Explicitly mentioning business identity increases confidence in an alliance
It is seen as the way for organizations to strengthen their market position, acquire knowledge and become more innovative: an alliance with a partner. Alliances can have many advantages, but organizations do not always benefit from one. Experience has...
Meat free week - a recipe for change
Climate change and animal welfare are a cause for concern for many Dutch people. They realize that their daily portion of meat isn’t really helping on either front. And yet we (and that includes me) have not signed up in droves for the National Meat Free...
How can companies best encourage employee creativity?
Assistant professor Yingjie Yuan explains her research in management and organisation psychology in this new video.
What would a no-deal Brexit mean for the UK?
Is no deal really better than a bad deal? Economists at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Economics and Business used our databases of trade flows between European regions to find out.
Interview: Ward Romeijnders on planning for the unknown
Assistant Professor of Operations Ward Romeijnders was awarded a Veni grant for his project, “Planning for the unknown. Towards optimal decisions under uncertainty.” These personal Veni grants are worth up to a maximum of €250,000 and enable talented...
Interview: Artūras on economic shocks
Assistant Professor of Economics Artūras was awarded a Veni grant for his project, “ We do not live in a bubble: economic shocks in misspecified panel data models ”. The personal Veni grants are worth up to a maximum of €250,000 and enable talented...
Interview: Marijke Leliveld and Hans Risselada on collaborating to study charity giving
A good bottle of wine with an unusual label stands proudly on the table. It says ‘Cheers!’, followed by a summary of an academic article. The message couldn’t be clearer. Marijke Leliveld and Hans Risselada have something to celebrate. Their...
Interview: Yingjie Yuan on how firms can manage 'star' employees
After spending time in the Netherlands for her PhD, Yingjie Yuan spent several months at Penn State University, only to come back to the Netherlands. She accepted a position as Assistant Professor in Management and Organization Psychology and started her...
Interview: Robert Feenstra on tracking global economic milestones through data
Robert Feenstra is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of California, Davis, and holder of the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics. He gave a keynote address on ‘The ‘China Shock’ in Trade Reconsidered’...
Interview: the OECD’s Dirk Pilat on the importance of data
Dirk Pilat is Deputy Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at the OECD. Prior to his work at the OECD, he earned his PhD in economics in 1994 at the University of Groningen. He spoke at the GGDC Conference 2017 on the OECD’s...