PhD, Faculty & Research

What happens in a family business during the risky period when the manager steps down? Family businesses are warmly invited to...

Can neuroscience inform public policy? Research from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) shows that...

Taco Reus has been appointed endowed Professor of Global Strategy, a new academic chair created to promote research into global...

The Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy (ECSP) was recently recognised as a Gold Friend of The Duke of Edinburgh’s...

Nonprofit and commercial (for-profit) enterprises have different characteristics. For nonprofit enterprises, the prime objective...

Healthcare has become an exceedingly complex and competitive industry, and pressures for efficiencies are higher than ever before....

Financial firms are of vital importance to the economy, yet the recent financial crisis has led many to question the quality of...

Which research approach, qualitative or quantitative, suits your project better? Despite inherent differences in the...

This article proposes a model and estimation method that facilitates the inclusion of a generalized structure of observable,...

Who provides better inputs to new product ideation tasks: problem solvers with expertise in the area for which new products are to...

Book values are based on accounting rules that treat certain investments (e.g., R&D) di§erently than other investments. This...

We investigate relationships between operational capabilities and new venture survival. On the basis of operations management and...

This thesis explores how social context influences the neurobiological processes underlying decision-making. To this end, this...

This paper explores the effects of local social capital and entrepreneur’s social capital on firms’ innovation. We conceive local...

Pedro Santa-Clara holds the Millennium bcp Chair in Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics since 2007. He was Professor...

This study examined how contingencies operating at multiple levels combine to influence the relationship between personal...

Studies of two research tracks are presented. The first track focuses on the response of consumers to online product reviews. In...

Dinand Webbink is Associate Professor in Policy Evaluation at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University.This event is...

High-tech capital goods enable the production of many services and articles that have become a part of our daily lives.  Examples...

Professor Mark Bradshaw's primary areas of research are financial accounting, financial analysts, financial reporting, and...

This study examines the portfolio choice anomalies and trading strategies of two types of institutional investors, Dutch pension...

Dr. Walkling is internationally known for his research involving corporate governance and corporate acquisitions and for his...

Surveys are widely used by scholars, companies, and public policy makers to generate invaluable insights. Despite the popularity...

After studying at the University of Leiden and the University of California Mr Punt worked at the law firms of Baker & McKenzie,...

Open data promises an increased availability of previously private, mostly governmental, datasets for service development....

Amit Goyal is Professor in Finance at University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute. He teaches in investments, international...

The seminar traces the development of the field of Energy Informatics from initial ideas on Green IS, the emergence of the concept...

Qinghao Mike Mao is Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Economics....

Rick Morton is Deloitte Professor of Accounting at the College of Business, Florida State University. This seminar is organised by...

Stefano Grassi is a post-doctoral research fellow at CREATES. He completed his PhD studies at University of Rome "Tor Vergata" ,...

The sixth edition of the Conference on Professional Asset Management will take place on 6 and 7 June, 2013. As with previous...

The aim of this dissertation is to uncover the relationship between leader affective displays and leadership effectiveness. Five...

Per Olsson is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D....

Laura Starks is the Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents Chair of Finance, Chairman of the Department of Finance, and Director of...

The Invitational Choice Symposium brings together leading cross-disciplinary researchers working on understanding and predicting...

Vision communication has been heralded as the most defining aspect of outstanding leadership, yet what makes for effective vision...

Dr Parente has a BSc in Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management (5 year program) from the Technical University in...

Electric power systems are an important foundation of modern civilization, but they present major sustainability challenges that...

Craig Fox studies behavioral decision theory. Specifically, his research investigates how people make judgments and decisions...

Recent studies suggest that entrepreneurship is partly heritable, but are unable to pinpoint the specific genes involved. This...

Giovanni Mellace is postdoctoral fellow of the Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research, University of St. Gallen.This...

Michael Trusov is Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He...

Mark Spoerer is Professor at University of Regensburg.The Business History Seminar is organised by the Business History Centre and...

Debra Z. Basil, PhD, is a Professor of Marketing at the University of Lethbridge. Her research focuses generally on issues that...

This dissertation contains four studies that contribute to our understanding of the social and financial consequences of...