News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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Academic entrepreneurship at the heart of Tilburg University’s history
01st October 2020On October 9, 2020, Sylvester Eijffinger, Professor in Financial Economics, will say farewell to Tilburg University after more than 33 years. Throughout these years, Professor Eijffinger was deeply involved in the University as well as being, to many a journalist, the beacon that shed light on economic processes. In his farewell address, he will look back on these three decades and he will share his thoughts on the developments in research, education, and valorization he observed in this period. He believes Tilburg University is defined by academic entrepreneurship – a distinctness it owes to founding father Martinus Cobbenhagen, an academic entrepreneur before the term existed.
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Financial Times; MSc International Management ranked 3rd worldwide in terms of value for money and graded with 8.31/10
29th September 2020The Master in International Management is ranked 3rd worldwide in terms of value for money, according to Financial Times. Overall, the program moves up to the 49th position, a substantial increase compared to a 57th position in 2019 and 89th in 2017.
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Homogeneous Brands Cause Extreme Judgments of Products
29th September 2020Imagine you are at your neighborhood bicycle store, and find yourself looking at a new brand of bicycles. As you read about the brand, you see that they only make bikes. How would this perception affect your experience test-riding the bike, compared to if the brand makes a lot of other different products besides bikes?
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When does the left-side-digit tactic work best?
29th September 2020We all know the practice of pricing products just below round amounts. It has been around for almost a century. Retailers set prices at, for instance, $2.99 instead of $3.00, expecting to benefit from consumers’ tendency to focus on prices’ left-most digits. But in what circumstances does this practice work best? Tatiana Sokolova and her colleagues Satheesh Seenivasan and Manoj Thomas searched for answers.
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Does Borrowing from the Private Markets Cost More Than Borrowing From The Public Markets?
01st September 2020Nonbank corporate lending climbs to a new record high. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, nonbank corporate lending experienced another spike in growth. In the US, nonbank lending now amounts to almost 50% in relation to GDP, the same ratio for bank lending resting at a stagnating average 11% for decades. The primary source of debt for firms is thus progressively provided outside the banking system.
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Research on family capital
03rd August 2020Social, human, and financial capital are the building blocks of what the research literature calls "family capital". In a book chapter, Astrid Kramer and Brigitte Kroon have summarized the available empirical research about the nature, creation, and consequences of family capital in order to better understand how this contributes to the competitive advantage of family firms (Kramer & Kroon, 2020).
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Wendy van der Valk appointed as Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
30th June 2020Wendy van der Valk was appointed as Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management of Tilburg University on April 1, 2020. The endowed chair has been set up by Nevi, the Dutch Association for Purchasing Management. The teaching and research remit includes stimulating research and teaching in the field of purchasing and supply chain management focusing on three specific themes.
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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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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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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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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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Jan Fransoo has been appointed as Professor of Operations and Logistics Management
14th April 2020Tilburg University has appointed prof. dr. ir. Jan Fransoo as Professor of Operations and Logistics Management at the Department Management in the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), effective November 1, 2020. Professor Fransoo’s research focuses on operations, logistics, and supply chain management decision making in the retail, food, pharmaceutical and transport industries.
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Famexit: when intra-family succession is not an option
06th April 2020The economic landscape in which companies operate is subject to change. Technological change occurs at an accelerating pace, fragmentation in the political landscape is increasing and the population is ageing. These changes impact a business’ way of operating.
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Media shows bias when covering corporate misconduct
02nd April 2020News media do not report corporate misconduct – such as environmental offences, corruption, or the violation of social standards – consistently and independently. Instead, the media are often influenced by their own interests, such as advertising revenues. That is the result of a new study by Dr. Samuel Stäbler, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Tilburg University (Netherlands), and Dr. Marc Fischer, Professor of Marketing at the University of Cologne (Germany).
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Attracting early stage investors through an effective start-up governance
31st March 2020An important question for academics and practitioners alike is whether entrepreneurial firms rely on signals to demonstrate their attractiveness in the financing market. Recently countries like the Netherlands have emerged in the start-ups arena featuring big fundraisings. However, attracting outside investors remains a key challenge.