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| The Gentle Art of Helping - 12 October |
| In this one-day masterclass by dr. Meindert Flikkema, you will learn how you can help others through humble inquiry. Registration for this event has been closed. For more information please click here. |
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| Info session Part-Time PhD programme - 18 October |
Enrolment for the 2019 cohort of the Part-time PhD programme in Business Studies is now open. Executives and management practitioners who aspire a PhD degree are invited to apply.
To obtain more information about the programme and to discuss potential research topics, prospective PhD candidates are welcome to attend our upcoming information sessions.
This year, the information sessions are scheduled on Thursday, October 18 and Monday, November 12. For more information and registration please click here. |
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| ARCA Seminar Mariëtte Kuiper - 15 October |
Mariëtte Kuiper (VU University Amsterdam) will present her paper (co-authored with Henri Dekker & Jacco Wielhouwer) titled: “The effect of disclosure of commissions on misselling: evidence from the Dutch mortgage industry”.
This seminar will take place on Monday, October 15 from 12.00 to 14.00 in 1G-08 VU Main Building.
To register for the ARCA seminar, please send an email to: l.m.abinta@vu.nl |
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| Masterclass Culturele Duurzaamheid “van statushouder naar talent” - 19 October |
| The course will be held in Dutch and is aimed at policy officers of Dutch municipalities. For more infomation please click here. |
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| ABRI Research Seminar Dennis van Kampen - 16 October |
ABRI would like to invite you to attend the first PhD Research Seminar of the year given by Dennis van Kampen (KIN Center for Digital Innovation). Please find the abstract and bio below.
The Research Seminar will take place on Tuesday, October 16, from 16:00 – 17:00 in room HG 5A-37. Drinks will follow the seminar at 17:00 in The Basket.
This seminar is part of the ABRI Research Seminars course.
To register for this event, please send an e-mail to Mariana Stori (m.t.stori@vu.nl), latest on Friday, October 12.For the abstract and a short biography please click here. |
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| Introduction Meeting PhD candidates SBE - 19 October |
In this meeting which will be held in HG-1D06 Forum 2 at 15:30 we will give PhD candidates information on the procedures for the PhD trajectory (doctorate regulations, courses, teaching, Hora Finita) and the facilities that the School of Business and Economics can offer.
After the introduction we will have drinks in the Basket at 16:45. |
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| M&O Research Seminar Karen Verduijn and Neil Thompson - 17 October |
The M&O Research Seminar’s upcoming edition will feature two of our colleagues who need support with a publication project:
Karen Verduijn and Neil Thompson are working on a review article for IJMR and would like your input on solving some conceptual issues. They will present the aims of the review on entrepreneurial behavior, process and practice and hope to get your insights on where to draw the boundaries of the review. It will also be a good opportunity to hear about what Karen and Neil are working on. Lunch will be provided. The seminar will be held in the pantry 4th floor from 12:30 - 13:30. |
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| NEWS |
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| Professor Mike W. Peng (U. of Texas at Dallas) visits M&O |
| On September 27th 2018, the highly accomplished international business and strategy researcher Mike W. Peng visited the department of Management and Organisation to give a talk entitled "Behind Theoretical Innovation". |
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| Prof. Peng’s seminar offered insights into theory development for academic journals and covered practical aspects such as sublimating empirical findings to sharpen theoretical contributions and building a theoretical connection to specific academic journals. Beyond the well-attended seminar, several M&O researchers, including Jingshu Du, Marco van Gelderen, Yulun Ma, and Wouter Stam had the opportunity for one-on-one conversations with Professor Peng. Professor Peng is currently the Jindal Chair of Global Strategy at the Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. He is also a National Science Foundation CAREER Award winner and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB). At the University of Texas at Dallas, he has been the number one contributor to the list of 45 journals tracked by Financial Times, which ranked his institution as a top 20 school in research worldwide. |
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| Prof. Melissa Cardon (Haslam College of Business at U. Tennessee) visits M&O |
In the week of October 1, Melissa Cardon, Nestlé Professor of Business Administration at University of Tennessee,visited the Department of Management & Organization for a 4-day research visit.
As part of this visit, she organized a ‘Meet the Editor’ session on October 1, for an audience of researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Tilburg and other institutions. During this session, Prof. Cardon discussed key insights in publishing articles, based on her extensive experience as an author, reviewer and editor, by discussing the three most common reasons why articles get rejected. |
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Melissa Cardon has considerable publishing track record, which includes recent publications in the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management and Journal of Management Studies. She currently serves as a Field Editor for the Journal of Business Venturing and Editorial Board member of Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Studies, and Human Resource Management Review. She is also a long-time volunteer for the American Cancer Society with their Relay for Life program. Her most recent work is on entrepreneurial passion and how entrepreneurs as individuals and within teams can unleash their passion to get the best results for themselves and their organizations.
During her research visit, prof. Cardon also spent much time reviewing individual researchers’ work and providing valuable feedback. Finally, on Thursday, October 4 she presented an innovative experiment about crowdfunding, whether male/female funders receive more money from male/female funders if they happen to be attractive, based on expectancy violation theory. |
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| EVENT OVERVIEW AUTUMN 2018 |
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