Tulder, Rob van

Full Professor

Phone: +31 (0)10 408 19 94
Fax: +31 (0)10 408 90 12
Email: Rob van Tulder

Rotterdam School of Management
Dept. of Business-Society Management
Room T7-03
P.O. BOX 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherland



SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Full professor of International Business-Society Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Rotterdam School of Management. He holds a PhD degree (cum laude) in social sciences from the University of Amsterdam. Published in particular on the following topics: European Business, Multinationals, high-tech industries, Corporate Social Responsibility, the global car industry, issues of standardisation, network strategies, smaller industrial countries (welfare states) and European Community/Union policies. Acted as consultant for various international organisations, ministries and companies. Research director of the ERIM research project “International Business-Society Management” and the SCOPE databank project. Chair of the Department of Business-Society Management.Van Tulder taught executive courses on International Strategic Management with (executive) managers and academics and has been visiting professor at several international universities.

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Professor of International Business-Society Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Rotterdam School of Management. He holds a PhD degree (cum laude) in social sciences from the University of Amsterdam. Winner of the 1994 Erasm Research Award, winner of the 1998 "Best Teachers" award, Erasmus University Rotterdam, winner of the 1996 Gunnar Myrdal Award of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE). His co-authored 2003 book on reputation and corporate responsibility was nominated for the ‘best management book of the year’ award in the Netherlands. Van Tulder published in particular on the following topics: European Business, Multinationals, high-tech industries, Corporate Social Responsibility, the global car industry, issues of standardisation, network strategies, smaller industrial countries (welfare states) and European Community/Union policies.


In these studies the focus has in particular been on strategic bargaining relations between actors, the role of governments and of big influential multinational actors. Acted as consultant for the International Metalworkers' Federation; the European Parliament; the Commission of the European Communities (FAST group, DG-XIII on the RACE programme, DG-III on industrial restructuring and standardisation, DG-regions on regional policies); UNCTAD; the OECD (Directorate Science, Technology and Industry); The World Bank; several firms; the Dutch Ministries of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Development Cooperation; the Technical Institute TNO and the Dutch Organisation for Technology Assessment (NOTA). Academic Referee for various publishers and journals. Coordinator of the ERIM research project “International Business-Society Management” and the SCOPE databank project (which a.o. results in the listings of the world’s largest TNCs from developed and developing countries in the World Investment Report of UNCTAD). Co-founder and rotating chair of the Department of Business-Society Management. Van Tulder taught executive courses on International Strategic Management with (executive) managers and academics and has been visiting professor at several universities abroad.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Core companies: strategies and regulation
  • The accountable firm: Codes of Conduct by core companies and the solution of societal problems
  • Networking for Development (interaction of core companies' strategies and government strategies)
  • Interactive Innovation: core companies and R&D strategies
  • Dutch Dilemma's: managing with multinationals in an open economy


Research Agenda

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Thesis Conditions

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PUBLICATIONS

This webpage gives a complete overview of Prof. dr. Van Tulders publications dated from 2002 until present. Click here to download the complete list of publications (1988-2004).

SELECTED BOOK PUBLICATIONS

  • Fabienne Fortanier, Rob van Tulder (2007) Networking for Development, London: Routledge. (Forthcoming)
  • Rob van Tulder, with Alex van der Zwart (2006), International Business-Society Management. Linking Corporate Responsibility and Globalisation, London: Routledge.
  • Rob van Tulder, Muel Kaptein, Eveline van Mil, Rutger Schilpzand (2004) De Strategische Stakeholder dialoog: opkomst, principes, toekomst, Den Haag.
  • Jorge Carrillo, Yannick Lung and Rob van Tulder (eds) (2004) Cars, Carriers of Regionalism, Houndsmill: Palgrave, MacMillan.
  • Rob van Tulder (1996) Skill Sheets, Den Haag: Reed/Elsevier, 4th completely revised edition.
  • Winfried Ruigrok, Rob van Tulder (1995) The Logic of International Restructuring, London and New York: Routledge, 330 pp., index, November.
  • Rob van Tulder, René Wagenaar (red.) (1995) Omgaan met D!lemm@'s. Zeven case studies in Strategie en InformatieTechnologie in Mainport Rotterdam [Dealing with Dilemmas], Deventer: Kluwer Bedrijfswetenschappen, 208 pp., index.
  • Rob van Tulder (ed.) (1989) Small Industrial Countries and Technological and Economic Development, Netherlands Organisation for Technology Assessement (NOTA), Staatsuitgeverij.


SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder (2006) ‘Poverty Alleviation as Business Strategy? Evaluating Commitments of Frontrunner Multinational Corporations’, World Development, Vol.34, No.5, pp. 789-801
  • Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder (2005) ‘Setting new global rules? TNCs and codes of conduct’, Transnational Corporations, vol.14, no.3: 1-27
  • Michael Mol, Rob van Tulder, Paul Beije (2005) ‘Antecedents and performance consequences of international outsourcing’ International Business Review, volume 14, issue 5
  • Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder (2004) ‘Ethics in International Business; Multinational Approaches to Child Labour’, Journal of World Business, 39: 49-60
  • Muel Kaptein, Rob van Tulder (2003) ‘Toward Effective Stakeholder Dialogue’, Business and Society Review, 108:2, 201-222
  • Michael Mol, Rob van Tulder (2002) ‘Solution in Search of a Problem: Global Sourcing’, European Business Forum, Issue 9, Spring 2002: 56-60
  • Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder (2002) ‘The Effectiveness of Self-regulation: Corporate Codes of Conduct and Child Labour’, European Management Journal, Vol 20, no.3, June 2002: 260-271
  • Rob van Tulder (2002) ‘The power of core companies’ European Business Forum, Issue 10, Summer 2002: 9 - 11
  • Ans Kolk & Rob van Tulder (2002) ‘Child Labor and Multinational Conduct: A comparison of International Business And Stakeholder codes’, Journal of Business Ethics, 36: 291-301
  • Alan Muller, Rob van Tulder (2002) ‘Macro intentions, micro realities: A two-level Strategic Approach to the Single European Market’, Multinational Business Review, Fall 2002, Vol. X: pp. 1-10
  • Rob van Tulder, Michael Mol (2002) ‘Reversed Auctions or Auctions reversed: First experiments by Philips’, European Management Journal, Vol. 20, no.5, pp.447-456, October
  • Douglas van den Berghe, Rob van Tulder (2002) ‘The geography of Foreign Direct Investment: a Three-Lane Framework’, Journal of International Business and Economy (JIBE), Fall, 1-22
  • Rob van Tulder, Ans Kolk (2001) ‘Multionality and Corporate Ethics: Codes of Conduct in the Sporting Goods Industry’, Journal of International Business Studies, Volume 32, 2, Second Quarter 2001: 267-283
  • Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder, Carlijn Welters (1999) 'International Codes of Conduct and Corporate Social Responibility: Can TNCs regulate themselves?', Transnational Corporations, Vol. 8, no. 1 (April 1999), pp. 143-180


PUBLICATIONS TO DOWNLOAD

  • Ans Kolk, Rob van Tulder (2003) Ethics in International Business; Multinational Approaches to Child Labour , Journal of World Business (accepted for publication). Download pdf 
  • Kolk, A., & R. van Tulder (2002) Child Labor and Multinational Conduct: A Comparison of International Business and Stakeholder Journal of Business Ethics 36: 291 301, 2002. Download pdf
  • Kolk, A. & R. van Tulder (2002) The Effectiveness of Selfregulation: Corporate Codes of Conduct and Child Labour European Management Journal Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 260 271. Download pdf
  • Muller, Alan, and Rob van Tulder. (2002) Macro intentions, micro realities: a two-level strategic approach to the Single European Market. Multinational Business Review, vol. 10(1). Download pdf
  • Van Tulder, R. (2002) The power of core companies European Business Forum, Issue 10, Summer 2002: 9 - 11. Download pdf
  • Van Tulder, R., and Michael Mol (2002) Reversed Auctions or Auctions reversed: First experiments by Philips , European Management Journal, Vol. 20, no.5, pp.447-456, October. Download pdf
  • Lamoen, C. van, R. van Tulder (2001) Duurzame Verslaggeving . Draft version of the article Afwijzen, Aanmodderen of Accepteren? that was published in Economisch Statistische Berichten, 11 november 2001. Download pdf
  • Righton, N., R. van Tulder (2001) Ondernemingen en Ontwikkelingsbeleid . White Paper. Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management. Download pdf
  • Van Tulder, R., D. van den Berghe and Alan Muller. (2001) "The Erasmus Scoreboard of Core Companies". Department of Business Society Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Download pdf
  • Van Tulder, R., A. Kolk (2001) Multinationality and Corporate Ethics: Codes of Conduct in the Sporting Goods Industry . Journal of International Business Studies, 32,2 (second quarter 2001): 267-238. Download pdf