Gerwin van der Laan wins award for Best PhD thesis on corporate governance

Gerwin van der Laan won a Best PhD thesis award. At the 7th EIASM workshop on Corporate Governance, he received the prize for his thesis, which was considered the best on corporate governance among approximately 55 submissions from all over Europe. The prize is sponsored by EIASM and the IFPM Center for Corporate Governance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Gerwin van der Laan was awarded his PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business on 22 January 2009. He conducted his research at SOM research school, under supervision of prof. Van Witteloostuijn and prof. Van Ees. The thesis title is 'Behavioral corporate governance: four empirical studies'. Currently, Van der Laan is teacher and researcher at the Utrecht School of Economics.

• Download thesis
• See also FEB news 09/01/16: PhD thesis: Behavioral corporate governance