Hans (born as Emile) Schenk used to divide his non-teaching work between pure research (especially in institutional economics) and applied research, focusing on M&A and restructuring matters, regulation, financial markets, and corporate governance. He received his degrees from Nyenrode Business University, the University of Oregon (Eugene), the University of Leuven, and Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis. He served eight years as a crown-appointed member of the Netherlands' most important government advisory body in the social-economic domain (the SER) and twenty on various supervisory boards of both multinationals and domestic firms allowing him to test academic theories for practical relevance. Before joining Utrecht University to help set up U.S.E., he was a professor at various universities, most recently Erasmus and Tilburg universities, and a visiting professor at Amsterdam (UvA), the Free University (VU), CEMI (Beijing, later rechristened as CEIBS in Shanghai), Warwick, Birmingham, Bath and Cambridge (all in the UK). During the 1980s he was the managing director of the family business firm (in the construction supplies industry). He started his career at the University of Groningen. His work has been widely cited in the Netherlands as well as abroad, while he is frequently consulted by management boards as well as works councils in industry and the health care sector. For more details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Schenk or just google for "Hans Schenk wikipedia".

Selected recent publications

Angelov P., Rosenkranz S., Schenk H. (2015). Competitive effects of merger remedies in Europe's high-tech industry, Journal of Competition Law and Economics (forthcoming)

Schenk H. (2015). Firms, managers and restructuring: implications of a social economics view, in: Davis J.B., Dolfsma W., eds., The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, 2nd ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (forthcoming)

Schenk H. (2015). The Takeover Directive's flawed economics jeopardises our wealth, in: Cremers J., Vitols S., eds., Takeovers with or without worker voice: worker rights under the EU Directive on takeover bids, Brussels: ETUI (forthcoming)

Schenk H. (2015). Canon deel 21: Institutionele Economie, Economisch Statistische Berichten 100 (4723-4724): 727-731

Péli G., Schenk H. (2015). Organizational decision-maker bias supports merger wave formation: demonstration with logical formalization, Quality and Quantity. International Journal of Methodology 49 (6): 2459-2480 (DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0122-8)

Oostwouder W., Schenk H. (2014). 'Who pays the ferryman'/'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes'?, Nederlands Juristen Blad 17: 1196-1197

Oostwouder W., Schenk H. (2014). Modaliteiten van een duurzaam en efficiënt model voor de 'governance' van ABN AMRO, Nederlands Juristen Blad 4: 250-257

Schenk H. (2013). Pleidooi voor een industriebeleid dat is geïnspireerd op het publieke belang, Tijdschrift voor Openbare Financiën 45 (4): 208-215

Schenk H. (2013). Over de bijdrage van speculatieve overnames aan de crisis, in: Hurenkamp M., Nierop A., Sie Dhian Ho M., red., Tegenwicht, Amsterdam: Van Gennep, 353-368

Nenova T., Schenk H. (2011). Europe's Takeover Directive and the takeover market: some fundamental issues, in: Oostwouder W., Schenk H., eds., Corporate Governance. Current issues and the financial crisis, Deventer: Kluwer, 95-116

Chegut A., Schenk H., Scholtens B. (2011). Assessing SRI fund performance research: best practices in empirical analysis, Sustainable Development 19: 77-94

Schenk H. (2011). Protect the public interest from highly corrosive mergers and acquisitions, in: Cramme O. et al., eds., Priorities for a new political economy, London/Oslo: Policy Network, 89-91

Schenk H. (2011). Expert Opinie inzake NLEnergie (NEM) vs. Essent, Appeals Board Advertising Code Court, 21 March (11 pp.) {case won}

Schenk H. (2011). Expert Statement for Interlocutary Subpoena Supervisory Board Organon NV c.s. vs. Merck & Co. Inc., Court of Amsterdam, 3 March (3 pp.) {case won}

Schenk H. et al. (2010). Verloren Krediet, Deelonderzoek 1 & 2, Tijdelijke Commissie Onderzoek Financieel Stelsel (Commissie De Wit), Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, The Hague: SDU Uitgevers (281 & 157 pp.)

Schenk H. (2010). Sluit het publieke overnamebeleid aan bij de private overnamepraktijk? Onderneming en Financiering 18 (3): 61-71

Schenk H. (2010). Corporate predilections, rational speculation, and innovation, in: Advisory Council for Science and Techology Policy, Let finance follow and flow. Essays on finance and innovation, The Hague: AWT Report 37, 45-69

Schenk H. (2010). Academic assessments of M&As are worse than sobering, Financial Times 31 August

Péli G., Schenk H. (2010). Scale advantages and disadvantages in the Dutch energy distribution industry: economic and organizational analysis, Position Paper, Rotterdam: Stedin BV (31 pp.)

Cefis E., Marsili O., Schenk H. (2009). The effects of mergers and acquisitions on the firm size distribution, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 19: 1-20

Oostwouder W., Schenk H. (2009). De governance van banken, Economisch-Statistische Berichten 94 (4563): 394-397