Research News
In our Research News we highlight not only research results of our knowledge domains, but also publications, news about our researchers and faculty, international research and collaborations, governmental research and research evolution in Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School!
2012
NEW BOOK: An engaging climate lies at the basis of high-performing companies (09 May 2012)
How do you expand your organisation in a sustainable manner? A great many companies have been forced by the crisis to confront this question, often in painful circumstances. But alternative approaches are also possible, and performance management can help. The only problem is that many businesses are still struggling with putting it into practice. ‘Managing for Performance Excellence’ by Vlerick professors Regine Slagmulder, Kurt Verweire and Koen Dewettinck takes a fresh and practical look at the matter.
Read moreNew partnership between LBi and Vlerick paves the way for ‘Brand Experience’ revolution (03 May 2012)
In collaboration with a number of visionary clients, LBi – the European market leader in the field of digital marketing and technology – has developed an ‘Overall Brand Experience Index’. Thanks to this unique index, Chief Marketers are able to take informed decisions in developing a strong brand experience in a 360° marketing mix. This concept is so revolutionary that LBi has entered into a Prime Foundation Partnership for the next three years with Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School to underpin the concept academically with scientific and practice-relevant research for a number of LBi’s clients.
Read moreVlerick case is a winner in the 2011 EFMD Case Writing Competition (25 Apr 2012)
‘The 2008 Anheuser-Busch InBev Deal: Successful M&A, Divestment and Financing Strategies in Harsh Times’ – a case written by Vlerick Professor Wouter De Maeseneire and Vlerick Researcher Jonas Standaert – has won the 2011 EFMD Case Writing Competition in the ‘Finance & Banking’ category. According to EFMD, this was a record year for the number of entries received, and the quality was exceptionally high.
Read moreVlerick – IMD ‘TerraCycle’ teaching case wins 2012 oikos Case Writing Competition (05 Apr 2012)
The collaborative work of Vlerick Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy Jan Lepoutre, IMD Professor Stuart Read and IMD Research Associate Philippe Margery on their ‘TerraCycle’ teaching case has been awarded first place in the Social Entrepreneurship Track of the 2012 oikos Case Writing Competition. This competition bestows one of the most prestigious awards for teaching cases published in the domain of corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship.
Read moreProfessor Sophie Manigart participates in hearing at European Parliament (02 Apr 2012)
On 20 March 2012 Sophie Manigart (Professor of Corporate Finance at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School) participated as an expert in a public hearing on EU Venture Capital Funds and EU Social Entrepreneurship Funds at the European Parliament. The hearing was organised by the Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).
Read moreVlerick professor Mario Vanhoucke keynote speaker at EVM World 2012 Conference (30 Mar 2012)
Mario Vanhoucke, Associate Professor of Operations Research and Project Scheduling at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the EVM World 2012 conference, which will take place from 30 May until 1 June 2012 in Naples, Florida (VS). During this 28th annual international Project Performance Management Conference he will present a joint keynote speech together with Ing. Stephan Vandevoorde (Manager Airport Systems Division at Fabricom). They will address the topic “If Time is Money, Accuracy Pays Dividends: An Overview of Past and Future Project Management Research”.
Read moreSophie Manigart appointed associate editor of ‘Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice’ (23 Mar 2012)
Sophie Manigart, Vlerick Professor of Corporate Finance, has recently been appointed as associate editor of the A* journal ‘Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice’. This is the official journal of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and it is ranked among the top business journals by the Financial Times.
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2012
- Xavier Baeten successfully completed his PhD defense (03 Feb 2012)
- Vlerick is partner of the 10th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis (11 Jan 2012)
2011
- A new vision of leadership (19 Dec 2011)
- Vlerick professor Mario Vanhoucke wins award for valuable contribution to accounting literature (22 Nov 2011)
- How can you make your organisation a great place to work? (15 Sep 2011)
- Vlerick wins prestigious CIMA research grant (31 Aug 2011)
- Bart Devoldere becomes a member of the NORC Data Enclave research group (08 Jul 2011)
- Vlerick joins the ENSR research network (08 Jul 2011)
- Best Paper Awards for Vlerick faculty and researchers (06 Jul 2011)
- Book by Céline Louche featured as one of the Top 40 Sustainable Books of 2010 (27 May 2011)
- Vlerick professor Peter Verhezen wins Richard J. Davis Ethics Award (29 Mar 2011)
- Vlerick Professor Katharina Zeugner-Roth is one of the top 10 reviewers of the International Marketing Review (25 Mar 2011)
- Case by Sophie Manigart in the ecch top fifteen best-selling cases (25 Mar 2011)
- Centre for Excellence in Business Process Management off to a good start (21 Mar 2011)
- Microsoft and Schoenen Torfs are Best Employers 2011 Belgium (16 Mar 2011)
- Flanders: Entrepreneurship without borders (04 Mar 2011)
- Vlerick has been granted a BelSpo Research Project (04 Mar 2011)
- Vlerick awarded European Social Fund (ESF) quality label (21 Feb 2011)
- Innovation: Yes,… but how? (19 Jan 2011)
2010
- New research project on creating and stimulating a culture for creativity: participate in this study! (20 Dec 2010)
- The Fresh Connection game – the sequel (15 Dec 2010)
- JMAR Best Paper Award for Vlerick professor Regine Slagmulder (14 Dec 2010)
- Vlerick partner of GLOBE research project (27 Nov 2010)
- Professor Niels Schillewaert elected as Council member of ESOMAR (05 Nov 2010)
- Do social media strengthen or weaken brands? (part 2) (25 Oct 2010)
- Do social media strengthen or weaken brands? (part 1) (15 Oct 2010)
- Brecht Cardoen was nominated for the 2010 EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (01 Oct 2010)
- BOOK: “Style Differences in Cognition, Learning, and Management” (29 Sep 2010)
- Katleen De Stobbeleir receives Outstanding Reviewer Award (28 Sep 2010)
- New tool: the “Performance Generator” (27 Sep 2010)
- Vlerick congratulates winners Vision Awards for Business Impact 2010 (24 Sep 2010)
- Belgium steady in difficult times (09 Sep 2010)
- Can we make corporate governance more effective? And how to combine board, shareholder and external monitoring? (17 Aug 2010)
- New book by Bruno Colmant (10 Aug 2010)
- Second edition of EVA Europe conference (04 Aug 2010)
- Vlerick PhD candidates obtain ICM scholarship (03 Aug 2010)
- European Home Improvement Forum invites Herman Van den Broeck as keynote speaker (16 Jun 2010)
- Great Place to Work Institute Europe publishes its annual list of 100 Best Workplaces in Europe 2010 (02 Jun 2010)
- 'Breaking down the silos' (13 May 2010)
- Are you ready for web 2.0? (12 May 2010)
- Vlerick marketing case first Belgian business school case to be selected by Casium (28 Apr 2010)
- Official launch Vlerick Research Platform in Performance Management (27 Apr 2010)
- Professor Walter Van Dyck joins Vlerick faculty (21 Apr 2010)
- Best paper proceeding for Yves Fassin (14 Apr 2010)
- The Deloitte Vlerick Research Chair (01 Apr 2010)
- Prof Dr Regine Slagmulder receives Siegel Award for Applied Research (29 Mar 2010)
- Visiting professor Niraj Dawar joins Vlerick faculty for six months (10 Mar 2010)
- Vlerick case in ecch top 100 best-selling cases of 2009 (10 Mar 2010)
- SAS Institute and Schoenen Torfs capture the 'Best Employer 2010 Belgium' title (09 Mar 2010)
- Product Leadership Tool (26 Feb 2010)
2009
- How to stimulate lifelong learning? (22 Dec 2009)
- Successful defence of doctoral thesis for Evelyne Vanpoucke (21 Dec 2009)
- Chair with Belgacom results in new game on leadership (18 Dec 2009)
- Vlerick part of organising committee European Reward Management Conference (16 Dec 2009)
- Smart police approach to business intelligence (04 Dec 2009)
- Vigorous Flanders (23 Nov 2009)
- New! First annual Earned Value conference in Europe (19 Nov 2009)
- Vlerick present at International Creativity Conference in South Africa (18 Nov 2009)
- Ideas with potency (30 Oct 2009)
- NEW! National competition for supply chain professionals (29 Oct 2009)
- Marie-Gemma Dequae receives Lifetime Achievement Award (21 Oct 2009)
- Collaboration between organisations: innovation dream or cost nightmare? (05 Oct 2009)
- A close look at international rewarding (01 Oct 2009)
- Vlerick actively present at Academy of Management Conference (30 Sep 2009)
- NEW! Research Café opens in October (16 Sep 2009)
- Vlerick Knowledge on Facebook (16 Sep 2009)
- Robert Boute wins Best Paper Award by the journal "Production Planning & Control" (14 Sep 2009)
- Vlerick PhD candidates obtain ICM scholarship (01 Sep 2009)
- Knut Holt Award for Best Conference Paper (20 Aug 2009)
- Membership of the ELSIN research network (19 Aug 2009)
- Downstream innovation: building competitive advantage by capitalising on consumer selection processes (18 Aug 2009)
- High interest for the annual ORAHS conference (17 Aug 2009)
- New Flanders DC study: "Prototypically Branded Innovations" (16 Jul 2009)
- Cranet celebrates 20th anniversary with a conference at Vlerick (10 Jul 2009)
- Amit Basu joins Vlerick as visiting professor (09 Jul 2009)
- Cognitive styles across the borders (08 Jul 2009)
- Vlerick contributes to advice on entrepreneurship policy (24 Jun 2009)
- Growth companies remain financially strong during the economic crisis (16 Jun 2009)
- Determinants of successful internationalisation by SMEs in Flanders (11 Jun 2009)
- Generation Y: Graduated! Now what? (10 Jun 2009)
- How satisfied are sales executives? (09 Jun 2009)
- Employer branding study: who are the most attractive employers in Belgium? (02 Jun 2009)
- Second report on best practises in competency development (29 May 2009)
- Frank Goedertier successfully completed his PhD defense (27 May 2009)
- Launch of a new research platform in performance management (25 May 2009)
- Four-volume series on creative entrepreneurship (20 May 2009)
- Research within the Centre for Excellence in Career Management (20 May 2009)
- 2009 Academy of Management Meeting: Best Paper Proceedings (15 May 2009)
- New PhDs (04 May 2009)
- Vlerick Faculty Event (08 Apr 2009)
- Financial director of the future? (30 Mar 2009)
- Business Process Intelligence through three different lenses (27 Mar 2009)
- Microsoft and Randstad elected as 'Best Employers of 2009 Belgium' (10 Mar 2009)
- The Great Remuneration Study: low marks for wage policy (23 Feb 2009)
- Vlerick helps shaping the quiet revolution (04 Feb 2009)
- Launch survey Global Competitiveness Report 2009 (03 Feb 2009)
- Our students perform research for your company. Apply Now! (29 Jan 2009)
- TeamScan brings your Dream Team within reach (28 Jan 2009)
- Entrepreneurial mentality adds to stability of the social economy (28 Jan 2009)
- Doctoral thesis on business ethics wins Emerald/EFMD Award (22 Jan 2009)
- Entrepreneurship in Belgium and Flanders - results of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (21 Jan 2009)
2008
- How variable is the CEO's bonus? (18 Dec 2008)
- "Wallonia brand versus Flanders brand: home region scores best!" (26 Nov 2008)
- Talent chooses prestige over pay (03 Nov 2008)
- 7th Belgian Consumer Goods Study (27 Oct 2008)
- Belgium slightly improves in the competitiveness ranking, but…. (08 Oct 2008)
- Belgian IT professional uncertain about ethical boundaries (25 Aug 2008)
- More personnel, more problems? (03 Jul 2008)
- How do we shop on the Internet? (20 Jun 2008)
- Shortage of personnel in our growth companies (19 Jun 2008)
- US Direct Investment in Belgium slows after two years of record growth (28 May 2008)
- 3 out of 4 Flemish SMEs stay in their home market (08 May 2008)
- Who has the best business idea in Europe? (14 Apr 2008)
- Who needs a Supply Chain Manager? (11 Apr 2008)
- Entrepreneurship in Belgium and Flanders - Results of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2007 (18 Jan 2008)
- Survey: Organising for Supply Chain Management (15 Jan 2008)
2007
- Results survey on the hottest topics in branding today (10 Dec 2007)
- High food prices change consumer behaviour (05 Nov 2007)
- Performance Management on the shop floor (26 Oct 2007)
- The Big Boss Report (13 Oct 2007)
- 19 September: joint chair about doing business in Europe and Southern Africa (12 Sep 2007)
- Which middlesized companies are still growing in Flanders? - annual IGMO-growth-research (21 Jun 2007)
- Presentation of 2 new books - 4 July 2007 (20 Jun 2007)
- What's positive about the high Belgian labour costs? (26 Apr 2007)
- Life After the 30-Second Spot: Energize Your Brand With a Bold Mix of Alternatives to Traditional Advertising (23 Apr 2007)
- Belgian Managers do well abroad (20 Apr 2007)
- How Ethical is Coca-Cola in Europe? (22 Mar 2007)
- Who are the Best employers from Belgium 2007? (20 Mar 2007)
- The healthcare sector can learn from Singapore Airlines and the Hilton Hotels (30 Jan 2007)
- Entrepreneurship in Belgium and Flanders - Results of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (10 Jan 2007)