What is the 'eigen risico' and why does it exist? An election issue explained
A dominant issue in the Dutch election campaign has been healthcare: specifically, the rising cost of the so-called 'eigen risico'. But what does this term mean, and what is the rationale for it? Viola Angelini, an associate professor at the Faculty of...
The effect of automation on our standard of living [video]
Automation has drastically changed our lives. Mechanical harvesting, robots to build cars, accounting software – numerous dangerous, intricate or boring tasks no longer have to be done by people. But automation also fosters the fear that jobs are...
Retail managers should really know this
I have a message for retail managers: the effectiveness of advertising and pricing decisions are not the same throughout the year.
Polarization of the labour market: mainly driven by technological change [video]
On Thursday March 2, Gaaitzen de Vries (assistant professor at the University of Groningen and fellow of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre) gave a lecture in the widely watched World Trade Organization's Trade Dialogues Lectures.
Trump on globalisation: correct diagnosis, wrong solution
The one issue that United States President Donald Trump has been exceptionally clear about is globalisation. He wants to protect the US economy from outside competition, because ‘jobs have disappeared to China’.
ICT — The Next Catalyst of Innovation and Growth for European Firms
Using ICT to innovate is more than investing in computers and software. Systematic strategies must be developed to ensure that ICT investments lead to value creation. Research by John Dong has shown three strategies for firms to successfully innovate with...
The health paradox
Health treatments can be found both "cost effective" and "unaffordable". James Lomas, who visited the University of Groningen this month to give a talk on the issue unpicks this apparent paradox in a guest blog for Healthwise.
Thom de Vries on managing coordination in multiteam systems
Thom de Vries, assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, recently published an article on managing coordination in multiteam systems in Academy of Management Journal. We caught up with him to chat about the article 'Managing...
The Sentiment of the 2017 Election Programmes
In the politics of recent years, emotion has played an important role, and this will be no different during the Dutch general elections in March. How do political parties deal with emotions? In a recent research project, Harry Garretsen and Janka Stoker...
When the evidence doesn’t add up
International development expert Professor Robert Lensink set out to examine a widely-held concept in aid. He found there was little evidence to support it.