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ABS student wins George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award
19 Sept 2017
On Friday 8 September, UvA student Suzan van Eijden (MSc Business Administration, International Management track) was presented with the George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award during the UvA in Carré event.
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UvA Lustrum grant for ABS doctoral candidate
12 Sept 2017
Dorinth van Dijk (Amsterdam Business School, Finance Section) has been awarded an UvA Lustrum grant to carry out research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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The Amsterdam MBA gets you places – MIT Sloan Visiting Fellows Program
8 Sept 2017
The Amsterdam Business School’s MBA programme has started a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management that will allow its alumni to attend MIT's business school for ...
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New course Regulation of Shadow Banks
4 Sept 2017
The University of Amsterdam and the Florence School of Banking and Finance are offering a new two-day course which focuses on financial and prudential aspects of the shadow banking sector, with some attention to its ...
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Economics professors to give lectures to first year students at Royal Theater Carré
29 Aug 2017
The University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Economics and Business is set to start the new academic year with a bang by organising a series of lectures for first year students at the Royal Theater Carré. Prominent ...
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Amsterdam Business School welcomed into CFA Institute University Affiliation Program
27 July 2017
The UvA Amsterdam Business School (ABS) has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program.
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ABS professor publishes article in Financial Times
21 July 2017
Enrico Perotti, professor of International Finance at the Amsterdam Business School (ABS), published an article in the Financial Times on 10 July. The article describes how a diverse monetary union creates benefits ...
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UvA economists crack Libor and Euribor scandals as cartels
19 July 2017
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) have cracked the manipulation scandals surrounding the Libor and Euribor interest rates as potential ...
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Successful 2017 International American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association conference
18 July 2017
From 3 to 5 July 2017 the Amsterdam Business School hosted one of the largest scientific real estate conferences: The 2017 International American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) conference.
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Amsterdam School of Data Science to launch minor in Data Science
12 July 2017
It is impossible to imagine our society today without data science. Whether it involves self-driving cars, tracking down radicalisation on social networks, improving athletic performance, or stimulating online sales: ...
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Amsterdam Business School researcher wins Temple/AIB Best Paper Award
11 July 2017
Vittoria G. Scalera, an Assistant Professor with the Amsterdam Business School’s International Strategy & Marketing section,has won the 2017 Temple/AIB Best Paper Award at the Academy of International Business (AIB) ...
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ABS researchers have two articles on text mining published in leading journal
5 July 2017
Always wanted to learn how to mine text? Researchers of the Amsterdam Business School’s Leadership and Management section, working on the EU funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network Eduworks, recently had two ...
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Reduce the risks of big banks by regulating them, not by breaking them up
28 June 2017
Big banks have appeared to be a risk to financial stability. But with big banks operating more efficiently than smaller ones, reducing the size of big banks is not the answer, says researcher Mark Dijkstra. Strict ...
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Better to invest in academic excellence than to give protection to Dutch companies
28 June 2017
In response to recent attempts to take over AkzoNobel and Unilever, Dutch authorities now want to take measures to improve the protection of Dutch listed companies against unwelcome bidders. Professor Arnoud Boot is ...
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Amsterdam Business School appears in Financial Times best Finance programmes rankings for first time
23 June 2017
The Amsterdam Business School (ABS) of the University of Amsterdam has been included in the Financial Times ranking for best Finance programmes at European Business Schools. The ranking is for the Executive Master in ...
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Dutch tax benefits for education still available in 2018
12 June 2017
Previous plans by the Dutch government to abandon the deductibility of tax on education have been cancelled.
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Frank Belschak, professor of Leadership and Change
7 June 2017
Dr F. D. Belschak (1969) has been appointed professor of Leadership and Change at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Economics and Business.
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Alumnus Rob de Jeu gives guest lecture at Amsterdam Business School
9 May 2017
Last Thursday, BSc Economics and Business alumnus (2012) Rob de Jeu, owner of Rural Spark, gave a guest lecture for students of the Amsterdam Business School.
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Companies benefit from committed employees
19 Apr 2017
Employees who personally identify with their company are more likely to make decisions that benefit their company than employees who do not identify as strongly. This finding can be found in the paper ‘Organization ...
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Research report on Private Equity was sent out to parliament
19 Apr 2017
On 13 April, Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem sent the report 'Private equity: een stakeholder-perspectief' to the Dutch parliament. It had been agreed that the report would be delivered to parliament following a ...
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