School of Economics

The Multidisciplinary Economics of Change Within Firms, Markets and Sectors

This programme focuses on changes in the relationships between firms, markets and sectors, particularly on the way in which the behaviour of firms can determine or in fact determines the development of markets and sectors or even that of the economy as a whole. This domain also focuses on the relationships between firms and stakeholders, including the owners or shareholders. In other words: the first research programme looks into issues of ‘corporate governance’. The first research programme is part of the Focus & Mass domain “Origins and impacts of institutions”. On behalf of USE, Prof. Dr. C. van Marrewijk acts a coordinator of the first research programme and of this Focus & Mass domain.

The folowing researcher contribute to this research program:

Chair of organisation
Hans Schenk
Gabor Peli
Roy Hamans

Chair of Institutional Economics 
Arjen van Witeloostuijn
Annette van den Berg
Gerwin van der Laan
Arie van Lier
Katrin Muehlfeld
Chair of Finance
Clemens Kool
Jaap Bikker
Peter Jan Engelen
Marc van Essen
Dirk Gerritsen
Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Erik Stam
Sascha Kraus
Niels Bosma
Chair of International MacroEconomics
Charles van Marrewijk
Gerrit Faber
Marc Schramm

Chair of Theoretical Microeconomics
Stephanie Rosenkranz
Kris de Jaegher
Bastian Westbrock












The following PhD students contribute to this programme:

Melody Barlage Stakeholder management in police organizations
Marcel van der Berg Competitiveness, location, trade, investment and productivity
Malka de Castro
Campos
Sustainable macroeconomic adjustment in a Eurozone with preference heterogeneity
Han-Hsin Chang Heterogeneity in development: distance, density and division
Secil Danakol The role of institutions and social preferences in the allocation of entrepreneurial ability 
Benjamin Guilbert Institutional investors and the evolution of financial markets in Europe before the Industrial Revolution (1500-1800)
Britta Hoyer Disruptive network competition:inefficient outcomes and institutions
Shiwei Hu The impact of China's FDI and trade to Africa on other countries
Ye Li Modelling hydrogen infrastructure investment decisions using real options theory
Jasper Lukkezen Government debt sustainability and the impact of financial markets
Lesley Potters The impact of R&D investment/innovation of business performance
Najmeh Rezaei Khava Strategic Framing
Tehereh Rezaei Khavas
Saraï Sapulete The impact of work councils on the performance of organizations
Saara Tamminen Competitiveness, trade, investment and development
Lu Zhang International integration and industrial specialization in the European Union