Graduate School of Business and Economics
The Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) focuses on economic and business-related research. One of our main priorities is to stimulate excellent research that contributes to societal challenges, performed by the following SBE departments:
- Accounting and Information Management
- Educational Research and Development
- Data Analytics and Digitalisation
- Finance
- Macro, International and Labour Economics
- Marketing and Supply Chain Management
- Micro and Public Economics
- Organisation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- Quantitative Economics
- ROA (Research on Education and the Labour Market)
GSBE's mission
GSBE’s mission is to maintain and promote an inspirational and fertile research environment that follows the highest international standards; to establish a collaborative and inclusive research community in which people share values and ideas, stimulate research engagement; and co-create and share research knowledge and skills with external partners for educational, societal, and economic benefit.
Fast facts
2 research master’s programmes
140+ fellows
30+ dissertations a year
Led by Prof. Frank Cörvers
GSBE has seven research themes drawing on expertise from SBE departments and institutes. This collaboration exists in both research and teaching. Many research themes cannot be characterised as exclusively covering either business or economics: they all cross the boundaries of both business and economics.
A doctoral degree from the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics will open up a range of career paths, both in academia and in the business world. Researchers have the opportunity to make real contributions to international scientific literature on companies and markets.
The Research Master's programmes are primarily research-oriented: they combine training in analytical and research skills with gaining solid knowledge in your discipline of interest (either Financial and Economic Research, or Business Research).
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SBE academics react to 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Thursday, October 14, 2021Read moreOn 11 October, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with one half to David Card “for his empirical contributions to labour economics” and the other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.”
News of this years' prize was received with a lot of excitement at the School of Business and Economics. Many of our experts across multiple departments have stated that the work of this years' laureates has been incredibly influential in teaching and economics in general. In this article, SBE's academic experts share their thoughts on the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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The bigtime software toolbox: an Elinor Ostrom grant project
Thursday, September 16, 2021Read moreIn this piece, Dr. Ines Wilms and SBE master student Enrico Wegner introduce the bigtime software toolbox they have developed with the support of the Elinor Ostrom Fund.
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Peiran Jiao awarded NWO Vidi grant
Wednesday, July 14, 2021Read moreThe Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Associate Professor Peiran Jiao of Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics with a NWO Vidi grant. The NWO Vidi grant of up to 800,000 euros is awarded to excellent researchers who, after obtaining their doctorate, have conducted research successfully for several years.
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The sense and non-sense of early supplier involvement
Tuesday, March 23, 2021In this blog post, Assistant Professor Robert Suurmond explores the common argument that earlier supplier involvement is an effective approach to new product development.
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SBE launches three spearhead initiatives to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals
Monday, March 8, 2021As a faculty committed to having a positive impact on the world, SBE believes one of its main responsibilities is to rise to the occasion, contributing its resources and expertise toward solving critical challenges faced by our global community. To help achieve its mission, SBE recently launched three Spearhead initiatives focused on themes that are integral to the SDGs: sustainable development, digitalisation, and globalisation.
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Two SBE researchers awarded Marie Curie Fellowships
Thursday, February 11, 2021Researchers Jonas Heller and Hannes Rusch from Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) have each been awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships to conduct their research. The fellowships are personal grants and are awarded to both promising and experienced researchers. We caught up with Jonas and Hannes to congratulate them on winning these prestigious awards and to find out more about each of their projects
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Five SBE academics granted Elinor Ostrom grants
Monday, January 18, 2021Research has shown that women are more heavily impacted by the corona crisis than men. In a timely response to this challenging reality, the Elinor Ostrom Fund five grants to female academics as part of its semi-annual grants programme. We reached out to the most recent grant winners to learn more about how they will be using the grants, as well as their views regarding how initiatives such as the Elinor Ostrom Fund can help to increase gender equality in academia.
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Double PhD programme established with QUT to study social robots
Thursday, December 10, 2020Mark Steins is SBE’s first ever PhD in our new double PhD programme established with our esteemed partner QUT (Queensland University of Technology). As part of his research, Mark will carry out part of his research here in Maastricht, observing social robots in restaurants and in aged care centres. He will also do part of his research in Brisbane, where he will have access to the QUT’s behavioural lab at the BEST centre.
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AI and the people: co-creating for the future of work
Monday, December 7, 2020The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated digitalisation, intensifying considerations of how society should deal with the rapid increase of technology-driven change. It is for this reason that Dr. Marie-Christine Fregin and her colleagues joined forces with industry and policymakers to understand how technological change can be transformed into social progress.
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Conference on causal data science brings together academics and industry experts
Tuesday, November 17, 2020On 11 and 12 November, the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics and Copenhagen Business School hosted the Causal Data Science Meeting. The two-day conference brought together academics and industry experts who work on one of the most fundamental questions in data science: discerning cause and effect from mere correlation.
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Andy Mackenzie awarded a Veni grant for his project 'Robust decentralized institutions'
Thursday, November 12, 2020We are happy to announce that SBE’s Andy Mackenzie was awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his project on robust decentralized institutions.
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Service robots: rising or falling stars?
Tuesday, November 10, 2020While the benefits of using robots may be easy to imagine, it is equally important to explore the flip-side in a nuanced manner. When, and where, do the benefits of robots outweigh their detriments and vice versa? At what point does 'almost human' shift from being endearing to being eerie? These are the questions explored by Prof. Dr. Odekerken-Schröder's and Prof. Dr. Mahr's international research group here at SBE.
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LIMES: an interdisciplinary approach to studying borders
Tuesday, October 20, 2020In this article, we spoke with two of the PhD candidates from the School of Business and Economics participating in the EU-funded project LIMES to find out what drew them to the project and to get an update on their research so far.
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SBE academics react to 2020 Nobel Prize in economics
Thursday, October 15, 2020This week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson 'for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats'. The news of the prize was received with great enthusiasm here in Maastricht. We spoke to several academics with expertise in the field of game theory to hear their initial thoughts.
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The creation of a new innovation hub for supply chain in Venlo
Tuesday, October 6, 2020At the end of August several companies, amongst them vidaXL, Moonen Packaging, Seacon Logistics, Arvato Supply Chain Solutions and Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI), joined together to create Supply Chain Valley (SCV). The SCV is a collaboration that seeks to work with government, companies and academia to deliver joint goals that result in great outcomes for all involved and the wider environment, society and economy.
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Philanthropic foundation collaborates with SBE students to develop a matchmaking platform for non-profit sector
Tuesday, September 8, 2020What if we could use the same mechanisms behind popular dating apps such as Tinder, Harmony and Okcupid to help connect philanthropic foundations with projects and organisations in need of funding? This is the idea behind Fundii, a platform that is being developed by SBE Professor Paul Smeets together with Valette Capital and the Maastricht based philanthropic foundation the Elisabeth Strouven Foundation. To help them develop the platform, the Fundii team collaborated with two SBE master students, Esther Njoroge and Stan Van Haren.
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SBE researcher awarded Marie Curie Fellowship to study firm R&D and skills investments
Monday, August 31, 2020Van Anh Vuong, an assistant professor at SBE's department of Organisation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship (OSE) recently received a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission to study firm R&D and worker skills investments in the service industries. We caught up with her to congratulate her and find out a bit more about the project.
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First month at BISCI: the perspective of our two newest team members
Wednesday, August 5, 2020Grant and Shreyas officially joined BISCI on 1 July as project managers. In this role, they work closely with Business Development Director Ton Geurts and support projects involving sustainability and digitalisation. After one month on the job, they share their first impressions and thoughts.
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How research on entrepreneurship can drive positive change
Thursday, July 2, 2020Over the past few weeks, we have heard inspiring stories from both current SBE students and alumni about their entrepreneurial journeys as well as some really helpful tips and tricks on how to start something ourselves. This time, we turn the spotlight to those dedicating their work to creating new knowledge and understanding in the field of entrepreneurship: our researchers.
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'Invest in training your employees, especially now’
Tuesday, June 30, 2020The corona crisis has affected many companies worldwide. One of the measures companies are considering taking to recover financially is to reduce training budgets for employees. However, that is not a wise move, argues Prof. dr. Andries De Grip.
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BISCI contributes to research article on future of Purchasing and Supply Management
Thursday, June 18, 2020Ton Geurts, Business Development Director at BISCI, has recently contributed to a research article on the future direction of purchasing and supply management.
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The EU’s response to COVID-19: success or lost opportunity?
Thursday, May 7, 2020The COVID-19 crisis represents a common threat for all 27 member states of the European Union; however, Europe has been criticised for being slow to formulate a collective response. We reached out to Prof. Clemens Kool, professor of Macroeconomics and International Monetary Economics to hear his thoughts on the matter.
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CIRCULAR X: new EU-funded project on Circular Service Business Models
Tuesday, April 21, 2020Lead by Professor Nancy Bocken, CIRCULAR X will develop a new field of research on experimentation with circular service business models (CSBMs) in the transition to a circular economy.
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Adapting to virtual: Real life problem-based learning
Wednesday, March 25, 2020We wanted to find out how some of SBE’s teaching staff have been experiencing the move to online teaching and learning so we interrupted their online creativity momentarily to find out what life is like behind the scenes of an online learning environment.
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Gender equality in academia: creating an environment where all talent can flourish
Monday, March 9, 2020In the lead up to International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March, we spoke with several SBE academics to explore some of the reasons behind the striking gender imbalance in academia and to find out what the SBE community is doing to address the situation.
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An algorithm could do this better and on less coffee
Thursday, February 27, 2020UM’s Mark Levels set up TECHNEQUALITY, a consortium of leading scholars around Europe. Their mission: to find out how AI and robotisation will affect the labour market and what policies are best suited to cushioning the blow – and hopefully tide me over to retirement.
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A Valentine’s Day missive - head, heart or gut-reaction?
Monday, February 10, 2020Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day comes around every year, tempting, taunting us and playing with our minds. If, like most people, you believe that your decisions are a result of a rational analysis of available alternatives, think again! You may not be as immune to these marketing tactics as you think, but not necessarily in the ways you might expect. Science finds that emotions greatly influence or even determine our decisions.
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Catching up with BISCI: ambitious agenda to create digital and sustainable supply chain innovation
Monday, January 27, 2020Set up by Maastricht University and the Province of Limburg in early 2019, the Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) drives state-of-the art digital and sustainable supply chain innovation, combining expertise from knowledge institutions, businesses and government. Last week, we caught up with BISCI’s business development director Ton Geurts and BISCI’s scientific director Bart Vos to get an update on the institute’s first year and find out about their plans for the future.
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Tom van Veen on internationalisation (and why it matters)
Thursday, November 14, 2019We reached out to Professor Tom van Veen, one of SBE's first faculty members and the former Dean Internationalisation of Education, to find out how SBE became the international faculty it is today and to hear his thoughts on the recent pushback against internationalisation in the Netherlands.
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UM academics react to the Nobel Prize in economics
Tuesday, October 15, 2019This week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 to Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Esther Duflo (MIT) and Michael Kremer (Harvard) for their work to alleviate poverty. The news of the prize was received with great enthusiasm here in Maastricht. We spoke to several academics with expertise in the field of development economics to hear their initial thoughts.
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Jean-Jacques Herings selected as Economic Theory Fellow
Tuesday, September 24, 2019Jean-Jacques Herings, Professor of Microeconomics at Maastricht University, was elected Economic Theory Fellow by the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET). Economic Theory Fellows are selected for their scientific excellence, originality, and leadership; high education standards; and scholarly and creative achievement.
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UM researchers lead European project to tackle challenges linked to technical innovations
Wednesday, September 11, 2019Led by Mark Levels with the help of Raymond Montizaan and Didier Fouarge, TECHNEQUALITY’s findings are expected to inform policy-makers working to support their populations through technological transformation. We sat down with Mark to find out more about this fascinating project and how it came to be.
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Breaking free of the Great Recession: Maastricht researchers join Horizon 2020 project
Monday, July 29, 2019GROWINPRO, a new EU-funded project led in part by Prof. Pierre Mohnen and Assistant Prof. Tania Treibich will provide a raft of joined-up policies to set Europe on a more balanced course of development – one fuelled by innovation but sensitive to issues like climate, demographic and labour changes. Six months into the project, we caught up with Pierre and Tania to hear the latest updates.
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UM professors contribute to the Dutch pension reforms
Thursday, June 27, 2019At Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE), our academics regularly carry out research that has a direct impact on society. Today, we sit down with one of these academics: Professor Antoon Pelsser who regularly contributes to the nation-wide debate surrounding pension funds in the Netherlands.
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A summer in the life of an academic
Tuesday, June 18, 2019Ever wonder what academics do during the summer break? Well, wonder no more! Associate Professor of economics Christian Seel shares with us his summer plans and, as you'll quickly find out, they consist of a lot more than three months of sipping cocktails on the beach.
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Meet the team conducting research on the exciting future of Augmented Reality
Wednesday, June 12, 2019Housed at SBE, the Augmented Research Initiative is a global research group dedicated to studying AR technologies for Marketing. The group investigates the value-added through AR applications in a variety of B2C and B2B contexts, such as online and offline retail, warehousing and logistics.
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Creating an inclusive social innovation ecosystem in Lesvos, Greece
Friday, May 24, 2019In May, Dr Jarrod Ormiston, Assistant Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, was a keynote speaker at the Changemakers Summit in Lesvos where he presented his insights from the Inter agency (UNCTAD / IOM / UNHCR) Policy Guide on Entrepreneurship for Refugees and Migrants.
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Meet Melanie Feeney: an advocate of interdisciplinary research
Friday, May 17, 2019Originally from Australia, Melanie Feeney's career path includes the completion of a master's degree in sustainability in Sydney, research on sustainable business in remote and rural Australia and Southeast Asia as well as a role as Education Development Officer at UM. Building on her extensive experience, Feeney has decided to now focus her research on how organisations transition towards sustainability, under the umbrella of the SBE research theme Sustainable Development.
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Pension research: more choice does not lead to greater pension engagement
Tuesday, December 11, 2018Very few people worry much about their retirement planning. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly important for everybody to be as informed as possible about their own situation.
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Investment in the tobacco industry is risky
Monday, November 26, 2018Research at Maastricht University (UM) shows that investing in tobacco stocks can carry substantial financial risks. Professor Rob Bauer worked with a team of six students from the Honours Programme at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics to contribute a scenario analysis to the report Tobacco: Reviewing the Growing Financial Risks.
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Learning at work: gap between lower and highly educated people increases again
Monday, May 14, 2018In the years of economic growth, workers’ participation in courses and training has remained stable. However, the gap between lower and highly educated workers is still growing.
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Robot caregivers: friends or foes?
Wednesday, March 7, 2018In countless areas of modern life, we are told, the robots are coming… and among the roles they may some day fill are those of “socially assistive” tools for the elderly. But what do the older people in question think of these developments? Martina Čaić, a PhD student in the School of Business and Economics, is working on helping to find the answer.
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Large cross-national research project on youth not in employment or education
Thursday, March 17, 2016Mark Levels (ROA and GSBE) won a research grant in the highly competitive Open Research Area grant scheme, organized by NWO, ANR, JSPS, DFG and ESRC, to conduct a large cross-national research program on youth Not in Employment, Education and Training (NEETs).
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