynck as Professor of Management Accounting at the Department of Accountancy in the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), effective June 1, 2019. Management accounting is concerned with the provision of information within firms to develop and implement strategies.
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In memoriam Vince van Well
07th June 2019With deep sadness we received the news that our beloved friend Vince van Well passed away on Monday, June 3rd 2019. Vince was a former Business Economics student and Chairman of MAK Mentorship System (2017-2018).
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Award for PhD candidate Astrid Stubbe
04th June 2019PhD candidate Astrid Stubbe received the Award for the Best Paper of the Conference based on a Doctoral Work during the 48th annual EMAC conference in Hamburg this week.
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New paper by Anika Stuppy “I Am, Therefore I Buy: Low Self-Esteem and the Pursuit of Self-Verifying Consumption”
04th June 2019The paper by Anika Stuppy “I Am, Therefore I Buy: Low Self-Esteem and the Pursuit of Self-Verifying Consumption” (co-authored with Nicole Mead from York University and Stijn van Osselaer from Cornell) has just been accepted for publication at the Journal of Consumer Research.
