For Floyd or Money: Why are CEOs commenting on racial injustice?
| Date: | 16 June 2020 |
| Author: | Swarnodeep Homroy |
US CEOs, mostly from conservative backgrounds, are widely commenting on the tragic killing of George Floyd, despite a potential for adverse reaction of the investors to these statements. In recent times, CEOs are increasingly speaking on social issues,...
Masks instead of coffee filters and ventilators rather than cars
| Date: | 28 May 2020 |
| Author: | Pedro de Faria, Bart Los and Florian Noseleit |
What are the implications of adaptive innovations for Post-Covid-19 Innovation Policies?
How can companies cope with disruption from Covid-19?
| Date: | 06 May 2020 |
A Forced Digital Transformation in University Education
| Date: | 28 April 2020 |
[text in Dutch below] Digital transformation is gaining much attention in the business press. Digital transformation concerns the change of business to a fully digital operation of their activities to create value for their customers. Firms like Amazon,...
Pandemic-Related Innovation: Don't Leave It to Markets
| Date: | 21 April 2020 |
| Author: | Pedro de Faria, Bart Los and Florian Noseleit |
The Covid-19 crisis has put unprecedented pressure on health systems around the world. Curbing the effects of the virus requires a massive use of complex products, such as ventilators and testing equipment. Past large investments in science and R&D have...
Bert Scholtens: a green monetary policy can be effective
| Date: | 24 March 2020 |
Amidst the Corona pandemic, it is easy to forget that there is the climate crisis. Though the effects of the pandemic for the environment are visible from reduced pollution and congestion, the long-term effects are unknown. This contrasts with the climate...
Rian Drogendijk: Nurturer of talented researchers, with a personal touch
| Date: | 16 March 2020 |
If the Faculty of Economics and Business were a professional football club (FC FEB), Rian Drogendijk would be the head of the scouting and youth division. The Director of Graduate Studies is closely involved in selecting students for the Research Master’s...
Philip Steinberg: 'I am interested in how corporations can be innovative'
| Date: | 09 March 2020 |
For assistant professor Philip Steinberg, innovation and how companies can thrive in dynamic environments are pressing topics for research. Steinberg joined the Faculty of Economics and Business after completing his PhD studies at the University of...
Nudging out support for a carbon tax: David Hagmann on achieving green change
| Date: | 02 March 2020 |
How to accommodate human behavior to stave off severe forms of climate change? Around this question, the FEB signature area Markets and Sustainability organized an interdisciplinary symposium on January 24–25. Researchers from economics, operations,...
Trying to solve the world: Andreas Lange on real-life adaptations to climate change
| Date: | 25 February 2020 |
How to accommodate human behavior to stave off severe forms of climate change? Around this question, the FEB signature area Markets and Sustainability organized an interdisciplinary symposium on January 24–25. Researchers from economics, operations,...