Short news

In the past months, several FEB researchers have been appointed to various positions and grants were obtained.

Grants

Kees Jan Roodbergen wins NWO grant on E-Fulfillment

FEB Researcher Kees Jan Roodbergen has been awarded a NWO grant (worth €963,000 in total) to help develop roadmaps to secure the leading Dutch distribution position in the global e-commerce landscape. The University of Groningen, Fontys and twenty private parties aim to strengthen Dutch e-commerce firms in terms of e-fulfilment by developing effective omni-channel and platform strategies. The NWO grant is part of the Top Sector research area of Logistics. The private-public partnership makes use of the valuable networks of knowledge institutions such as Thuiswinkel.org and ShoppingTomorrow.

Wallenberg Academy Fellowship for Jutta Bolt

Despite an increase in life expectancy, birth rates in Africa are still enormous. Why does this trend differ from the rest of the world? Researcher Jutta Bolt, economic historian at FEB, will study old missionary archives to find out the influence of factors such as drought, starvation, epidemics and colonialism. To do this, Bolt has been awarded a Wallenberg Academy Fellowship by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, worth € 1.000.000.

NWO grant for Rob Alessie

Rob Alessie, Professor Micro-econometrics at FEB was awarded a NWO research grant of € 600.000 for the project ‘Improvement of the health - and financial literacy of the population of Curaçao’. The aim of the Groningen part of this project is to gain insight into how to improve financial literacy and to study the effects of financial literacy on financial decisions of residents of Curaçao.

Prizes and awards

Verhoef and Alsem win prizes for books

The winner of the Marketing Literature Prize 2016 of the Platform Innovation in Marketing (PIM) is the book “ Creating Value with Big Data Analytics” by FEB Researcher Peter Verhoef of FEB and his co-authors Edwin Kooge and Natasha Walk. In addition, the prize for the best Marketing Text Book 2016 goes to the book “Merkpositionering”, by Karel Jan Alsem of the Marketing department and his co-author Erik Kostelijk of the Hanzehogeschool.

Best Reviewer Award for Frank Walter and Floor Rink

FEB researchers Floor Rink and Frank Walter both won a ‘Reviewer Award 2016’ from the Academy of Management Journal at this year’s Annual Academy Meeting. Each year the editors recognize reviewers who excel in their work and hence provide outstanding service to the journal.

Reggy Hooghiemstra, Niels Hermes and Jim Emanuels win Runner-up best paper award

National culture determines how and how much firms disclose in their annual reports. This is one of the findings in a prizewinning article by FEB researchers Reggy Hooghiemstra, Niels Hermes and Jim Emanuels. They won the 2015 runner-up best paper award of Corporate Governance: An International Review(CGIR, volume 23), including a money prize of $2,500.

Ward Romeijnders runner-up Stochastic Programming Student Paper Prize

FEB Researcher Ward Romeijnders was selected as runnerup (out of 24 contestants) for the Stochastic Programming Student Paper Prize. He won the second prize for his paper entitled ‘A Convex Approximation for Two-Stage Mixed-Integer Recourse Models with a Uniform Error Bound’ with co-authors Rüdiger Schultz (Universität Duisburg-Essen), Maarten van der Vlerk and Wim Klein Haneveld. The prize was awarded during a special session at the triennial International Conference on Stochastic Programming in Búzios, Brazil.

Outstanding Paper Award for Theo Dijkstra

FEB Researcher Theo Dijkstra together with Youbaraj Paudel, Wouter Botzen and Jeroen Aerts (VU University), has been awarded the Outstanding Paper Award 2015 of the Journal of Flood Risk Management. The prize has been awarded for their paper entitled “Risk allocation in a public–private catastrophe insurance system: an actuarial analysis of deductibles, stoploss, and premiums”. The Outstanding Paper Award considers all papers which were published in volume 8 of the journal during 2015.

Appointments

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk appointed reviewing editor Journal of International Business Studies

FEB Researcher Sjoerd Beugelsdijk is appointed Reviewing Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). His responsibilities include first stage screening of all submissions (more than 750 a year), desk reject letters, and forwarding a brief review of each paper to the editor in chief.

Iris Vis appointed as Dean of Industry Relations

On 1 September 2016 Iris Vis was appointed as Dean of Industry Relations at the University of Groningen (UG). By appointing Iris Vis, who is also a full professor at FEB the UG intends to strengthen and develop its existing relationship with industry.

Peter Verhoef Academic Trustee of Marketing Science Institute

Peter Verhoef has been appointed Academic Trustee of the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) in Boston. MSI focuses its efforts on bridging the gap between academic marketing theory and business practice. This prestigious institute selects academics with an international reputation to advise on its research priorities. The trustees also represent MSI in its dealings with member companies.