Nominated dissertations for the NOBEM Dissertation of the year prize 2006

Erik Feijen (Amsterdam University – UvA, Promoter: prof. dr. E.C. Perotti)

– The Influence of Powerful Firms on Financial Markets

Eric Kaarsemaker (Radboud University Nijmegen, Promoter: prof. dr. W. de Nijs)

­– Employee Ownership and Human Resourse Management. A Theoretical and Empirical Treatise with a Digression on the Dutch context

Frans Cruijssen (Tilburg University, Promoter: prof. dr. ir. Hein Fleuren)

– Horizontal Cooperation in Transport and Logistics

Frank Bakema (Eindhoven University of Technology, Promoters: prof. dr. ir. M.C.D.P. Weggeman & prof. dr. G.M. Duijsters)

– The emergence of a competitive group competence in a research group. A process study

Jeroen Kraaijenbrink (University of Twente, Promoter: prof. dr. R.A. Stegwee)

– Towards a Systemic Model of Knowledge Integration. A study in the Context of High-Tech Small and Medium Sized Firms

Elisabeth C. Deutskens (Maastricht University, Promoter: prof.dr. J.C.de Ruyter & prof.dr. M.G.M. Wetzels)

- From Paper and Pencil to Screen and Keyboard. Studies on the Effectiveness of Internet-Based Marketing Research

Martin Helmhout (University of Groningen, Promoters: prof.dr. H.W.M. Gazendam & prof. dr. R.J. Jorna)

- The Social Cognititve Actor. A multi-actor simulation of organizations

Zuzana Šašovová (VU Amsterdam, promoter: prof.dr. M. Newman)

- Linking and Disliking. The Dynamic Effects of Social Networks during a Large-scale Information System Implementation

Frances Fortuin (Wageningen University, promoter: Prof.dr. H. Dons)

- Aligning Innovation to Business Strategy. Combining cross-Industry and Ligitudinal Perspectives on Stategic Alignment in Leading Technology-based Companies

Paul W.L. Vlaar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Promoters: Prof.dr.ing. F.A.J. van den Bosch & prof.dr. H.W. Volberda)

- Making Sense of Formalization in Interorganizational Relationships. Beyond Coordination and Control.

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