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At the Global Entrepreneurship Conference GEC+Africa in Cape Town, the African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index (AEEI) was presented for the first time.

How AI improves service network for Dutch chip machines. For his thesis, Operations Management & Logistics and Data Science in Engineering master's student Joost van der Haar did an internship at chip machine manufacturer ASML in Veldhoven.

Online payments have been growing steadily for years. As a result, the risk of fraud is increasing, but proving it is challenging.

PhD researcher Natasja Sluijk shows how mathematics can help improve logistics processes. How do you distribute drinking water fairly across an area recently hit by a natural disaster?

In this week's issue of  Resilience Reflections , Devrim Yazan  explores the transformative potential of a circular economy in strengthening global supply chains.

In addition to technical solutions, young scientists at TU/e, such as Clara Caiafa and Willem Klok, are specifically investigating the socioeconomic or financial aspects of the climate transition.

In this week's issue of Resilience Reflections, Jodi Sturge argues for regulations to restrict short-term rentals and suggests measures to incentivize long-term rental housing to relieve the tight housing market.

Tilburg University has appointed Martin Salm as full professor of Health Economics and Applied Microeconomics.

This week scientists at the University of Twente are launching a study on resilient and climate-resistant transport chains.

The definition of resilience shapes a vision to move forward The 4TU.Resilience Engineering community is entering its next stage and to underline that the 4TU.RE centre is simultaneously cultiv

As of 15 October 2023, Irene Monasterolo has been appointed as Professor of Climate Finance at the Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.

On September 8th, mathematician John Einmahl will deliver his farewell speech at Tilburg University.

The study "Aggregate statistics on trafficker-destination relations in the Atlantic slave trade", by Prof. Philip Hans Franses and Dr Wilco van den Heuvel of Erasmus School of Economics, reveal

Anthropologist Joost Beuving provides new insights into entrepreneurial behaviour in his recently published book.

In economics, people are the focus, not economics, Eric van Damme argued in his farewell address on June 22.

When do monopolies of digital platforms like those of Google, Meta and Amazon become too strong, and how do you give new entrants to the market a chance?

Dennis Schol defended his PhD thesis at the department of Mathematics and Computer Science on May 16th. The production process of large high-tech manufacturers, such as ASML, is characterized by many parties supplying the components that make up the final product. If these parties can't supply on time, this results in supply-chain delays that may have major financial consequences.

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