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29 October 2009
Towards dual impact of Research in Management
Erasmus Research Institute of Management - E R I M
The Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the Research School (Onderzoekschool) in the field of management of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The founding participants of ERIM are Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). ERIM was founded in 1999 and is officially accredited by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The research undertaken by ERIM is focused on the management of the firm in its environment, its intra- and interfirm relations, and its busi ness processes in their interdependent connections. The objective of ERIM is to carry out first rate research in manage ment, and to offer an advanced doctoral programme in Research in Management. Within ERIM, over three hundred senior researchers and PhD candidates are active in the different research programmes. From a variety of acade mic backgrounds and expertises, the ERIM community is united in striving for excellence and working at the fore front of creating new business knowledge.
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ERASMUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (ERIM)
De Doelen Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Jurriaanse Complex, entrance Kruisplein 30, Rotterdam
Second ERIM Lustrum Conference
ERIM Lustrum Programme Dual Impact of Management Research In celebration of its 10th anniversary, ERIM is organising a lustrum conference on the currently hot theme of ‘Dual impact of management research’. The
13:30 – 14:00
Arrival + Coffee and tea
Part I:
Introduction
14:00 – 14:10
A founder’s perspective by Philip-Hans Franses, Dean Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Chairman ERIM Supervisory Board
14:10 – 14:20
ERIM: The first ten years by Ale Smidts, Scientific Director, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)
14:20 – 14:30
The Challenge of Managerial Impact by George Yip, Dean Rotterdam School of Management
theme recognizes that the two yardsticks that will be used to measure ERIM’s success in its next 10 years will be the impact of its research on the scientific
Part II:
Perspectives: Funders and Publishers
community on the one hand and its resonance with the business community
14:30 – 15:00
Funding Research in Management by Jos Engelen, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
15:00 – 15:30
Publishing Research in Management by Michael Pratt, associate editor Academy of Management Journal, Boston College
15:30 – 15:45
Break 1: Coffee, tea, and cake
on the other. Several distinctive speakers, representing both ERIM’s external partners as well as its internal research programmes, will illustrate and comment on the conference theme from different knowledge-stakeholder perspectives. The conference will cover the perspectives of the funder
Perspectives continued: examples of dual impact research projects
of research in management, the publishing / editor’s perspective and the perspectives of the researchers as the main producers of new knowledge
15:45 – 16:05
Science meets Practice in Logistics, Optimization, and Innovation: the Railway Case by Leo Kroon, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
16:05 – 16:25
Why do top executives receive option pay? by Ingolf Dittmann, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
16:25 – 16:45
Hello? by Stefan Stremersch, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
16:45 – 17:05
Break 2: Champagne
in Research in Management. The researchers will present selected examples of impact-driven projects from all five ERIM research programmes. Last but not least the conference will synthesize and reflect upon the strategic challenges for the ERIM community towards a third lustrum.
Thank you for joining us on Thursday October 29th for the festive celebration of ERIM’s second lustrum. The festivities will commence with a lustrum
Perspectives continued: examples of dual impact research projects 17:05 – 17:25
Social Innovation in Europe: How management scholars can solve the European innovation paradox by Henk Volberda, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
17:25 – 17:45
Understanding diversity by Daan van Knippenberg, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Part III:
Synthesizing for a viable future of Research in Management
17:45 – 18:00
ERIM: The next ten years by John Child, Birmingham Business School, International Member ERIM Supervisory Board)
18:00 – 18:15
Closing by Ale Smidts, Scientific Director ERIM
18:30 - 21:00
Walking dinner
conference (14:00 – 18:15) in the small auditorium of Rotterdam’s main concert hall “De Doelen” (Schouwburgplein 50), followed by a special lustrum ‘walking dinner’ in the foyer (18:15 – 20:00). During the exclusive ‘walking dinner’, you will have plenty of opportunities to (re)connect with friends in an informal setting.