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Crisis management in family businesses is strongly impacted by their unique goals, governance, and resources.

Digitalization in healthcare is increasing: examples include the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), teleconsultations, and hospital patient portals.

The interaction between the state and citizens of marginalized neighborhoods does not only take place in cooperation or conflict but also in the spaces 'inbetween'.

Our legal order and democracy must be modernized. We have to ensure that we can continue to make acceptable decisions when interests clash.

On Friday, March 22, 2024, José Gabriel Carreño will defend his PhD thesis titled: Three Essays on Wage Compensation and Flexible Contracts.

In the Netherlands, most e-scooters are banned from public roads, but in other European countries, electric shared scooters are almost indispensable in the urban landscape, especially in larger cities.

Within the connected car industry, debates are escalating about who should procure the licensing rights of the technologies that connect cars to the Internet of Things and at what cost.

On Tuesday, January 16, Jesse van der Geest will defend his PhD thesis, entitled: Economic Effects of Tax Avoidance and Compliance.

Over the past two decades, European democracies have witnessed the rise of populist parties. New PhD research by Dr. Francesco Marolla (Tilburg University) provides insight into the explanation for support of European citizens for populist parties.

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

Persistent problems of representative democracy can be addressed with clever combinations of deliberation and voting, for Dutch democracy particularly: the structural complaint of citizens that they are not heard and seen and the 'stop and go' culture of governing.

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

Tilburg University has appointed dr. Phillip Paiement of Tilburg Law School to Professor of Law and Governance in the Anthropocene, effective September 1st, 2023.

A significant portion of organizations appear to look for discrimination-sensitive personal characteristics in the resume during the recruitment and selection process.

In the past decade, a rising number of trade measures in the interest of national security have increased insecurity in the global economy.

The pressing housing shortage in Tilburg has prompted Hospi Housing, together with the City of Tilburg, Fontys University of applied sciences, and Tilburg University, to launch a campaign encouraging

In an open letter addressed to Greek and EU authorities, 300 academics turn their attention to the migrant shipwreck of 14 June 2023 off the coast of Pylos, Greece, resulting in the loss of an estimated 650 lives.

The digital transformation of agriculture in Europe is being hindered by challenges related to access and control of agricultural data.

On July 11, 2023, Tilburg University and the City of Tilburg have adopted a roadmap for a co-creative research program in the field of broad prosperity in the local communities and broad prosperity in business. This research program is part of the agreement between the City and the university to take cooperation to an even higher level.