FEBTalks is a series of talks by Professors at the Faculty of Economics and Business unravelling a complex world. Two-minutes of insights based on recent research.

On how to do green innovation policy

FEBtalk by Professor Reinhilde Veugelers

 

 

 

 

 

Analyzing matching patterns in marriage

FEBtalk by Professor Edoardo Ciscato

Research funded by FWO Vlaanderen, Compagnia di San Paolo and Instituto Banco di Napoli

Related publication: bit.ly/analyzingmarriage

 

 

 

 

 

Characterizing Firm Technology Portfolios through AI

FEBtalk by Professor Bruno Cassiman

 

 

 

 

The underground economy: Seeing things in the shadows

FEBtalk by Professor Stef Adriaenssens

Research funded by INNOVIRIS, the Natoinal Bank of Belgium and KU Leuven

 

 

 

Empty shelves at your supermarket?

FEBtalk by Professor Els Breugelmans on conflict delistings, temporary product unavailability at the supermarket caused by a conflict.

Research funded by FWOVlaanderen & KU Leuven

Related publication:

https://bit.ly/conflictdelistings

 

 

 

The role of psychological capital in family business succession

FEBtalk by Professor Diane Arijs

Related publication:

https://bit.ly/familybusinesssuccessor
https://bit.ly/familyHERO

 

 

 

 

 

Imagining the (distant) future of work

FEBtalk by Professor Nicky Dries

Research funded by FWO Vlaanderen and KU Leuven

Related publication:

https://bit.ly/Fofwork
https://bit.ly/FutureofW

https://www.beste-id.nl/auteurs/nicky-dries

 

Patent Screening, Innovation, and Welfare

FEBTalk by professor Florian Schuett

Related publication: 

https://bit.ly/patentscreening

 

 

 

Firm Response to Investor Demand for Higher Environmental Profiles 

FEBTalk by professor Naciye Sekerci

Related publication:

https://bit.ly/environmentalprofiles

 

 

 

Firm Response to Investor Demand for Higher Environmental Profiles

FEBtalk by professor Professor Naciye Sekerci

 

 

 

How fraudsters think. Fraud analytics. 

FEBTalk by professor Bart Baesens

Research funded by BNPPFBelgie Research Chair in Fraud Analytics and KU Leuven

Related publication: https://bit.ly/fraudanalytics

 

 

 

 

 

Diversity on the board: always a blessing, sometimes a curse? 

FEBTalk by professor Ann Gaeremynck

Research funded by  FWO Vlaanderen, Deloitte Chair on Governance and KU Leuven

Related publication: https://bit.ly/diversityonboard

 

 

 

 

The Economics of dementia care

FEBTalk by professor Erik Schokkaert

Research funded by 'Opening the future'

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFLuencer marketing

FEBTalk by professor Alexander Edeling

Related publication: 

https://bit.ly/disclosuretype

 

 

 

 

 

workplace bullying

FEBTalk by professor Elfi Baillien

Research funded by FWO Vlaanderen

Related publications:

https://bit.ly/3waymodel
https://bit.ly/3wavestudy
https://bit.ly/2longitudenalstudies
https://bit.ly/personenvironment

 

 

 

I-deals and their consequences for employees and organisations

FEBTalk by professor Sophie De Winne

Research funded by FWO Vlaanderen and KU Leuven

Related publications:

https://bit.ly/i-dealfavorites
https://bit.ly/i-dealbehavior
https://bit.ly/i-dealreactions
https://bit.ly/hrdifferentiation
https://bit.ly/hrdifferentiationpayoff

Marescaux, E., De Winne, S. (2016). Equity versus need: how do coworkers judge the distributive fairness of i-deals? In: M. Bal, D.M. Rousseau (Eds.), Idiosyncratic Deals between Employees and Organisations, Chapt. 8, (107-121). (Current Issues in Work and Organisational Psychology, 1). London (UK): Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN: 978-1-848-72445-7.

 

 

Monitoring the Circular Economy

FEBTalk by professor Karel Van Acker: monitoring the circular economy. 

Research funded by Vlaamse Overheid

 

 

 

Are consumers ready to go circular? 

FEBTalk by professor Sandra Rousseau: Are consumers ready to go circular? 

Research funded by Vlaamse Overheid

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooperatives: resilient enterprises during COVID-19

FEBtalk by Prof. Frédéric Dufays. Cooperatives: resilient enterprises during COVID-19.

Research funded by FWO Vlaanderen and KU Leuven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimizing business decision-making with causal machine learning

FEBtalk by Prof. Wouter Verbeke. How to predict individual choices? Optimizing business decision-making with causal machine learning.

Research funded by Innoviris

 

 

 

 

 

'HOW DO HOUSEHOLDS MAKE DECISIONS?'


FEBtalk by Prof. Bram De Rock. Having fun or doing the dishes? How do households make decisions?

Research funded by  belspo, FWO Vlaanderen and FNRS

 

 

 

Public Health Shocks and Product Pricing Behavior

FEBtalk by Prof. Gertjan Verdickt. Pandemics and product pricing behavior. Evidence from life insurance during the 1918-19 Influenza pandemic.

 

 

 

THE LOGISTICS OF THE COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION SYSTEM

FEBTalk by Professor Nico Vandaele. From the lab to your arm and back. The logistics of the COVID19 immunization system.

Research funded by CEPI vaccines, FWO Vlaanderen, KU Leuven and Janssen EMEA research chair.

 

 

 

 

 

talent philosophies

FEBTalk by Professor Nicky Dries on talent philosophies. The basic beliefs and assumptions that affect how organizations will manage their talent.

Scientific paper

Research funded by FWO and KU Leuven

 

 

A new year, A new you?

Within-individual variation in food purchases

FEBtalk by Professor Frederic Vermeulen on new year's resolution and why we cannot seem to keep them.

Scientific paper

Research funded by  ERC, FWO and FNRS

 

 

Employment Growth Following Takeovers

FEBTalk by Professor Jo Van Biesebroeck on mergers and their effect on employment.

Scientific paper

EU HORIZON 2020 FIRES project

 

 

Blockchain prototyping made easy

FEBTalk by Professor Monique Snoeck on Blockchain technology and prototyping.

Scientific paper on MERODE project

MERODE project website

 

 

Behavioral economics & the replication crisis

FEBTalk by Professor Siegfried Dewitte about the replication crisis in the behavioral sciences

Ego depletion project 1

Ego depletion project 2

Income and altruism

Novel lab method for pro-environmental behavior

 

 

 

 

 

WORK DESIGN

FEBTalk by Professor Anja Van den Broeck about work design. 

Scientific paper on poor work design

Scientific paper on work design influences

 

 

 

 

 

 

hunting zombies

FEBTalk by Professor Hans Degryse on zombie firms and zombie lending.

Scientific paper

 

 

Credit scoring for good

FEBTalk by Professor Bart Baesens on how we can use mobile phone data for credit scoring.

Scientific paper

 

Supply chain shocks

FEBTalk by Professor Maximiliano Udenio about supply chain shocks and inventory management in corona times. Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis.

Scientific paper

BREXIT

FEBTalk by Professor Hylke Vandenbussche about the economic impact of Brexit. Based on following research:

1/ Scientific paper

2/ Government reports: Sector-level and Province-level

3/ For a personal view on Brexit, read the book (english & dutch version)