PhD Reference Guide 2013-2014 by Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

The Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management is a five year programme, focused on developing academic talent. The doctoral programme consists of a two year ERIM research master programme (ERIM Master in Philosophy in Business Research) and the ERIM PhD programme, offering a challenge of intellect and persistence. The main goal of the doctoral programme is to enable promising students with the ambition to become a researcher to acquire a pole position on the international academic career market; in particular, to achieve a competitive profile and to become part of the next generation of faculty at the top business schools in the worlds. The ERIM Master in Philosophy in Business Research programme is accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).

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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 the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), and the 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 business processes in their interdependent connections. The objective of ERIM is to carry out first rate research in management, 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 academic backgrounds and expertises, the ERIM community is united in striving for excellence and working at the forefront of creating new business knowledge.

PhD Reference Guide 2013/2014

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PhD Reference Guide 2013-2014

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PhD Reference Guide 2013-2014 Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) August 2013

Editors:

Natalija Gersak Marisa van Iperen

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Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However, ERIM cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions.

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Table of Contents

Preface ...........................................................................................................................................v

Erasmus Research Institute of Management..............................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Overview of the Organisation .............................................................................................................1 1.3 Programmes ..........................................................................................................................................4

Overview of the PhD track ...........................................................................................................9 2.1 Starting Your Project ............................................................................................................................9 2.2 Annual Appraisal Talks.......................................................................................................................11 2.3 First Year .............................................................................................................................................11 2.4 Second and Third Year .......................................................................................................................13 2.5 Fourth Year .........................................................................................................................................14 2.6 Extension of the Contract ..................................................................................................................14 2.7 Premature Termination of the Contract............................................................................................15 2.8 Scheduling your PhD Defence ...........................................................................................................15

The PhD Course Programme: Towards Customisation.............................................................19 3.1 Course Overview .................................................................................................................................19 3.2 Core Courses on Research Methodology (at least 10 ECTS, compulsory) ........................................20 3.3 Skills Training Courses (6 ECTS, compulsory).....................................................................................20 3.4 Advanced Courses (24 ECTS) ..............................................................................................................20 3.5 Course Load.........................................................................................................................................24 3.6 Course Timetable ................................................................................................................................25 3.7 Additional Courses and Skills Modules..............................................................................................25 3.8 Course Enrolment and Attendance ...................................................................................................26 3.9 RISBO Teacher Training ......................................................................................................................27

Funding........................................................................................................................................29 4.1 ERIM Support Programme for PhD candidates (ESP 10) ...................................................................29 4.2 External Funding.................................................................................................................................31

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Appointment and Facilities........................................................................................................33 5.1 General Information on Working at the Erasmus University3 ........................................................34 5.2 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................39 5.3 Libraries and Research Facilities.........................................................................................................42 5.4 Checklist ..............................................................................................................................................47

Important Individuals and Organisations.................................................................................49 6.1 Your Supervisory Team.......................................................................................................................49 6.2 Deans of the ERIM participating faculties.........................................................................................49 6.3 ERIM Management .............................................................................................................................50 6.4 ERIM Doctoral Programme Team ......................................................................................................51 6.5 ERIM Office members .........................................................................................................................53 6.6 PhD Representation............................................................................................................................54 6.7 ERIM PhD Alumni Association............................................................................................................56

Appendix .....................................................................................................................................59 A.1 Standing Rules of ERIM PhD Council .................................................................................................59 A.2 Overview of External Specialisation Courses Followed by ERIM PhD Candidates ..........................62 A.3 ERIM Support Programme no. 10 .....................................................................................................78 A.4 ERIM Support Programme no. 11 .....................................................................................................82 A.5 Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA) for ERIM PhD Candidates ...........................................84 A.6 Assessment Sheet for First Year PhD Candidates..............................................................................88 A.7 ERIM 2.5 year PhD Progress Report ...................................................................................................94

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Preface

Welcome to Rotterdam; welcome to the start of your PhD project at the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), the joint research institute of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). The aim of the ERIM doctoral programme is to provide the best possible education for tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading international management scholars. You have been selected to be one of them and the next three to four years may be your most defining ones professionally. ERIM will support you to the best of our abilities to allow you to conduct leading research aimed at publications in leading journals. In this guide you will find detailed information about the ERIM PhD programme. Please read this guide carefully and keep it as a reference as it will provide you with many answers concerning your PhD project and programme procedures. I am confident that you will enjoy the stimulating combination of the intellectual environment at ERIM and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Rotterdam. We will make every effort to equip you with everything you need for a flying start to an international academic career in business and management. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions for improvement. Together with you, and ERIM members and fellows, this will allow us to further the success of the ERIM PhD programme.

Patrick Groenen Professor of Statistics Director of Doctoral Education

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1.1

Introduction

As you start your PhD project at ERIM, you may be looking for answers to all kinds of questions that arise as you try to get orientated. This guide is intended to answer the majority of questions about ERIM that you may have during your appointment as a PhD candidate. Topics such as your appointment, supervisory team, facilities and a range of useful tips are covered here. In addition, you will find a checklist of items that require your (immediate) attention to help get you up to speed right away. The outline of this guide is as follows. A short overview of each year of the PhD track is presented in chapter 2. Chapter 3 deals with the general course information of the PhD programme. The funding possibilities offered by ERIM are described in chapter 4. Chapter 5 describes a number of practical issues you will deal with when appointed as a PhD candidate at the Erasmus University. And last but not least, chapter 6 discusses the composition of your supervisory team and provides an overview of the deans of participating schools and the ERIM organisation, as well as other individuals and organisations you will encounter during your PhD years. But first, we would like to briefly discuss the history and missions of ERIM.

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Overview of the Organisation 1.2.1

Founding History

In Rotterdam in 1913, the Nederlandsche Handelshoogeschool (School of Commerce) was established to focus on studies in the practical managerial problems of business. Later, in 1939, the school changed its name to Nederlandse Economische Hogeschool (Netherlands School of Economics), now with a focus on the economic approach, which at that time was the most developed discipline to incorporate â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;managementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) (part of the Erasmus University since 1973), retained this focus on the economic aspects of management in its business economics departments. The other disciplinary perspectives such as the behavioural sciences and technology started to receive more attention in 1970 with the establishment of the Graduate School of Management, a joint venture of Erasmus University, Delft University of Technology, the Free University of Amsterdam (joined in 1972) and Leiden University (joined in 1974). In 1985, the Graduate School of Management was integrated with Erasmus University as the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), which

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in many respects is the successor to the original ‘Nederlandsche Handelshoogeschool’, established at the beginning of this century. The study of management also developed into a strong scientific discipline in Rotterdam, with both the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) establishing their research institutes. For research in business economics, the School of Economics established RIBES (Rotterdams Instituut voor Bedrijfseconomische Studies) and the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) had ERASM (Erasmus Research Institute for Advanced Studies in Management). In 1998, the two Schools decided to bring together their best resources in the domain of management and jointly founded a new research institute: the Erasmus Research Institute of Management, or in short:, ERIM. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) officially accredited ERIM on 3 June 1999. On 1 July 2011, the KNAW re-accredited ERIM until 1 July 2017. 1.2.2

Mission and Aims

The mission of ERIM is to contribute to scientific research that enables organisations to assess and improve their business processes in order to perform in a profitable and responsible way. The research focus is the firm in its environment, its intra- and inter-firm relations, its business processes in their interdependent connections and the management of these as an exclusive and distinctive scientific domain. The objective of ERIM is to carry out leading research in management, as recognised by the community of peers, and to offer an advanced Doctoral programme in Management for the education of new, excellent scholars in the field. More specifically, the aims of ERIM are: • • • • •

To be a high-quality institute with high visibility and a strong reputation among its peers in the international community of researchers in management. To make on-going and significant contributions to the management body of knowledge. To achieve a high output of scientific publications in leading journals and books on research in management. To offer high-quality doctoral education in a research master and PhD programme in research in management. To attract leading research talent in all stages of their career.

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1.2.3

Organisation of ERIM

ERIM is a research school with two academic divisions: a research institute and a doctoral programme. The following diagram gives an overview of the ERIM organisation. Erasmus Research Institute of Management ERIM Management Scientific Director Associate Director Director of Doctoral Education Executive Director

Supervisory Board ERIM Programme Advisory Committee PhD Advisory Committee

ERIM Office Research Institute

Doctoral Programme

Research Programmes

• PhD Programme • Research Master Programme

Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems Organisation Marketing Finance & Accounting Strategy & Entrepreneurship

The Management of ERIM consists of a Scientific Director (Prof. Dr. M.J.C.M. Verbeek), an Associate Director (Prof. Dr. J.Y.F. Wynstra) and a Director of Doctoral Education (Prof. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen), responsible for the ERIM doctoral programme (Research Master and PhD), and an Executive Director (Drs. W. Mijnhardt). The ERIM Office supports the various activities within ERIM. The Supervisory Board (‘Raad van Toezicht’) is a predominantly external body for advice and supervision. The Programme Advisory Committee (‘Programmaraad’) consists of five internal ERIM fellows from the five ERIM research programmes. Chairman of the Programme Advisory Committee is Prof. Dr. J. van Oosterhout. The PhD Advisory Committee, also called the PhD Council, consists of four PhD students. Research institute

ERIM researchers work in one of the following five ERIM Research programmes: • LIS (Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems) • ORG (Organising for Performance) • MKT (Marketing) • F&A (Finance & Accounting) • S&E (Strategy & Entrepreneurship)

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The contents of these research programmes are outlined in the next section. Every ERIM Research programme has programme directors (ERIM Fellows), other researchers (ERIM Members) and junior members (ERIM Associate Members). The ERIM Membership Charter regulates ERIM membership and describes the appointment procedures. ERIM Doctoral Programme

ERIM offers an advanced five-year Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management. The first two years are devoted to the course work and are collected in the research master programme: the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research. The last three years are devoted to dissertation work. The PhD programme is discussed briefly in the next section; the ERIM research master programme is discussed in section 1.2.2.

1.3

Programmes 1.3.1

Research Programmes

The research undertaken by ERIM focuses on the management of the firm in its environment, its intra- and inter-firm relations, and its business processes in their interdependent connections. A firm is best described as an organisation dedicated to the production of goods and services. This domain of research is called Research in Management. The joint ERIM research programme contains five (sub) research programmes:1 ERIM researchers work in one of five ERIM Research Programmes: • Business Processes, Logistics and Information Systems (LIS) • Organising for Performance (ORG) • Marketing (MKT) • Finance & Accounting (F&A) • Strategy & Entrepreneurship (S&E) Each of the five ERIM programmes brings its own approach to the study of business processes which originates from its specific area of expertise, with sufficient overlapping interfaces to achieve integration. The aim of the LIS research group is to be at the forefront of the developments of Logistics and Supply Chain management in interaction with business operations, information, and technology innovation, and to make a major contribution both to management science and to management practice. The LIS programme is focused on three themes: Logistics and Supply Chain Optimisation, Operations and Innovation Management, and Next Generation Information Systems.

For a full account of the ERIM Research Programme, the reader is referred to the ERIM website www.erim.eur.nl

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The ORG programme aims to develop and test fundamental theory in applied organisational research. For ORG, the result of the ERIM-internal movements has been a smaller, more focused program, covering issues from the micro to the macro level of analysis. The programme has two “centres of gravity” that provide focus and visibility to the programme’s research efforts: Organisational Behaviour, and Value-Based Organizing. Both centres have a distinct focus, but also actively search for overlapping and interdisciplinary areas of research. The MKT programme focuses on both managerial and consumer decision making processes in marketing. The programme’s mission is to contribute to the body of knowledge of marketing in a way that has academic rigour, leads to new scientific insights and has practical relevance. The three themes of the MKT programme are: Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Management and Strategy, and Marketing Modelling. The F&A programme aims to enhance understanding of the financial decision making of firms, managers and market participants, as well as the functioning of financial markets and intermediaries. The programme strives for high quality scientific contributions in all major areas of finance and accounting, and to disseminate its knowledge locally and internationally. The three broad themes of the F&A programme are: Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance and Accounting. The S&E programme focuses on strategic renewal and firm performance. While drivers of strategic renewal have received ample attention, we know far too little about how these drivers enact deep-seated change in organizational scripts, routines, and structural blueprints. The research programme addresses these lacunae by identifying four concrete areas of strategic renewal through which corporations are currently seeking to restore competitive equilibria and tilt them in their favor: (1) corporate entrepreneurship, (2) new managerial roles and organizational forms, (3) corporate governance and competitiveness, and (4) global strategy. 1.3.2

Doctoral Programme: Research Master and PhD

With the start of the two-year research master (ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research) in 2004, ERIM redesigned and improved its doctoral programme. The doctoral programme currently covers five years, of which the first two are devoted to course work, and the dissertation phase covers three years. Students with a relevant MSc degree usually enter in the second year of the doctoral programme and they follow a reduced course programme. In 2005, ERIM formulated the following five core principles for its doctoral programme, which will be guiding for the future: 1

ERIM provides a five-year doctoral programme that is focused on developing academic talent. The main aim of the programme is to enable our doctoral graduates to acquire a pole position on the academic career market and, in particular, to achieve a competitive profile on the international job market for the next generation of faculties at leading business schools worldwide.

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The main aim is achieved through two years of advanced course work plus three years of work on the dissertation, combined with systematic coaching and academic personality development. A balanced amount of time is also devoted to developing and improving teaching skills. Each graduate is granted a master degree on accomplishing the course programme and a PhD title after defending the dissertation.

Candidates can enter the doctoral programme at three points: in the first year on the basis of a bachelor diploma, in the second year on the basis of an MSc diploma, and in the third year on the basis of a relevant research master diploma. Selection criteria are in place so that only excellent students can enter the programme.

The amount and composition of the course work depends on the candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specific educational background and individual profile. First-year research master students have a course programme of 120 ECTS. Second-year students have a course programme of at least 60 ECTS and can obtain waivers for some of the first-year courses.

Doctoral students are provided with financial aid over the five years of the programme. These are scholarships and tuition fee waivers available in the first year and personal research assistantships in the second year of the research master. Those research master graduates who proceed with a PhD at ERIM receive regular doctoral candidate contracts (three-year contracts).

The first two years of the ERIM Doctoral Programme are formally defined in the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research. Since its start in 2004, the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research has officially been accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) as a two-year research master programme. The re-accreditation of the programme took place in 2009. PhD FACTS AND FIGURES Number of PhD candidates in the programme (as at August 2013):

125

Number of countries represented in 2013:

Female candidates:

ca. 40% each year

ERIM alumni (as at August 2013):

287

CUM LAUDE PhD defences since 2000 (as at August 2013):

The ERIM PhD programme was designed in 1999 together with the start of ERIM. The programme is built on a long tradition of doctoral education at both the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and is developed to train and educate future scholars in the various fields of management. In line with the targets of

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the Bologna process, it aims to deliver high-quality graduates who are well-prepared for the job market and are attractive candidates for recruitment by leading international business schools and universities. Another aim of the programme is that research conducted by PhD candidates will form a substantial contribution to ERIMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research output. Each thesis should lead to publications in leading research journals. In the initial stage of the programme, PhD candidates have personalised education and training programmes, which include course work (often taken within the ERIM research master programme) and the completion and external evaluation of a detailed research proposal. In addition to providing specialised courses in the candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own research field and advanced methodology courses, the course programme also allows candidates to position their work in the broader stream of management research. As a result, the PhD programme provides PhD candidates with knowledge, research skills and other skills that make them specialised researchers with comprehensive knowledge of the various areas of research in management. After approval of the research proposal, candidates continue their research and are encouraged to present their work at workshops and conferences, and to write discussion papers, which are subsequently submitted to international journals. Since the foundation of ERIM in 1999 over two hundred and eighty five PhD dissertations have been published in the ERIM PhD Series. Research conducted as part of these PhD projects has also generated hundreds of articles in international journals. Research master

The research master programme is a joint initiative of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). The ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research is executed under the auspices of ERIM. A fairly large number of graduates (ca. 70%) from the research master programme continue with a PhD project. In January 2004, the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research was officially accredited by the NVAO (the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders) as a two-year research master. The NVAO re-accreditation of the programme took place in 2009. The first cohort of the ERIM research master students graduated in the summer of 2006. As at August 2013, there were over 75 graduates. The majority of them are now pursuing their PhD at ERIM.

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1.3.3

Career Perspectives

The main purpose of the ERIM Doctoral Programme is to train doctoral candidates for future academic positions in management research. An academic career is the most popular choice among ERIM PhD graduates (around 70% of ERIM PhD alumni continue with an academic career). Many ERIM PhD graduates have remained in the Netherlands and are located at all Dutch universities. Outside the Netherlands ERIM PhD alumni are working at such international universities and business schools as INSEAD, HEC Paris, University of Cambridge, ESSEC, Warwick Business School, Bocconi, University of Antwerp Management School, Sa誰d Business School of Oxford University, Catholic University of Leuven, EM LYON Business School, Business School of the University of Reading, Bradford University, IMD Business School, Warsaw School of Economics, European School of Management and Technology, European University Institute, Norwegian Business School, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Nova School of Business and Economics Portugal, Aalto University School of Science, K端hne Logistics University, University of Milan, to name a few. Outside Europe, our alumni are working at the Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Florida, University of Maryland, University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology, Singapore Management University, Hanoi University of Technology, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla in Mexico, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Concordia University Canada, University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Newcastle Business School Australia, Fudan University China, among others. Around 30% of our alumni work outside academia. Their placements include research and management positions at public institutions and private companies such as Shell, Eneco, AEGON, Unilever, ABN AMRO, ING, London Bank, Rabobank, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Accenture, PWC and Robeco, just to name a few.

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Overview of the PhD track

The primary aim of your PhD project is the completion of a PhD thesis within four years (three years for research master graduates). Related objectives are the acquisition of academic knowledge and research skills, knowledge and experience in the presentation and publication of papers, and expertise related to the application of scientific knowledge to managerial practice. The work you do as a PhD candidate consists of research, taking courses, teaching and sometimes contract research. At least 75% of a PhD candidate’s time should be dedicated to research and taking courses (according to the ‘CAO’). Teaching should not consume more than 20% of your time as a PhD candidate. Teaching tasks should preferably be closely related to your research or will benefit you directly in some other way. Although ERIM strongly recommends teaching activities to take place only in the second and third year of PhD appointment, PhD candidates might be required by their respective departments to do some teaching also in the first and final year of their PhD. Contract research is not obligatory and should only be performed if the research benefits from it. The next sections discuss several important events throughout your PhD project. Figures 1 and 2 give a schematic overview of the important events and deadlines of the three- and four-year PhD tracks.

2.1

Starting Your Project

When starting your research, you should first obtain a clear view of your research field. Start reading books and articles on your subject and discuss them with your daily supervisor. To start with, your primary sources for literature will probably be the university library and the BIC (see chapter 5). To search for literature, you can use one of the online databases (see chapter 5). We also advise you to make contact with other PhD candidates in your research field, visit the ERIM website (www.erim.eur.nl, under “People”) and the websites of various networks for lists of PhD candidates. It is also important to consider which doctoral courses you would like to take. Courses are offered by ERIM and numerous external networks (see chapter 3). A schedule of the courses you intend to follow should be incorporated in your Training and Supervision Agreement (see section 2.3.1). 2. Overview of the PhD track

Figure 1 Overview of important events and deadlines for a three-year PhD project

S TART Month 5:

Deadline research proposal.

Month 7:

First year assessment with Director of Doctoral Education.

YE AR 1

Month 22:

Submission progress report to Doctoral Office.

YE AR 2

Month 24: From year 2

Evaluation meeting with Director of Doctoral Education. Prepare for job market.

YE AR 3

Six months before PhD defense: Start official procedures for defense. PhD defense

Figure 2

Overview of important events and deadlines for a four-year PhD project

S TA RT Month 3:

Deadline Training and Supervision Agreement

Mostly Year 1:

Course programme. Results and certificates should be sent to the Doctoral Office.

Month 10:

Deadline research proposal.

Month 12:

First year assessment with Director of Doctoral Education.

Month 28:

Submission progress report to Doctoral Office.

Month 30:

Evaluation meeting with Director of Doctoral Education.

YEAR 3

From year 3:

Prepare for job market.

YEAR 4

Six months before PhD defense: Start official procedures for defense.

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

PhD defense

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Annual Appraisal Talks

Once a year (December or January) the PhD candidate’s work is evaluated in a meeting (‘functioneringsgesprek’) between the PhD candidate and the supervisor (‘promotor’) and/or daily supervisor. The past year is evaluated and there is the opportunity to look ahead to the coming year. In this meeting, the performance of the PhD candidate, his/her supervisor and the department can be discussed (from HR manual). The first year of the PhD track is very important for you. The following section gives an overview of the first year. There are four main milestones in your first year: I. II. III. IV.

Training and supervision agreement (TSA) after three months of appointment Courses Research proposal (after 5 or 10 months of appointment) First Year Assessment and go/no-go decision

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First Year

In the first (and second) year of the PhD programme, the PhD candidates are obliged to attend several courses. In addition, part of the first year should be used to write the research proposal. Those PhD candidates who completed the research master programme do not have to attend courses. 2.3.1

Training and Supervision Agreement

Each PhD candidate is requested to draw up a Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA) (‘opleidings- en begeleidingsplan’) within the first three months of his/her appointment in cooperation with the supervisor(s). This plan will be approved by the Director of Doctoral Education and formalised by the Dean. The plan includes an Individual Study Programme (ISP). See chapter 3 for information on courses and annex A.5 for an example of a TSA form. Please note that PhD candidates are requested to send a copy of all their course certificates for courses taken outside ERIM to the Doctoral Programme Assistant. A list of external courses taken by PhD candidates in the past is provided in annex A.2. For more information regarding external courses please see ERIM Support Programme no.10 in annex A.3. PhD candidates who have completed the (ERIM) research master programme prior to their PhD appointment are not obliged to take courses.

2. Overview of the PhD track

2.3.2

Research Proposal

Ten months from the official start of the PhD appointment (five months for the research master graduates), PhD candidates are expected to submit a written research proposal for the research they are going to carry out during the remaining three years of the PhD programme. The procedure is as follows; before the deadline you must submit the proposal, which contains the elements mentioned below, in either Word or PDF format to the Doctoral Programme Assistant. In addition to the proposal you must suggest the names of five potential external (i.e. not affiliated with Erasmus University) reviewers to evaluate your proposal. This list of potential reviewers should include their names, titles, position, affiliation and contact details (incl. e-mail). The ERIM Doctoral Office will then invite the proposed reviewers to review the proposal regarding: • Clearness and originality of the research question/problem • Completeness, coherence and consistency of the proposal • Scientific contribution • Adequacy of the research design and methodology These reviews will be part of the first year assessment (see below). The research proposal should include the following elements: 1 Working title 2 Name of PhD candidate and supervisor(s) 3 Introduction (background and relevance of the project) 4 Research questions / problem formulation 5 Theory / research model / hypotheses 6 Methodology 7 Scientific relevance / contribution of the project 8 Managerial relevance 9 Planned publications (selection of outlets to present) 10 Time schedule / research planning, including planned field work or data collection 11 Cooperation with other researchers / groups 12 Literature (10-20 key references) Examples of research proposals can be requested from the Doctoral Programme Assistant. The average research proposal covers about 10-15 pages. In the first-year assessment (see below) a lot of attention will be paid to the possible realisation of the research planning mentioned in the proposal.

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2.3.3

First Year Assessment (Appraisal Talk)

After one year of PhD appointment (seven months for the research master graduates) an evaluation of the performance and progress of the PhD candidate takes place in a meeting with the PhD candidate, his/her supervisor(s) and the ERIM Director of Doctoral Education. This First Year Assessment is decisive in allowing the PhD candidate to continue with his/her PhD appointment. The assessment is based on the courses taken, the final research proposal as written by the PhD candidate after ten (or five) months of preparation, and the overall performance. The results of the First Year Assessment are recorded in the Assessment sheet for first year PhD Candidate (see annex A.6 for example form), which is formalised by the Dean of the concerning Faculty.

2.4

Second and Third Year

The second and third year are used for: • Taking courses (only second year; not relevant for PhDs with research master background) • Literature review • Writing papers • Presenting papers at conferences • Performing the empirical part of the research PhD candidates are encouraged to participate in conferences to meet and learn from other researchers and to present their own work. To find out which conferences are suitable for your research interests, ask your supervisor or daily supervisor. They frequently receive invitations for conferences and can easily keep you informed about interesting opportunities. (For funding of your travel plans, see section 4.1 and the ERIM Support Programme 10 in annex A.3). Another important milestone in your PhD trajectory is the 2,5 year meeting. For MSc degree holders with a four-year contract, this meeting takes place 28 months after the PhD appointment date. For research master graduates, it takes place 22 months after appointment as a PhD candidate. Before this meeting, a PhD candidate must submit a progress report of about two pages to ERIM. The progress report should inform the Director of Doctoral Education about the first stage of your PhD track, including a description of chapters or working papers you are working on (or have completed), your field work, the data you have collected, and the conferences at which you have presented. The report should also present a detailed research plan and schedule for completion of your PhD thesis. The progress report provides important information for an evaluation meeting with the Director of Doctoral Education and your supervisor in the first half of your third year.

2. Overview of the PhD track

2.5

Fourth Year

In the fourth year, the research is completed and the thesis is written. Once the thesis has been completed, the defence of the thesis will not take place until approximately six months later. All regulations concerning your PhD defence can be found in the doctoral regulations of the Erasmus University (‘promotiereglement’). See http://www.eur.nl/english/information_for/doctorate_students/. ERIM has its own PhD series. Dissertations can be published in printed and electronic format. All published PhD dissertations in the ERIM PhD Series can be found at http://repub.eur.nl/res/org/1. If published in this series, ERIM will pay for the design and printing (see EPS manual of the year of graduation). For further information please contact the PhD Series Coordinator and/or Doctoral Programme Manager. The first thing to do is to file a request for the PhD defence (‘verzoek tot promotie’). This request should contain the subject of the thesis and name(s) of the supervisor(s). Please note that this request can be filed at any point in the PhD defence track, but at least six months before the desired date of the PhD defence. Please note that, if one of the supervisors leave(s) the university, this request must be submitted before he/she leaves. Otherwise, this person can no longer serve as your supervisor. A detailed overview of the ERIM procedures in preparation for production of the PhD book is available through the ERIM Doctoral Office. In the final year of the PhD contract, ERIM PhD candidates are assisted in their search for a new position. ERIM offers workshops on the international academic job market and supports job-market visits abroad for PhDs in their fourth year (see ERIM Support Programme Manual, No.10). The ERIM website also features PhD candidates “On the Job Market” (in the last six months of their contract) and contains a selection of relevant links for PhDs searching for a new job.

2.6

Extension of the Contract

If a PhD candidate anticipates that it will not be possible to finish the dissertation within four years, then (s)he should contact his/her supervisor immediately. In consultation with the supervisor, the Director of Doctoral Education and the HR department, the PhD candidate should discuss the possibilities of completing the thesis. In principle, contracts are not extended after four years.

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2.7

Premature Termination of the Contract

If the PhD candidacy is terminated prematurely (either by the PhD candidate or by the employer), then the PhD candidate is entitled to receive a certificate. This document can be useful when applying for a new job. The certificate should contain a short review of the performed research and publications, a review of courses taken and an overview of teaching activities (from the P&O manual). Please note that notice (from either party) must be given two months in advance.

2.8

Scheduling your PhD Defence 2.8.1

EUR Doctoral Regulations

To obtain a doctoral degree at the Erasmus University one should follow a number of official procedures. They are described in detail on the EUR website (www.eur.nl). From the EUR homepage menu please select “Information for” and then “Doctorate Students”. You can easily navigate the EUR Doctoral Regulations or download them in PDF format: http://www.eur.nl/english/information_for/doctorate_students/information/doctoral_regulations The preparation to a PhD defense includes a workflow that can be initiated via a number of special forms (“Standard Letters”). The forms are available via the online system called “Hora est”: http://metis.eur.nl/horaest. ERIM PhD candidates and supervisors can use their existing METIS login also for “Hora est”. If you have forgotten your METIS login, please contact Ms. Pia van der Velde at pvelde@rsm.nl. The main steps of the EUR procedure include: • Form 1: Notification of intention to pursue one’s doctorate (filled in by the candidate and signed by the candidate, supervisor(s) and the dean). •

Form 2: Proposal of doctoral committee (approval of the thesis by supervisor (in Dutch: “promotor”); composition of the inner doctoral committee and plenary committee; signed by supervisor(s) and the dean. Inner committee will have 1 month to approve the thesis). Approval of the propositions (filled in by supervisor(s).

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Form 3: Admission to the doctorate ceremony (filled in by the secretary of the inner doctoral committee on behalf of the inner doctoral committee. Only after it is obtained, can the thesis be printed).

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The required forms could be filled in directly via the “Hora est” system or downloaded from the EUR website: http://www.eur.nl/informatie_voor/promovendi/promotietraject/ (NL) http://www.eur.nl/abd/bureau_van_de_pedel/promotie/ (ENG) Please take care that the forms are submitted to the university Beadles (“Pedel”, the University Ceremonies office) on time. The Pedel office is responsible for carrying out and assisting with the administrative procedures for the doctorate. Please contact the Pedels for any questions with regard to the PhD defense ceremony (including a possible reception after the defense). The University Ceremonies office can be reached from Monday to Friday from 9.30 AM to 1 PM. Contact information: T.: (010) 408 1006, central e-mail address: pedel@eur.nl. 2.8.2

Publishing your book in the ERIM PhD Series

ERIM will co-ordinate the process towards the book publication. This includes general language check (no detailed proofreading), cover production and book printing. Please remember that it is your responsibility to provide the necessary files and forms according to the schedule and to carefully check the proofs from the publisher and cover designer. You are also responsible for providing correct contact information, timely updates of relevant invoice and delivery addresses, etc. If you fail to follow the schedule, any delay in book production will be your own responsibility. The same applies to any errors or misprints on the cover or inside the book that were overlooked by you during the proof check. That means: start on time, follow the schedule and avoid stress!

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It is important that you comply with the EUR schedule with regard to the official procedures. Here are the main steps: Action

Schedule

Action promotor / candidate

Action by

Action Doctorate Board

Application for the for the defence

At least 6 months before the desired date of the PhD defence

Form 1

Candidate

Appointment of supervisor / supervisors and/or co-supervisor

Approval of thesis by supervisor / supervisors + proposal for the composition of the small and large committees + expert, if applicable

At least 5 months before the desired date of the ceremony

Form 2 including manuscript + title pages, summary, CV and propositions

Discuss planned date of the PhD defence

At least 5 months before the desired date of the ceremony

Set a provisional date with the Academic Ceremonies department

Candidate

Notification of the small committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion on the PhD candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission

At least 3 months before the desired date of the PhD defence

Form 3

Secretary of Inner Committee

Approval by the Rector, permission to reproduce the thesis, set definitive date of the PhD defence

Application for graduation with distinction, if relevant

At least 7 weeks before the desired date of the PhD defence

Application to Doctorate Board

Promotor

Implementation of the rules of procedure in accordance with Article 9.1

Send copies of the thesis to the UP

At least 5 weeks before the desired date of the ceremony

DEFENCE of PhD thesis before the entire committee

Appoint committee members, evaluate title pages, check propositions

Candidate

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The ERIM schedule of the book production is linked to the EUR schedule at several points. Here are your steps in the ERIM procedure:

Schedule

Action PhD candidate

Approx. 8 months before the intended PhD defence

Discuss your workflow in a personal meeting with the ERIM PhD Series co-ordinator

Approx. 7 months before the intended PhD defence

Language check

Approx. 5 months before the intended PhD defence

Complete thesis layout

Approx. 4 months before the intended PhD defence

Start cover design

Approx. 3 months before the intended PhD defence

Complete the thesis file, insert last details

Approx. 3 months before the intended PhD defence

Submit your draft thesis for layout check

Approx. 2,5 months before the intended PhD defence

Submit your thesis for printing

Approx. 1,5 months before the intended PhD defence

Check and correct the printing proofs

Approx. 2 months before the intended PhD defence

Submit PhD defence media and communication form

Approx. 1,5 months before the intended PhD defence

The book should be printed

At least 5 weeks before the intended PhD defence

Distribute the printed books to the committee, beadle (pedel) and the University Library

The ERIM contact person who currently coordinates the PhD Series is Marisa van Iperen, ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant. If you are planning to graduate within eight months please contact her for the most recent version of the ERIM PhD Series Guide and to schedule a personal appointment.

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The PhD Course Programme: Towards Customisation

ERIM PhD Programme: Internationalisation and Increasing Impact The objective of the ERIM PhD programme is to train the future generation of international researchers in the field of Research in Management by investing in young, talented, international academics. New PhD candidates at ERIM follow a state-of-the-art PhD course programme, which fits their academic background and research interests. During the project, senior ERIM Research Fellows and Members coach each PhD candidate intensively. The PhD programme creates many opportunities for personal intellectual development and an exciting international academic career.

3.1

Course Overview

In the ERIM PhD programme, the PhD candidate and his/her supervisor(s) are jointly responsible for composing a course plan that helps the PhD candidate to develop the knowledge and research skills necessary to become a specialised researcher. These courses should complement the PhD candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing knowledge and skills and be helpful in carrying out the research project. This means that each PhD candidate will compose a programme that is customised to his/her individual needs and interests. The course plan consists of three types of courses: core courses, skills training courses, and specialisation courses. Course loads are expressed in ECTS2, where 1 ECTS corresponds to 28 hours of work. The entire PhD course-load for PhDs entering PhD programme with MSc/MA degree consists of 40 ECTS of courses. In addition, ERIM also offers several skills modules, participation of which is voluntary (but often highly advisable). These skills modules are not part of the 40 ECTS course programme.

ECTS refers to the European Credit Transfer System. It is based on the principle that 60 ECTS measures the workload of a full-time student during one academic year.

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3.2

Core Courses on Research Methodology (at least 10 ECTS, compulsory)

The aim of these courses is to familiarise PhD candidates with research methodologies and applications in the domain of management research. You can choose two of the following six courses (part of the research master programme in Business Research): • Topics in the Philosophy of Science (BERMMC001, 5 ECTS), semester 2 • Research Methodology and Measurement (BERMMC002, 5 ECTS), semester 2 • Statistical Methods (BERMMC004, 6 ECTS), semester 2 • Case Study Research (BERMMC003, 5 ECTS), semester 2 • Applied Econometrics (BERMMC005, 5 ECTS), semester 2 • Stochastic Models and Optimisation (BERMMC006, 5 ECTS), semester 1 • Programming (BERMMC010, 4 ECTS), semester 1 • Mathematics and Statistics (BERMMC008, 4 ECTS), semester 1 • Microeconomics (BERMMC009, 5 ECTS), semester 1 More details about each course can be found on the ERIM website http://www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral-programme/doctoral-courses/. Depending on your background, you may apply for exemption from one of these two courses, which allows you to replace 5 ECTS with a more advanced course. You should communicate your choice to ERIM at least one month before the start of the course.

3.3

Skills Training Courses (6 ECTS, compulsory)

In this part of the programme, PhD candidates’ writing, presenting, and research skills are trained. The following three courses are obligatory: • Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English (BERMSKL001, 4 ECTS) • Publishing Strategy (BERMSKL003, 1 ECTS) • Scientific Integrity (BERMSKL009, 1 ECTS) ERIM also offers a number of non-compulsory skills courses (see section 3.7).

3.4

Advanced Courses (24 ECTS)

The main part of the ERIM PhD programme will consist of specialisation courses. Each PhD candidate will compose an individual programme of the courses that he/she plans to follow. These courses will be in the field in which the PhD candidate is conducting his/her research and they further specialised knowledge and research skills. The ERIM fellows are involved in teaching of these specialisation courses. However, PhD candidates can also choose to take courses outside ERIM. Several national and international networks and programmes provide high-quality specialised courses. Examples of these networks are provided below.

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PhD candidates can also take courses in doctoral programmes of other (foreign and Dutch) universities and research schools. Section 3.4.2 below gives you some examples of other Dutch research schools where some of our PhD candidates have followed courses in the past. For your information, a list of courses taken by ERIM PhDs in the past is provided in annex A.2. All specialisation courses have to be approved in advance by the Director of Doctoral Education. Courses are targeted at PhD candidates (or advanced master students). As a rule, workshops, symposia, colloquia and tutorials will not be approved as part of the course programme. Study loads of external courses are determined by the Director of Doctoral Education, after consulting the course contents and requirements. Please note that there’s a limitation to courses taken outside ERIM (please see ERIM Support Programme no.2). If a PhD candidate wants to take an additional course abroad, the request to take the course has to be accompanied by letter of motivation from the candidate’s supervisor and if approved by ERIM, the costs for the additional course will be paid for on a 50%-matching principle by the department of the PhD candidate. In 2013 / 2014, ERIM offers the following advanced courses (also as part of the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research programme). These courses have a study load of 5 ECTS, unless otherwise indicated. Advanced Specialisation Courses:

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Managerial Economics (Hendrikse, BERMASC001), semester 2 ERIM / CentER Workshop on Information Management Research (Van Heck / Ketter, BERMASC008), semester 2 Advanced Topics of Research in Strategy (Jansen, BERMASC009), semester 2 Advanced Topics in Organisation Theory (Heugens, BERMASC012), semester 2 Multi Agent Systems Research (Ketter / Van Heck, BERMASC013), semester 2 Social Networks and Market Competition (Jensen, BERMASC020), semester 1 (3 ECTS) Topics in Consumer Behavior (3): Advances in Consumer Neuroscience (Smidts / Boksem, BERMASC025), semester 2 Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior (Van Knippenberg, BERMASC026), semester 1 Strategic Entrepreneurship (Mom / De Jong, BERMASC027), semester 1 Seminar Corporate Finance 2 (Norden / Qiu / Rajamani/ Van der Poel, BERMASC031), semester 1 Seminar Asset Pricing 2 (Van Dijk / Szymanowska / Van Achter / Van der Wel, BERMASC032), semester 1 Advances in the Economics of Entrepreneurship (Thurik / Koellinger, BERMASC033), will be given in 2014-2015 Foundations of International Business (Reus / Heugens / Slangen, BERMASC034), will be given in 2014-2015 Innovation Management (Van den Ende, BERMASC035), will be given in 2014-2015

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Advanced Methodology Courses:

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Advanced Qualitative Methods (Heugens, BERMAMC001), will be given in 2014-2015 Advanced Statistical Methods (Groenen / Koning, BERMAMC002), semester 1 Advanced Survey Methods (Hak, BERMAMC003), semester 1 Behavioral Decision Theory (Wakker, BERMAMC004), semester 1 Experimental Methods in Business Research (Wubben, BERMAMC005), semester 2 Seminar Corporate Finance 1 (Norden / Qiu / Rajamani/ Van der Poel, BERMAMC006), semester 1 Seminar Asset Pricing 1 (Van Dijk / Szymanowska / Van Achter / Van der Wel, BERMAMC007), semester 1 Stochastic Dynamic Optimization (Koning, Brinkhuis, BERMAMC008), semester 1 Workshop on Structural Equation Modelling through Partial Least Squares (Berens, BERMAMC009), semester 2

Please note that some courses have entrance requirements. More information on the ERIM courses can be found on the ERIM website http://www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral-programme/doctoral-courses/. 3.4.1

Networks

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The Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS) CEMS is a strategic alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies. Its primary aim is to set a global standard of excellence for prior experience to a master degree in management. CEMS also fosters cooperation between the leading business schools in doctoral education and facilitates workshop/course visits for doctoral students of the member institutions. Internet: http://www.cems.org/students/doctoral-students

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Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE) The main objective of the Netherlands Network of Economics is to provide highquality education opportunities to Dutch doctoral students. This is achieved by offering a number of different services. Firstly, the network has a large number of NAKE Fellows, who as a group span almost all areas of economics. The second service that is offered by NAKE is a fully-fledged teaching programme. The third activity of NAKE is the organisation of bi-annual NAKE Workshops. In these very intensive workshops four internationally acclaimed experts give courses to the Students and Fellows of NAKE. As of 2005, Erasmus University Rotterdam no longer participates in NAKE. Internet: www.nake.nl

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Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB) The Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB) is an interuniversity collaboration in which all of the Dutch universities participate, as well as the CWI. The LNMB has a twofold function. Firstly, the LNMB provides education for PhD Candidates. Centred around eight two-year courses with additional

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workshops, this education is aimed at broadening and deepening the knowledge of the participants. In addition, the LNMB is an organisation of (full and associate) professors who are active as researchers in Operation Research. Internet: www.lnmb.nl •

The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) EIASM is an international network for management research and teaching that contains over 23,000 management scientists from all over the world. The general mission of the Institute is to contribute to the development of management researchers and teachers in Europe. Its mission leads to the formulation of the following objectives: – To contribute to the development of and to sustain a network of management researchers and teachers in Europe – To organise conferences, seminars and workshops on research in disciplines relevant to management – To encourage and facilitate the initiative and coordination of joint research – To enhance the development and the quality of European doctoral student education. Internet: www.eiasm.be

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European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Management (EUDOKMA) EUDOKMA's mission is to promote research and doctoral training on Knowledge and Management. To achieve these aims, it studies the functions of knowledge in management, in the information society and in the new economy. It strives to prepare doctoral students, who will be managers or academics, with a deep understanding of knowledge and learning. It offers, in a series of interrelated seminars, many points of view, which relate knowledge creation, diffusion and applications to philosophical, epistemological and methodological issues. Internet: http://www.edamba.eu 3.4.2

Other Research Schools

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Tinbergen Institute Tinbergen Institute is the Netherlands Research Institute and Graduate School of Economics of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Tinbergen Institute consists of the Research Institute and the Graduate School. Internet: www.tinbergen.nl

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CentER CentER is the research school of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Tilburg University. CentER was founded in 1988 at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Tilburg University as a small research institute specialising in game theory, international macroeconomics and applied econometrics. In 1992, the institute was restructured as a Graduate School and widened its scope to other research fields as well. A Graduate Programme in Economics (GPE) was developed, followed by a Graduate Programme in Management (GPM) one year later. In 2001, a Graduate Programme in Business was started. Internet: http://center.uvt.nl

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SIKS SIKS is the Dutch research School for Information and Knowledge Systems. SIKS organises courses on issues from the field of computer science. Internet: www.siks.nl

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TRAIL TRAIL (Transport Infrastructure and Logistics) is a joint postgraduate Research School of the Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam. Internet: www.rstrail.nl

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SOM Graduate School / Research Institute SOM is the joint research institute of the faculties of Management Organisation, Economics and Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen. It combines and promotes disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, which meets international standards. It also provides the training and research environment for PhD candidates. The mission of SOM is to promote fundamental and applied research related to firms in its economic, spatial and demographic environment and to provide a PhD programme of a high international standard. Internet: http://www.rug.nl/som/index

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IOPS This is the Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics. IOPS was officially recognised by the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) as a Graduate School ('onderzoekschool'), and this recognition was prolonged in June 1999. The following participate in this graduate school: University of Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), University of Twente (UT), University of Groningen (RUG), Leiden University (UL), University of Utrecht (UU; since 1999) and Tilburg University (UvT). Internet: www.iops.nl

3.5

Course Load

The course load of the PhD programme consists in total of 40 ECTS (except for the research master graduates). At the end of the first year the PhD candidate should have gained at least 25 ECTS. The remaining ECTS should be obtained in the second year. The courses are a compulsory part of the PhD programme and at the end of both the first and the second year PhD candidates will have to report to the ERIM Doctoral Programme Manager about the courses they have taken and passed. If the core courses have not been successfully completed after the second year, the PhD candidate will no longer receive ERIM financial support. After completion of the PhD course programme, the PhD candidate will receive a certificate.

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3.6

Course Timetable

Semester 1 (autumn 2013):

Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English: Pre-CPE level Specialisation Courses Scientific Integrity

Semester 2 (winter to spring 2014):

Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English: CPE level Core Courses on Research Methodology Specialisation Courses Publishing Strategy Scientific Integrity

3.7

Additional Courses and Skills Modules

To support PhD candidates in their development, ERIM offers a number of additional courses and transferable-skills modules. These modules enable PhD candidates to make the most of the learning opportunities available at the university and prepare for successful employment after graduation. These courses and skills modules are not a compulsory part of the PhD course programme. Participation is voluntary, but not without obligations; • Erasmus Management Lectures (annual event with distinguished scholars) • ERIM Summer School (offers advanced methodology courses) • Interaction Performance Training / Coaching (BERMSKL002, 2 ECTS) • Web-based & mobile survey research (BERMSKL004, 2 ECTS) • Strategies for Successful Academic Job Placement (BERMSKL006, no ECTS assigned) ERIM is also planning to offer more PhD skills training courses, for example, a workshop on personal efficiency. If there is enough interest among the new PhD candidates a workshop on Literature Search in the Library and its Databases may be organised. Please contact the ERIM office for more information. Skills modules are announced by email well in advance.

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3.8

Course Enrolment and Attendance Course Registrations

To register for ERIM courses listed in the current ERIM Study Guide please e-mail Ms Miho Iizuka, miizuka@rsm.nl. Please provide the course code and title. The registration deadline is four weeks before the start of the course. ERIM course schedules are communicated to the doctoral candidates by the Doctoral Programme Assistant before the start of the academic year and as updates (when applicable). To register for external (non-ERIM) courses you should first obtain approval from ERIM. You may register for the courses already approved by ERIM as part of your individual study programme. If your study programme is yet to be finalised and in case of corrections/changes in the approved course programme, please contact the ERIM Doctoral Programme Manager for approval of particular course. As a rule, you register for the approved external courses yourself. If a course fee is required, you have to pay it yourself and request reimbursement later (for approved courses only); the ERIM Executive Assistant is in charge of financial issues. Course Attendance and Cancellations

For all ERIM courses full (100%) course attendance is required. If you are unable to attend a class due to illness or other serious circumstances, it is your responsibility to notify the teacher as soon as possible. This also applies to skills courses, such as English. If you have to drop a particular course, you should inform the teacher of your decision and reasons as soon as possible. In addition, you must also cancel your registration officially by sending an e-mail to Ms Miho Iizuka, ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant. Please consider that the number of course participants has a direct effect on the financial course costs. Therefore, please make sure your course registrations and cancellations are on time. If you register for external courses without official approval you will be held responsible for any related financial costs incurred by ERIM. At the beginning of the academic year, all new ERIM doctoral candidates will receive name cards from the ERIM Doctoral Office. You must bring your card to all ERIM classes. Course Grades

You are obliged to sit the exams for all courses included in your TSA (provided that examination is part of the course). Course grades are communicated to the students by the teacher of the course, not by the ERIM Doctoral Office. If you have not received your grade on time or have questions related to your grade, please contact the course teacher directly.

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Course Administration

ERIM keeps track of your course progress in its archive and database. For all external courses, it is your responsibility to provide ERIM with a copy of the certificates obtained (including your grades) on time. It is also important that you keep good track of your progress and its administration yourself. You must keep a copy of your ISP plan for your own records and note any changes in it. Please note that ERIM has to approve any changes/corrections in your Individual Study Plan in advance. You are kindly requested to keep a file with an overview of your course progress: Course Title

3.9

Course Code

ECTS

Status (planned / in progress / completed)

Period (year, months)

Grade

Comments

RISBO Teacher Training

The RISBO research institute delivers expertise in the area of professional development, curriculum innovation and organisational development and ICT & education. They also offer a course in Basic Teacher Training. Please note that this course may not be part of your individual study plan. More information can be found at http://www.risbo.nl/r_training.php.

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Funding

4.1

ERIM Support Programme for PhD candidates (ESP 10)

ERIM has Support Programmes for conference visits, conference participation, working visits to an international university, field research data collection, following courses and scientific literature. The support of ERIM is generally based on the 50/50 actual cost matching principle with either the department of the PhD candidate and/or external sponsorship (with some exceptions, for example course funding). PhD candidates will always be requested to look externally for funding for travel and conference expenses. Possible funding sources include NWO and Trustfonds. Furthermore, PhD candidates are expected to act responsibly and costefficiently when asking for ERIM Support Programme. Requests for support have to be submitted at least one month in advance of the planned activity. The request must contain budget estimation and acquired internal / external matching support. Please note that financial support will be paid afterwards and your declaration must be accompanied by original receipts and/or bills. For more information, see the ERIM Support Programmes Manual or Annex A.3 for ESP no.Â 10. 4.1.1

Courses

ERIM supports the costs for (short) academic courses provided by external academic networks (for example EIASM) or universities. ERIM only supports courses as agreed upon in advance in the Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA). Please note that all the courses taken outside ERIM, within or outside the Netherlands need to be approved in advance by the ERIM Doctoral Office. The number of external courses may vary, depending on the course fees and other course-related costs (flights, accommodation etc.). On average per PhD candidate, ERIM has refunded fully two external courses. Should a PhD candidate or the department want to have additional external course(s) to be refunded, then a short motivation from the candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supervisor should be added to the TSA. Depending on the total costs for all courses per PhD student, ERIM will refund up to 50% of the actual cost for the additional course based on the 50 / 50 matching principle with the concerning department.

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4.1.2

Conferences

Conference participation

ERIM supports conference participation of PhD candidates under the condition that they are presenting a paper. Proof of the paper acceptation should be submitted to the ERIM Office. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000. Conference visit

ERIM supports one conference visit without presenting a paper per PhD candidate, after the positive assessment of the research proposal (first year). Visiting the conference has to be multi- purpose: to develop contacts with international peers in the field, to be informed about the latest developments in the domain. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, with a maximum of € 700. International Job market visit

ERIM supports a maximum of one job market visit abroad for PhD candidates in their fourth year. Interview invitation(s) for the job market visit should be submitted to the ERIM Office with the request for support. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 700. 4.1.3

Research Materials

Data Collection (In the field or in the lab)

ERIM supports research data collection. This support will only be available to the PhD candidates who have fulfilled their first year’s obligations and with a positive assessment of their research proposal. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsorship, with a maximum of € 2,500. Scientific and Educational Literature

Per PhD candidate, a total amount of € 500 is reimbursable within two years of the start of the PhD project.

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4.1.4

International Research Activities

Working visit to international supervisor

ERIM supports outward working visits to international supervisor for PhD candidates after the positive assessment of the research proposal (first year). In their final year PhD students may ask ERIM for support in financing part of the inward travel expenses of their supervisor in his capacity of supervising / attending the thesis defence. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000 per visit. International Research Study / Visit

ERIM supports international study visits of PhD candidates to another academic institution. Candidates in their third and fourth year are encouraged to visit and participate in another international research group in their area of specialisation. In this way the candidate is enabled to professionalise his / her international academic peer-relations. The support is for a research visit with a maximum duration of four months and is based on a “1/3 of the actual cost”- matching principle with two other parties: department where the PhD candidate is appointed and at least one external sponsor to a maximum of € 4,000. A request for an international research study contains the following elements: • A support letter of your promoter / supervisor • Overview of the aim of the study and planned activities • Description of the expected impact of the study on the quality of the results of the PhD research project • Budget estimation such as: housing, flight and other connecting transportation, settlement costs, visa, insurances. No daily allowance will be paid; ERIM will reimburse costs of living only in case these are evidently higher than in the Netherlands (Example of budget estimation is available through the ERIM Office).

4.2

External Funding

The goal of the Erasmus Trustfonds is to promote scientific education and research at the Erasmus University. PhD candidates can receive a scholarship for conference visits and working visits. ERIM strongly encourages applications to the Trustfonds! An application should be sent to the Trustfonds at the latest two months before the planned activity (www.trustfonds.nl). Furthermore, the Fulbright Center has possibilities for funding working visits in the USA. Please find more information on www.fulbright.nl.

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Appointment and Facilities

In the Dutch system, PhD candidates are salaried employees. However, there are more financial issues than your salary alone that you need to think about. These include additional income, a savings programme, insurance, and compensation for moving expenses. Generally, PhD candidates are paid according to the collective labour agreement (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CAOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) for Dutch universities; see also http://www.vsnu.nl. For current salaries see http://www.eur.nl/english/staff.

When working you start at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, you will find that there are many things that you have to arrange, understand and do before you can devote all of your time and project. This section provides about attention to your research some information issues concerning For more your appointment at the university. details see the URLs given in each section. & of the In general, the website of the Personnel Organisation department University is very helpful: http://www.eur.nl/medewerkers (NL) or Erasmus (EN). http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/

Your contact persons at the Human Resource Departments are: Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management, (RSM) Ms. M. van Hooijdonk (Mariska) Room T06-43

Tel. (010) 408 1693 mhooijdonk@rsm.nl

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) Ms. Y. Jules (Yvonne) Room T06-45 Tel. (010) 408 2418 yjules@rsm.nl

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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) Ms. M. Verzaal – van der Hoek (Marleen) Room T06-41 Tel. (010) 408 1716 mverzaal@rsm.nl

Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) Ms. M.T. Winde – Speekenbrink (Mirjam) Room H06-27 Tel. (010) 408 1369 winde@ese.eur.nl

Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)

Ms. E.A. Greevink – de Bruin (Loes) Room H06-27 Tel. (010) 408 1690 greevink@ese.eur.nl

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General Information on Working at the Erasmus University3 Contract

Before you start, you will receive a letter of acceptance with the formal offer of a PhD position at Erasmus University from the human resources (HR) department of the RSM or ESE. This letter also contains information about salary, commencement date of employment, the applicability of the pension scheme, etc. Income

The salary stated in your appointment letter is the gross salary. The gross salary is the amount of salary before deduction of taxes, social security premiums and premiums for our pension scheme for retirement, disability and in case of death while in employment. The Erasmus University deducts these costs before the amount is transferred to your bank account. Therefore the money you receive does not equal the gross salary. See http://www.belastingdienst.nl for information about taxes. 3

This information was provided by the RSM Personnel Dept. It is the same for the ESE PhD candidates. In some cases extra information is added by ERIM.

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Note that the salary excludes a holiday allowance and end-of-year bonus. Overviews are only provided when your salary changes or to show incidental additional payments such as holiday allowance. Normally your salary is transferred to your bank account around the 24th of each month. Additional Income

As mentioned above, your salary is not the only remuneration you will receive. In the month of May you will receive your holiday allowance (‘vakantiegeld’), which is 8% of your gross salary received in the previous period from June to May. You will also receive an end-of-year bonus (‘eindejaarsuitkering’) in December, which is 8.3% of your gross salary received in the period from January to December. Both payments are gross payments. Health Insurance

The basic health insurance is compulsory for everyone living in the Netherlands or paying income tax here. Insurance companies must accept everyone for basic health insurance. The basic insurance covers the costs of medication, hospital treatment, care provided by a general practitioner and maternity care. You will also be able to take out supplementary insurance for medical expenses not covered by the basic health insurance. Children up to the age of 18 are insured free of charge. The EUR has negotiated an extensive health insurance package for its employees. These negotiations have resulted in a policy with attractive premiums, a wide range of options and attractive supplementary terms with the health insurance company Zilveren Kruis Achmea. Here is a brief list of the benefits of participating in the EUR’s group scheme: • A 10% discount on Zilveren Kruis Achmea’s basic premium • A 15% discount on a wide selection of supplementary policies • Children are also insured free of charge on the supplementary insurance policies taken out by their parents • No medical examination is required for acceptance for the basic insurance or the supplementary insurance (with the exception of class insurance policies and the 2 and 3-star dental insurance, unless you can demonstrate that you already have a similar policy.) • Freedom to choose your health care providers • A guarantee of care for around 400 medical treatments at selected care institutions: you will be able to make an appointment with a specialist within five days and can then be treated within the next ten days (for other treatments, you can use Zilveren Kruis Achmea’s mediation service) The HR department will provide you with more information.

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IPAP (Disability Pension Top-Up Plan) The Loyalis insurance company has an insurance scheme (IPAP) covering the consequences of total or partial incapacity for work. IPAP guarantees that your income stays at 70% in the case of partial or full disablement. Without this insurance you could experience a sharp drop in income due to disablement. The HR department can provide you with more information. Car Insurance

There is also a collective agreement for car insurance with Marsh. The HR department can provide you with more information. Moving Costs

If your address before accepting your job at RSM or ESE was more than 75 kilometres from Rotterdam, you could be entitled to receive a contribution towards the moving costs. The costs of transport of your furniture can be reimbursed and a fixed amount up to a maximum of € 7,750 can be paid as a compensation for settling-in expenses. Ask your HR department for the exact conditions before you make any arrangements. http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/employment_conditions/reimbursements/reimbursement_of_ moving_costs/ Housing

If you are looking for accommodation you might find the following links to housing corporations helpful: http://www.stadswonen.nl/ http://www.directwonen.nl/ http://www.havensteder.nl/ http://www.vestia.nl/ http://www.ikwilhuren.com/ Holidays

The number of hours of leave per year to which an employee is entitled depends partly on the choices that the employee makes in connection with the flexible working hours regulations • The annual leave to which an employee is entitled if he/she works a standard 38-hour working week is 29 days • If the employee has opted for a 36-hour working week, he/she is entitled to 17 days annual leave • If the employee has opted for a 40-hour working week, he/she is entitled to 41 days annual leave In the case of part-time employees, the above applies in proportion to the number of hours of employment. Before planning your holidays, note that the employer fixes around five collective leave days. This is due to the closure of the university from Christmas to New Year’s Day.

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National holidays on which the university is closed are: Christmas until New Year’s Day , Good Friday, Easter Monday , Queens Day , Liberation Day, Ascension Day and Whit Monday (in Dutch: kerstmis, nieuwjaarsdag, goede vrijdag, tweede paasdag, koninginnedag, bevrijdingsdag, hemelvaartsdag, and tweede pinksterdag). Terms of Employment Optional Model

Employees may determine part of their own terms of employment packages. The terms of employment optional model is simply an extensive exchange system. You can exchange several terms of employment. In this way you can create personalised terms of employment to satisfy certain needs. The HR department can give you more information. For more information, please visit: http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/employment_conditions/employment_conditions_selection_m odel/ Accounts

To be able to work on your computer you need to have a network account. When you start working, the secretary of your department will probably have arranged an account for you. If not, ask the secretary or contact the helpdesk BIT at RSM or I&A at ESE. If you are a PhD candidate employed at RSM, you also need to make sure that you have access to the RSM intranet as important information can be found there. ESE PhD candidates should also look at the ESE intranet. Please note that before you can go to the respective helpdesks you may need to have your ‘SAP’number. This is your ‘appointment number’ that is assigned to you when you start working for the university. Request it from your HR-department. MYERIM Account

All faculty members of RSM are given a personal MYERIM account. This account is used to register publications and other results of research. The information is used for annual reporting and external assessment (http://www.erim.eur.nl, click “My ERIM” in the upper right corner of the site menu). You should be able to log in using your ERNA account. Library Card

In order to borrow books, journals etc. from the library, you need a library card. The (free) UB (‘Universiteitsbibliotheek’) card can be obtained via the lending desk (take your appointment letter with you). For more information: http://www.eur.nl/ub/english/ The library card can also be used for borrowing books at BIC, the local RSM library in the T-building.

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Working in a Healthy Environment

Every employer is obliged to provide a sound working environment. This means that your office, desk, chair, and computer should be in such a state that you can work full time in a pleasant environment without any physical problems (like CANS). For example, the height of your desk should be adjusted according to your height. See http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/health/health_safety_and_the_environment/ Bicycle Shed / Car Park

You can use the protected bicycle sheds and the car park. You should obtain a permanent admission pass from the security office at the main entrance (take your appointment letter with you). If you want to use the car park and being eligible for parking at staff members' rate you have to request a parking licence. For more information about applying for a parking licence please visit http://www.eur.nl/english/mobility/implementationpaidparking/parking_licence/ International Primary Schools

There are two international primary schools in Rotterdam: • Openbare Jenaplanschool de Blijberg: http://www.blijberg.nl/ American International School of Rotterdam: http://www.aisr.nl/ • Stichting the Japanese School of Rotterdam: http://www.jsrotte.nl/gaiyou/egaiyo.HTM For more information about international education in the Netherlands: http://www.sio.nl/ Living in the Netherlands

In the Holland Handbook you will find a lot of information on all aspects of living and working in the Netherlands such as: career, fiscal issues, health care, housing, insurance, international education, registration and telecommunications and more general information on Dutch culture and habits, tourist information, language and international clubs: http://www.xpat.nl (click The Holland Handbook) Sporting facilities

As an employee of the Erasmus University you can use all the sports facilities of the University. For this, you need a sports card (‘sportkaart’), which can be obtained at the sports building (‘sportgebouw’, S-building). The price for this sports card is the same as for students. You pay the price for an employee of the university and you then receive a refund of the difference with the student price from the university. See http://www.eur.nl/english/campus_facilities/sport/

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Culture

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Erasmus Cultuurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offers you all kinds of courses and cultural activities. See the website: http://www.eur.nl/english/campus_facilities/culture/ Full information about employment conditions, HR policy and other regulations can be found online: http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/

5.2

Getting Started

Once you have signed your contract you can get to work. This section discusses issues concerning your work at the university. Office

As a PhD candidate you are entitled to your own desk and computer. In most cases, you will share a room. Office space is arranged by the secretary of your department at RSM or by the secretariat of the Tinbergen Institute at ESE. Travel Costs

PhD candidates are entitled to a contribution to daily travel costs. This arrangement is valid for the four years of employment of the PhD candidate, and can also be requested from your HR department. Working at Home

In general it is possible to work on your research at home. There are no general rules that determine how much time per week you may work at home; each department is free to establish rules on this matter. However, although there are no fixed rules, it is generally expected of PhD candidates to be present at the university most of the time. You should discuss the possibilities of working at home with your supervisor or daily supervisor. When working at home it is possible to use facilities from the university, such as e-mail and online data and literature sources. To use these facilities you have to establish a VPN connection via the university. You will need an ERNA account, which you can request from the helpdesk of your faculty. If you have an ERNA account, you need to configure the Internet connection with the university. The site http://www.eur.nl/english/erna/information/users_information/employees/ provides guidance on how to do this. On the site www.erna.nl/adsl you can find information about the possibility of having a cheap ADSL connection at home. If you are an RSM PhD candidate you can use the Internet to access your mailbox worldwide. Simply go to the site https://exchange.eur.nl/owa/ and type in your username and password for your inbox. ESE PhD candidates can access their ESE mailbox at https://webmail.eur.nl/mailhostfew/src/login.php. More detailed information about this service is available from your helpdesk.

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Software

Each school decides for itself which software is available. Each PC is equipped with standard software such as Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer. Both schools offer computer related support by means of a helpdesk. For RSM faculty please log in RSM Intranet at http://intranet.rsm.nl, go to “IT” and then “Software requests”. ESE PhD candidates can visit http://www.eur.nl/ese/then go to “ESE Staff” or “Medewerkers” and select the IT section. Both faculties have a general licence for several specific software programmes. In other cases, your department has to buy a specific licence. If you have any special software requests ERIM may help you in obtaining a licence for it. Please contact the ERIM Office. For general EUR software options visit http://www.eur.nl/english/erna/software/. Student Card

During the first two years of your appointment as a PhD candidate you can obtain a student card. In most countries you are eligible for discounts when you show your student card. Ask the ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant for more details on how to obtain this card. Personal Metis Account

Every member and PhD candidate of ERIM is given a Personal Metis account. This account is used to register the publications and other results of research in the Personal Metis system. All publications from METIS are published on the person detail pages of the ERIM website, so it is very important to keep the METIS records updated. The information is also used for annual reporting and external assessments. For more information about the Personal Metis account please contact the ERIM Office (Pia van der Velde, pvelde@rsm.nl). http://metis.eur.nl/metis Business Cards

When meeting people from other universities, it is common to exchange business cards (‘visitekaartjes’). The business cards are issued in the style of the school where the PhD candidate is appointed (RSM or ESE). An ERIM PhD candidate is permitted to add ‘ERIM PhD candidate’ on this card. To order business cards please contact the secretary of your department (if you are employed by RSM) or the ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant (if you are employed by ESE). Banking Facilities

The ABN-AMRO Bank has a branch on the university campus, which offers a full package of financial services. However, this branch has no cash facilities, so you will not be able to make deposits, withdraw or change money there. Location: room HB-2, tel.: 0900-0024. Working hours: Monday to Tuesday 9.00-12.30. An ATM machine is located at the entrance of the bank.

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Opening Hours of Buildings

The opening hours of the building of the RSM Erasmus University (T-building) are: Monday to Friday 7.30 - 22.30 Saturdays and Sundays 8.00 - 17.00 The opening hours of the building of the Erasmus School of Economics (H-building) are: Monday to Friday 7.30 - 22.30 Saturday 8.00 - 17.00 The buildings are closed during national holidays. Miscellaneous

It is essential that you rely on your colleagues for extra information. Talk to your colleagues about software, which may be of assistance to you in your field. Make sure, for instance, that you have the literature reference and bibliography programme ‘Endnote’ installed on your computer. Keep your eyes open for the Lunch Seminars (check the ERIM website), which are regularly organised by different theme groups within ERIM. These seminars offer you an opportunity to meet other researchers and become familiar with the research being done in your group (and others), and may help you in structuring your ideas. ERIM Social Events

Keep in mind that the ERIM work environment can also offer you recreational opportunities. Each year there is a PhD trip, an annual PhD dinner, sports events, and several drinks and lunches. ERIM has a yearly budget for these activities, for which the board of the PhD Council is responsible. If you have a good idea for an activity, feel free to contact the PhD Council (see section 6.6.1). Living in Rotterdam

If you are coming to Rotterdam for the first time, you might find these links helpful in finding your way: • • • • • • • •

Municipality of Rotterdam: www.rotterdam.nl. Rotterdam Experience: Read about the hotspots in Rotterdam: www.rotterdamexperience.nl. Rotterdam Tourist Information: www.vvv.rotterdam.nl/uk. Rotterdam Public Transport: www.ret.rotterdam.nl. Dutch railways: www.ns.nl. Rotterdam Start Guide (in Dutch): http://010.pagina.nl. Dutch tourist information: www.holland.com. To find a map in the Netherlands: Google maps, https://maps.google.nl/ or www.mappy.com.

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5.3

Libraries and Research Facilities Libraries

The EUR-libraries provide documentary information for students and staff of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The central University Library (UL) is situated on the Woudestein campus. It is the central library for all EUR faculties, except for the medical faculty. A separate Medical Library is situated on the Hoboken-campus. All catalogues and most databases are accessible online: www.eur.nl/ub. The UL also houses the Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet. EUR students and staff can borrow their books free of charge. University Library (UB)

The UB (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Universiteitsbibliotheekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) collection includes almost one million books and 275,000 e-books. It has access to the full text of 18,000 e-journals. There is also a collection of around 1,400 printed journals. Part of the collection of books and periodicals is available in the study areas and the periodicals room, for use in the library. However, the main part of the collection is stored in closed stacks, which are accessible by placing book orders on the UB web site. Your book(s) will be available at the desk within about 30 minutes. The library also has a search utility on the website which you can use if a journal is available electronically. You need a library card to borrow books, journals etc. from the library. The (free) UB card can be obtained by sending an e-mail to the lending desk: balie@ubib.eur.nl. To collect your card you must show your passport and student card. See www.eur.nl/ub for more information. The library card can also be used for lending books from BIC, the local library in the Faculty of Business Administration. Please note that you need a special copy card for the library; you cannot use your faculty copy card. You can find information regarding the UB or search the UB catalogue and catalogues of other major libraries on the UL website (www.eur.nl/ub). Printed bibliographies and digital databases, such as Online Contents, are available to search for articles. Publications sourced from outside the UB can be requested for a small charge. They will then be delivered from elsewhere in The Netherlands. For information regarding services, search methods, databases and study room collections, please turn to the information desks. Tours and user instructions are available upon request. Information leaflets are also available at the information desks.

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The UB has subject specialists for each scientific field. They are responsible for the acquisition of new publications and for helping to solve specific questions in their field. The subject specialist for Business Administration is Erik de Munck Mortier (Tel.: (010) 408 2392, e-mail demunckmortier@ubib.eur.nl) Location General information desk Telephone number Reading rooms opening hours Information desks opening hours Circulation desks opening hours E-mail Internet

B Building (010) 408 1198 Monday to Tuesday: 8.00 - 24.00, Friday: 8.00-21.00, Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 - 21.00 Monday to Thursday: 9.00 – 18.00; Friday: 9.00 – 16.45 Monday to Thursday: 9.00 – 21.00; Friday: 9.00 – 16.45 info@ubib.eur.nl www.eur.nl/ub

Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet

The Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet is situated in the UL building. It is a private library containing over 250,000 volumes on history, art, art history, literature, theology, philosophy and social sciences. All students and staff members of the EUR can borrow books, free of charge. The Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet has a separate circulation desk and catalogue. Location Telephone Opening hours E-mail Internet

B Building (010) 408 1195 Monday 9.00-17.00, Tuesday & Wednesday 9.00 - 19.00, Thursday & Friday 9.00-17.00, Saturday 10.00-13.00 kabinet@ubib.eur.nl http://www.eur.nl/rlk/

Business Information Center (BIC)

The BIC is the institute library of the Rotterdam School of Management. Its collection comprises the documentation of firms (annual reports of around 900 firms), research memoranda, staff publications, students’ specialisation reports, and a small collection of books and journals. The BIC has access to the following host organisations: DIALOG and the Dutch financial newspaper “Financiële Dagblad” (full text). A fee is charged for these facilities. The Dun & Bradstreet database is available only to staff and students of Erasmus University. The American database Lexis Nexis gives access to current world news (many newspaper articles, also from Dutch regional newspapers, for example), journal articles, information about countries, information about firms, and legal information. In addition to online facilities, the BIC also offers the following databases on CD-ROM: ABI / INFORM and BPO. ABI / INFORM contains bibliographical information from around 800 journals in the areas of general management, finance, accounting, human resource management, organisation studies, and marketing. BPO Business Periodicals Ondisc contains the full texts of 400 journals and a selection from the above-mentioned database ABI/INFORM.

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The BIC has a collection of student specialisation reports. This collection is open to the public. Every student must submit a copy of his/her approved specialisation report (i.e., not the draft version) to the BIC for this collection. Students can borrow a report for one week, and staff of the University for three weeks. Location Telephone Opening hours E-mail Internet

T-building, T04-50 (010) 408 1903 Monday to Friday 9.00 - 17.00 BIC@rsm.nl http://www.rsm.nl/library-bic/

Literature

The Studystore endeavours to have the obligatory and recommended books in stock. Please note with regard to the obligatory literature, changes are often made after this guide has been compiled. It is advisable to check the Blackboard in advance for the final list of literature. If you are not planning on taking the examination for a certain course for the first time until the re-examination period, there is the risk that the obligatory literature will be sold out by then. It is therefore advisable to buy the obligatory literature at the start of a trimester. Bookshop Location 1 Telephone Opening hours

Internet

Studystore VB-40 (088) 203 0323 Monday to Thursday: 9.00-17.30, Friday: 9.00-17.00 Between 15 July and 23 August: Monday to Thursday: 9.00-16.00, Friday: 9.00-15.30 https://www.studystore.nl/winkels/studystore-rotterdamburgemeester-oudlaan

Databases

Using databases is also a good way of searching journals and books. The following are relevant online resources: Digital sources: http://www.eur.nl/ub/english/search/databases/alphabetical_list/ www.eur.nl/ub/english/search/databases (Electronic databases of the UL: catalogue of hardcopy books and journals and online journals) (Citation Database of the Institute for Scientific Information) http://isiknowledge.com http://www.oclc.org (Online Computer Library Center) Relevant search options and online links are also included on the ERIM website under â&#x20AC;&#x153;searchâ&#x20AC;?.

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Erasmus Shop

Erasmus Shop is a foundation that assists EUR students in a range of areas. At Erasmus Shop you can find office supplies, gifts, business presents and Erasmus logo items (e.g. sweaters, T-shirts, sport bags). Educational licences for software are also available here. Certain readers for MSc courses can also be purchased at the Erasmus Shop. Erasmus Shop is located in in the V-building, VB-12 (T.: (010) 408 1154). It is open from 10.00 to 16.00 from Monday to Friday. Copyshop

Service Point is the copy and print shop located on the Woudestein campus (L- and V-building) as well as Erasmus MC. Here you can make copies or printouts. You can also purchase small office supplies. Location: Telephone:

L- & V-building (010) 408 1191

ERIM Facilities

Excellent research is carried out by excellent researchers, who work individually and together in optimum conditions, and who receive the right incentives to perform. To pursue its aims, ERIM employs a set of instruments to: (i) stimulate research communication, cooperation and international exchange; (ii) support the research and publications process; (iii) provide excellent research infrastructure; (iv) stimulate and recognise outstanding achievements; and (v) stimulate quality and monitor performance. The following research facilities are available for ERIM members and ERIM Doctoral candidates. ERIM Support Programmes (ESP) ERIM has set up a financial support programme for a range of research-related activities and the research institute, as well as for the PhD programme. The ERIM Support Programmes (ESP) are for the following purposes: Seminars/Colloquia /Workshops, Scientific Conferences, Editing of Scientific Texts, Research Visits, Data and Software, Submission Fees, Personal Research Assistants, Compensation for participants in Erasmus Behavioural Lab (EBL) experiments. Erasmus Behavioural Lab (EBL) The Erasmus Behavioural Lab (EBL) is a recent and important facility for conducting high quality experimental behavioural research. The EBL is a joint facility of ERIM, the ESE, RSM, and the Institute of Psychology (IOP). The EBL recently substantially increased its capacity and diversity of equipment and is a state-of-the-art facility for experimental research. Facilities and equipment for behavioural research include an eye-tracking lab with facilities and equipment for cognitive neuroscience research, two EEG-labs and a full range of autonomous measurement systems (skin conductance, heart rate). We operate two subject pools at the EBL lab; one working with course credits (ERPS) and one for paid subjects (EURO). Since last year, ERIM researchers have been able to conduct EBL

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experiments using the ERIM Research Participation System (ERPS). This ERPS-subject pool has been a very successful initiative and we are confident that it will have a significant long-term impact on our schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research productivity. Now that ERPS is well established and tested, we have invested in the improved support of ERIM for behavioural researchers. Participants recruited via ERPS are awarded course credits only. The second subject pool operates using monetary rewards. This pool, called the Erasmus Research Participation opportunities (EURO), is completely separate from the course credit driven subject pool and has its own web-entry and profiling. Erasmus Survey Centre (ESC) The Erasmus Survey Centre (ESC) is a research facility for researchers and students at ERIM. The ESC survey system uses advanced Globalpark EFS software and servers to design and conduct the electronic surveys. The system enables a broad range of management surveys, from simple questionnaires to surveys with closed user groups and conjoint product analyses with dynamic survey routing. In order to reach every possible target group, surveys can be conducted through several media at the same time: over the Internet, through mobile devices and on paper. The data collected through all these procedures can easily be reintegrated and exported with the software provided. Erasmus Data Service Centre (EDSC) At the joint initiative of the University Library and the founding schools of ERIM, the Erasmus University established a special data service centre in the summer of 2006. The EDSC provides access to financial and social science databases and gives individual support and workshops for students and staff of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. For this work the EDSC has a team of five specialists â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Datateam. The Datateam is itself supported by an advisory body made up of representatives from the faculties concerned and the University Library. Since the summer of 2007, the work terrain of the EDSC has expanded to include social-sciences data. This was achieved in collaboration with the School of Social Sciences (FSW). The EDCS provides entries to the 22 financial databases such as Bankscope (both world bank information source as via Wharton), Company.info, various Compustat databases, CRSP, ExecuComp, I/B/E/S, Market Insight, Reach, SDC, and various Thomson databases such as Thomson One-Banker, WRDS, Worldscope and Zephyr. In addition to contributions to financial databases, EDSC provides entries to 17 social science databases including EUROSTAT, OECD, Unctad and World Database of Happiness. WRDS provides instant access to key databases in the fields of finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy, such as the CISDM Hedge Fund / CTA Database and the CRSP database. Academic Licences and Databases The University Library provides ERIM Members and ERIM Doctoral Candidates access to more than 250 databases. In addition to the databases at the University Library, ERIM has access to specialised research software and databases for its members.

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5.4

Checklist

To summarise, below is a checklist of matters you should arrange as soon as possible: What?

Where?

Computer / E-mail account:

RSM: your dept. secretary; ESE: support desk

ERNA account:

Helpdesk RSM / ESE

Personal Metis:

ERIM office (P. van der Velde)

EUR library (UB) card:

UB EUR lending desk

Copy cards for UB (if you are RSM than also for BIC):

Secretary of your department

EUR student card:

ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant

ERIM business cards:

Dept. (RSM PhDs) / ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant (ESE PhDs)

Your name on the ERIM (e)mail list:

ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant

ERIM Support Programme (see the ESP manual):

ERIM Executive Assistant

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Important Individuals and Organisations

A PhD candidate does not work alone. Of course there is your supervisory team, with which you do your research. But you will also regularly be in contact with various individuals from the ERIM team and with representatives from different PhD networks.

6.1

Your Supervisory Team 6.1.1

Supervisor (“Promotor”)

The PhD candidate is supervised and guided by the supervisor, “promotor” in Dutch. The supervisor is always a full professor and research member / fellow of ERIM. It is possible to have more than one supervisor. 6.1.2

Daily Supervisor

It is possible that an associate professor (‘universitair hoofddocent’, UHD) or assistant professor (‘universitair docent’, UD) will serve as the mandated (daily) supervisor (‘gemandateerd begeleider’). If there is no mandated supervisor, your supervisor (‘promotor’) (or one of your supervisors) will act as your daily supervisor. The PhD candidate can turn to the daily supervisor concerning scientific problems and questions. It is recommended for PhD candidates to have regular meetings with their daily supervisors (in the first year you should at least have an appointment of approximately one hour with your daily supervisor every two weeks. In the later years this frequency may vary, depending on the work you are doing at that time.)

6.2

Deans of the ERIM participating faculties Prof. Dr. S.L. van de Velde (Steef) Dean, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

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Prof. Dr. P.H.B.F. Franses (Philip Hans) Dean, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University

6.3

ERIM Management Scientific Director Prof. Dr. M.J.C.M. Verbeek (Marno) Room T06-01 mverbeek@rsm.nl

Associate Scientific Director Prof. Dr. J.Y.F. Wynstra (Finn) Room T10-54 jwynstra@rsm.nl

Director of Doctoral Education Prof. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen (Patrick) Room T06-03 groenen@ese.eur.nl

Executive Director Drs. W.F. Mijnhardt (Wilfred) Room T06-04 wmijnhardt@rsm.nl

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6.4

ERIM Doctoral Programme Team

The ERIM Doctoral Office consists of the Director of Doctoral Education, Doctoral Programme Manager, Doctoral Programme Assistant and Doctoral Programme Assistant/PhD Series Coordinator. The ERIM Doctoral Programme Manager and Doctoral Programme Assistants are responsible for the day-to-day running of various aspects of the programme. If you have questions or requests related to the programme, we will be glad to help you. In most cases it is the most efficient if you simply submit your questions by e-mail and ERIM Doctoral Office will try to answer it as soon as possible. You can always schedule an appointment with the Doctoral Programme Manager. 6.4.1

Director of Doctoral Education

The ERIM Director of Doctoral Education bears overall responsibility for the ERIM Doctoral Programme. You can contact the Director of Doctoral Education if you have a serious problem during your PhD track, for example if there has been a serious breakdown in communication with your supervisor, which you cannot reconcile yourselves. We advise you to contact the ERIM Doctoral Programme Manager first. You can also turn to the HR department of your Faculty for questions or advice concerning legal issues (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rechtspositieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;), insurance issues or salary payments. You can schedule an appointment with the Director of Doctoral Education through the Doctoral Programme Assistants. Director of Doctoral Education Prof. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen (Patrick) Room T06-03 Tel. (010) 408 1972 (ERIM) / Tel. (010) 408 2259 groenen@ese.eur.nl

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6.4.2

Doctoral Programme Manager

The Doctoral Programme Manager coaches the application and appointment of new PhD Candidates. Once you have started on the programme, the Doctoral Programme Manager will keep track of your progress through the Individual Study Plan. Here are the issues the Doctoral Programme Manager can help you with: • Questions with regard to your Individual Study Plan: its formal approval and any changes in the approved plan • If you have an initiative or feedback on the programme • Confidential issues related to your performance in the PhD programme Doctoral Programme Manager Ms. N. Gersak (Natalija) Room T06-09 Tel. (010) 408 2376 ngersak@rsm.nl

6.4.3

Doctoral Programme Assistants

The Doctoral Programme Assistants supports the Director of Doctoral Education and the Doctoral Programme Manager in all daily activities. You can contact the Doctoral Programme Assistants with the following issues: • Registration for ERIM courses (upon request, before the deadlines) • BlackBoard registration for ERIM courses • Registration for RSM/ESE MSc courses officially approved by ERIM as part of your Individual Study Programme (registration upon request, before the deadlines) • Up-to-date information on the course schedule (schedule updates are e-mailed to students in case of changes) • To schedule an appointment with the Director of Doctoral education • To update your contact information (new address, phone number, etc.) • Issuing of standard letters confirming your enrolment in the ERIM programme Doctoral Programme Assistant Ms. M. Iizuka (Miho) Room T06-07 Tel. (010) 408 2259 miizuka@rsm.nl

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Doctoral Programme Assistant and ERIM PhD Series Coordinator Ms. M. van Iperen (Marisa) Room T06-07 Tel. (010) 408 2382 miperen@rsm.nl

6.4.4

ERIM Executive Assistant

Questions and requests for the ERIM Support Programme (ESP), including any related financial matters, should be directed to the ERIM Executive Assistant. Ms. H.B. van der Vhee (Tineke) Room T06-08 Tel. (010) 408 1182 tvhee@rsm.nl

6.5

ERIM Office members Director of Grants Development Ms. V. Van Laere (Veerle) Room T06-11 Tel. (010) 408 2596 vlaere@rsm.nl

Information Manager Research Ms. P. van der Velde (Pia) Room T06-10 Tel. (010) 408 9901 / 1600 pvelde@rsm.nl

6. Important Individuals and Organisations

Web Manager Ms. M. Siegerist (Maaike) Room T06-16 Tel. (010) 408 9513 msiegerist@rsm.nl

PhD Representation 6.6.1 ERIM PhD Council

6.6

The ERIM PhD Council looks after the interests of PhD candidates within ERIM. The Council consists of four PhD candidates, one of whom represents the first year PhD candidates. The has regularly contact PhD Council with the ERIM management and office. If you have questions about being a PhD candidate, about your work, your supervisor, your colleagues or anything else, then you can turn to the PhD Council. The PhD Council organises meetings with all the PhD candidates when important developments have to be discussed.

PhD Council is also responsible for organising social events like: • New Year’s Dinner • event PhD summer • Lunches • Drinks Yearly meetings with all PhD candidates • The of the composition PhD Council at the time of writing is: B. Manders, (Basak) Chairman ERIM PhD Council(since 2012) Room T10-29 Tel. (010) 408 2956 bmanders@rsm.nl (Pourya) P. Darnihamedani, Member ERIM PhD Council (since 2012)

Room H09-09

Tel. (010) 408 8943 darnihamedani@ese.eur.nl

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C.L.P. Pennings, (Clint) Member ERIM PhD Council (since 2012) Room T09-12 Tel. (010) 408 2575 cpennings@rsm.nl

H.R. Wijaya, (Hendra) Member ERIM PhD Council (since 2012) Room T08-05 Tel. (010) 408 1922 hwijaya@rsm.nl

6.6.2

EPAR

The Erasmus PhD Association Rotterdam (EPAR) is a PhD Council at university level concerned with the interests of all – over 400 – PhDs working at the EUR. EPAR’s mission is to make the Erasmus University an even more attractive and stimulating research and working environment for PhD candidates. EPAR’s activities include providing information, organising special events for PhDs (annual Information Market), maintaining close contact with important university policy makers and the National PhD Council (PNN), promoting contact and exchange of knowledge and experiences among PhDs and faculty PhD Councils, and regular drinks to promote contact between PhDs of different faculties. Please visit EPAR website on www.epar.nl. 6.6.3

Advisory Councils

Dutch Universities have advisory councils at two levels: • The University Council (‘Universiteitsraad’), which advises the University Board on general policy matters. • Faculty Councils for each faculty, which advise the dean on the policy of the faculty. In all councils both employees and students are represented. In the faculty councils of the ESE and Faculty of RSM a seat is reserved for PhD Candidates. You can contact them for policy matters concerning PhD Candidates that are specific to your faculty. 6.6.4

PNN

The PhD Network of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN)) represents all local PhD Councils from the Dutch universities. The mission of PNN is to discuss general matters concerning the PhD programmes and exchange information between the local councils. Representatives of the local councils meet six times a year. See www.hetpnn.nl.

6. Important Individuals and Organisations

6.6.5

EURODOC

EURODOC is the council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe. It was founded by several PhD Candidate associations and unions of the European states. EURODOC’s targets are: • To provide an official framework for the collaboration of Europe’s doctoral / postdoctoral students’ unions. • To represent the European doctoral students and young researchers at a European level with respect to all political and administrative institutions. • To be a discussion platform for doctoral students and young researchers, senior academics and academic policymakers (discussing the current and future problems of academic policy and those of young academics in particular). • To make propositions to achieve the amelioration of the status of PhD Candidates and young researchers. For more information see www.eurodoc.net

6.7

ERIM PhD Alumni Association

In 2007, when ERIM celebrated the 100 PhD defences within the ERIM PhD Series, the ERIM Alumni Association (EAA) was launched. The mission of the EAA is to foster positive and productive relationships between the Institute (including faculty and PhD candidates) and its PhD alumni by providing opportunities for networking, learning and career development, in order to strengthen the position of both alumni and ERIM. For more information please visit the ERIM Alumni and Careers webpage: http://www.erim.eur.nl/alumni. The EAA has a board that consists of three members. The EAA board members and their positions are: Dr. Erik Kole Chairman (promotion of EAA; contacts with ERIM, PhDs and alumni; EAA website) ERIM PhD alumnus 2006 Assistant Professor of Financial Econometrics Erasmus School of Economics kole@ese.eur.nl Dr. Jos van Iwaarden Academic Relations Officer (academic career development; seminars / workshops) ERIM PhD alumnus 2006 Assistant Professor Quality Management & Performance Improvement, RSM Erasmus University jiwaarden@rsm.nl

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Dr. Joop Huij Business Relations Officer (business career development; research fund raising in industry) ERIM PhD alumnus 2007 Senior Researcher at Robeco Asset Management Assistant Professor of Finance, RSM Erasmus University jhuij@rsm.nl

6. Important Individuals and Organisations

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Appendix

A.1

Standing Rules of ERIM PhD Council Introduction

The ERIM PhD Council is an advisory body within the ERIM organisation (art. 8 ERIM Statutes, 2000), acting on behalf of the ERIM PhD Candidates. ARTICLE 1. Objective

1.1

1.2

The objective of the ERIM PhD Council is to represent the interests of all PhD Candidates, officially affiliated with the research school ERIM. The representation of interests concerns all matters that play a part during the period of the PhD project. This covers the period from appointment up to and including conferral of the doctorate. Areas of attention of the ERIM PhD Council are, in any case: • Quality and quantity of the programme of study • Facilities for PhD candidates • Research proposals of PhD candidates • Doctoral thesis supervisors • Promoting contacts among PhD candidates ARTICLE 2. Composition

2.1

2.2

2.3

The ERIM PhD Council is made up of all PhD candidates who are formally affiliated with the research school ERIM (A candidate is formally attached to ERIM when his / her supervisor is a Research Fellow or Member of ERIM (ERIM membership Charter)). The ERIM PhD Council chooses a board from among their number. This board is made up of three members, namely a Chair, a Vice-Chair and a first-year representative. One of the board members takes over the role of the treasurer of the council. Upon initiative of the board, the board can be extended to four people (see 2.3.). The board is constituted as follows: In early August, the current board announces which members of the board intend to get re-elected and searches for further interested candidates. PhD candidates can nominate themselves until one week before the mandatory General Meeting. All candidates will be presented to the council by e-mail at latest two weeks before the meeting. Each year at latest four weeks after the introduction day of the first year PhDs, the decision is taken by an election where each PhD can vote for his favourite candidate, in a General Meeting

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2.4 2.5

of all PhD candidates. The two candidates with the highest number of votes are appointed to be the new board. The first year representative is appointed according to 3.9. A potential fourth council member will be proposed in person to the General Meeting, which approves the appointment with the majority of its votes. Board members are appointed for one year. Board members can be re-elected. If one of the board members is absent for some length of time (for example, due to sickness), the board can appoint a replacement. This must be reported to the members. ARTICLE 3. Tasks of the Board

3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

The board of the ERIM PhD Council formally represents all members of the ERIM PhD Council by all possible means. The board of the ERIM PhD Council gives advice, upon request and of its own volition, to the ERIM Management in all matters concerning the research school ERIM. The advice is reported in writing to the ERIM management. In order to ensure correct implementation of point 3.1, informative consultations are held on a regular basis with the director of research, the PhD director and the ERIM Programme Council. In addition, meetings are regularly convened with the PhD director and the members of the ERIM Office. At least one time a year a General Meeting is held with all members of the ERIM PhD Council. This mandatory meeting takes place at latest four weeks after the introduction day for first year PhDs, together with the elections for the new board. Further General Meetings can be held at any time. In this meeting there is discussion of which points will be raised by the board in the consultations with the PhD director and the ERIM Office. Two weeks in advance, the meeting is announced by e-mail. The agenda for the meeting is attached. The Chair of the board chairs the General Meeting. The Vice-Chair takes the minutes of the meeting. The minutes are distributed among all members of the council within two weeks after the meeting. In addition to the board, the ordinary members also have the possibility of calling a meeting. This can only be done if at least 5 ordinary members, or 10% of the ordinary members, wish to call a meeting. This meeting must also be announced to all members two weeks in advance. The board of the ERIM PhD Council meets once a month. Consultations will regularly be held with the university representative and the national representative (see also point 3.12). The board of the ERIM PhD Council pays special attention in the General Meetings to matters concerning the first-year PhD candidates. Furthermore, the first-year representative regularly discusses current affairs with first-year PhD candidates in a more informal setting. The board of the ERIM PhD Council is present at the first working day of the new class of PhD candidates. On this occasion the Council will present itself and describe the role of the ERIM PhD Council. During the annual mandatory General Assembly, the new PhD candidates are also offered the opportunity to choose a first-year

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3.10

3.11

3.12

representative from their number. If the other board members agree (see point 2.3), this first-year PhD candidate is appointed as the first-year representative on the board of the PhD Council. The board of the ERIM PhD Council is co-author of the PhD reference guide. This guide will be published both on paper and on the ERIM Intranet. This guide strives to answer many of the questions that arise during the entire period of the PhD project. This guide will be published every year in September. At the mandatory General Meeting, the board proposes candidates to represent the ERIM PhD candidates in external bodies like Faculty boards, the IFAR (Erasmus University) and the LAIOOB (national consultations). The members will decide on the proposed candidates by a simple majority of votes. The language spoken in the ERIM PhD Council is English. If all those present agree, the language spoken can deviate. ARTICLE 4. Standing Rules

4.1 4.2

The Standing Rules are adopted at a General Meeting, by 2/3 majority of the votes cast. Proposals to amend the Standing Rules can be made in a General Meeting by both the board and the members. The proposed amendments are reported to the members at least two weeks before the meeting. At the meeting amendments can be carried by 2/3 majority. ARTICLE 5. Voting Procedure

5.1 5.2 5.3

It is possible to vote by proxy. The maximum number of proxy votes that can be cast by a member who is present is two. Voting on people is carried out by secret ballot. In all other cases, an open vote is held. If there are more candidates then the board has members, the current board decides internally about the precise specifications of the voting procedure for the new board. This procedure shall be democratic and pay attention to a representation of both ESE and RSM. This procedure shall be announced to the PhDs at least two weeks before the voting takes place. ARTICLE 6. Final Provision

In cases for which these rules do not provide, the board of the ERIM PhD Council will take a decision.

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A.2

Overview of External Specialisation Courses Followed by ERIM PhD Candidates

In the table below you will find examples of external courses taken by ERIM PhD candidates in the past, ordered by research programme. Please note that this course list is only intended to give you an idea where to search for interesting courses in your area of research and that no rights can be derived from it. Because of possible changes that may have taken place with regard to the structure and contents, the courses below will not automatically be approved for your Individual Study Plan, nor will they automatically be approved for the same course load. No rights can be derived from this list.

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A2.1 Institute

LIS Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Agent Link

www.agentlink.org

Agent Systems Summer School

2004, 2005

AIS

www.aisnet.org

Workshop: Information Mining for 1 transportation and Automotive domains

2003

Methodology of Research and Design

2003

Quantitative Methods

2003

ERIM 1: LIS

ARRIVAL Fall School

www.aloj.us.es/fsarrival Robust Network Design and Delay Management

2007

ASB

www.asb.dk

Applications of vehicle routing

2005, 2006

ATMOS

www.atmos -workshop.org

Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization and Systems

2007

IT workflow and op. proc. Model

2004

Catholic University Leuven

wis.kuleuven.be

Optimization and Numerical Methods

2011

CentER

http://center.uvt.nl/

Empirical Research in Economics

2003

CICT, Technical University of Denmark

www.cict.dtu.dk

The Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies

2007

Copenhagen Business School

http://www.cbs.dk

Digital Analysis of Qualitative Data

2011

Delft University of Technology

http://www.tudelft.nl

Machine Learning

2011

ECIS

www.ecis.org

Innovation management & innovation policy

2004

EASS

www.eass.it

Agent Systems summer school

2002, 2006

EIASM

www.eiasm.be

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Case-based Research in Management Accounting

2003

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management

2006, 2009

EIASM Methodology

2004

European forum on market-driven supply chains

2003

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Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Methodology

2004

Organisational Design

2002, 2004

Research Methodology in Operations Management

2001, 2004, 2005

Summer School in Technology management

2005 2004

ERIM 1: LIS (continued)

Essex Summer School

www.essex.ac.uk/ methods

Social Network Analysis

HEC Paris

http://www.hec.edu

Inventory Management / Supply Chain Management

Kurt Lewin Institute

www.kurtlewin institute.nl

PhD Course on Hierarchical Linear Modeling: A guided tour

2010

Limperg Instituut www.limperginstituut.nl Management Accounting Research

2003

LNBE

Applications of game theory

2003

Case Research Methodology

2000

Applications of game theory to operations research

2001, 2003

Advanced Queuing Theory

2005, 2008

Combinatorial Optimisation 1a

1; 4

2004, 2006, 2007, 2010

Combinatorial Optimisation 1b

2007

Combinatorial Optimisation 2a

2005, 2009, 2011

Combinatorial Optimisation 2b

2008, 2009, 2011

Convex analysis for optimisation

2001, 2008, 2012

Conference on the Mathematics of Operations Research

2007

Cooperative Games

2008, 2012

OR Games

2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

Interior Point Methods

2006, 2008

Introduction to Stochastic Operations Research

2003, 2006

Inventory Management and Supply Chains

2008

Lunteren Conferences

2005, 2009, 2012

LNMB

www.lnmb.nl

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Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Markov Decision Processes

2007, 2009, 2011

Networks and Polyhedra

2012

Networks and Semidefinite Programming 4

2012

Noncooperative Games

2011

Queuing Theory

2011

Randomized Algorithms

2011

Revenue management

2007

Robust Optimization

2010

Service Optimization Management

2008

Simulation

2005

Stochastic Operations Research 2

2004

Stochastic Programming

2007

Continious Optimization

2011

Discrete Optimization

2011

Heuristic Methods in Operations Research

2011

Martin Luther http://www.uni-halle.de EURO Summer Institute 2012 University of on Maritime Logistics Halle-Wittenberg

2011

SIKS

Computational Intelligence

2011

Data-Mining

2012

The Semantic Web

2011

Technical www.tu-berlin.de University Berlin

Fall School 2006 on Timetabling and Line Planning

2006

Tinbergen Institute

www.tinbergen.nl

Mathematical Methods for Economics

2003

TRAIL

www.rstrail.nl

ERIM 1: LIS (continued)

http://www.siks.nl

Dynamic Traffic Assignment

2000

European Transport Policy and Sustainable Mobility

2003

New Physical Dynamic

2003

Traffic Flow Models

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Transport Innovations

2010

Discrete Choice Modelling

1;2;3

2011

Logistics & Freight Transport System Analysis

2011

ERIM 1: LIS (continued)

TransportNET

www.transportnet.nl/

Research Methodology for Transport Systems

2012

University of Amsterdam

www.uva.nl

Machine Learning: Principles and Methods

2009

University of Leiden

www.leidenuniv.nl

Optimization

2007

University of Lisbon

www.ul.pt

Summer School Data Mining

2003

Data Mining

2003

Innovations in Survey Data Collection

2007

www.ucu.uu.nl

Intermediate Structural Equation Models: Model E valuation

2007

http://www.pe-rc.nl

Bayesian Statistics

2010

Utrecht University www.uu.nl

Wageningen University

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A.2.2 Institute

ORG Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

www.cbs.dk

Cultural Perspective on Organisations

2004

Organizational Identity: Origins, Methods & Future Perspectives

2005, 2006

ERIM 2: ORG Copenhagen Business School

Perspectives in Organizational Analysis 5

2007

CRECIS

www.crecis.be

Intensive doctoral seminar in Entrepreneurship

2006

ECIS

www.ecis.org

Economic and Management Perspectives on Innovation: Theories and Applications

2003

EIASM

www.eiasm.be

European Doctoral Summer School in Technology Management

2003

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Case-based Research in Management Accounting

2003

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Organisational Design

2002, 2004

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research Methodology in Operations Management

2003

Workshop on Management Knowledge in Time and Space

2003

Workshop on Trust Within & Between Organisations

2003

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Methods, Techniques and Theories in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2010

Erasmus MC

www.erasmusmc.nl

The SNP Course VII

2010

Essex

www.essex.ac.uk/ methods

Advanced Questionnaire Design: Maximizing Reliability and Validity

2003

Causal Models and Structural Equations 1

2003

Introduction to discourse analysis

2000

Mathematics for Social Scientist, Part 2 1

2003

Mathematics for Social Scientist, Part 3 1

2003

OSL Regression: The Right-Hand Side

2003

For instance, â&#x20AC;&#x153;2009â&#x20AC;? is indicated for academic year 2009-10

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Qualitative Interviewing and Focus Groups: A Practical Introduction

2003

Social Network Analysis

2003, 2006

ERIM 2: ORG (continued)

Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

2002, 2004

2002, 2004, 2010

Introduction to Social Network Analysis 15

2011 2004

IKAT

www.cs.unimaas.nl

Data Mining Course

INSEAD

www.insead.edu

Strategy

IOPS

www.iops.nl

Design Questionnaires

2004

Multilevel Analysis

2003

Nieuwe Methoden voor het Ontwerpen, Beoordelen en Verbeteren van Vragenlijsten

2003

Applied multi-level analysis with SPSS

2005

Introduction to Cluster Analysis

2004

Least Squares Optimization

2004

Statistics in Brief

2003, 2005

Structural Equation Modelling

2006

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

http://www.kul.be

The Link on Entrepreneurship and Knowledge

2006

Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

www.kun.nl

Qualitative Methodology

2004

K端hne Logistics University

http://www.the-klu.org Social Networks and Organizations

2012

Kurt Lewin Institute

www.kurtlewin institute.nl

2007

Applying Psycho-physiological Measures 3 to Social Psychological Research

2006

A Mix Within: Mixed Models, random effect models, and hierarchical linear models applied to within-subject and repeated measures designs

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Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Hidden Behind the Dummy

2006

Methodological Seminars

2003, 2005

Motivation and Achievement

2003

The Motivation Cognition Interface

2005; 2006

Person-Environment Fit

2003

ERIM 2: ORG (continued)

Programming Experiments in Authorware 1

2007

Psychofysiologisch meten in sociaalpsychologisch onderzoek

2004

Research Group Meeting â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Group and Organizational Processes

1; 2

2007, 2010

Social Decision Making

2003

Social Interaction: Understanding Empathy, Trust and Fairness

2006

Trust and Psychological Safety in Team Functioning

2003

When in Doubt, Regress

2007

Workshop Connecting with others: 2 The benefits and perils of interpersonal bonds

2009

METEOR

www.fdewb.unimaas.nl Quantitative research /meteor methods of business

2004

NAKE

http://few.kub.nl/nake/

Selected Topics in Game Theory

2004

Swedish School www.hanken.fi of Economics and Business Adm.

Social Networks vs. Business Networks

2003

Tinbergen Institute

www.tinbergen.nl

Financial Risk Management

2003

University of Akron, Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences

www.uakron.edu

Emotions, Information Processing and Self-Regulation

2007

University of Amsterdam

http://www.uva.nl

Research Design in the social sciences

2008

University of Groningen

http://www.rug.nl

Multilevel Analysis

2012

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

ERIM 2: ORG (continued) University of Leiden

www.leidenuniv.nl

Modern Chinese Economy

2006

University of St. Gallen

www.unisg.ch

Corporate Governance Seminar

2003

Interdependence and Social Interaction 6

2006

Vrije Universiteit www.vu.nl Amsterdam

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A.2.3 Institute

MKT Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

CentER

http://center.uvt.nl

Consumer Behaviour

2010,2011, 2012

EIASM

www.eiasm.be

Eden Doctoral Seminar on Consumer Behaviour

2000, 2003

Eden Doctoral Seminar on Research Methods in Marketing

2002, 2006

Clinical Decision Analysis

2007

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Methods, Techniques and Theories in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2010

ERIM 3: MKT

Erasmus MC

www.erasmusmc.nl

De gekte voorbij: de neurobiology van psychiatrische stoornissen

2010

HEC Paris

http://www.hec.edu

Marketing & Society: The Conduct of Transformative Consumer Research

2010

ICH

http://www.ich.org

Good Clinical Practice

2011

IKAT

www.cs.unimaas.nl

Data Mining Course

2004

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

http://wis.kuleuven.be

Analysis of Varience & Experimental Design

2004

IASC Summer School: Robust Methods for Advanced Data Structures

2011

Kwantitiatieve psychologie

2004, 2006

Neural Computing

2006

Vraagstukken uit kwantitatieve psychologie

2004, 2006

Attitudinal Incongruence and Information Processing

2003

Methodological Seminars

2004, 2005

Social Decision Making

2003

Kurt Lewin Instituut

www.kurtlewin institute.nl

PLS

www.pls-school.com

PLS Path Modeling with SmartPLS: Advanced Topics

2012

Radboud University Nijmegen

www.ru.nl

Academic Writing

2012

Advanced Math

2012

For instance, â&#x20AC;&#x153;2009â&#x20AC;? is indicated for academic year 2009-10

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Neuroeconomic approaches to judgment and decision-making

2009

Neuroimaging I

2012

Perception-Action 1: Sensomotor Integration

2005

The Tool-kit of Cognitive Neuroscience 2011: Advanced Topics in MR Imaging of the Brain

2010, 2011

The Tool-lit of Cognitive Neuroscience 2011: Advanced Course in Functional Neuroimaging Data Analysis

2010, 2011

The tool-kit of cognitive neuroscience 2013: Advanced course in Functional Neuroimaging Data Analysis

2012

The tool-kit of cognitive neuroscience 2013: Advanced topics in MR imaging of the brain

2012

Wetenschapsjournalistiek

2011

Bounded Rationality

2006

Computional Econometrics

2006

Econometric Applications in Marketing 2

2006

Market Microstructure

2006

ERIM 3: MKT (continued)

Tinbergen

www.tinbergen.nl

University of Amsterdam

http://www.uva.nl

Neuro Imaging

2010

University of Kansas

http://www.ku.edu/

Mediation and Moderation: Modern Methods and Approaches

2012

University of Tilburg

www.uvt.nl

Consumer Behaviour

2004, 2005, 2006

Utrecht University

www.uu.nl

Innovations in Survey Data Collection: Mixed Mode, Websurveys and Visual Design

2006

Vrije Universiteit http://www.vu.nl Amsterdam

Motivation & Emotion

2011

Wageningen University

Basic Statistics

2006

www.wageningen universiteit.nl

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A.2.4 Institute

F&A Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Empirical Banking Methodological Aspects

2006

Barcelona Banking Summer School

2011

ERIM 4: F&A Barcelona www.barcelonagse.eu Graduate School of Economics

CEMFI

www.cemfi.es/ index.asp?lang=en

Summer School in Economics and Finance: “The Econometrics of Risk and Return”

2003

CentER

http://center.uvt.nl/

Investment Analysis of Aging & Pensions 1 6

2007

CORE

www.core.ucl.ac.be

Financial Econometrics: Past, Present & Future

2005

EIASM

www.eiasm.be

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Corporate Finance II

2001, 2004

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Empirical Financial Accounting Research

2005, 2012

Workshop on Dynamics Strategies in 2 Asset Allocation and Risk Management

2003

Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management

2006

ESIA

www.esia.univ-savoie.fr European Agent Systems Summer School 2

2005

Esnie

www.esnie.org

Course Week

2004

Essex Summer School

www.essex.ac.uk /methods

Bayesian Methods for Social Science Data Analysis

2003

Mathematics for Social Scientists

2003

Mathematics for Social Scientists, Part 3 1

2003

Time Series: Applicants and Advances

2003

HEC Paris

www.hec.edu

Readings in Executive Decision Making 4

2009

HunboldtUniversitaet zu Berlin / Wirthschaftswissenschaftliche Facultaet

www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/ Recent Development of Nonparametric 3 Methods in Financial Econometrics

2007

Limperg Institute www.limperginstituut.nl Advanced Financial Accounting

2012

Course Management Accounting Research 8

2003

For instance, “2009” is indicated for academic year 2009-10

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

ERIM 4: F&A (continued)

LNMB

NAKE

www.lnmb.nl

http://www.nake.nl

Capital Market research

2004, 2012

Combinatorial Optimisation 1b

2005

Combinatorial Optimisation 2a

2005

Continuous Optimization

1006

Asymptotic Theory for Integrated Processes

2003

Continuous Time Finance

2003

Empirical Corporate Finance

2003

Empirical Finance

2004

Finance

2002, 2003

Financial Risk Management

2003

International Asset Pricing and Investments

2003

International Finance

2003

Nonlinear Time Series Models in Empirical Finance

2002, 2003

Time Series Econometrics Using State Space Methods

2001, 2003

CFS

www.ifk-cfs.de

Empirical Asset Pricing Summer School

2005

Radboud University Nijmegen

http://www.radboud.nl

Culture and Economic Behaviour

2010

SIKS

www.siks.nl

Research Methods and Methodology

2005

Combinatory methods and learning and reasoning

2005

Computational Intelligence

2; 1

2005, 2007

Advanced Econometrics III

2012

Bayesian Methods and their Applications 2

2006

Behavioural economics

2001, 2006, 2007

Financial Risk Management

2003

Mathematical Methods

2002, 2003

Tinbergen Institute

www.tinbergen.nl

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Mathematics I

2005, 2006

Mathematics II

2005, 2006

Microeconomics II - Individual choice & social choice

2005, 2006

Microeconomics II Industrial Organisation

2003

New Developments in Financial Econometrics

2006

Simulation methods for applied economic/econometrics research

2004

ERIM 4: F&A (continued)

University of Amsterdam

www.uva.nl

Corporate law

2005

University of Exeter

www.xfi.ex.ac.uk

ESRC Financial Econometrics

2006

University of Leiden

www.leidenuniv.nl

Measuring Science: Assessment of Research Performance and Discovery of Patterns of Scientific and Technological Development

2006

University of Leiden, Lorentz Center

www.lorentzcenter.nl

Complexity in Economics and Finance

2007

University of Rome

www.dsi.uniroma1.it

Advanced Retrieval and Web Mining

2005

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A.2.5 Institute

S&E Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Theory of the MNE: Foundations of Global Corporate Success

2010

CHARGE Analysis Workshop

2012

Applied Quantitative Methods

2011

Eden Doctoral Seminar on Strategic Management

2002, 2004, 2011

Workshop on Information and Organisational Design Eden Doctoral Seminar on Corporate Governance

2003

2011

Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management

2011

Erasmus Summer Programme

2011, 2012

The SNP Course IX

2012

ERIM 5: S&E CEMS

CHARGE

www.charge consortium.com/

Copenhagen Business School EIASM

www.eiasm.be

Eindhoven University of Technology Erasmus MC

www.erasmusmc.nl

ESADE Business School

http://www.esade.edu

Open Innovation & Open Business Models

2011

Essex Summer School

www.essex.ac.uk /methods

Advanced Social Network Analysis

2003

Causal Models and Structural Equations 1

2003

Social Science Data Analysis and Collection 1

2005

Introduction to Time Series

2005

Mathematics for Social Scientists, Part 1 1

2003

Mathematics for Social Scientists, Part 2 1

2003

Social Network Analysis

2003, 2007

EUDOKMA

http://frontpage.cbs.dk/ Qualitative Data Analysis in Business eudokma & Management Research

2005, 2006

IOPS

www.iops.nl

2003

Nieuwe Methoden voor het 3 Ontwerpen, Beoordelen en Verbeteren van Vragenlijsten

2003

Constructie van Tests en Vragenlijsten

For instance, â&#x20AC;&#x153;2009â&#x20AC;? is indicated for academic year 2009-10

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Institute

Link

Course Title

ECTS

Academic Year *

Mansholt www.mansholt.wur.nl Graduate School

Panel Data Analyses

2007

Tinbergen Institute

www.tinbergen.nl

Behavioural Economics

2003

University of Louisville

http://louisville.edu

Intensive Ph.D Seminar in Entrepreneurship

2011

University of Oxford

http://www.ox.ac.uk

Analyzing Network Dynamics Using RSiena

2010

Quantitative Genetics

2011

ERIM 5: S&E (continued)

Vrije Universiteit http://www.vu.nl Amsterdam

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ERIM Support Programme no. 10 ERIM Support Programme for PhD candidates CONFERENCES Conference participation

ERIM supports the costs for (short) academic courses provided by external academic networks (for example EIASM) or universities. ERIM only supports courses as agreed upon in advance in the Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA). Please note that all the courses taken outside ERIM, within or outside the Netherlands need to be approved in advance by the ERIM Doctoral Office. The number of external courses may vary, depending on the course fees and other course-related costs (flights, accommodation etc.). On average per PhD candidate, ERIM has refunded fully two external courses. Should a PhD candidate or the department want to have additional external course(s) to be refunded, then a short motivation from the candidate’s supervisor should be added to the TSA. Depending on the total costs for all courses per PhD student, ERIM will refund up to 50% of the actual cost for the additional course based on the 50 / 50 matching principle with the concerning department.

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RESEARCH MATERIALS Data Collection (In the field or in the Lab)

Per PhD candidate, a total amount of € 500 is reimbursable within two years of the start of the PhD project. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Working visit to international supervisor

ERIM supports outward working visits to international supervisor for PhD candidates after the positive assessment of the research proposal (first year). In their final year PhD students may ask ERIM for support in financing part of the inward travel expenses of their supervisor in his capacity of supervising / attending the thesis defense. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000 per visit. International Research Study / Visit

ERIM supports international study visits of PhD candidates to another academic institution. Candidates in their third and fourth year are encouraged to visit and participate in another international research group in their area of specialization. In this way the candidate is enabled to professionalize his / her international academic peer-relations. The support is for a research visit with a maximum duration of four months and is based on a “1/3 of the actual cost”- matching principle with two other parties: department where the PhD candidate is appointed and at least one external sponsor to a maximum of € 4,000. A request for an international research study contains the following elements: • A support letter of your promoter / supervisor • Overview of the aim of the study and planned activities • Description of the expected impact of the study on the quality of the results of the PhD research project • Budget estimation such as: housing, flight and other connecting transportation, settlement costs, visa, insurances. No daily allowance will be paid; ERIM will reimburse costs of living only in case these are evidently higher than in the Netherlands (Example of budget estimation is available through the ERIM Office).

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External Funding

The goal of the Erasmus Trustfonds is to promote scientific education and research at the Erasmus University. PhD candidates can receive a scholarship for conference visits and research visits abroad. ERIM strongly encourages applications to Trustfonds. Applications to Trustfonds should be sent at least two months before the planned activity (www.trustfonds.nl) Furthermore, The Fulbright Center has possibilities for funding working visits in the USA. Please find more information on www.fulbright.nl. PROCEDURE

For all ERIM Support Programmes (ESP), the requests have to be submitted to the ERIM Office, Tineke van der Vhee, tvhee@rsm.nl, room T6-08. Requests for support have to be submitted at least one month in advance of the planned activity. The request must contain a budget estimation and acquired internal / external matching support • Procedure for Conferences, Data Collection and International Research After obtaining an approval from the ERIM Office, the form ‘Request for Business Travel Abroad’ has to be handed in to the departmental secretariat directly. Don’t forget to staple a hard copy of the ERIM approval to this form. Note: By submitting this form, you will be covered by the EUR Travel Insurance • The reimbursement takes place afterwards by handing in the form ‘Declaration of Expenses for Business Travel Abroad’ to the departmental secretariat. This form has to be accompanied with a separate A4 sheet showing an overview of the expenses you actually made and by original tickets, receipts and / or bills. Note: Financial support will not be based on a daily allowance, but on the costs actually made. Forms (faculty model) are available on the RSM Intranet (RSM PhDs) or the departmental secretariat (ESE PhDs). Procedure for Courses abroad

• •

•

make sure the course you’re planning to take abroad is included in your ISP and you have a permission from ERIM Doctoral Office to take it The form ‘Request for Business Travel Abroad’ has to be handed in one month in advance of the course, together with an overview of estimated expenses, to the ERIM Doctoral Office (T6-07). By submitting this form, you will be covered by the EUR Travel Insurance The reimbursement takes place afterwards by handing in the form ‘Declaration of Expenses for Business Travel Abroad’ to the ERIM Doctoral Office. This form has to be accompanied with a separate A4 sheet showing an overview of the expenses you actually made and by original tickets, receipts and / or bills.

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Procedure for scientific and educational literature and courses within the Netherlands

•

The form ‘General Declaration Form’, together with the original receipts, invoices and copy of the bank / credit card statement, should be submitted to the ERIM Office.

The Director of Doctoral Education makes final decisions. For regular cases we strive for a turnaround time of two weeks.

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A.4

ERIM Support Programme no. 11 ERIM PhD Series “Research in Management”

ERIM PhD candidates are facilitated to publish their university edition of the dissertation in the ERIM PhD Series on Research in Management. All dissertations in this series will have the ERIM house style cover, which leaves room for an individual touch, dependent on subject and the preferences of the PhD candidate. ERIM covers all costs, based on an overall arrangement with a designer of the cover, an English editor for the final language check and a printer for the actual printing of the book. Publication of the dissertation in the ERIM PhD Series is open for the following PhD candidates of Erasmus University in the field of Research in Management: • PhD’s who have participated in the PhD programme of ERIM. • Non-ERIM PhD candidates with an ERIM-fellow/member as (co)promotor. Final decisions on acceptance of dissertations by Non-ERIM PhD candidates to be published in the series are made by the Scientific Director of ERIM. Form:

documents and final thesis are submitted to the ERIM Office electronically (MS Word/PDF)

Language:

English

Layout:

information about the layout you can find in the ERIM PhD series guide. The guide is available through the ERIM Office.

Abstracts:

English and Dutch language (each ~ 200 words)

Keywords:

the author adds up to 10 free keywords

About the author Section:

it is compulsory to include a page (or several pages) about yourself in the book.

ERIM Series Overview

it is compulsory to include the ERIM PhD Series Overview at the end of the thesis.

PhD Defense Communication + Media Form

This form is available through the ERIM Office.

Copyrights remain with the author(s). ERIM is permitted to archive the dissertation in the Digital Academic Repository and to disclose it through the ERIM website and international academic repositories like REPEC and SSRN. The preparations for the doctoral ceremony normally start at least six months before the actual date of the doctoral ceremony. ERIM will start the actual printing of dissertations only after the PhD candidate is officially admitted to take his/her doctorate at the EUR and the title pages are approved by the EUR Beadle (in Dutch: Pedel). (In EUR terms: Form 3 is received) by the candidate.

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A specially developed workflow-planner for the last six months is available through the ERIM office. PRODUCTION

ERIM office will take care of: • Embedding in the ERIM Series (English language check; ERIM series number; colophon page with ISBN number; annex with the PhD series overview; cover design and invitation for the ceremony). • Production of printed version (invitation and flyer with the propositions included): – 100 books for ERIM PhD candidates – 75 books for Non-ERIM PhD candidates – CD-ROMs with the electronic version of the whole book for ERIM PhD candidates – CD-ROMs with the electronic version of the whole book for Non-ERIM PhD candidates • Production of electronic version with keywords, abstract and persistent URL to the full text (http://hdl.handle.net/1765/objectnumber) • Archiving in the Erasmus academic repository (Repub) and electronic disclosure through the ERIM portal • Media coverage (through the Internal and External Relations Department of the Erasmus University) and special mailings (only on request) ERIM receives 10 copies for distribution to scientific libraries and other research schools. EUR Beadle will need 21 copies for distribution. Output for author:

ERIM PhD candidates: ~70 printed copies in ERIM series cover with invitation and propositions. Non-ERIM PhD candidates: ~45 printed copies in ERIM series cover with invitation and propositions. Extra printed copies are to be financed by the candidate (price: EUR 7-10 per copy). Our printer also has a Printing on Demand (POD) facility. This is a printing facility to produce small amounts of books afterwards. Information:

Marisa van Iperen, miperen@rsm.nl, room T06-07, tel. (010) 408 2382 Examples: http://repub.eur.nl/res/col/292 Further information on the formal regulations for the Taking of the Doctor’s degree at Erasmus University can be found on the Beadle’s web page: http://www.eur.nl/english/information_for/doctorate_students/

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A.5

Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA) for ERIM PhD Candidates Confidential

This TSA contains details on the organisation of the PhD supervision, the tasks of the PhD candidate, the Individual Study Programme (ISP) and the assessment of the progress of the ERIM PhD research project. To be filled in by the PhD candidate in consultation with his / her supervisor. 1. Appointment details

Name of candidate Date of birth Place of birth Date of masters graduation School & Department Starting date of contract Final date of contract Date for PhD defence Date of first assessment

2. Supervision

Name of supervisor(s) / promotor(s) Name of second supervisor / co-supervisor Name of other (authorised) supervisor(s) Daily supervisor (can be any of the people above)

3. Aims of the appointment

The ERIM PhD candidate is appointed on a temporary basis in order to undertake further academic training and carry out PhD research, with the aim of completing a dissertation. In principle, the appointment will be on a full-time basis for four years. ERIM will apply a trial period of appointment of eighteen months. The ERIM PhD candidate will have three main tasks: • carrying out PhD research, • further academic training, • teaching. 84

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The ERIM PhD candidate will spend at least 75 percent of his/her activities on academic training and carrying out PhD research. The ERIM PhD candidate agrees to carry out the abovementioned tasks and to meet the commitments specified here ERIM will provide the PhD training and supervision. The ERIM Director of Doctoral Education will be involved in the annual evaluation of the tasks of the ERIM PhD candidate. 4. Tasks of the ERIM PhD candidate 4.A

Research

Name of the ERIM research programme Title of research project

4.B

Further academic training

Together with his/her supervisor, the ERIM PhD candidate compiles an Individual Study Program (ISP) within three months of the start of the appointment (see Appendix for model). This ISP forms part of the first-year assessment for ERIM PhD candidates. 4.C

Teaching

Although ERIM recommends teaching activities to take place only during the second and third year of appointment, the ERIM PhD candidate may be required to spend a limited amount of time on teaching activities (no more than 20%) also during the first and final year of PhD appointment. Teaching tasks would preferably be closely related to the content of the PhD research. 5. Facilities 5.A

Supervision

The supervisor / promotor agrees to provide supervision to the ERIM PhD candidate and adhere to working agreements. The supervisor is committed to spend a minimum of 16 hours per month on supervision of the ERIM PhD candidate. Any suitably qualified person can be nominated by the supervisor to carry out the supervision. 5.B

Other facilities

Mention here any other exceptional facilities or arrangements that are made for your project (e.g., working partially at a different place for your research).

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6. Report on activities and assessment

The ERIM PhD candidate produces a yearly progress report on the results achieved on the main tasks (see section 4) which will be discussed at yearly appraisal talks with the supervisor. The progress report at the end of the first year of appointment is compiled in accordance with the assessment sheet for first-year PhD candidates at ERIM. Based on the progress report at the end of the first year, the assessors decide whether the PhD studentship can realistically be expected to fulfil its aims. This assessment then enables the Dean to decide on whether to continue or discontinue the appointment of the ERIM PhD candidate. 7. Amendments to the TSA / ISP

Possible amendments to the TSA take place at the end of the first year for the rest of the period of appointment. If necessary, additional amendments can be added each following year during the period of appointment. These amendments will be attached to the ERIM Assessment Sheet for First Year PhD candidates. This sheet is drawn up at the end of the first year of the appointment. 8. Certificate

At the end of the appointment, the ERIM PhD candidate will receive a certificate of completion of training from ERIM. This certificate contains an overview of the followed courses and their grades. 9. Signatures

Date ERIM PhD candidate Supervisor / Promotor Second supervisor / co-supervisor Third supervisor / co-supervisor ERIM Director of Doctoral Education Dean

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Name & signature

Model for the ‘Individual Study Plan’ (ISP) for ERIM PhD candidates Courses

ECTS

Compulsory Course programme (≥ 16 ECTS) 1

Year 1

Year 2

Total

Core Courses on Research Methodology (choose 2 or more) • Philosophy of Science (BERMMC001, 5 ECTS)

• Research Methodology and Measurement (BERMMC002, 5 ECTS)

• Case Study Research (BERMMC003, 5 ECTS)

• Statistical Methods (BERMMC004, 6 ECTS)

• Applied Econometrics (BERMMC005, 5 ECTS)

• Stochastic Models and Optimisation (BERMMC004, 4 ECTS)

• Programming (BERMMC010, 4 ECTS)

• Mathematics and Statistics (BERMMC008, 4 ECTS)

• Microeconomics (BERMMC009, 5 ECTS)

Skill Course English (BERMSKL001, 4 ECTS)

Skill Course Publishing Strategy (BERMSKL003, 1 ECTS)

Skill Course Scientific Integrity (BERMSKL009, 1 ECTS)

Advanced Specialisation or Methodology Courses Institute

Course Title

Fee

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A.6

Assessment Sheet for First Year PhD Candidates 1. Appointment details

Name of candidate School Department Starting date of contract

2. Period of assessment

Date of assessment Period covered: from to

3. Assessment carried out by

Name

Daily supervisor

Relationship to candidate Supervisor/first assessor Co-supervisor/second assessor Co-supervisor/second assessor

Prof. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen

ERIM Director of Doctoral Education

4. Details of position

Title of research project Date of Training- and Supervision Agreement (TSA)

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5. Progress report on the main tasks 5.A

Research proposal

Title of detailed research proposal (proposal attached)

5.B

Academic training completed to date

Please attach a list of completed and planned courses.

ECTS planned first year (ISP)

ECTS Realization

Core courses on Research Methodology Skill Courses Advanced Methodology & Specialisation courses Total ECTS

6. Assessment 6.A

Research

Yes

Has the research started sufficiently well?

Are the research questions, problem definition, and research protocol satisfactorily developed?

Is the schedule in the research proposal realistic?

Are the results and progress of the research satisfactory in relation to the given aims?

Further comments:

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6.B

Further academic training and supervision received

Yes

Were teaching assignments completed satisfactorily?

Has the candidate undertaken other activities, e.g., administration tasks?

Are the results of the further academic training satisfactory? Is the candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement in the research activities of the programme (attending seminars, etc) sufficient? Were agreements between the supervisor and PhD candidate in respect of training satisfactorily concluded?

Further comments:

6.C

Teaching

Further details (if applicable):

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7. Exceptional circumstances

Were there any exceptional circumstances which influenced the outcome of the project?

Yes

Further details (if applicable):

8. Continuation of appointment

In the opinion of the assessors, should the appointment of the PhD candidate be continued?

Explanation (if necessary):

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9. Opinion of PhD candidate on:

A: Assessment:

B: Continuation or discontinuation of the appointment:

10. Agreed course of action

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11. Signatures

Date

Name & signature

ERIM PhD candidate Supervisor/Promotor Second supervisor/co-supervisor Third supervisor/co-supervisor Prof.dr. P.J.F. Groenen

ERIM Director of Doctoral Education

12. Formalisation of assessment

Date

Name & signature

Decreed by the Dean

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A.7

ERIM 2.5 year PhD Progress Report

As part of the ERIM PhD programme every PhD candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress is evaluated in a meeting approximately two and a half years after appointment. During this meeting the PhD candidate, the promotor(s) and/or supervisor(s) and the ERIM Director of Doctoral Education discuss progress in the PhD trajectory and the process required for completion of the PhD thesis. In order to inform ERIM about the first part of the PhD trajectory and as a preparation for the evaluation meeting the PhD candidate is expected to submit the underlying progress report to ERIM. This report must be completed in full and submitted before the deadline indicated below tomiperen@rsm.nl. Please fill in all the boxes below: ERIM PhD candidate Promotor(s)/Supervisor(s): Daily Supervisor(s) Date of Appointment: Title of Research Proposal:

1. Tentative table of contents for the thesis

Add rows if required. Chapter

Title

Introduction

Status

2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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% finished

2. Working papers completed or in progress (add rows if needed)

Title of the paper

Status

Corresponding thesis chapter

3. Data collection progress

List for each project what data you have collected or are currently planning to collect. Please indicate any bottlenecks (if applicable).

4. Conferences at which your work was presented (name, date, location)

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5. Teaching activities

Please indicate all teaching activities you have undertaken so far and those planned (insert rows if needed).

Courses taught

Course

Period

Academic Year

Total teaching time for courses taught

Your Total No of Hours

Courses planned

Course

Period

Academic Year

Your Total No of Hours

Total teaching time for courses planned

Total time teaching courses

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Evaluation Score

Indicate below your experiences of your teaching load.

6. Planning for the remaining part of the PhD trajectory 6.A

Future research related activities

Please describe the main activities that you are planning in order to complete your dissertation.

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6.B

Time schedule for completing the PhD thesis

Please provide a schedule (using months as units) for the completion of your dissertation. Indicate the activities needed for completing any unfinished chapters. Adapt the dates as appropriate, according to the end date of your contract. Add columns for additional chapters as needed.

Month

Chapter A

Chapter B

Chapter C

Chapter D

Jan / 2013 Feb / 2013 Mar / 2013 Apr / 2013 May / 2013 Jun / 2013 Jul / 2013 Aug / 2013 Sep / 2013 Oct / 2013 Nov / 2013 Dec / 2013 Jan / 2014 Feb / 2014 Mar / 2014 Apr / 2014 May / 2014 Jun / 2014

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