Predicting purchasing, a study of genetics to predict educational attainment, and innovation in companies acquiring status in external networks were among the topics of research recognised at the annual ERIM Awards, hosted by the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). Academic prizes were awarded for excellence in dissertations and management impact.
In his dissertation ‘The Proactive Incumbent: Holy grail or hidden gem?’ Gerbert Hengelaar develops a framework to differentiate between four types of incumbent strategies and demonstrates how the proactiveness of the mindset of the incumbent’s leadership is crucial to understand the differences between them.
For the fourth consecutive year, Professors and ERIM Fellows Henk Volberda and Justin Jansen from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) are on the Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters. They are joined in the list this year by RSM’s Frans van den Bosch, ERIM Honorary Fellow and Professor of Management Interfaces between Organisations and Environment.
Lately Prof. Gui Liberali, Endowed Professor of Digital Marketing at Rotterdam School of Marketing, Erasmus University and ERIM Fellow, was elected Vice-President for Membership of the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) for the 2018-2019 term. “I am honored to serve INFORMS. I will work hard to help organize activities that strengthen the relationship with current and prospect members in various fields, both in academia as well as industry, in close coordination with the board,” says Prof. Gui Liberali.
Erasmus University was recently ranked 1st for supply chain management research across all European universities, based on aggregate research output over the past five years in supply chain management journals encompassed within the SCM Journal List. A great result for all LIS researchers!
Dr Amit Bhattacharjee from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and ERIM Member won a Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) Best Article Award for his research and knowledge about consumer behaviour. He received the award at the annual Association for Consumer Research conference, which took place in San Diego, California, USA, on Saturday 28 October 2017.
Shadi Sharif Azadeh, assistant professor at Erasmus School of Economics and Associate ERIM Member, received the Early Career Award from The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
PhD candidate Thomas Breugem has won the first prize in the 2017 RAS Student Paper Award contest on analytics and fact-based decision making in railway applications.
An open debate on common dilemma’s for scientists
On 4 October, the flippant science satire The ConScience App was the starting point for a debate on common dilemma’s within the scientific workplace. For example, how to handle the listing of co-authors? How to assess the work of competitors?
The Journal of Management Studies (JMS) awards prizes each year to recognise noteworthy contributions to the field. Dr Hannes Leroy, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and ERIM Member, recently won the Karen Legge JMS award 2016 for outstanding contributions by an early career researcher to JMS and the management studies community.
ERIM
is the joint research institute of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
