Erasmus University Thesis Repository: Erasmus University Thesis Repository

Who you see is what you get The role of relationship closeness on a brands’ performance Master Thesis

Steur, M.

July 2014
Venture capital in the life sciences industry: which venture capital firm characteristics determine successful venture financing in the life sciences industry? a comparison across venture capital firms in the US and Europe Master Thesis

Heijst, M.J.H. van

July 2014
Improvisation and innovation, do optimistic entrepreneurs rule? Master Thesis

Mulder, M.

July 2014
What difficulties employees face when working with new IT systems A case study Master Thesis

Snijders, L.M.

July 2014
The value of cross-border M&A in BRIC countries Master Thesis

Vlot, J.W.

July 2014
Entrepreneurial improvisation, bricolage, bootstrapping & business model innovation Master Thesis

Spijker, F. van 't

July 2014
The use of rhetoric in vision communication Are prettier painted pictures more persuasive? Master Thesis

Rijn, L. van

July 2014
The effects of creative goal-setting and individual creative performance with the moderating role of feedback in a positive and informational style Master Thesis

Eekhof, T.

July 2014
Viral marketing: what drives sharing behavior? Master Thesis

Kasbergen, D.

July 2014
The impact of government intervention in banks on corporate borrowers Master Thesis

Win, N.W.H. de

July 2014
A six-factor asset-pricing model Incorporating liquidity, volatility and testing for firm size Master Thesis

Hoogland, P.N.J.

July 2014
The effect of tone at the top on the audit planning To what extent does it influence accountants? Master Thesis

Broeders, M.A.M.

July 2014
Cross section of stocks and options The informational content of options on futures Master Thesis

Blanken, J.F. den

July 2014
The impact of output, behavior and clan control on performance The moderating effects of uncertainty, interdependence and control between vs. within organizations : a meta-analysis Master Thesis

Paine, C.

July 2014
Is the weekend effect profitable after accounting for transaction costs? Master Thesis

Ahrens, J.M.R.

July 2014
The influence of fraud on credit ratings … and what happens next? Master Thesis

Baijens, C.C.M.

July 2014
When a CSR partnership feels right About the avoidance of the bad and the achievement of the good and the role of involvement Master Thesis

Bolleboom, N.

July 2014
The role of information sharing in container transportation supply chains Can inefficiencies in the container transportation supply chain be improved with information sharing? Master Thesis

Francooijs, S.D.

July 2014
Short selling and its information content for M&A withdrawal and completion announcements Master Thesis

Hardens, A.I.

July 2014
Giving it away Option trades revealing information in commodity futures markets Master Thesis

Krams, M.

July 2014
Predicting movie sales with Google Trends and Twitter data Are web-search queries more accurate than social media? Master Thesis

Veidemane, A.

July 2014
Soft factors in foreign direct investment The role of perceptions Master Thesis

Steenkamp, I.R.M.

July 2014
Firm value and CEO compensation Master Thesis

Raemakers, S.W.

July 2014
The impact of IFRS adoption on readability of financial disclosure Evidence from UK Master Thesis

Liu, H.

July 2014
Neutralising shyness in brand relationships Master Thesis

Verbeek, S.L.

July 2014
M&A and operational performance What factors drive increases in operational performances during merger waves? : how do these drivers explain performance changes outside merger waves? Master Thesis

Siem, B.

July 2014
Sustaining behavioral change A qualitative analysis : support of advisors with ‘social’ practices at client organizations Master Thesis

Struijk, T.J.H.

July 2014
Anti takeover provisions: harm or help? A study of long-term bidder returns Master Thesis

Tomov, N.I.

July 2014
Market discipline of banks in good and bad times Empirical evidence from the credit default swap markets Master Thesis

Mangelsdorf, G.

July 2014
Are voluntary disclosures the result of firms, targeted by short sellers, who try to defend their turf? Master Thesis

Blom, T.M.

July 2014
Does (perceived) higher risk of detected fraud increase the firm’s interest rates for bank loans? Master Thesis

Schram, A.

July 2014
How does social media engagement influence the bottom line of a company? Master Thesis

Pelt, N.P.A. van

July 2014
Real estate and crisis Master Thesis

Krevelen, R.P. van

July 2014
Brand essence as a matter of distinctiveness Are distinctive features essential to the brand? Master Thesis

Ridderbeekx, J.M.

July 2014
Consumers' intention to disclose personal information to companies Implications for the retail and consumer goods– and financial industry sector Master Thesis

Stift, M.A.

July 2014
The relationship between managers as a coach and employee motivation Master Thesis

Kettenes, R.M.

July 2014
Nowcasting How to use Google trends to predict unemployment in Europe Master Thesis

Gerritse, M.

July 2014
Mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance Does the board structure influence the post-acquisition performance of the bidding firm? Master Thesis

Raad, H.W.D de

July 2014
Equity crowdfunding and effects of the personal network Master Thesis

Hoogstraten, R.J.H.

July 2014
M&A and corporate governance How does board structure affect the performance of M&A? Master Thesis

Geertsen, A.

July 2014
The effect of diversity climate on the relationship between team diversity and performance When and how diversity benefits teams Master Thesis

Nijzink, G.

July 2014
Building a sustainable reputation The importance of CSR for reputation building among different stakeholder groups in the oil industry Master Thesis

Velzen, M.G. van

July 2014
Effects of similarity to team in terms of belief systems on organizational citizenship behaviour Master Thesis

Laabid, L.

July 2014
The long-term puzzle of cross-listings Evidence of European ADRs Master Thesis

Freimanis, K.

July 2014
Company’s capital structure decisions and credit rating determinants Master Thesis

Tambors, R.

July 2014
Static trade-off and pecking order theory Comparing debt, equity and dual issuers Master Thesis

Neleman, R.

July 2014
M&A and corporate governance The effect of governance provisions and managerial entrenchment on acquirer abnormal returns Master Thesis

Mumcu, S.M.

July 2014
Does operating performance improve following corporate acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry? Master Thesis

Ruijs, P.C.J.A.M.

July 2014
Credit spreads and real economic activity Master Thesis

Nicoli Bissoli, G.

July 2014
Venture capital- and private equity -backed firms and the effect on IPO pricing Master Thesis

Velde, J.G. van de

July 2014
The impacts of online textual comments on customer conversion rate An empirical study based on Taobao.com Master Thesis

Su, Q.

July 2014
Effect of changes in sustainability performance on the subsequent changes in financial performance Master Thesis

Kristamuljana, A.

July 2014
How does Facebook usage influence students' engagement directly and indirectly? Master Thesis

Ho, T.

July 2014
Choice substitution Examining the role of instrumental versus experiential benefits and reactance in influencing the substitutes people choose Master Thesis

Wardak, Z.

July 2014
The influence of religion on capital structure Master Thesis

Bakker, N.W.F.

July 2014
Factors of advertising mediums that affect mobile advertising performance and design Master Thesis

Zhao, S.

July 2014
The EU wide stress test of 2011 A credible test? Master Thesis

Zetten, C.N. van

July 2014
Do corporate governance mechanisms play a different role in M&A performance in different cultures? Master Thesis

Abouljoud, D.I.

July 2014
Does financial fraud likelihood affect firm valuation? Master Thesis

Nijenhuis, F.J.

July 2014
Sovereign credit ratings changes Consequences for the volatility of European stock indices Master Thesis

Faure, J.J.X.

July 2014
The influence of partitioning and goal visibility on walking speed Master Thesis

Libeton, V.

July 2014
Exploring the relationship between workplace spirituality and business ethics An empirical study Master Thesis

Weth, D.F.

July 2014
The predictive ability of the option market for future stock returns around earnings announcements Master Thesis

Knobel, P.A.W.

July 2014
Economic freedom and equity returns Master Thesis

Meyer, F.

July 2014
Effect of credit rating change on capital structure decisions moderated by managerial entrenchment Master Thesis

Bizune, E.

July 2014
The relaunch of a social venture A case study about Hi5 and the emotional exit decision Master Thesis

Oelrich, N.S.

July 2014
Corporate philanthropy A study into the motivations and characteristics that influence corporate philanthropy Master Thesis

Beije, B.

July 2014
Debiasing framing effects in the professional skepticism of auditors Master Thesis

Fool, J.H.

July 2014
The CEO's intrinsic clash between narcissistic and religious values Master Thesis

Roobol, A.C.

July 2014
A case study about Betabit and its growth process in the dynamic IT industry Master Thesis

Kleef, R.N.G.

July 2014
Founders and their firms’ innovation An empirical study on the role of intuition Master Thesis

Verschoor, A.P.

July 2014
Impact of the global financial crisis on the relationship between U.S. listed real estate mutual funds performance and characteristics Master Thesis

De Luca, M.

July 2014
M&A and corporate governance Diversifying transactions in a cross-border context & the gains from corporate governance Master Thesis

Dobiáš, J.

July 2014
The effect of corporate governance on purchase price allocated to goodwill Master Thesis

Akkerman, R.W.S.

July 2014
Is there a performance change due to opaqueness of banks’ assets and is this relation influenced by the size of the corresponding bank? Master Thesis

Burks, J.C.

July 2014
The effect of supervisor behavior and HR practices on minor withdrawal behaviors in a small changing organization A case study Master Thesis

Sterrenburg, C.N.W.

July 2014
Skill dissimilarity in sales and operations planning teams and the effect on team performance Master Thesis

Sleegers, D.H.M.

July 2014
The effect of M&A on stock prices of acquirers with high capital ratio’s during the 2008 crisis Master Thesis

Temming, P.

July 2014
Real options in acquisitions Master Thesis

Blok, J.G.

July 2014
The effect of job design on thriving at work and finding meaning in work Master Thesis

Arya, M.

July 2014
The influence of interaction processes on team performance Master Thesis

Bohad, L.

July 2014
Do firms with high growth opportunities have lower stock liquidity? Master Thesis

Vries, K.J. de

July 2014
Mergers & acquisitions: target technology characteristics and acquisition success Master Thesis

Dillisse, A.M.I.

July 2014
Does competition within blog categories have an effect on the amount of outbound links and the share of outbound links to competitor blogs? Master Thesis

Lingen, J.

July 2014
Stock price predictability from option information Master Thesis

Poen, V.J.A.

July 2014
The effects of the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on bilateral trade flows A German perspective Master Thesis

Spyrka, V.

July 2014
Corruption in China and its effect on capital structure, debt maturity and asset allocation Master Thesis

Geertjes, M.J.P.

July 2014
Just in time: een onderzoek naar het gebruik van appreciative inquiry in Nederland Master Thesis

Mötter, B.R.

July 2014
How do corporations communicate their identity through branding and how does it influence perception? A rhetorical analysis of top brands’ communication Master Thesis

Saghafian, M.

July 2014
Business groups in Europe Is business group affiliation good or bad? : the impact of diversification Master Thesis

Schöning, M.H.W. von

July 2014
What is the impact of merger waves on the quality of corporate governance? Master Thesis

Chirila, D.

July 2014
Equal, but not equal Assessing the differences between the master limited partnership and the corporation in terms of capital structure and seasoned equity issuance Master Thesis

Ugedahl, A.

July 2014
Crowdfunding: reaching different types of investors through the right media A comparative case study of the effects of targeting the different groups of investors via traditional and social media platforms Master Thesis

Wittermans, J.J.J.

July 2014
The effects of sleep deprivation on knowledge sharing in teams How psychological safety can be a buffer for sleep deprived individuals to share knowledge Master Thesis

Jager, A.

July 2014
The dark and the bright side of banking How does relationship lending affect credit availability and price and nonprice terms of syndicated loans granted to large publicly traded companies during the recent financial crisis of 2007-2010? Master Thesis

Toupadaki, A.

July 2014
Fraud probability and credit spread Master Thesis

Maciulewicz, B.

July 2014
The confidence fairy and the austerity myth: what is the effect of fiscal policy on economic growth in the Eurozone area? is this effect different for Eurozone’s financially distressed economies? Master Thesis

Bekas, N.

July 2014
Corporate fraud and capital market consequences Do corporate governance correction actions affect firm performance? Master Thesis

Bounas, A.

July 2014
Are industry experts better acquirers? The role of CEO industry experience in M&A decisions Master Thesis

Lotze, S.

July 2014
How do board tenure, board size, board independence, board ownership, and CEO duality relate to M&A performance? Master Thesis

Zhekov, N.Z.

July 2014

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Who you see is what you get The role of relationship closeness on a brands’ performance Master Thesis

Venture capital in the life sciences industry: which venture capital firm characteristics determine successful venture financing in the life sciences industry? a comparison across venture capital firms in the US and Europe Master Thesis

Improvisation and innovation, do optimistic entrepreneurs rule? Master Thesis

What difficulties employees face when working with new IT systems A case study Master Thesis

The value of cross-border M&A in BRIC countries Master Thesis

Entrepreneurial improvisation, bricolage, bootstrapping & business model innovation Master Thesis

The use of rhetoric in vision communication Are prettier painted pictures more persuasive? Master Thesis

The effects of creative goal-setting and individual creative performance with the moderating role of feedback in a positive and informational style Master Thesis

Viral marketing: what drives sharing behavior? Master Thesis

The impact of government intervention in banks on corporate borrowers Master Thesis

A six-factor asset-pricing model Incorporating liquidity, volatility and testing for firm size Master Thesis

The effect of tone at the top on the audit planning To what extent does it influence accountants? Master Thesis

Cross section of stocks and options The informational content of options on futures Master Thesis

The impact of output, behavior and clan control on performance The moderating effects of uncertainty, interdependence and control between vs. within organizations : a meta-analysis Master Thesis

Is the weekend effect profitable after accounting for transaction costs? Master Thesis

The influence of fraud on credit ratings … and what happens next? Master Thesis

When a CSR partnership feels right About the avoidance of the bad and the achievement of the good and the role of involvement Master Thesis

The role of information sharing in container transportation supply chains Can inefficiencies in the container transportation supply chain be improved with information sharing? Master Thesis

Short selling and its information content for M&A withdrawal and completion announcements Master Thesis

Giving it away Option trades revealing information in commodity futures markets Master Thesis

Predicting movie sales with Google Trends and Twitter data Are web-search queries more accurate than social media? Master Thesis

Soft factors in foreign direct investment The role of perceptions Master Thesis

Firm value and CEO compensation Master Thesis

The impact of IFRS adoption on readability of financial disclosure Evidence from UK Master Thesis

Neutralising shyness in brand relationships Master Thesis

M&A and operational performance What factors drive increases in operational performances during merger waves? : how do these drivers explain performance changes outside merger waves? Master Thesis

Sustaining behavioral change A qualitative analysis : support of advisors with ‘social’ practices at client organizations Master Thesis

Anti takeover provisions: harm or help? A study of long-term bidder returns Master Thesis

Market discipline of banks in good and bad times Empirical evidence from the credit default swap markets Master Thesis

Are voluntary disclosures the result of firms, targeted by short sellers, who try to defend their turf? Master Thesis

Does (perceived) higher risk of detected fraud increase the firm’s interest rates for bank loans? Master Thesis

How does social media engagement influence the bottom line of a company? Master Thesis

Real estate and crisis Master Thesis

Brand essence as a matter of distinctiveness Are distinctive features essential to the brand? Master Thesis

Consumers' intention to disclose personal information to companies Implications for the retail and consumer goods– and financial industry sector Master Thesis

The relationship between managers as a coach and employee motivation Master Thesis

Nowcasting How to use Google trends to predict unemployment in Europe Master Thesis

Mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance Does the board structure influence the post-acquisition performance of the bidding firm? Master Thesis

Equity crowdfunding and effects of the personal network Master Thesis

M&A and corporate governance How does board structure affect the performance of M&A? Master Thesis

The effect of diversity climate on the relationship between team diversity and performance When and how diversity benefits teams Master Thesis

Building a sustainable reputation The importance of CSR for reputation building among different stakeholder groups in the oil industry Master Thesis

Effects of similarity to team in terms of belief systems on organizational citizenship behaviour Master Thesis

The long-term puzzle of cross-listings Evidence of European ADRs Master Thesis

Company’s capital structure decisions and credit rating determinants Master Thesis

Static trade-off and pecking order theory Comparing debt, equity and dual issuers Master Thesis

M&A and corporate governance The effect of governance provisions and managerial entrenchment on acquirer abnormal returns Master Thesis

Does operating performance improve following corporate acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry? Master Thesis

Credit spreads and real economic activity Master Thesis

Venture capital- and private equity -backed firms and the effect on IPO pricing Master Thesis

The impacts of online textual comments on customer conversion rate An empirical study based on Taobao.com Master Thesis

Effect of changes in sustainability performance on the subsequent changes in financial performance Master Thesis

How does Facebook usage influence students' engagement directly and indirectly? Master Thesis

Choice substitution Examining the role of instrumental versus experiential benefits and reactance in influencing the substitutes people choose Master Thesis

The influence of religion on capital structure Master Thesis

Factors of advertising mediums that affect mobile advertising performance and design Master Thesis

The EU wide stress test of 2011 A credible test? Master Thesis

Do corporate governance mechanisms play a different role in M&A performance in different cultures? Master Thesis

Does financial fraud likelihood affect firm valuation? Master Thesis

Sovereign credit ratings changes Consequences for the volatility of European stock indices Master Thesis

The influence of partitioning and goal visibility on walking speed Master Thesis

Exploring the relationship between workplace spirituality and business ethics An empirical study Master Thesis

The predictive ability of the option market for future stock returns around earnings announcements Master Thesis

Economic freedom and equity returns Master Thesis

Effect of credit rating change on capital structure decisions moderated by managerial entrenchment Master Thesis

The relaunch of a social venture A case study about Hi5 and the emotional exit decision Master Thesis

Corporate philanthropy A study into the motivations and characteristics that influence corporate philanthropy Master Thesis

Debiasing framing effects in the professional skepticism of auditors Master Thesis

The CEO's intrinsic clash between narcissistic and religious values Master Thesis

A case study about Betabit and its growth process in the dynamic IT industry Master Thesis

Founders and their firms’ innovation An empirical study on the role of intuition Master Thesis

Impact of the global financial crisis on the relationship between U.S. listed real estate mutual funds performance and characteristics Master Thesis

M&A and corporate governance Diversifying transactions in a cross-border context & the gains from corporate governance Master Thesis

The effect of corporate governance on purchase price allocated to goodwill Master Thesis

Is there a performance change due to opaqueness of banks’ assets and is this relation influenced by the size of the corresponding bank? Master Thesis

The effect of supervisor behavior and HR practices on minor withdrawal behaviors in a small changing organization A case study Master Thesis

Skill dissimilarity in sales and operations planning teams and the effect on team performance Master Thesis

The effect of M&A on stock prices of acquirers with high capital ratio’s during the 2008 crisis Master Thesis

Real options in acquisitions Master Thesis