Mission accomplished: first PhD student in the PhD part time programme defended her thesis
| Date: | 08 September 2021 |
In the spring of 2015, FEB Research interviewed Bianca Harms as she was the first student in FEB’s part time PhD programme. Fast forward to 8 April 2021 and Bianca defended her thesis “Native advertising: effective, deceptive, or both?” at the Academy...
Facing new challenges with enthusiasm
| Date: | 01 September 2021 |
Since January 2021, Robert Lensink is the new vice-dean research and the director of the research institute SOM. He started his career at FEB in 1989 as an assistant professor and since 2001, he is a full Professor of Finance and Financial Markets at the...
'Take a close look at the content of diversity training courses'
| Date: | 10 June 2021 |
The first thing that Floor Rink, Professor of Organizational Behaviour, wants to put out there is that devoting attention to diversity in the workplace is always a good thing. But she also emphasises that we sometimes end up repeating ourselves....
FEB Researchers want to help solve COVID-19 problems in healthcare
| Date: | 22 April 2021 |
Last year, several FEB researchers received a grant from ZonMW (the Dutch organization for Healthcare Research and Innovation) to look at specific problems in the healthcare system that occurred during the covid-19 pandemic. One of the projectleaders is...
“Investors in green energy make a lot of profit from subsidies”
| Date: | 16 April 2021 |
Blackface, Shakespeare and Dutch theatre
| Date: | 07 April 2021 |
Over the past years, Coen Heijes’s research has focused on the interrelationship between blackface, race and the theatre industry. Using Shakespeare productions of Othello as a case study, he demonstrated in his latest monograph, published by Cambridge...
Young people, Covid19 and burn-out
| Date: | 30 March 2021 |
Since the introduction of the Covid19 pandemic, there has certainly been a discussion about the young people. Young people would feel the consequences of the (intelligent) lock-down even more strongly. They no longer go outside, can no longer meet their...
Why we need more investor dedication
| Date: | 25 March 2021 |
Some of the most unique firms such as Tesla and Facebook seem to be concerned about the influence of the capital market on their firms’ strategies. Some time ago, Tesla threatened to delist to pursue a more long-term oriented strategy without the...
How to spend your vacation during Covid19?
| Date: | 23 March 2021 |
This past summer, during the covid-19 pandemic, our vacation might not have been what we planned for. You may have chosen a different destination or even opted to stay home. Now that we are looking forward to planning our summer vacation 2021, with the...
Robots to the rescue?
| Date: | 16 March 2021 |
Social interaction between robots and humans is something we will have to get used to. In our health care system, investments in these robots are rising, especially during the covid-19 pandemic as it is harder to get enough personnel. The robots can...