PhD Reference Guide 2013-2014

Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management

The Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the Research School (Onder -zoek school) in the field of management of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The foundingparticipants of ERIM are the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), and the ErasmusSchool of Econo mics (ESE). ERIM was founded in 1999 and is officially accre dited by theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The research under taken by ERIMis focused on the management of the firm in its environment, its intra- and interfirmrelations, and its busi ness processes in their interdependent connections.

The objective of ERIM is to carry out first rate research in manage ment, and to offer anad vanced doctoral pro gramme in Research in Management. Within ERIM, over three hundredsenior researchers and PhD candidates are active in the different research pro grammes. Froma variety of acade mic backgrounds and expertises, the ERIM commu nity is united in strivingfor excellence and working at the fore front of creating new business knowledge.

DOCTORAL PROGRAMME

The Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management is a five year pro gram -me, focused on developing academic talent. The doctoral programme consists of a twoyear ERIM research master programme (ERIM Master in Philosophy in Business Research)and the ERIM PhD programme, offering a challenge of intellect and persistence. Themain goal of the doctoral programme is to enable promising students with the ambitionto become a researcher to acquire a pole position on the international academic careermarket; in particular, to achieve a competitive profile and to become part of the nextgeneration of faculty at the top business schools in the worlds. The ERIM Master inPhilosophy in Business Research programme is accredited by the Accreditation Organisa -tion of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).

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Edition: PhD Reference Guide 2013-2014Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)August 2013

Editors: Natalija GersakMarisa van Iperen

Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However, ERIM cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions.

Design & Print: B&T Ontwerp en advies

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Table of Contents

Preface...........................................................................................................................................v

1 Erasmus Research Institute of Management..............................................................................1

1.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................1

1.2 Overview of the Organisation .............................................................................................................1

1.3 Programmes ..........................................................................................................................................4

2 Overview of the PhD track ...........................................................................................................9

2.1 Starting Your Project ............................................................................................................................9

2.2 Annual Appraisal Talks.......................................................................................................................11

2.3 First Year .............................................................................................................................................11

2.4 Second and Third Year .......................................................................................................................13

2.5 Fourth Year .........................................................................................................................................14

2.6 Extension of the Contract ..................................................................................................................14

2.7 Premature Termination of the Contract............................................................................................15

2.8 Scheduling your PhD Defence ...........................................................................................................15

3 The PhD Course Programme: Towards Customisation.............................................................19

3.1 Course Overview.................................................................................................................................19

3.2 Core Courses on Research Methodology (at least 10 ECTS, compulsory) ........................................20

3.3 Skills Training Courses (6 ECTS, compulsory).....................................................................................20

3.4 Advanced Courses (24 ECTS) ..............................................................................................................20

3.5 Course Load.........................................................................................................................................24

3.6 Course Timetable ................................................................................................................................25

3.7 Additional Courses and Skills Modules..............................................................................................25

3.8 Course Enrolment and Attendance ...................................................................................................26

3.9 RISBO Teacher Training ......................................................................................................................27

4 Funding........................................................................................................................................29

4.1 ERIM Support Programme for PhD candidates (ESP 10)...................................................................29

4.2 External Funding.................................................................................................................................31

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5 Appointment and Facilities........................................................................................................33

5.1 General Information on Working at the Erasmus University3 ........................................................34

5.2 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................39

5.3 Libraries and Research Facilities.........................................................................................................42

5.4 Checklist ..............................................................................................................................................47

6 Important Individuals and Organisations.................................................................................49

6.1 Your Supervisory Team.......................................................................................................................49

6.2 Deans of the ERIM participating faculties.........................................................................................49

6.3 ERIM Management .............................................................................................................................50

6.4 ERIM Doctoral Programme Team ......................................................................................................51

6.5 ERIM Office members .........................................................................................................................53

6.6 PhD Representation............................................................................................................................54

6.7 ERIM PhD Alumni Association............................................................................................................56

A. Appendix .....................................................................................................................................59

A.1 Standing Rules of ERIM PhD Council .................................................................................................59

A.2 Overview of External Specialisation Courses Followed by ERIM PhD Candidates ..........................62

A.3 ERIM Support Programme no. 10 .....................................................................................................78

A.4 ERIM Support Programme no. 11 .....................................................................................................82

A.5 Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA) for ERIM PhD Candidates ...........................................84

A.6 Assessment Sheet for First Year PhD Candidates..............................................................................88

A.7 ERIM 2.5 year PhD Progress Report ...................................................................................................94

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Preface

Welcome to Rotterdam; welcome to the start of your PhD project at theErasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), the joint researchinstitute of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Erasmus Schoolof Economics (ESE).

The aim of the ERIM doctoral programme is to provide the best possibleeducation for tomorrow’s leading international management scholars.

You have been selected to be one of them and the next three to four years may be yourmost defining ones professionally. ERIM will support you to the best of our abilities to allowyou to conduct leading research aimed at publications in leading journals.

In this guide you will find detailed information about the ERIM PhD programme. Pleaseread this guide carefully and keep it as a reference as it will provide you with many answersconcerning your PhD project and programme procedures.

I am confident that you will enjoy the stimulating combination of the intellectualenvironment at ERIM and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Rotterdam. We will make everyeffort to equip you with everything you need for a flying start to an international academiccareer in business and management.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestionsfor improvement. Together with you, and ERIM members and fellows, this will allow us tofurther the success of the ERIM PhD programme.

Patrick GroenenProfessor of StatisticsDirector of Doctoral Education

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1. Erasmus Research Institute of Management 1

1 Erasmus Research Institute of Management

1.1 Introduction

As you start your PhD project at ERIM, you may be looking for answers to all kinds ofquestions that arise as you try to get orientated. This guide is intended to answerthe majority of questions about ERIM that you may have during your appointment asa PhD candidate. Topics such as your appointment, supervisory team, facilities and arange of useful tips are covered here. In addition, you will find a checklist of items thatrequire your (immediate) attention to help get you up to speed right away.

The outline of this guide is as follows. A short overview of each year of the PhD trackis presented in chapter 2. Chapter 3 deals with the general course information of thePhD programme. The funding possibilities offered by ERIM are described in chapter 4. Chapter 5 describes a number of practical issues you will deal with when appointed asa PhD candidate at the Erasmus University. And last but not least, chapter 6 discussesthe composition of your supervisory team and provides an overview of the deansof participating schools and the ERIM organisation, as well as other individuals and organisations you will encounter during your PhD years. But first, we would like to briefly discuss the history and missions of ERIM.

1.2 Overview of the Organisation

1.2.1 Founding History

In Rotterdam in 1913, the Nederlandsche Handelshoogeschool (School of Commerce) wasestablished to focus on studies in the practical managerial problems of business. Later, in1939, the school changed its name to Nederlandse Economische Hogeschool (NetherlandsSchool of Economics), now with a focus on the economic approach, which at that time wasthe most developed discipline to incorporate ‘management’. The Erasmus School of Economics(ESE) (part of the Erasmus University since 1973), retained this focus on the economic aspectsof management in its business economics departments. The other disciplinary perspectivessuch as the behavioural sciences and technology started to receive more attention in 1970with the establishment of the Graduate School of Management, a joint venture of ErasmusUniversity, Delft University of Technology, the Free University of Amsterdam (joined in 1972)and Leiden University (joined in 1974). In 1985, the Graduate School of Management wasintegrated with Erasmus University as the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), which

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in many respects is the successor to the original ‘Nederlandsche Handelshoogeschool’,established at the beginning of this century.

The study of management also developed into a strong scientific discipline in Rotterdam,with both the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and the Rotterdam School of Management(RSM) establishing their research institutes. For research in business economics, the School ofEconomics established RIBES (Rotterdams Instituut voor Bedrijfseconomische Studies) andthe Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) had ERASM (Erasmus Research Institute forAdvanced Studies in Management). In 1998, the two Schools decided to bring together theirbest resources in the domain of management and jointly founded a new research institute:the Erasmus Research Institute of Management, or in short:, ERIM.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) officially accredited ERIM on3 June 1999. On 1 July 2011, the KNAW re-accredited ERIM until 1 July 2017.

1.2.2 Mission and Aims

The mission of ERIM is to contribute to scientific research that enables organisations to assessand improve their business processes in order to perform in a profitable and responsible way.The research focus is the firm in its environment, its intra- and inter-firm relations, its businessprocesses in their interdependent connections and the management of these as an exclusiveand distinctive scientific domain.

The objective of ERIM is to carry out leading research in management, as recognised by thecommunity of peers, and to offer an advanced Doctoral programme in Management forthe education of new, excellent scholars in the field. More specifically, the aims of ERIM are:

• To be a high-quality institute with high visibility and a strong reputation among itspeers in the international community of researchers in management.

• To make on-going and significant contributions to the management body ofknowledge.

• To achieve a high output of scientific publications in leading journals and books onresearch in management.

• To offer high-quality doctoral education in a research master and PhD programme inresearch in management.

• To attract leading research talent in all stages of their career.


1.2.3 Organisation of ERIM

ERIM is a research school with two academic divisions: a research institute and a doctoralprogramme. The following diagram gives an overview of the ERIM organisation.

The Management of ERIM consists of a Scientific Director (Prof. Dr. M.J.C.M. Verbeek), anAssociate Director (Prof. Dr. J.Y.F. Wynstra) and a Director of Doctoral Education (Prof. Dr.P.J.F. Groenen), responsible for the ERIM doctoral programme (Research Master and PhD),and an Executive Director (Drs. W. Mijnhardt). The ERIM Office supports the various activitieswithin ERIM.

The Supervisory Board (‘Raad van Toezicht’) is a predominantly external body for advice andsupervision. The Programme Advisory Committee (‘Programmaraad’) consists of five internalERIM fellows from the five ERIM research programmes. Chairman of the Programme AdvisoryCommittee is Prof. Dr. J. van Oosterhout. The PhD Advisory Committee, also called the PhDCouncil, consists of four PhD students.

Research institute

ERIM researchers work in one of the following five ERIM Research programmes:• LIS (Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems)• ORG (Organising for Performance)• MKT (Marketing)• F&A (Finance & Accounting)• S&E (Strategy & Entrepreneurship)

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Business Processes, Logistics & Information SystemsOrganisationMarketing

Finance & AccountingStrategy & Entrepreneurship

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1 For a full account of the ERIM Research Programme, the reader is referred to the ERIM websitewww.erim.eur.nl


The contents of these research programmes are outlined in the next section. Every ERIMResearch programme has programme directors (ERIM Fellows), other researchers (ERIMMembers) and junior members (ERIM Associate Members). The ERIM Membership Charterregulates ERIM membership and describes the appointment procedures.

ERIM Doctoral Programme

ERIM offers an advanced five-year Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management.The first two years are devoted to the course work and are collected in the research masterprogramme: the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research. The last three years aredevoted to dissertation work. The PhD programme is discussed briefly in the next section; theERIM research master programme is discussed in section 1.2.2.

1.3 Programmes

1.3.1 Research Programmes

The research undertaken by ERIM focuses on the management of the firm in its environment,its intra- and inter-firm relations, and its business processes in their interdependentconnections. A firm is best described as an organisation dedicated to the production of goodsand services. This domain of research is called Research in Management.

The joint ERIM research programme contains five (sub) research programmes:1

ERIM researchers work in one of five ERIM Research Programmes:• Business Processes, Logistics and Information Systems (LIS)• Organising for Performance (ORG)• Marketing (MKT)• Finance & Accounting (F&A)• Strategy & Entrepreneurship (S&E)

Each of the five ERIM programmes brings its own approach to the study of business processeswhich originates from its specific area of expertise, with sufficient overlapping interfaces toachieve integration.

The aim of the LIS research group is to be at the forefront of the developments of Logisticsand Supply Chain management in interaction with business operations, information, andtechnology innovation, and to make a major contribution both to management science andto management practice. The LIS programme is focused on three themes: Logistics and SupplyChain Optimisation, Operations and Innovation Management, and Next GenerationInformation Systems.


The ORG programme aims to develop and test fundamental theory in applied organisationalresearch. For ORG, the result of the ERIM-internal movements has been a smaller, morefocused program, covering issues from the micro to the macro level of analysis. Theprogramme has two “centres of gravity” that provide focus and visibility to the programme’sresearch efforts: Organisational Behaviour, and Value-Based Organizing. Both centres have adistinct focus, but also actively search for overlapping and interdisciplinary areas of research.

The MKT programme focuses on both managerial and consumer decision making processes inmarketing. The programme’s mission is to contribute to the body of knowledge of marketingin a way that has academic rigour, leads to new scientific insights and has practical relevance.The three themes of the MKT programme are: Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Managementand Strategy, and Marketing Modelling.

The F&A programme aims to enhance understanding of the financial decision making offirms, managers and market participants, as well as the functioning of financial markets andintermediaries. The programme strives for high quality scientific contributions in all majorareas of finance and accounting, and to disseminate its knowledge locally and internationally.The three broad themes of the F&A programme are: Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance andAccounting.

The S&E programme focuses on strategic renewal and firm performance. While drivers ofstrategic renewal have received ample attention, we know far too little about how thesedrivers enact deep-seated change in organizational scripts, routines, and structural blueprints.The research programme addresses these lacunae by identifying four concrete areas ofstrategic renewal through which corporations are currently seeking to restore competitiveequilibria and tilt them in their favor: (1) corporate entrepreneurship, (2) new managerialroles and organizational forms, (3) corporate governance and competitiveness, and (4) globalstrategy.

1.3.2 Doctoral Programme: Research Master and PhD

With the start of the two-year research master (ERIM Master of Philosophy in BusinessResearch) in 2004, ERIM redesigned and improved its doctoral programme. The doctoralprogramme currently covers five years, of which the first two are devoted to course work,and the dissertation phase covers three years. Students with a relevant MSc degree usuallyenter in the second year of the doctoral programme and they follow a reduced courseprogramme. In 2005, ERIM formulated the following five core principles for its doctoralprogramme, which will be guiding for the future:

1 ERIM provides a five-year doctoral programme that is focused on developingacademic talent. The main aim of the programme is to enable our doctoralgraduates to acquire a pole position on the academic career market and, inparticular, to achieve a competitive profile on the international job market forthe next generation of faculties at leading business schools worldwide.


2 The main aim is achieved through two years of advanced course work plus threeyears of work on the dissertation, combined with systematic coaching and academicpersonality development. A balanced amount of time is also devoted to developingand improving teaching skills. Each graduate is granted a master degree onaccomplishing the course programme and a PhD title after defending the dissertation.

3 Candidates can enter the doctoral programme at three points: in the first year onthe basis of a bachelor diploma, in the second year on the basis of an MSc diploma,and in the third year on the basis of a relevant research master diploma. Selectioncriteria are in place so that only excellent students can enter the programme.

4 The amount and composition of the course work depends on the candidate’s specificeducational background and individual profile. First-year research master studentshave a course programme of 120 ECTS. Second-year students have a course programmeof at least 60 ECTS and can obtain waivers for some of the first-year courses.

5 Doctoral students are provided with financial aid over the five years of the programme.These are scholarships and tuition fee waivers available in the first year and personalresearch assistantships in the second year of the research master. Those researchmaster graduates who proceed with a PhD at ERIM receive regular doctoral candidatecontracts (three-year contracts).

The first two years of the ERIM Doctoral Programme are formally defined in the ERIMMaster of Philosophy in Business Research. Since its start in 2004, the ERIM Master ofPhilosophy in Business Research has officially been accredited by the AccreditationOrganisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) as a two-year research masterprogramme. The re-accreditation of the programme took place in 2009.

PhD

FACTS AND FIGURES

Number of PhD candidates in the programme (as at August 2013): 125

Number of countries represented in 2013: 26

Female candidates: ca. 40% each year

ERIM alumni (as at August 2013): 287

CUM LAUDE PhD defences since 2000 (as at August 2013): 19

The ERIM PhD programme was designed in 1999 together with the start of ERIM. Theprogramme is built on a long tradition of doctoral education at both the Erasmus School ofEconomics (ESE) and the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and is developed to trainand educate future scholars in the various fields of management. In line with the targets of

the Bologna process, it aims to deliver high-quality graduates who are well-prepared for thejob market and are attractive candidates for recruitment by leading international businessschools and universities. Another aim of the programme is that research conducted by PhDcandidates will form a substantial contribution to ERIM’s research output. Each thesis shouldlead to publications in leading research journals.

In the initial stage of the programme, PhD candidates have personalised education andtraining programmes, which include course work (often taken within the ERIM researchmaster programme) and the completion and external evaluation of a detailed researchproposal. In addition to providing specialised courses in the candidates’ own research fieldand advanced methodology courses, the course programme also allows candidates to positiontheir work in the broader stream of management research. As a result, the PhD programmeprovides PhD candidates with knowledge, research skills and other skills that make themspecialised researchers with comprehensive knowledge of the various areas of research inmanagement. After approval of the research proposal, candidates continue their research andare encouraged to present their work at workshops and conferences, and to write discussionpapers, which are subsequently submitted to international journals.

Since the foundation of ERIM in 1999 over two hundred and eighty five PhD dissertationshave been published in the ERIM PhD Series. Research conducted as part of these PhD projectshas also generated hundreds of articles in international journals.

Research master

The research master programme is a joint initiative of the Rotterdam School of Management(RSM) and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). The ERIM Master of Philosophy in BusinessResearch is executed under the auspices of ERIM.

A fairly large number of graduates (ca. 70%) from the research master programme continuewith a PhD project.

In January 2004, the ERIM Master of Philosophy in Business Research was officially accreditedby the NVAO (the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders) as a two-yearresearch master. The NVAO re-accreditation of the programme took place in 2009. The firstcohort of the ERIM research master students graduated in the summer of 2006. As at August2013, there were over 75 graduates. The majority of them are now pursuing their PhD atERIM.


1.3.3 Career Perspectives

The main purpose of the ERIM Doctoral Programme is to train doctoral candidates for futureacademic positions in management research.

An academic career is the most popular choice among ERIM PhD graduates (around 70%of ERIM PhD alumni continue with an academic career). Many ERIM PhD graduates haveremained in the Netherlands and are located at all Dutch universities.

Outside the Netherlands ERIM PhD alumni are working at such international universities andbusiness schools as INSEAD, HEC Paris, University of Cambridge, ESSEC, Warwick BusinessSchool, Bocconi, University of Antwerp Management School, Saïd Business School of OxfordUniversity, Catholic University of Leuven, EM LYON Business School, Business School of theUniversity of Reading, Bradford University, IMD Business School, Warsaw School of Economics,European School of Management and Technology, European University Institute, NorwegianBusiness School, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Nova School of Business and EconomicsPortugal, Aalto University School of Science, Kühne Logistics University, University of Milan,to name a few.

Outside Europe, our alumni are working at the Florida State University, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, University of California LosAngeles, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Florida, University of Maryland,University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology, Singapore ManagementUniversity, Hanoi University of Technology, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado dePuebla in Mexico, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Concordia UniversityCanada, University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Newcastle Business SchoolAustralia, Fudan University China, among others.

Around 30% of our alumni work outside academia. Their placements include research andmanagement positions at public institutions and private companies such as Shell, Eneco,AEGON, Unilever, ABN AMRO, ING, London Bank, Rabobank, Deloitte, Ernst & Young,Accenture, PWC and Robeco, just to name a few.


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2 Overview of the PhD track

The primary aim of your PhD project is the completion of a PhD thesis within four years (threeyears for research master graduates). Related objectives are the acquisition of academicknowledge and research skills, knowledge and experience in the presentation and publicationof papers, and expertise related to the application of scientific knowledge to managerialpractice.

The work you do as a PhD candidate consists of research, taking courses, teaching andsometimes contract research. At least 75% of a PhD candidate’s time should be dedicatedto research and taking courses (according to the ‘CAO’).

Teaching should not consume more than 20% of your time as a PhD candidate. Teaching tasksshould preferably be closely related to your research or will benefit you directly in some otherway. Although ERIM strongly recommends teaching activities to take place only in the secondand third year of PhD appointment, PhD candidates might be required by their respectivedepartments to do some teaching also in the first and final year of their PhD. Contractresearch is not obligatory and should only be performed if the research benefits from it.

The next sections discuss several important events throughout your PhD project. Figures 1 and2 give a schematic overview of the important events and deadlines of the three- and four-yearPhD tracks.

2.1 Starting Your Project

When starting your research, you should first obtain a clear view of your research field. Startreading books and articles on your subject and discuss them with your daily supervisor. Tostart with, your primary sources for literature will probably be the university library and theBIC (see chapter 5). To search for literature, you can use one of the online databases (seechapter 5). We also advise you to make contact with other PhD candidates in your researchfield, visit the ERIM website (www.erim.eur.nl, under “People”) and the websites of variousnetworks for lists of PhD candidates.

It is also important to consider which doctoral courses you would like to take. Courses areoffered by ERIM and numerous external networks (see chapter 3). A schedule of the coursesyou intend to follow should be incorporated in your Training and Supervision Agreement (seesection 2.3.1).

Figure 1 Overview of important events and deadlines for a three-year

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Figure 2 Overview of important events and deadlines for a four-year

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START

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3

Month 5: Deadline research proposal.

Month 7: First year assessment with Director of Doctoral Education.

Month 22: Submission progress report to Doctoral Office.

Month 24: Evaluation meeting with Director of Doctoral Education.From year 2 Prepare for job market.

Six months before PhD defense: Start official procedures for defense.

PhD defense

START

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

Month 3: Deadline Training and Supervision Agreement

Mostly Year 1: Course programme. Results and certificates should be sent to the Doctoral Office.

Month 10: Deadline research proposal.

Month 12: First year assessment with Director of Doctoral Education.

Month 28: Submission progress report to Doctoral Office.

Month 30: Evaluation meeting with Director of Doctoral Education.

From year 3: Prepare for job market.

Six months before PhD defense: Start official procedures for defense.

PhD defense

2.2 Annual Appraisal Talks

Once a year (December or January) the PhD candidate’s work is evaluated in a meeting(‘functioneringsgesprek’) between the PhD candidate and the supervisor (‘promotor’) and/ordaily supervisor. The past year is evaluated and there is the opportunity to look ahead to thecoming year. In this meeting, the performance of the PhD candidate, his/her supervisor andthe department can be discussed (from HR manual).

The first year of the PhD track is very important for you. The following section gives anoverview of the first year. There are four main milestones in your first year:

I. Training and supervision agreement (TSA) after three months of appointmentII. CoursesIII. Research proposal (after 5 or 10 months of appointment)IV. First Year Assessment and go/no-go decision

2.3 First Year

In the first (and second) year of the PhD programme, the PhD candidates are obliged toattend several courses. In addition, part of the first year should be used to write the researchproposal. Those PhD candidates who completed the research master programme do not haveto attend courses.

2.3.1 Training and Supervision Agreement

Each PhD candidate is requested to draw up a Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA)(‘opleidings- en begeleidingsplan’) within the first three months of his/her appointment incooperation with the supervisor(s). This plan will be approved by the Director of DoctoralEducation and formalised by the Dean. The plan includes an Individual Study Programme (ISP).See chapter 3 for information on courses and annex A.5 for an example of a TSA form. Pleasenote that PhD candidates are requested to send a copy of all their course certificates forcourses taken outside ERIM to the Doctoral Programme Assistant. A list of external coursestaken by PhD candidates in the past is provided in annex A.2. For more information regardingexternal courses please see ERIM Support Programme no.10 in annex A.3. PhD candidates whohave completed the (ERIM) research master programme prior to their PhD appointment arenot obliged to take courses.


2.3.2 Research Proposal

Ten months from the official start of the PhD appointment (five months for the researchmaster graduates), PhD candidates are expected to submit a written research proposal for theresearch they are going to carry out during the remaining three years of the PhD programme.

The procedure is as follows; before the deadline you must submit the proposal, whichcontains the elements mentioned below, in either Word or PDF format to the DoctoralProgramme Assistant. In addition to the proposal you must suggest the names of fivepotential external (i.e. not affiliated with Erasmus University) reviewers to evaluate yourproposal. This list of potential reviewers should include their names, titles, position, affiliationand contact details (incl. e-mail). The ERIM Doctoral Office will then invite the proposedreviewers to review the proposal regarding:• Clearness and originality of the research question/problem• Completeness, coherence and consistency of the proposal• Scientific contribution• Adequacy of the research design and methodology

These reviews will be part of the first year assessment (see below).

The research proposal should include the following elements:1 Working title2 Name of PhD candidate and supervisor(s)3 Introduction (background and relevance of the project)4 Research questions / problem formulation5 Theory / research model / hypotheses6 Methodology7 Scientific relevance / contribution of the project8 Managerial relevance9 Planned publications (selection of outlets to present)10 Time schedule / research planning, including planned field work or data collection11 Cooperation with other researchers / groups12 Literature (10-20 key references)

Examples of research proposals can be requested from the Doctoral Programme Assistant. Theaverage research proposal covers about 10-15 pages. In the first-year assessment (see below) alot of attention will be paid to the possible realisation of the research planning mentioned inthe proposal.


2.3.3 First Year Assessment (Appraisal Talk)

After one year of PhD appointment (seven months for the research master graduates) anevaluation of the performance and progress of the PhD candidate takes place in a meetingwith the PhD candidate, his/her supervisor(s) and the ERIM Director of Doctoral Education.This First Year Assessment is decisive in allowing the PhD candidate to continue with his/herPhD appointment. The assessment is based on the courses taken, the final research proposal aswritten by the PhD candidate after ten (or five) months of preparation, and the overallperformance. The results of the First Year Assessment are recorded in the Assessment sheetfor first year PhD Candidate (see annex A.6 for example form), which is formalised by theDean of the concerning Faculty.

2.4 Second and Third Year

The second and third year are used for:• Taking courses (only second year; not relevant for PhDs with research master

background)• Literature review• Writing papers • Presenting papers at conferences• Performing the empirical part of the research

PhD candidates are encouraged to participate in conferences to meet and learn from otherresearchers and to present their own work. To find out which conferences are suitable foryour research interests, ask your supervisor or daily supervisor. They frequently receiveinvitations for conferences and can easily keep you informed about interesting opportunities.(For funding of your travel plans, see section 4.1 and the ERIM Support Programme 10 inannex A.3).

Another important milestone in your PhD trajectory is the 2,5 year meeting. For MSc degreeholders with a four-year contract, this meeting takes place 28 months after the PhDappointment date. For research master graduates, it takes place 22 months after appointmentas a PhD candidate.

Before this meeting, a PhD candidate must submit a progress report of about two pages toERIM. The progress report should inform the Director of Doctoral Education about the firststage of your PhD track, including a description of chapters or working papers you areworking on (or have completed), your field work, the data you have collected, and theconferences at which you have presented. The report should also present a detailed researchplan and schedule for completion of your PhD thesis. The progress report provides importantinformation for an evaluation meeting with the Director of Doctoral Education and yoursupervisor in the first half of your third year.


2.5 Fourth Year

In the fourth year, the research is completed and the thesis is written. Once the thesis hasbeen completed, the defence of the thesis will not take place until approximately six monthslater. All regulations concerning your PhD defence can be found in the doctoral regulationsof the Erasmus University (‘promotiereglement’). See http://www.eur.nl/english/information_for/doctorate_students/.

ERIM has its own PhD series. Dissertations can be published in printed and electronic format.All published PhD dissertations in the ERIM PhD Series can be found athttp://repub.eur.nl/res/org/1. If published in this series, ERIM will pay for the design andprinting (see EPS manual of the year of graduation). For further information please contactthe PhD Series Coordinator and/or Doctoral Programme Manager.

The first thing to do is to file a request for the PhD defence (‘verzoek tot promotie’). Thisrequest should contain the subject of the thesis and name(s) of the supervisor(s). Please notethat this request can be filed at any point in the PhD defence track, but at least six monthsbefore the desired date of the PhD defence. Please note that, if one of the supervisors leave(s)the university, this request must be submitted before he/she leaves. Otherwise, this person canno longer serve as your supervisor. A detailed overview of the ERIM procedures in preparationfor production of the PhD book is available through the ERIM Doctoral Office.

In the final year of the PhD contract, ERIM PhD candidates are assisted in their search for anew position. ERIM offers workshops on the international academic job market and supportsjob-market visits abroad for PhDs in their fourth year (see ERIM Support Programme Manual,No.10). The ERIM website also features PhD candidates “On the Job Market” (in the last sixmonths of their contract) and contains a selection of relevant links for PhDs searching for anew job.

2.6 Extension of the Contract

If a PhD candidate anticipates that it will not be possible to finish the dissertation within fouryears, then (s)he should contact his/her supervisor immediately. In consultation with thesupervisor, the Director of Doctoral Education and the HR department, the PhD candidateshould discuss the possibilities of completing the thesis. In principle, contracts are notextended after four years.



2.7 Premature Termination of the Contract

If the PhD candidacy is terminated prematurely (either by the PhD candidate or by theemployer), then the PhD candidate is entitled to receive a certificate. This document can beuseful when applying for a new job. The certificate should contain a short review of theperformed research and publications, a review of courses taken and an overview of teachingactivities (from the P&O manual). Please note that notice (from either party) must be giventwo months in advance.

2.8 Scheduling your PhD Defence

2.8.1 EUR Doctoral Regulations

To obtain a doctoral degree at the Erasmus University one should follow a number of officialprocedures. They are described in detail on the EUR website (www.eur.nl). From the EURhomepage menu please select “Information for” and then “Doctorate Students”.

You can easily navigate the EUR Doctoral Regulations or download them in PDF format:http://www.eur.nl/english/information_for/doctorate_students/information/doctoral_regulations

The preparation to a PhD defense includes a workflow that can be initiated via a number ofspecial forms (“Standard Letters”). The forms are available via the online system called “Horaest”: http://metis.eur.nl/horaest.

ERIM PhD candidates and supervisors can use their existing METIS login also for “Hora est”. Ifyou have forgotten your METIS login, please contact Ms. Pia van der Velde at [email protected].

The main steps of the EUR procedure include:• Form 1: Notification of intention to pursue one’s doctorate (filled in by the candidate

and signed by the candidate, supervisor(s) and the dean).

• Form 2: Proposal of doctoral committee (approval of the thesis by supervisor (inDutch: “promotor”); composition of the inner doctoral committee and plenarycommittee; signed by supervisor(s) and the dean. Inner committee will have 1 monthto approve the thesis). Approval of the propositions (filled in by supervisor(s).

• Form 3: Admission to the doctorate ceremony (filled in by the secretary of the innerdoctoral committee on behalf of the inner doctoral committee. Only after it isobtained, can the thesis be printed).

The required forms could be filled in directly via the “Hora est” system or downloaded fromthe EUR website: http://www.eur.nl/informatie_voor/promovendi/promotietraject/ (NL)http://www.eur.nl/abd/bureau_van_de_pedel/promotie/ (ENG)

Please take care that the forms are submitted to the university Beadles (“Pedel”, theUniversity Ceremonies office) on time.

The Pedel office is responsible for carrying out and assisting with the administrativeprocedures for the doctorate. Please contact the Pedels for any questions with regard tothe PhD defense ceremony (including a possible reception after the defense).

The University Ceremonies office can be reached from Monday to Friday from 9.30 AM to1 PM. Contact information: T.: (010) 408 1006, central e-mail address: [email protected].

2.8.2 Publishing your book in the ERIM PhD Series

ERIM will co-ordinate the process towards the book publication. This includes generallanguage check (no detailed proofreading), cover production and book printing. Pleaseremember that it is your responsibility to provide the necessary files and forms according tothe schedule and to carefully check the proofs from the publisher and cover designer. You arealso responsible for providing correct contact information, timely updates of relevant invoiceand delivery addresses, etc. If you fail to follow the schedule, any delay in book productionwill be your own responsibility. The same applies to any errors or misprints on the cover orinside the book that were overlooked by you during the proof check. That means: start ontime, follow the schedule and avoid stress!


It is important that you comply with the EUR schedule with regard to the official procedures.Here are the main steps:

Action Schedule Action Action by Actionpromotor / Doctorate Boardcandidate

1 Application for the At least 6 months Form 1 Candidate Appointment of for the defence before the supervisor /

desired date of supervisors and/or the PhD defence co-supervisor

2 Approval of thesis by At least 5 months Form 2 including Appoint committee supervisor / supervisors before the manuscript + title members, evaluate+ proposal for the desired date of pages, summary, title pages, checkcomposition of the small the ceremony CV and propositionsand large committees propositions+ expert, if applicable

3 Discuss planned date of At least 5 months Set a provisional Candidate Register datethe PhD defence before the date with the subject to

desired date of Academic the ceremony Ceremonies

department

4 Notification of the small At least 3 months Form 3 Secretary of Approval by the committee’s opinion on before the Inner Committee Rector, permissionthe PhD candidate’s desired date of to reproduce theadmission the PhD defence thesis, set definitive

date of the PhDdefence

5 Application for graduation At least 7 weeks Application to Promotor Implementation with distinction, if relevant before the Doctorate Board of the rules of

desired date of procedure inthe PhD defence accordance with

Article 9.1

6 Send copies of the thesis At least 5 weeks Candidateto the UP before the

desired date ofthe ceremony

7 DEFENCE of PhD thesis before the entire committee


The ERIM schedule of the book production is linked to the EUR schedule at several points.Here are your steps in the ERIM procedure:

Schedule Action PhD candidate

1 Approx. 8 months before the intended PhD defence Discuss your workflow in a personal meeting with theERIM PhD Series co-ordinator

2 Approx. 7 months before the intended PhD defence Language check

3 Approx. 5 months before the intended PhD defence Complete thesis layout

4 Approx. 4 months before the intended PhD defence Start cover design

5 Approx. 3 months before the intended PhD defence Complete the thesis file, insert last details

6 Approx. 3 months before the intended PhD defence Submit your draft thesis for layout check

7 Approx. 2,5 months before the intended PhD defence Submit your thesis for printing

8 Approx. 1,5 months before the intended PhD defence Check and correct the printing proofs

9 Approx. 2 months before the intended PhD defence Submit PhD defence media and communication form

10 Approx. 1,5 months before the intended PhD defence The book should be printed

11 At least 5 weeks before the intended PhD defence Distribute the printed books to the committee, beadle(pedel) and the University Library

The ERIM contact person who currently coordinates the PhD Series is Marisa van Iperen, ERIMDoctoral Programme Assistant. If you are planning to graduate within eight months pleasecontact her for the most recent version of the ERIM PhD Series Guide and to schedule apersonal appointment.


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3 The PhD Course Programme: Towards Customisation

ERIM PhD Programme: Internationalisation and Increasing Impact

The objective of the ERIM PhD programme is to train the future generation of internationalresearchers in the field of Research in Management by investing in young, talented,international academics. New PhD candidates at ERIM follow a state-of-the-art PhD courseprogramme, which fits their academic background and research interests. During the project,senior ERIM Research Fellows and Members coach each PhD candidate intensively. The PhDprogramme creates many opportunities for personal intellectual development and an excitinginternational academic career.

3.1 Course Overview

In the ERIM PhD programme, the PhD candidate and his/her supervisor(s) are jointlyresponsible for composing a course plan that helps the PhD candidate to develop theknowledge and research skills necessary to become a specialised researcher. These coursesshould complement the PhD candidate’s existing knowledge and skills and be helpful incarrying out the research project. This means that each PhD candidate will compose aprogramme that is customised to his/her individual needs and interests.

The course plan consists of three types of courses: core courses, skills training courses, andspecialisation courses. Course loads are expressed in ECTS2, where 1 ECTS corresponds to28 hours of work. The entire PhD course-load for PhDs entering PhD programme with MSc/MAdegree consists of 40 ECTS of courses. In addition, ERIM also offers several skills modules,participation of which is voluntary (but often highly advisable). These skills modules are notpart of the 40 ECTS course programme.

2 ECTS refers to the European Credit Transfer System. It is based on the principle that 60 ECTS measures theworkload of a full-time student during one academic year.

3.2 Core Courses on Research Methodology (at least 10 ECTS, compulsory)

The aim of these courses is to familiarise PhD candidates with research methodologies andapplications in the domain of management research. You can choose two of the following sixcourses (part of the research master programme in Business Research):• Topics in the Philosophy of Science (BERMMC001, 5 ECTS), semester 2• Research Methodology and Measurement (BERMMC002, 5 ECTS), semester 2• Statistical Methods (BERMMC004, 6 ECTS), semester 2• Case Study Research (BERMMC003, 5 ECTS), semester 2• Applied Econometrics (BERMMC005, 5 ECTS), semester 2• Stochastic Models and Optimisation (BERMMC006, 5 ECTS), semester 1• Programming (BERMMC010, 4 ECTS), semester 1• Mathematics and Statistics (BERMMC008, 4 ECTS), semester 1 • Microeconomics (BERMMC009, 5 ECTS), semester 1

More details about each course can be found on the ERIM websitehttp://www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral-programme/doctoral-courses/. Depending on yourbackground, you may apply for exemption from one of these two courses, which allows youto replace 5 ECTS with a more advanced course. You should communicate your choice to ERIMat least one month before the start of the course.

3.3 Skills Training Courses (6 ECTS, compulsory)

In this part of the programme, PhD candidates’ writing, presenting, and research skills aretrained. The following three courses are obligatory:• Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English (BERMSKL001, 4 ECTS) • Publishing Strategy (BERMSKL003, 1 ECTS)• Scientific Integrity (BERMSKL009, 1 ECTS)

ERIM also offers a number of non-compulsory skills courses (see section 3.7).

3.4 Advanced Courses (24 ECTS)

The main part of the ERIM PhD programme will consist of specialisation courses. Each PhDcandidate will compose an individual programme of the courses that he/she plans to follow.These courses will be in the field in which the PhD candidate is conducting his/her researchand they further specialised knowledge and research skills. The ERIM fellows are involved inteaching of these specialisation courses. However, PhD candidates can also choose to takecourses outside ERIM. Several national and international networks and programmes providehigh-quality specialised courses. Examples of these networks are provided below.


PhD candidates can also take courses in doctoral programmes of other (foreign and Dutch)universities and research schools. Section 3.4.2 below gives you some examples of other Dutchresearch schools where some of our PhD candidates have followed courses in the past. Foryour information, a list of courses taken by ERIM PhDs in the past is provided in annex A.2.

All specialisation courses have to be approved in advance by the Director of DoctoralEducation. Courses are targeted at PhD candidates (or advanced master students). As a rule,workshops, symposia, colloquia and tutorials will not be approved as part of the courseprogramme. Study loads of external courses are determined by the Director of DoctoralEducation, after consulting the course contents and requirements.

Please note that there’s a limitation to courses taken outside ERIM (please see ERIM SupportProgramme no.2). If a PhD candidate wants to take an additional course abroad, the requestto take the course has to be accompanied by letter of motivation from the candidate’ssupervisor and if approved by ERIM, the costs for the additional course will be paid for on a50%-matching principle by the department of the PhD candidate.

In 2013 / 2014, ERIM offers the following advanced courses (also as part of the ERIM Masterof Philosophy in Business Research programme). These courses have a study load of 5 ECTS,unless otherwise indicated.

Advanced Specialisation Courses:

• Managerial Economics (Hendrikse, BERMASC001), semester 2• ERIM / CentER Workshop on Information Management Research (Van Heck / Ketter,

BERMASC008), semester 2• Advanced Topics of Research in Strategy (Jansen, BERMASC009), semester 2• Advanced Topics in Organisation Theory (Heugens, BERMASC012), semester 2• Multi Agent Systems Research (Ketter / Van Heck, BERMASC013), semester 2• Social Networks and Market Competition (Jensen, BERMASC020), semester 1 (3 ECTS)• Topics in Consumer Behavior (3): Advances in Consumer Neuroscience (Smidts /

Boksem, BERMASC025), semester 2• Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior (Van Knippenberg, BERMASC026),

semester 1• Strategic Entrepreneurship (Mom / De Jong, BERMASC027), semester 1• Seminar Corporate Finance 2 (Norden / Qiu / Rajamani/ Van der Poel, BERMASC031),

semester 1• Seminar Asset Pricing 2 (Van Dijk / Szymanowska / Van Achter / Van der Wel,

BERMASC032), semester 1• Advances in the Economics of Entrepreneurship (Thurik / Koellinger, BERMASC033),

will be given in 2014-2015• Foundations of International Business (Reus / Heugens / Slangen, BERMASC034), will

be given in 2014-2015• Innovation Management (Van den Ende, BERMASC035), will be given in 2014-2015


Advanced Methodology Courses:

• Advanced Qualitative Methods (Heugens, BERMAMC001), will be given in 2014-2015• Advanced Statistical Methods (Groenen / Koning, BERMAMC002), semester 1• Advanced Survey Methods (Hak, BERMAMC003), semester 1• Behavioral Decision Theory (Wakker, BERMAMC004), semester 1• Experimental Methods in Business Research (Wubben, BERMAMC005), semester 2• Seminar Corporate Finance 1 (Norden / Qiu / Rajamani/ Van der Poel, BERMAMC006),

semester 1• Seminar Asset Pricing 1 (Van Dijk / Szymanowska / Van Achter / Van der Wel,

BERMAMC007), semester 1• Stochastic Dynamic Optimization (Koning, Brinkhuis, BERMAMC008), semester 1 • Workshop on Structural Equation Modelling through Partial Least Squares (Berens,

BERMAMC009), semester 2

Please note that some courses have entrance requirements. More information on the ERIM courses can be found on the ERIM websitehttp://www.erim.eur.nl/doctoral-programme/doctoral-courses/.

3.4.1 Networks

• The Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS)CEMS is a strategic alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies.Its primary aim is to set a global standard of excellence for prior experience to amaster degree in management. CEMS also fosters cooperation between the leadingbusiness schools in doctoral education and facilitates workshop/course visits fordoctoral students of the member institutions. Internet: http://www.cems.org/students/doctoral-students

• Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE)The main objective of the Netherlands Network of Economics is to provide high-quality education opportunities to Dutch doctoral students. This is achieved byoffering a number of different services. Firstly, the network has a large number ofNAKE Fellows, who as a group span almost all areas of economics. The second servicethat is offered by NAKE is a fully-fledged teaching programme. The third activity ofNAKE is the organisation of bi-annual NAKE Workshops. In these very intensiveworkshops four internationally acclaimed experts give courses to the Students andFellows of NAKE. As of 2005, Erasmus University Rotterdam no longer participates inNAKE. Internet: www.nake.nl

• Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB)The Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB) is aninteruniversity collaboration in which all of the Dutch universities participate, as wellas the CWI. The LNMB has a twofold function. Firstly, the LNMB provides educationfor PhD Candidates. Centred around eight two-year courses with additional


workshops, this education is aimed at broadening and deepening the knowledge ofthe participants. In addition, the LNMB is an organisation of (full and associate)professors who are active as researchers in Operation Research. Internet: www.lnmb.nl

• The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)EIASM is an international network for management research and teaching thatcontains over 23,000 management scientists from all over the world. The generalmission of the Institute is to contribute to the development of managementresearchers and teachers in Europe. Its mission leads to the formulation of thefollowing objectives:– To contribute to the development of and to sustain a network of management

researchers and teachers in Europe

– To organise conferences, seminars and workshops on research in disciplinesrelevant to management

– To encourage and facilitate the initiative and coordination of joint research– To enhance the development and the quality of European doctoral student

education. Internet: www.eiasm.be

• European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Management (EUDOKMA)EUDOKMA's mission is to promote research and doctoral training on Knowledge andManagement. To achieve these aims, it studies the functions of knowledge inmanagement, in the information society and in the new economy. It strives to preparedoctoral students, who will be managers or academics, with a deep understanding ofknowledge and learning. It offers, in a series of interrelated seminars, many points ofview, which relate knowledge creation, diffusion and applications to philosophical,epistemological and methodological issues. Internet: http://www.edamba.eu

3.4.2 Other Research Schools

• Tinbergen InstituteTinbergen Institute is the Netherlands Research Institute and Graduate School ofEconomics of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the University of Amsterdam(UvA), and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Tinbergen Institute consists of theResearch Institute and the Graduate School. Internet: www.tinbergen.nl

• CentERCentER is the research school of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administrationof Tilburg University. CentER was founded in 1988 at the Faculty of Economics andBusiness Administration of Tilburg University as a small research institute specialisingin game theory, international macroeconomics and applied econometrics. In 1992,the institute was restructured as a Graduate School and widened its scope to otherresearch fields as well. A Graduate Programme in Economics (GPE) was developed,followed by a Graduate Programme in Management (GPM) one year later. In 2001,a Graduate Programme in Business was started. Internet: http://center.uvt.nl


• SIKS SIKS is the Dutch research School for Information and Knowledge Systems. SIKSorganises courses on issues from the field of computer science. Internet: www.siks.nl

• TRAILTRAIL (Transport Infrastructure and Logistics) is a joint postgraduate Research Schoolof the Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam. Internet:www.rstrail.nl

• SOM Graduate School / Research InstituteSOM is the joint research institute of the faculties of Management Organisation,Economics and Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen. It combines andpromotes disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, which meets internationalstandards. It also provides the training and research environment for PhD candidates.The mission of SOM is to promote fundamental and applied research related to firmsin its economic, spatial and demographic environment and to provide a PhDprogramme of a high international standard. Internet: http://www.rug.nl/som/index

• IOPSThis is the Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics. IOPSwas officially recognised by the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts andSciences) as a Graduate School ('onderzoekschool'), and this recognition wasprolonged in June 1999. The following participate in this graduate school: Universityof Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), University of Twente (UT),University of Groningen (RUG), Leiden University (UL), University of Utrecht (UU; since1999) and Tilburg University (UvT). Internet: www.iops.nl

3.5 Course Load

The course load of the PhD programme consists in total of 40 ECTS (except for the researchmaster graduates). At the end of the first year the PhD candidate should have gained at least25 ECTS. The remaining ECTS should be obtained in the second year. The courses are acompulsory part of the PhD programme and at the end of both the first and the second yearPhD candidates will have to report to the ERIM Doctoral Programme Manager about thecourses they have taken and passed. If the core courses have not been successfully completedafter the second year, the PhD candidate will no longer receive ERIM financial support. Aftercompletion of the PhD course programme, the PhD candidate will receive a certificate.


3.6 Course Timetable

Semester 1 (autumn 2013): Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English: Pre-CPE levelSpecialisation CoursesScientific Integrity

Semester 2 (winter to spring 2014): Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English: CPE level Core Courses on Research MethodologySpecialisation CoursesPublishing StrategyScientific Integrity

3.7 Additional Courses and Skills Modules

To support PhD candidates in their development, ERIM offers a number of additional coursesand transferable-skills modules. These modules enable PhD candidates to make the most ofthe learning opportunities available at the university and prepare for successful employmentafter graduation. These courses and skills modules are not a compulsory part of the PhDcourse programme. Participation is voluntary, but not without obligations; • Erasmus Management Lectures (annual event with distinguished scholars)• ERIM Summer School (offers advanced methodology courses)• Interaction Performance Training / Coaching (BERMSKL002, 2 ECTS)• Web-based & mobile survey research (BERMSKL004, 2 ECTS)• Strategies for Successful Academic Job Placement (BERMSKL006, no ECTS assigned)

ERIM is also planning to offer more PhD skills training courses, for example, a workshop onpersonal efficiency. If there is enough interest among the new PhD candidates a workshop onLiterature Search in the Library and its Databases may be organised. Please contact the ERIMoffice for more information. Skills modules are announced by email well in advance.


3.8 Course Enrolment and Attendance

Course Registrations

To register for ERIM courses listed in the current ERIM Study Guide please e-mail Ms MihoIizuka, [email protected]. Please provide the course code and title. The registration deadline isfour weeks before the start of the course. ERIM course schedules are communicated to thedoctoral candidates by the Doctoral Programme Assistant before the start of the academicyear and as updates (when applicable).

To register for external (non-ERIM) courses you should first obtain approval from ERIM. Youmay register for the courses already approved by ERIM as part of your individual studyprogramme. If your study programme is yet to be finalised and in case of corrections/changesin the approved course programme, please contact the ERIM Doctoral Programme Managerfor approval of particular course. As a rule, you register for the approved external coursesyourself. If a course fee is required, you have to pay it yourself and request reimbursementlater (for approved courses only); the ERIM Executive Assistant is in charge of financial issues.

Course Attendance and Cancellations

For all ERIM courses full (100%) course attendance is required. If you are unable to attend aclass due to illness or other serious circumstances, it is your responsibility to notify the teacheras soon as possible. This also applies to skills courses, such as English.

If you have to drop a particular course, you should inform the teacher of your decision andreasons as soon as possible. In addition, you must also cancel your registration officially bysending an e-mail to Ms Miho Iizuka, ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant.

Please consider that the number of course participants has a direct effect on the financialcourse costs. Therefore, please make sure your course registrations and cancellations are ontime. If you register for external courses without official approval you will be held responsiblefor any related financial costs incurred by ERIM.

At the beginning of the academic year, all new ERIM doctoral candidates will receive namecards from the ERIM Doctoral Office. You must bring your card to all ERIM classes.

Course Grades

You are obliged to sit the exams for all courses included in your TSA (provided thatexamination is part of the course). Course grades are communicated to the students by the teacher of the course, not by theERIM Doctoral Office. If you have not received your grade on time or have questions relatedto your grade, please contact the course teacher directly.


Course Administration

ERIM keeps track of your course progress in its archive and database. For all external courses,it is your responsibility to provide ERIM with a copy of the certificates obtained (includingyour grades) on time.

It is also important that you keep good track of your progress and its administration yourself.You must keep a copy of your ISP plan for your own records and note any changes in it. Pleasenote that ERIM has to approve any changes/corrections in your Individual Study Plan inadvance.

You are kindly requested to keep a file with an overview of your course progress:

Course Title Course Code ECTS Status Period Grade Comments(planned / (year, months)in progress / completed)

3.9 RISBO Teacher Training

The RISBO research institute delivers expertise in the area of professional development,curriculum innovation and organisational development and ICT & education. They also offera course in Basic Teacher Training. Please note that this course may not be part of yourindividual study plan. More information can be found at http://www.risbo.nl/r_training.php.


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4 Funding

4.1 ERIM Support Programme for PhD candidates (ESP 10)

ERIM has Support Programmes for conference visits, conference participation, working visitsto an international university, field research data collection, following courses and scientificliterature. The support of ERIM is generally based on the 50/50 actual cost matching principlewith either the department of the PhD candidate and/or external sponsorship (with someexceptions, for example course funding). PhD candidates will always be requested to lookexternally for funding for travel and conference expenses. Possible funding sources includeNWO and Trustfonds. Furthermore, PhD candidates are expected to act responsibly and cost-efficiently when asking for ERIM Support Programme. Requests for support have to besubmitted at least one month in advance of the planned activity. The request must containbudget estimation and acquired internal / external matching support. Please note thatfinancial support will be paid afterwards and your declaration must be accompanied byoriginal receipts and/or bills.For more information, see the ERIM Support Programmes Manual or Annex A.3 for ESP no. 10.

4.1.1 Courses

ERIM supports the costs for (short) academic courses provided by external academic networks(for example EIASM) or universities. ERIM only supports courses as agreed upon in advance inthe Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA).Please note that all the courses taken outside ERIM, within or outside the Netherlands need tobe approved in advance by the ERIM Doctoral Office. The number of external courses mayvary, depending on the course fees and other course-related costs (flights, accommodationetc.).

On average per PhD candidate, ERIM has refunded fully two external courses.Should a PhD candidate or the department want to have additional external course(s) to berefunded, then a short motivation from the candidate’s supervisor should be added to theTSA. Depending on the total costs for all courses per PhD student, ERIM will refund up to50% of the actual cost for the additional course based on the 50 / 50 matching principle withthe concerning department.


4.1.2 Conferences

Conference participation

ERIM supports conference participation of PhD candidates under the condition that they arepresenting a paper. Proof of the paper acceptation should be submitted to the ERIM Office.The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the departmentwhere the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000.

Conference visit

ERIM supports one conference visit without presenting a paper per PhD candidate, after thepositive assessment of the research proposal (first year). Visiting the conference has to bemulti- purpose: to develop contacts with international peers in the field, to be informedabout the latest developments in the domain. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual costmatching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / orexternal sponsoring, with a maximum of € 700.

International Job market visit

ERIM supports a maximum of one job market visit abroad for PhD candidates in their fourthyear. Interview invitation(s) for the job market visit should be submitted to the ERIM Officewith the request for support. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matchingprinciple with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or externalsponsoring, to a maximum of € 700.

4.1.3 Research Materials

Data Collection (In the field or in the lab)

ERIM supports research data collection. This support will only be available to the PhDcandidates who have fulfilled their first year’s obligations and with a positive assessment oftheir research proposal. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principlewith either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or externalsponsorship, with a maximum of € 2,500.

Scientific and Educational Literature

Per PhD candidate, a total amount of € 500 is reimbursable within two years of the start ofthe PhD project.

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4.1.4 International Research Activities

Working visit to international supervisor

ERIM supports outward working visits to international supervisor for PhD candidates afterthe positive assessment of the research proposal (first year). In their final year PhD studentsmay ask ERIM for support in financing part of the inward travel expenses of their supervisorin his capacity of supervising / attending the thesis defence. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate isappointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000 per visit.

International Research Study / Visit

ERIM supports international study visits of PhD candidates to another academic institution.Candidates in their third and fourth year are encouraged to visit and participate in anotherinternational research group in their area of specialisation. In this way the candidate isenabled to professionalise his / her international academic peer-relations. The support is fora research visit with a maximum duration of four months and is based on a “1/3 of the actualcost”- matching principle with two other parties: department where the PhD candidate isappointed and at least one external sponsor to a maximum of € 4,000.

A request for an international research study contains the following elements:• A support letter of your promoter / supervisor• Overview of the aim of the study and planned activities• Description of the expected impact of the study on the quality of the results of the

PhD research project• Budget estimation such as: housing, flight and other connecting transportation,

settlement costs, visa, insurances.

No daily allowance will be paid; ERIM will reimburse costs of living only in case these areevidently higher than in the Netherlands (Example of budget estimation is available throughthe ERIM Office).

4.2 External Funding

The goal of the Erasmus Trustfonds is to promote scientific education and research at theErasmus University. PhD candidates can receive a scholarship for conference visits and workingvisits. ERIM strongly encourages applications to the Trustfonds! An application should be sentto the Trustfonds at the latest two months before the planned activity (www.trustfonds.nl).Furthermore, the Fulbright Center has possibilities for funding working visits in the USA.Please find more information on www.fulbright.nl.

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5 Appointment and Facilities

In the Dutch system, PhD candidates are salaried employees. However, there are morefinancial issues than your salary alone that you need to think about. These include additionalincome, a savings programme, insurance, and compensation for moving expenses. Generally,PhD candidates are paid according to the collective labour agreement (‘CAO’) for Dutchuniversities; see also http://www.vsnu.nl. For current salaries see http://www.eur.nl/english/staff.

When you start working at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, you will find that there aremany things that you have to arrange, understand and do before you can devote all of yourtime and attention to your research project. This section provides some information aboutissues concerning your appointment at the university. For more details see the URLs given ineach section. In general, the website of the Personnel & Organisation department of theErasmus University is very helpful: http://www.eur.nl/medewerkers (NL) orhttp://www.eur.nl/english/staff/ (EN).

Your contact persons at the Human Resource Departments are:

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)Ms. M. van Hooijdonk (Mariska)Room T06-43Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)Ms. Y. Jules (Yvonne)Room T06-45Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)Ms. M. Verzaal – van der Hoek (Marleen)Room T06-41Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)Ms. M.T. Winde – Speekenbrink (Mirjam)Room H06-27Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)Ms. E.A. Greevink – de Bruin (Loes)Room H06-27Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

5.1 General Information on Working at the Erasmus University3

Contract

Before you start, you will receive a letter of acceptance with the formal offer of a PhDposition at Erasmus University from the human resources (HR) department of the RSM or ESE.This letter also contains information about salary, commencement date of employment, theapplicability of the pension scheme, etc.

Income

The salary stated in your appointment letter is the gross salary. The gross salary is the amountof salary before deduction of taxes, social security premiums and premiums for our pensionscheme for retirement, disability and in case of death while in employment. The ErasmusUniversity deducts these costs before the amount is transferred to your bank account.Therefore the money you receive does not equal the gross salary. See http://www.belastingdienst.nl for information about taxes.

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3 This information was provided by the RSM Personnel Dept. It is the same for the ESE PhD candidates. In somecases extra information is added by ERIM.


Note that the salary excludes a holiday allowance and end-of-year bonus. Overviews are onlyprovided when your salary changes or to show incidental additional payments such as holidayallowance. Normally your salary is transferred to your bank account around the 24th of each month.

Additional Income

As mentioned above, your salary is not the only remuneration you will receive. In the monthof May you will receive your holiday allowance (‘vakantiegeld’), which is 8% of your grosssalary received in the previous period from June to May. You will also receive an end-of-yearbonus (‘eindejaarsuitkering’) in December, which is 8.3% of your gross salary received in theperiod from January to December. Both payments are gross payments.

Health Insurance

The basic health insurance is compulsory for everyone living in the Netherlands or payingincome tax here. Insurance companies must accept everyone for basic health insurance. Thebasic insurance covers the costs of medication, hospital treatment, care provided by a generalpractitioner and maternity care. You will also be able to take out supplementary insurance formedical expenses not covered by the basic health insurance. Children up to the age of 18 areinsured free of charge.

The EUR has negotiated an extensive health insurance package for its employees. Thesenegotiations have resulted in a policy with attractive premiums, a wide range of options andattractive supplementary terms with the health insurance company Zilveren Kruis Achmea.

Here is a brief list of the benefits of participating in the EUR’s group scheme:• A 10% discount on Zilveren Kruis Achmea’s basic premium • A 15% discount on a wide selection of supplementary policies• Children are also insured free of charge on the supplementary insurance policies taken

out by their parents• No medical examination is required for acceptance for the basic insurance or the

supplementary insurance (with the exception of class insurance policies and the 2 and3-star dental insurance, unless you can demonstrate that you already have a similarpolicy.)

• Freedom to choose your health care providers• A guarantee of care for around 400 medical treatments at selected care institutions:

you will be able to make an appointment with a specialist within five days and canthen be treated within the next ten days (for other treatments, you can use ZilverenKruis Achmea’s mediation service)

The HR department will provide you with more information.


IPAP (Disability Pension Top-Up Plan)The Loyalis insurance company has an insurance scheme (IPAP) covering the consequences oftotal or partial incapacity for work. IPAP guarantees that your income stays at 70% in the caseof partial or full disablement. Without this insurance you could experience a sharp drop inincome due to disablement. The HR department can provide you with more information.

Car Insurance

There is also a collective agreement for car insurance with Marsh. The HR department canprovide you with more information.

Moving Costs

If your address before accepting your job at RSM or ESE was more than 75 kilometres fromRotterdam, you could be entitled to receive a contribution towards the moving costs. Thecosts of transport of your furniture can be reimbursed and a fixed amount up to a maximumof € 7,750 can be paid as a compensation for settling-in expenses. Ask your HR department for the exact conditions before you make any arrangements.http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/employment_conditions/reimbursements/reimbursement_of_moving_costs/

Housing

If you are looking for accommodation you might find the following links to housingcorporations helpful:http://www.stadswonen.nl/ http://www.directwonen.nl/ http://www.havensteder.nl/ http://www.vestia.nl/ http://www.ikwilhuren.com/

Holidays

The number of hours of leave per year to which an employee is entitled depends partly on thechoices that the employee makes in connection with the flexible working hours regulations• The annual leave to which an employee is entitled if he/she works a standard 38-hour

working week is 29 days• If the employee has opted for a 36-hour working week, he/she is entitled to 17 days

annual leave• If the employee has opted for a 40-hour working week, he/she is entitled to 41 days

annual leave

In the case of part-time employees, the above applies in proportion to the number of hours ofemployment.

Before planning your holidays, note that the employer fixes around five collective leave days.This is due to the closure of the university from Christmas to New Year’s Day.


National holidays on which the university is closed are: Christmas until New Year’s Day , GoodFriday, Easter Monday , Queens Day , Liberation Day, Ascension Day and Whit Monday (inDutch: kerstmis, nieuwjaarsdag, goede vrijdag, tweede paasdag, koninginnedag,bevrijdingsdag, hemelvaartsdag, and tweede pinksterdag).

Terms of Employment Optional Model

Employees may determine part of their own terms of employment packages. The terms ofemployment optional model is simply an extensive exchange system. You can exchangeseveral terms of employment. In this way you can create personalised terms of employment tosatisfy certain needs. The HR department can give you more information. For moreinformation, please visit:http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/employment_conditions/employment_conditions_selection_model/

Accounts

To be able to work on your computer you need to have a network account. When you startworking, the secretary of your department will probably have arranged an account for you.If not, ask the secretary or contact the helpdesk BIT at RSM or I&A at ESE. If you are a PhDcandidate employed at RSM, you also need to make sure that you have access to the RSMintranet as important information can be found there. ESE PhD candidates should also lookat the ESE intranet.

Please note that before you can go to the respective helpdesks you may need to have your‘SAP’number. This is your ‘appointment number’ that is assigned to you when you startworking for the university. Request it from your HR-department.

MYERIM Account

All faculty members of RSM are given a personal MYERIM account. This account is used toregister publications and other results of research. The information is used for annualreporting and external assessment (http://www.erim.eur.nl, click “My ERIM” in the upperright corner of the site menu). You should be able to log in using your ERNA account.

Library Card

In order to borrow books, journals etc. from the library, you need a library card. The (free) UB(‘Universiteitsbibliotheek’) card can be obtained via the lending desk (take your appointmentletter with you). For more information: http://www.eur.nl/ub/english/ The library card can also be used for borrowing books at BIC, the local RSM library in the T-building.


Working in a Healthy Environment

Every employer is obliged to provide a sound working environment. This means that youroffice, desk, chair, and computer should be in such a state that you can work full time in apleasant environment without any physical problems (like CANS). For example, the heightof your desk should be adjusted according to your height. See http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/health/health_safety_and_the_environment/

Bicycle Shed / Car Park

You can use the protected bicycle sheds and the car park. You should obtain a permanentadmission pass from the security office at the main entrance (take your appointment letterwith you). If you want to use the car park and being eligible for parking at staff members'rate you have to request a parking licence. For more information about applying for a parkinglicence please visithttp://www.eur.nl/english/mobility/implementationpaidparking/parking_licence/

International Primary Schools

There are two international primary schools in Rotterdam:• Openbare Jenaplanschool de Blijberg: http://www.blijberg.nl/

American International School of Rotterdam: http://www.aisr.nl/ • Stichting the Japanese School of Rotterdam: http://www.jsrotte.nl/gaiyou/egaiyo.HTM

For more information about international education in the Netherlands: http://www.sio.nl/

Living in the Netherlands

In the Holland Handbook you will find a lot of information on all aspects of living andworking in the Netherlands such as: career, fiscal issues, health care, housing, insurance,international education, registration and telecommunications and more general informationon Dutch culture and habits, tourist information, language and international clubs:http://www.xpat.nl (click The Holland Handbook)

Sporting facilities

As an employee of the Erasmus University you can use all the sports facilities of the University.For this, you need a sports card (‘sportkaart’), which can be obtained at the sports building(‘sportgebouw’, S-building). The price for this sports card is the same as for students. You paythe price for an employee of the university and you then receive a refund of the differencewith the student price from the university. See http://www.eur.nl/english/campus_facilities/sport/

Culture

‘Erasmus Cultuur’ offers you all kinds of courses and cultural activities. See the website: http://www.eur.nl/english/campus_facilities/culture/

Full information about employment conditions, HR policy and other regulations can be foundonline: http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/

5.2 Getting Started

Once you have signed your contract you can get to work. This section discusses issuesconcerning your work at the university.

Office

As a PhD candidate you are entitled to your own desk and computer. In most cases, you willshare a room. Office space is arranged by the secretary of your department at RSM or by thesecretariat of the Tinbergen Institute at ESE.

Travel Costs

PhD candidates are entitled to a contribution to daily travel costs. This arrangement is validfor the four years of employment of the PhD candidate, and can also be requested from yourHR department.

Working at Home

In general it is possible to work on your research at home. There are no general rules thatdetermine how much time per week you may work at home; each department is free toestablish rules on this matter. However, although there are no fixed rules, it is generallyexpected of PhD candidates to be present at the university most of the time. You shoulddiscuss the possibilities of working at home with your supervisor or daily supervisor. Whenworking at home it is possible to use facilities from the university, such as e-mail and onlinedata and literature sources. To use these facilities you have to establish a VPN connection viathe university. You will need an ERNA account, which you can request from the helpdesk ofyour faculty. If you have an ERNA account, you need to configure the Internet connectionwith the university. The sitehttp://www.eur.nl/english/erna/information/users_information/employees/ provides guidanceon how to do this. On the site www.erna.nl/adsl you can find information about thepossibility of having a cheap ADSL connection at home.

If you are an RSM PhD candidate you can use the Internet to access your mailbox worldwide.Simply go to the site https://exchange.eur.nl/owa/ and type in your username and passwordfor your inbox. ESE PhD candidates can access their ESE mailbox athttps://webmail.eur.nl/mailhostfew/src/login.php. More detailed information about thisservice is available from your helpdesk.


Software

Each school decides for itself which software is available. Each PC is equipped with standardsoftware such as Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer. Both schools offercomputer related support by means of a helpdesk. For RSM faculty please log in RSM Intranet at http://intranet.rsm.nl, go to “IT” and then“Software requests”.ESE PhD candidates can visit http://www.eur.nl/ese/then go to “ESE Staff” or “Medewerkers”and select the IT section. Both faculties have a general licence for several specific software programmes. In other cases,your department has to buy a specific licence. If you have any special software requests ERIMmay help you in obtaining a licence for it. Please contact the ERIM Office. For general EURsoftware options visit http://www.eur.nl/english/erna/software/.

Student Card

During the first two years of your appointment as a PhD candidate you can obtain a studentcard. In most countries you are eligible for discounts when you show your student card. Askthe ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant for more details on how to obtain this card.

Personal Metis Account

Every member and PhD candidate of ERIM is given a Personal Metis account. This account isused to register the publications and other results of research in the Personal Metis system.All publications from METIS are published on the person detail pages of the ERIM website,so it is very important to keep the METIS records updated. The information is also used forannual reporting and external assessments. For more information about the Personal Metis account please contact the ERIM Office (Piavan der Velde, [email protected]).http://metis.eur.nl/metis

Business Cards

When meeting people from other universities, it is common to exchange business cards(‘visitekaartjes’). The business cards are issued in the style of the school where the PhDcandidate is appointed (RSM or ESE). An ERIM PhD candidate is permitted to add ‘ERIM PhDcandidate’ on this card. To order business cards please contact the secretary of yourdepartment (if you are employed by RSM) or the ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant (if youare employed by ESE).

Banking Facilities

The ABN-AMRO Bank has a branch on the university campus, which offers a full package offinancial services. However, this branch has no cash facilities, so you will not be able to makedeposits, withdraw or change money there. Location: room HB-2, tel.: 0900-0024. Workinghours: Monday to Tuesday 9.00-12.30. An ATM machine is located at the entrance of thebank.


Opening Hours of Buildings

The opening hours of the building of the RSM Erasmus University (T-building) are:Monday to Friday 7.30 - 22.30Saturdays and Sundays 8.00 - 17.00

The opening hours of the building of the Erasmus School of Economics (H-building) are:Monday to Friday 7.30 - 22.30Saturday 8.00 - 17.00

The buildings are closed during national holidays.

Miscellaneous

It is essential that you rely on your colleagues for extra information. Talk to your colleaguesabout software, which may be of assistance to you in your field. Make sure, for instance, thatyou have the literature reference and bibliography programme ‘Endnote’ installed on yourcomputer. Keep your eyes open for the Lunch Seminars (check the ERIM website), which areregularly organised by different theme groups within ERIM. These seminars offer you anopportunity to meet other researchers and become familiar with the research being done inyour group (and others), and may help you in structuring your ideas.

ERIM Social Events

Keep in mind that the ERIM work environment can also offer you recreational opportunities.Each year there is a PhD trip, an annual PhD dinner, sports events, and several drinks andlunches. ERIM has a yearly budget for these activities, for which the board of the PhD Councilis responsible. If you have a good idea for an activity, feel free to contact the PhD Council (seesection 6.6.1).

Living in Rotterdam

If you are coming to Rotterdam for the first time, you might find these links helpful in findingyour way:

• Municipality of Rotterdam: www.rotterdam.nl.• Rotterdam Experience: Read about the hotspots in Rotterdam:

www.rotterdamexperience.nl.• Rotterdam Tourist Information: www.vvv.rotterdam.nl/uk.• Rotterdam Public Transport: www.ret.rotterdam.nl.• Dutch railways: www.ns.nl.• Rotterdam Start Guide (in Dutch): http://010.pagina.nl.• Dutch tourist information: www.holland.com.• To find a map in the Netherlands: Google maps, https://maps.google.nl/ or

www.mappy.com.


5.3 Libraries and Research Facilities

Libraries

The EUR-libraries provide documentary information for students and staff of the ErasmusUniversity Rotterdam. The central University Library (UL) is situated on the Woudesteincampus. It is the central library for all EUR faculties, except for the medical faculty. A separateMedical Library is situated on the Hoboken-campus. All catalogues and most databases areaccessible online: www.eur.nl/ub. The UL also houses the Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet. EURstudents and staff can borrow their books free of charge.

University Library (UB)

The UB (‘Universiteitsbibliotheek’) collection includes almost one million books and 275,000 e-books. It has access to the full text of 18,000 e-journals. There is also a collection of around1,400 printed journals. Part of the collection of books and periodicals is available in the studyareas and the periodicals room, for use in the library. However, the main part of the collectionis stored in closed stacks, which are accessible by placing book orders on the UB web site. Yourbook(s) will be available at the desk within about 30 minutes. The library also has a searchutility on the website which you can use if a journal is available electronically.

You need a library card to borrow books, journals etc. from the library. The (free) UB card canbe obtained by sending an e-mail to the lending desk: [email protected]. To collect your cardyou must show your passport and student card. See www.eur.nl/ub for more information. Thelibrary card can also be used for lending books from BIC, the local library in the Faculty ofBusiness Administration. Please note that you need a special copy card for the library; youcannot use your faculty copy card.

You can find information regarding the UB or search the UB catalogue and catalogues ofother major libraries on the UL website (www.eur.nl/ub). Printed bibliographies and digitaldatabases, such as Online Contents, are available to search for articles. Publications sourcedfrom outside the UB can be requested for a small charge. They will then be delivered fromelsewhere in The Netherlands.

For information regarding services, search methods, databases and study room collections,please turn to the information desks. Tours and user instructions are available upon request.Information leaflets are also available at the information desks.


The UB has subject specialists for each scientific field. They are responsible for the acquisitionof new publications and for helping to solve specific questions in their field. The subjectspecialist for Business Administration is Erik de Munck Mortier (Tel.: (010) 408 2392, [email protected])

Location B Building General information deskTelephone number (010) 408 1198 Reading rooms opening hours Monday to Tuesday: 8.00 - 24.00, Friday: 8.00-21.00,

Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 - 21.00Information desks opening hours Monday to Thursday: 9.00 – 18.00; Friday: 9.00 – 16.45Circulation desks opening hours Monday to Thursday: 9.00 – 21.00; Friday: 9.00 – 16.45E-mail [email protected] Internet www.eur.nl/ub

Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet

The Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet is situated in the UL building. It is a private library containingover 250,000 volumes on history, art, art history, literature, theology, philosophy and socialsciences. All students and staff members of the EUR can borrow books, free of charge. TheRotterdamsch Leeskabinet has a separate circulation desk and catalogue.

Location B Building Telephone (010) 408 1195 Opening hours Monday 9.00-17.00, Tuesday & Wednesday 9.00 - 19.00,

Thursday & Friday 9.00-17.00, Saturday 10.00-13.00 E-mail [email protected] Internet http://www.eur.nl/rlk/

Business Information Center (BIC)

The BIC is the institute library of the Rotterdam School of Management. Its collectioncomprises the documentation of firms (annual reports of around 900 firms), researchmemoranda, staff publications, students’ specialisation reports, and a small collection ofbooks and journals. The BIC has access to the following host organisations: DIALOG andthe Dutch financial newspaper “Financiële Dagblad” (full text). A fee is charged for thesefacilities. The Dun & Bradstreet database is available only to staff and students of ErasmusUniversity. The American database Lexis Nexis gives access to current world news (manynewspaper articles, also from Dutch regional newspapers, for example), journal articles,information about countries, information about firms, and legal information.

In addition to online facilities, the BIC also offers the following databases on CD-ROM: ABI / INFORM and BPO. ABI / INFORM contains bibliographical information from around800 journals in the areas of general management, finance, accounting, human resourcemanagement, organisation studies, and marketing. BPO Business Periodicals Ondisc containsthe full texts of 400 journals and a selection from the above-mentioned databaseABI/INFORM.


The BIC has a collection of student specialisation reports. This collection is open to the public.Every student must submit a copy of his/her approved specialisation report (i.e., not the draftversion) to the BIC for this collection. Students can borrow a report for one week, and staff ofthe University for three weeks.

Location T-building, T04-50Telephone (010) 408 1903 Opening hours Monday to Friday 9.00 - 17.00 E-mail [email protected] Internet http://www.rsm.nl/library-bic/

Literature

The Studystore endeavours to have the obligatory and recommended books in stock.

Please note with regard to the obligatory literature, changes are often made after this guidehas been compiled. It is advisable to check the Blackboard in advance for the final list ofliterature. If you are not planning on taking the examination for a certain course for the firsttime until the re-examination period, there is the risk that the obligatory literature will besold out by then. It is therefore advisable to buy the obligatory literature at the start of atrimester.

Bookshop StudystoreLocation 1 VB-40 Telephone (088) 203 0323 Opening hours Monday to Thursday: 9.00-17.30, Friday: 9.00-17.00

Between 15 July and 23 August:Monday to Thursday: 9.00-16.00, Friday: 9.00-15.30

Internet https://www.studystore.nl/winkels/studystore-rotterdam-burgemeester-oudlaan

Databases

Using databases is also a good way of searching journals and books. The following arerelevant online resources:

Digital sources: http://www.eur.nl/ub/english/search/databases/alphabetical_list/ www.eur.nl/ub/english/search/databases (Electronic databases of the UL: catalogue ofhardcopy books and journals and online journals)(Citation Database of the Institute for Scientific Information)http://isiknowledge.comhttp://www.oclc.org (Online Computer Library Center)

Relevant search options and online links are also included on the ERIM website under “search”.


Erasmus Shop

Erasmus Shop is a foundation that assists EUR students in a range of areas. At Erasmus Shopyou can find office supplies, gifts, business presents and Erasmus logo items (e.g. sweaters, T-shirts, sport bags). Educational licences for software are also available here. Certain readersfor MSc courses can also be purchased at the Erasmus Shop. Erasmus Shop is located in in the V-building, VB-12 (T.: (010) 408 1154). It is open from 10.00to 16.00 from Monday to Friday.

Copyshop

Service Point is the copy and print shop located on the Woudestein campus (L- and V-building)as well as Erasmus MC. Here you can make copies or printouts. You can also purchase smalloffice supplies.

Location: L- & V-buildingTelephone: (010) 408 1191

ERIM Facilities

Excellent research is carried out by excellent researchers, who work individually and togetherin optimum conditions, and who receive the right incentives to perform. To pursue its aims,ERIM employs a set of instruments to: (i) stimulate research communication, cooperationand international exchange; (ii) support the research and publications process; (iii) provideexcellent research infrastructure; (iv) stimulate and recognise outstanding achievements; and(v) stimulate quality and monitor performance. The following research facilities are availablefor ERIM members and ERIM Doctoral candidates.

ERIM Support Programmes (ESP) ERIM has set up a financial support programme for a range of research-related activities andthe research institute, as well as for the PhD programme. The ERIM Support Programmes (ESP)are for the following purposes: Seminars/Colloquia /Workshops, Scientific Conferences, Editingof Scientific Texts, Research Visits, Data and Software, Submission Fees, Personal ResearchAssistants, Compensation for participants in Erasmus Behavioural Lab (EBL) experiments.

Erasmus Behavioural Lab (EBL) The Erasmus Behavioural Lab (EBL) is a recent and important facility for conducting highquality experimental behavioural research. The EBL is a joint facility of ERIM, the ESE, RSM,and the Institute of Psychology (IOP). The EBL recently substantially increased its capacity anddiversity of equipment and is a state-of-the-art facility for experimental research. Facilitiesand equipment for behavioural research include an eye-tracking lab with facilities andequipment for cognitive neuroscience research, two EEG-labs and a full range of autonomousmeasurement systems (skin conductance, heart rate).

We operate two subject pools at the EBL lab; one working with course credits (ERPS) and onefor paid subjects (EURO). Since last year, ERIM researchers have been able to conduct EBL


experiments using the ERIM Research Participation System (ERPS). This ERPS-subject pool hasbeen a very successful initiative and we are confident that it will have a significant long-termimpact on our school’s research productivity. Now that ERPS is well established and tested,we have invested in the improved support of ERIM for behavioural researchers. Participantsrecruited via ERPS are awarded course credits only. The second subject pool operates usingmonetary rewards. This pool, called the Erasmus Research Participation opportunities (EURO),is completely separate from the course credit driven subject pool and has its own web-entryand profiling.

Erasmus Survey Centre (ESC) The Erasmus Survey Centre (ESC) is a research facility for researchers and students at ERIM. TheESC survey system uses advanced Globalpark EFS software and servers to design and conductthe electronic surveys. The system enables a broad range of management surveys, from simplequestionnaires to surveys with closed user groups and conjoint product analyses with dynamicsurvey routing. In order to reach every possible target group, surveys can be conductedthrough several media at the same time: over the Internet, through mobile devices and onpaper. The data collected through all these procedures can easily be reintegrated andexported with the software provided.

Erasmus Data Service Centre (EDSC) At the joint initiative of the University Library and the founding schools of ERIM, the ErasmusUniversity established a special data service centre in the summer of 2006. The EDSC providesaccess to financial and social science databases and gives individual support and workshopsfor students and staff of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. For this work the EDSC has a teamof five specialists – the Datateam. The Datateam is itself supported by an advisory body madeup of representatives from the faculties concerned and the University Library. Since thesummer of 2007, the work terrain of the EDSC has expanded to include social-sciences data.This was achieved in collaboration with the School of Social Sciences (FSW). The EDCS providesentries to the 22 financial databases such as Bankscope (both world bank information sourceas via Wharton), Company.info, various Compustat databases, CRSP, ExecuComp, I/B/E/S,Market Insight, Reach, SDC, and various Thomson databases such as Thomson One-Banker,WRDS, Worldscope and Zephyr. In addition to contributions to financial databases, EDSCprovides entries to 17 social science databases including EUROSTAT, OECD, Unctad and WorldDatabase of Happiness. WRDS provides instant access to key databases in the fields of finance,accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy, such as theCISDM Hedge Fund / CTA Database and the CRSP database.

Academic Licences and Databases The University Library provides ERIM Members and ERIM Doctoral Candidates access to morethan 250 databases. In addition to the databases at the University Library, ERIM has access tospecialised research software and databases for its members.


5.4 Checklist

To summarise, below is a checklist of matters you should arrange as soon as possible:

What? Where?

Computer / E-mail account: RSM: your dept. secretary; ESE: support desk

ERNA account: Helpdesk RSM / ESE

Personal Metis: ERIM office (P. van der Velde)

EUR library (UB) card: UB EUR lending desk

Copy cards for UB (if you are RSM than also for BIC): Secretary of your department

EUR student card: ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant

ERIM business cards: Dept. (RSM PhDs) / ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant (ESE PhDs)

Your name on the ERIM (e)mail list: ERIM Doctoral Programme Assistant

ERIM Support Programme (see the ESP manual): ERIM Executive Assistant


6 Important Individuals and Organisations

A PhD candidate does not work alone. Of course there is your supervisory team, with whichyou do your research. But you will also regularly be in contact with various individuals fromthe ERIM team and with representatives from different PhD networks.

6.1 Your Supervisory Team

6.1.1 Supervisor (“Promotor”)

The PhD candidate is supervised and guided by the supervisor, “promotor” in Dutch. Thesupervisor is always a full professor and research member / fellow of ERIM. It is possible tohave more than one supervisor.

6.1.2 Daily Supervisor

It is possible that an associate professor (‘universitair hoofddocent’, UHD) or assistantprofessor (‘universitair docent’, UD) will serve as the mandated (daily) supervisor(‘gemandateerd begeleider’). If there is no mandated supervisor, your supervisor (‘promotor’)(or one of your supervisors) will act as your daily supervisor.

The PhD candidate can turn to the daily supervisor concerning scientific problems andquestions. It is recommended for PhD candidates to have regular meetings with their dailysupervisors (in the first year you should at least have an appointment of approximately onehour with your daily supervisor every two weeks. In the later years this frequency may vary,depending on the work you are doing at that time.)

6.2 Deans of the ERIM participating faculties

Prof. Dr. S.L. van de Velde (Steef)Dean, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

6. Important Individuals and Organisations 49

Prof. Dr. P.H.B.F. Franses (Philip Hans)Dean, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University

6.3 ERIM Management

Scientific DirectorProf. Dr. M.J.C.M. Verbeek (Marno)Room [email protected]

Associate Scientific DirectorProf. Dr. J.Y.F. Wynstra (Finn)Room [email protected]

Director of Doctoral EducationProf. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen (Patrick)Room [email protected]

Executive DirectorDrs. W.F. Mijnhardt (Wilfred)Room [email protected]


6.4 ERIM Doctoral Programme Team

The ERIM Doctoral Office consists of the Director of Doctoral Education, Doctoral ProgrammeManager, Doctoral Programme Assistant and Doctoral Programme Assistant/PhD SeriesCoordinator.

The ERIM Doctoral Programme Manager and Doctoral Programme Assistants are responsiblefor the day-to-day running of various aspects of the programme. If you have questions orrequests related to the programme, we will be glad to help you.

In most cases it is the most efficient if you simply submit your questions by e-mail and ERIMDoctoral Office will try to answer it as soon as possible. You can always schedule anappointment with the Doctoral Programme Manager.

6.4.1 Director of Doctoral Education

The ERIM Director of Doctoral Education bears overall responsibility for the ERIM DoctoralProgramme. You can contact the Director of Doctoral Education if you have a serious problemduring your PhD track, for example if there has been a serious breakdown in communicationwith your supervisor, which you cannot reconcile yourselves. We advise you to contact theERIM Doctoral Programme Manager first. You can also turn to the HR department of yourFaculty for questions or advice concerning legal issues (‘rechtspositie’), insurance issues orsalary payments. You can schedule an appointment with the Director of Doctoral Educationthrough the Doctoral Programme Assistants.

Director of Doctoral EducationProf. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen (Patrick)Room T06-03Tel. (010) 408 1972 (ERIM) / Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]


6.4.2 Doctoral Programme Manager

The Doctoral Programme Manager coaches the application and appointment of new PhDCandidates. Once you have started on the programme, the Doctoral Programme Manager willkeep track of your progress through the Individual Study Plan. Here are the issues theDoctoral Programme Manager can help you with:• Questions with regard to your Individual Study Plan: its formal approval and any

changes in the approved plan• If you have an initiative or feedback on the programme• Confidential issues related to your performance in the PhD programme

Doctoral Programme ManagerMs. N. Gersak (Natalija)Room T06-09Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

6.4.3 Doctoral Programme Assistants

The Doctoral Programme Assistants supports the Director of Doctoral Education and theDoctoral Programme Manager in all daily activities. You can contact the Doctoral ProgrammeAssistants with the following issues:• Registration for ERIM courses (upon request, before the deadlines)• BlackBoard registration for ERIM courses• Registration for RSM/ESE MSc courses officially approved by ERIM as part of your

Individual Study Programme (registration upon request, before the deadlines)• Up-to-date information on the course schedule (schedule updates are e-mailed to

students in case of changes)• To schedule an appointment with the Director of Doctoral education• To update your contact information (new address, phone number, etc.)• Issuing of standard letters confirming your enrolment in the ERIM programme

Doctoral Programme AssistantMs. M. Iizuka (Miho)Room T06-07Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]


Doctoral Programme Assistant and ERIM PhD Series CoordinatorMs. M. van Iperen (Marisa)Room T06-07Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

6.4.4 ERIM Executive Assistant

Questions and requests for the ERIM Support Programme (ESP), including any related financialmatters, should be directed to the ERIM Executive Assistant.

Ms. H.B. van der Vhee (Tineke)Room T06-08Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

6.5 ERIM Office members

Director of Grants DevelopmentMs. V. Van Laere (Veerle)Room T06-11Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

Information Manager ResearchMs. P. van der Velde (Pia)Room T06-10Tel. (010) 408 9901 / [email protected]


Web ManagerMs. M. Siegerist (Maaike)Room T06-16Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

6.6 PhD Representation

6.6.1 ERIM PhD Council

The ERIM PhD Council looks after the interests of PhD candidates within ERIM. The Councilconsists of four PhD candidates, one of whom represents the first year PhD candidates. ThePhD Council has regularly contact with the ERIM management and office. If you havequestions about being a PhD candidate, about your work, your supervisor, your colleagues oranything else, then you can turn to the PhD Council. The PhD Council organises meetings withall the PhD candidates when important developments have to be discussed.

PhD Council is also responsible for organising social events like:• New Year’s Dinner• PhD summer event• Lunches• Drinks• Yearly meetings with all PhD candidates

The composition of the PhD Council at the time of writing is:

B. Manders, (Basak)Chairman ERIM PhD Council(since 2012)Room T10-29Tel. (010) 408 2956 [email protected]

P. Darnihamedani, (Pourya)Member ERIM PhD Council (since 2012)Room H09-09Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

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C.L.P. Pennings, (Clint)Member ERIM PhD Council (since 2012)Room T09-12Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

H.R. Wijaya, (Hendra)Member ERIM PhD Council (since 2012)Room T08-05Tel. (010) 408 [email protected]

6.6.2 EPAR

The Erasmus PhD Association Rotterdam (EPAR) is a PhD Council at university level concernedwith the interests of all – over 400 – PhDs working at the EUR. EPAR’s mission is to make theErasmus University an even more attractive and stimulating research and workingenvironment for PhD candidates.

EPAR’s activities include providing information, organising special events for PhDs (annualInformation Market), maintaining close contact with important university policy makers andthe National PhD Council (PNN), promoting contact and exchange of knowledge andexperiences among PhDs and faculty PhD Councils, and regular drinks to promote contactbetween PhDs of different faculties.Please visit EPAR website on www.epar.nl.

6.6.3 Advisory Councils

Dutch Universities have advisory councils at two levels: • The University Council (‘Universiteitsraad’), which advises the University Board on

general policy matters.• Faculty Councils for each faculty, which advise the dean on the policy of the faculty. In all councils both employees and students are represented. In the faculty councils of the ESEand Faculty of RSM a seat is reserved for PhD Candidates. You can contact them for policymatters concerning PhD Candidates that are specific to your faculty.

6.6.4 PNN

The PhD Network of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN))represents all local PhD Councils from the Dutch universities. The mission of PNN is to discussgeneral matters concerning the PhD programmes and exchange information between thelocal councils. Representatives of the local councils meet six times a year. See www.hetpnn.nl.


6.6.5 EURODOC

EURODOC is the council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe. It wasfounded by several PhD Candidate associations and unions of the European states.EURODOC’s targets are:• To provide an official framework for the collaboration of Europe’s

doctoral / postdoctoral students’ unions.• To represent the European doctoral students and young researchers at a European

level with respect to all political and administrative institutions.• To be a discussion platform for doctoral students and young researchers, senior

academics and academic policymakers (discussing the current and future problems ofacademic policy and those of young academics in particular).

• To make propositions to achieve the amelioration of the status of PhD Candidates andyoung researchers.

For more information see www.eurodoc.net

6.7 ERIM PhD Alumni Association

In 2007, when ERIM celebrated the 100 PhD defences within the ERIM PhD Series, the ERIMAlumni Association (EAA) was launched. The mission of the EAA is to foster positive andproductive relationships between the Institute (including faculty and PhD candidates) and itsPhD alumni by providing opportunities for networking, learning and career development, inorder to strengthen the position of both alumni and ERIM. For more information please visitthe ERIM Alumni and Careers webpage: http://www.erim.eur.nl/alumni. The EAA has a board that consists of three members. The EAA board members and theirpositions are:

Dr. Erik KoleChairman (promotion of EAA; contacts with ERIM, PhDs and alumni; EAA website) ERIM PhD alumnus 2006Assistant Professor of Financial Econometrics Erasmus School of [email protected]

Dr. Jos van IwaardenAcademic Relations Officer (academic career development; seminars / workshops)ERIM PhD alumnus 2006Assistant Professor Quality Management & Performance Improvement, RSM Erasmus [email protected]


Dr. Joop HuijBusiness Relations Officer (business career development; research fund raising in industry)ERIM PhD alumnus 2007Senior Researcher at Robeco Asset Management AssistantProfessor of Finance, RSM Erasmus [email protected]


A. Appendix

A.1 Standing Rules of ERIM PhD Council

Introduction

The ERIM PhD Council is an advisory body within the ERIM organisation (art. 8 ERIM Statutes,2000), acting on behalf of the ERIM PhD Candidates.

ARTICLE 1. Objective

1.1 The objective of the ERIM PhD Council is to represent the interests of all PhDCandidates, officially affiliated with the research school ERIM. The representationof interests concerns all matters that play a part during the period of the PhDproject. This covers the period from appointment up to and including conferral ofthe doctorate.

1.2 Areas of attention of the ERIM PhD Council are, in any case:• Quality and quantity of the programme of study• Facilities for PhD candidates• Research proposals of PhD candidates• Doctoral thesis supervisors• Promoting contacts among PhD candidates

ARTICLE 2. Composition

2.1 The ERIM PhD Council is made up of all PhD candidates who are formally affiliatedwith the research school ERIM (A candidate is formally attached to ERIM when his / her supervisor is a Research Fellow or Member of ERIM (ERIM membershipCharter)).

2.2 The ERIM PhD Council chooses a board from among their number. This board ismade up of three members, namely a Chair, a Vice-Chair and a first-year representative.One of the board members takes over the role of the treasurer of the council. Uponinitiative of the board, the board can be extended to four people (see 2.3.).

2.3 The board is constituted as follows: In early August, the current board announceswhich members of the board intend to get re-elected and searches for furtherinterested candidates. PhD candidates can nominate themselves until one weekbefore the mandatory General Meeting. All candidates will be presented to thecouncil by e-mail at latest two weeks before the meeting. Each year at latest fourweeks after the introduction day of the first year PhDs, the decision is taken by anelection where each PhD can vote for his favourite candidate, in a General Meeting

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of all PhD candidates. The two candidates with the highest number of votes areappointed to be the new board. The first year representative is appointed accordingto 3.9. A potential fourth council member will be proposed in person to the GeneralMeeting, which approves the appointment with the majority of its votes.

2.4 Board members are appointed for one year. Board members can be re-elected.2.5 If one of the board members is absent for some length of time (for example, due

to sickness), the board can appoint a replacement. This must be reported to themembers.

ARTICLE 3. Tasks of the Board

3.1 The board of the ERIM PhD Council formally represents all members of the ERIM PhDCouncil by all possible means.

3.2 The board of the ERIM PhD Council gives advice, upon request and of its own volition,to the ERIM Management in all matters concerning the research school ERIM.

3.3 The advice is reported in writing to the ERIM management.3.4 In order to ensure correct implementation of point 3.1, informative consultations

are held on a regular basis with the director of research, the PhD director and theERIM Programme Council. In addition, meetings are regularly convened with the PhDdirector and the members of the ERIM Office.

3.5 At least one time a year a General Meeting is held with all members of the ERIMPhD Council. This mandatory meeting takes place at latest four weeks after theintroduction day for first year PhDs, together with the elections for the new board.Further General Meetings can be held at any time. In this meeting there is discussionof which points will be raised by the board in the consultations with the PhD directorand the ERIM Office. Two weeks in advance, the meeting is announced by e-mail.The agenda for the meeting is attached. The Chair of the board chairs the GeneralMeeting. The Vice-Chair takes the minutes of the meeting. The minutes aredistributed among all members of the council within two weeks after the meeting.

3.6 In addition to the board, the ordinary members also have the possibility of calling ameeting. This can only be done if at least 5 ordinary members, or 10% of the ordinarymembers, wish to call a meeting. This meeting must also be announced to allmembers two weeks in advance.

3.7 The board of the ERIM PhD Council meets once a month. Consultations will regularlybe held with the university representative and the national representative (see alsopoint 3.12).

3.8 The board of the ERIM PhD Council pays special attention in the General Meetingsto matters concerning the first-year PhD candidates. Furthermore, the first-yearrepresentative regularly discusses current affairs with first-year PhD candidates ina more informal setting.

3.9 The board of the ERIM PhD Council is present at the first working day of the newclass of PhD candidates. On this occasion the Council will present itself and describethe role of the ERIM PhD Council. During the annual mandatory General Assembly,the new PhD candidates are also offered the opportunity to choose a first-year


representative from their number. If the other board members agree (see point 2.3),this first-year PhD candidate is appointed as the first-year representative on the boardof the PhD Council.

3.10 The board of the ERIM PhD Council is co-author of the PhD reference guide. Thisguide will be published both on paper and on the ERIM Intranet. This guide strives toanswer many of the questions that arise during the entire period of the PhD project.This guide will be published every year in September.

3.11 At the mandatory General Meeting, the board proposes candidates to represent theERIM PhD candidates in external bodies like Faculty boards, the IFAR (ErasmusUniversity) and the LAIOOB (national consultations). The members will decide on theproposed candidates by a simple majority of votes.

3.12 The language spoken in the ERIM PhD Council is English. If all those present agree,the language spoken can deviate.

ARTICLE 4. Standing Rules

4.1 The Standing Rules are adopted at a General Meeting, by 2/3 majority of the votescast.

4.2 Proposals to amend the Standing Rules can be made in a General Meeting by both theboard and the members. The proposed amendments are reported to the members atleast two weeks before the meeting. At the meeting amendments can be carried by2/3 majority.

ARTICLE 5. Voting Procedure

5.1 It is possible to vote by proxy. The maximum number of proxy votes that can be castby a member who is present is two.

5.2 Voting on people is carried out by secret ballot. In all other cases, an open vote is held.5.3 If there are more candidates then the board has members, the current board decides

internally about the precise specifications of the voting procedure for the new board.This procedure shall be democratic and pay attention to a representation of both ESEand RSM. This procedure shall be announced to the PhDs at least two weeks beforethe voting takes place.

ARTICLE 6. Final Provision

In cases for which these rules do not provide, the board of the ERIM PhD Council will take adecision.

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A.2 Overview of External Specialisation Courses Followed by ERIM PhD Candidates

In the table below you will find examples of external courses taken by ERIM PhD candidates inthe past, ordered by research programme. Please note that this course list is only intended togive you an idea where to search for interesting courses in your area of research and that norights can be derived from it. Because of possible changes that may have taken place withregard to the structure and contents, the courses below will not automatically be approvedfor your Individual Study Plan, nor will they automatically be approved for the same courseload.

No rights can be derived from this list.


A2.1 LIS

Institute Link Course Title ECTS Academic Year *

ERIM 1: LIS

Agent Link www.agentlink.org Agent Systems Summer School 3 2004, 2005

AIS www.aisnet.org Workshop: Information Mining for 1 2003transportation and Automotive domains

Methodology of Research and Design 8 2003

Quantitative Methods 6 2003

ARRIVAL www.aloj.us.es/fsarrival Robust Network Design 1 2007Fall School and Delay Management

ASB www.asb.dk Applications of vehicle routing 3 2005, 2006

ATMOS www.atmos Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches -workshop.org for Transportation Modelling,

Optimization and Systems 1 2007

IT workflow and op. proc. Model 3 2004

Catholic wis.kuleuven.be Optimization and Numerical Methods 6 2011UniversityLeuven

CentER http://center.uvt.nl/ Empirical Research in Economics 6 2003

CICT, Technical www.cict.dtu.dk The Political Economy of Information 5 2007University and Communication Technologiesof Denmark

Copenhagen http://www.cbs.dk Digital Analysis of Qualitative Data 3 2011BusinessSchool

Delft University http://www.tudelft.nl Machine Learning 5 2011of Technology

ECIS www.ecis.org Innovation management 3 2004& innovation policy

EASS www.eass.it Agent Systems summer school 3 2002, 2006

EIASM www.eiasm.be EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Case-based Research in Management Accounting 5 2003

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research 4 2006, 2009Methodology in Operations Management

EIASM Methodology 3 2004

European forum on market-driven 5 2003supply chains

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* For instance, “2009” is indicated for academic year 2009-10


ERIM 1: LIS (continued)

Methodology 5 2004

Organisational Design 5 2002, 2004

Research Methodology in 5 2001, 2004, 2005Operations Management

Summer School in Technology management 4 2005

Essex www.essex.ac.uk/ Social Network Analysis 5 2004Summer School methods

HEC Paris http://www.hec.edu Inventory Management / Supply Chain 5Management

Kurt Lewin www.kurtlewin PhD Course on Hierarchical Linear 2 2010Institute institute.nl Modeling: A guided tour

Limperg Instituut www.limperginstituut.nl Management Accounting Research 8 2003

LNBE Applications of game theory 1 2003

Case Research Methodology 2 2000

LNMB www.lnmb.nl Applications of game theory 3 2001, 2003to operations research

Advanced Queuing Theory 4 2005, 2008

Combinatorial Optimisation 1a 1; 4 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010

Combinatorial Optimisation 1b 4 2007

Combinatorial Optimisation 2a 4 2005, 2009, 2011

Combinatorial Optimisation 2b 4 2008, 2009, 2011

Convex analysis for optimisation 3 2001, 2008, 2012

Conference on the Mathematics 1 2007of Operations Research

Cooperative Games 1 2008, 2012

OR Games 4 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

Interior Point Methods 4 2006, 2008

Introduction to Stochastic 3 2003, 2006Operations Research

Inventory Management 4 2008and Supply Chains

Lunteren Conferences 1 2005, 2009, 2012




Markov Decision Processes 1 2007, 2009, 2011

Networks and Polyhedra 4 2012

Networks and Semidefinite Programming 4 2012

Noncooperative Games 4 2011

Queuing Theory 6 2011

Randomized Algorithms 1 2011

Revenue management 1 2007

Robust Optimization 4 2010

Service Optimization Management 4 2008

Simulation 4 2005

Stochastic Operations Research 2 7 2004

Stochastic Programming 4 2007

Continious Optimization 6 2011

Discrete Optimization 6 2011

Heuristic Methods in 6 2011Operations Research

Martin Luther http://www.uni-halle.de EURO Summer Institute 2012 5 2011University of on Maritime LogisticsHalle-Wittenberg

SIKS http://www.siks.nl Computational Intelligence 1 2011

Data-Mining 1 2012

The Semantic Web 1 2011

Technical www.tu-berlin.de Fall School 2006 on Timetabling 1 2006University Berlin and Line Planning

Tinbergen www.tinbergen.nl Mathematical Methods for Economics 10 2003Institute

TRAIL www.rstrail.nl Dynamic Traffic Assignment 3 2000

European Transport Policy 2 2003and Sustainable Mobility

New Physical Dynamic 4 2003

Traffic Flow Models

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Transport Innovations 1 2010

Discrete Choice Modelling 1;2;3 2011

Logistics & Freight Transport 2 2011System Analysis

TransportNET www.transportnet.nl/ Research Methodology for 6 2012Transport Systems

University www.uva.nl Machine Learning: Principles 6 2009of Amsterdam and Methods

University www.leidenuniv.nl Optimization 5 2007of Leiden

University www.ul.pt Summer School Data Mining 3 2003of Lisbon

Utrecht University www.uu.nl Data Mining 6 2003

Innovations in Survey Data Collection 1 2007

www.ucu.uu.nl Intermediate Structural Equation 2 2007Models: Model E valuation

Wageningen http://www.pe-rc.nl Bayesian Statistics 1 2010University


A.2.2 ORG


ERIM 2: ORG

Copenhagen www.cbs.dk Cultural Perspective on Organisations 6 2004Business School

Organizational Identity: Origins, Methods & Future Perspectives 4 2005, 2006

Perspectives in Organizational Analysis 5 2007

CRECIS www.crecis.be Intensive doctoral seminar 4 2006in Entrepreneurship

ECIS www.ecis.org Economic and Management 5 2003Perspectives on Innovation: Theories and Applications

EIASM www.eiasm.be European Doctoral Summer School 3 2003in Technology Management

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Case-based 5 2003Research in Management Accounting

EDEN Doctoral Seminar 5 2002, 2004on Organisational Design

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Research 5 2003Methodology in Operations Management

Workshop on Management 2 2003Knowledge in Time and Space

Workshop on Trust Within 2 2003& Between Organisations

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Methods, 4 2010Techniques and Theories in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Erasmus MC www.erasmusmc.nl The SNP Course VII 2 2010

Essex www.essex.ac.uk/ Advanced Questionnaire Design: 1 2003methods Maximizing Reliability and Validity

Causal Models and Structural Equations 1 2003

Introduction to discourse analysis 4 2000

Mathematics for Social Scientist, Part 2 1 2003

Mathematics for Social Scientist, Part 3 1 2003

OSL Regression: The Right-Hand Side 1 2003

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ERIM 2: ORG (continued)

Qualitative Interviewing and Focus 1 2003Groups: A Practical Introduction

Social Network Analysis 5 2003, 2006

Social Science Data Analysis and Collection 6 2002, 2004

Social Science Data Analysis and 6 2002, 2004, 2010Collection

Introduction to Social Network Analysis 15 2011

IKAT www.cs.unimaas.nl Data Mining Course 2 2004

INSEAD www.insead.edu Strategy 15

IOPS www.iops.nl Design Questionnaires 3 2004

Multilevel Analysis 3 2003

Nieuwe Methoden voor het 3 2003Ontwerpen, Beoordelen en Verbeteren van Vragenlijsten

Applied multi-level analysis with SPSS 4 2005

Introduction to Cluster Analysis 2 2004

Least Squares Optimization 3 2004

Statistics in Brief 3 2003, 2005

Structural Equation Modelling 1 2006

Katholieke http://www.kul.be The Link on Entrepreneurship and 6 2006Universiteit KnowledgeLeuven

Katholieke www.kun.nl Qualitative Methodology 6 2004Universiteit Nijmegen

Kühne Logistics http://www.the-klu.org Social Networks and Organizations 4 2012University

Kurt Lewin www.kurtlewin A Mix Within: Mixed Models, random 1 2007Institute institute.nl effect models, and hierarchical linear

models applied to within-subject and repeated measures designs

Applying Psycho-physiological Measures 3 2006to Social Psychological Research




Hidden Behind the Dummy 3 2006

Methodological Seminars 4 2003, 2005

Motivation and Achievement 3 2003

The Motivation Cognition Interface 1 2005; 2006

Person-Environment Fit 40 2003

Programming Experiments in Authorware 1 2007

Psychofysiologisch meten in sociaal- 3 2004psychologisch onderzoek

Research Group Meeting ‘Group 1; 2 2007, 2010and Organizational Processes

Social Decision Making 3 2003

Social Interaction: Understanding 1 2006Empathy, Trust and Fairness

Trust and Psychological Safety 2 2003in Team Functioning

When in Doubt, Regress 3 2007

Workshop Connecting with others: 2 2009The benefits and perils of interpersonalbonds

METEOR www.fdewb.unimaas.nl Quantitative research 10 2004/meteor methods of business

NAKE http://few.kub.nl/nake/ Selected Topics in Game Theory 3 2004

Swedish School www.hanken.fi Social Networks vs. Business Networks 8 2003of Economics andBusiness Adm.

Tinbergen www.tinbergen.nl Financial Risk Management 3 2003Institute

University of www.uakron.edu Emotions, Information Processing 7 2007Akron, Buchtel and Self-RegulationCollege of Arts & Sciences

University http://www.uva.nl Research Design in the social sciences 10 2008of Amsterdam

University http://www.rug.nl Multilevel Analysis 5 2012of Groningen

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University www.leidenuniv.nl Modern Chinese Economy 10 2006of Leiden

University www.unisg.ch Corporate Governance Seminar 3 2003of St. Gallen

Vrije Universiteit www.vu.nl Interdependence and Social Interaction 6 2006Amsterdam


A.2.3 MKT


ERIM 3: MKT

CentER http://center.uvt.nl Consumer Behaviour 6 2010,2011, 2012

EIASM www.eiasm.be Eden Doctoral Seminar 5 2000, 2003on Consumer Behaviour

Eden Doctoral Seminar on 5 2002, 2006Research Methods in Marketing

Clinical Decision Analysis 2 2007

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Methods, 4 2010Techniques and Theories in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Erasmus MC www.erasmusmc.nl De gekte voorbij: de neurobiology 15 2010van psychiatrische stoornissen

HEC Paris http://www.hec.edu Marketing & Society: The Conduct 4 2010of Transformative Consumer Research

ICH http://www.ich.org Good Clinical Practice 2 2011

IKAT www.cs.unimaas.nl Data Mining Course 2 2004

Katholieke http://wis.kuleuven.be Analysis of Varience & Experimental 5 2004Universiteit DesignLeuven

IASC Summer School: Robust Methods 1 2011for Advanced Data Structures

Kwantitiatieve psychologie 4 2004, 2006

Neural Computing 4 2006

Vraagstukken uit kwantitatieve 4 2004, 2006psychologie

Kurt Lewin www.kurtlewin Attitudinal Incongruence 6 2003Instituut institute.nl and Information Processing

Methodological Seminars 2 2004, 2005

Social Decision Making 2 2003

PLS www.pls-school.com PLS Path Modeling with SmartPLS: 2 2012Advanced Topics

Radboud www.ru.nl Academic Writing 3 2012University Nijmegen

Advanced Math 3 2012

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ERIM 3: MKT (continued)

Neuroeconomic approaches to 6 2009judgment and decision-making

Neuroimaging I 6 2012

Perception-Action 1: 6 2005Sensomotor Integration

The Tool-kit of Cognitive 2 2010, 2011Neuroscience 2011: Advanced Topics in MR Imaging of the Brain

The Tool-lit of Cognitive 2 2010, 2011Neuroscience 2011: Advanced Course in Functional Neuroimaging Data Analysis

The tool-kit of cognitive 1 2012neuroscience 2013: Advanced course in Functional Neuroimaging Data Analysis

The tool-kit of cognitive 1 2012neuroscience 2013: Advanced topics in MR imaging of the brain

Wetenschapsjournalistiek 3 2011

Tinbergen www.tinbergen.nl Bounded Rationality 5 2006

Computional Econometrics 3 2006

Econometric Applications in Marketing 2 2006

Market Microstructure 3 2006

University http://www.uva.nl Neuro Imaging 6 2010of Amsterdam

University http://www.ku.edu/ Mediation and Moderation: 4 2012of Kansas Modern Methods and Approaches

University www.uvt.nl Consumer Behaviour 6 2004, 2005, 2006of Tilburg

Utrecht www.uu.nl Innovations in Survey Data Collection: 1 2006University Mixed Mode, Websurveys and

Visual Design

Vrije Universiteit http://www.vu.nl Motivation & Emotion 6 2011Amsterdam

Wageningen www.wageningen Basic Statistics 2 2006University universiteit.nl


A.2.4 F&A


ERIM 4: F&A

Barcelona www.barcelonagse.eu Empirical Banking - 2 2006Graduate School Methodological Aspectsof Economics

Barcelona Banking Summer School 5 2011

CEMFI www.cemfi.es/ Summer School in Economics 1 2003index.asp?lang=en and Finance: “The Econometrics

of Risk and Return”

CentER http://center.uvt.nl/ Investment Analysis of Aging & Pensions 1 6 2007

CORE www.core.ucl.ac.be Financial Econometrics: 3 2005Past, Present & Future

EIASM www.eiasm.be EDEN Doctoral Seminar 5 2001, 2004on Corporate Finance II

EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Empirical 5 2005, 2012Financial Accounting Research

Workshop on Dynamics Strategies in 2 2003Asset Allocation and Risk Management

Workshop on Strategic Human 5 2006Resource Management

ESIA www.esia.univ-savoie.fr European Agent Systems Summer School 2 2005

Esnie www.esnie.org Course Week 5 2004

Essex Summer www.essex.ac.uk Bayesian Methods for Social Science 5 2003School /methods Data Analysis

Mathematics for Social Scientists 3 2003

Mathematics for Social Scientists, Part 3 1 2003

Time Series: Applicants and Advances 3 2003

HEC Paris www.hec.edu Readings in Executive Decision Making 4 2009

Hunboldt- www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/ Recent Development of Nonparametric 3 2007Universitaet Methods in Financial Econometricszu Berlin / Wirthschafts -wissen-schaftliche Facultaet

Limperg Institute www.limperginstituut.nl Advanced Financial Accounting 6 2012

Course Management Accounting Research 8 2003

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ERIM 4: F&A (continued)

Capital Market research 15 2004, 2012

LNMB www.lnmb.nl Combinatorial Optimisation 1b 1 2005

Combinatorial Optimisation 2a 4 2005

Continuous Optimization 6 1006

NAKE http://www.nake.nl Asymptotic Theory for 3 2003Integrated Processes

Continuous Time Finance 3 2003

Empirical Corporate Finance 3 2003

Empirical Finance 3 2004

Finance 3 2002, 2003

Financial Risk Management 3 2003

International Asset Pricing 3 2003and Investments

International Finance 3 2003

Nonlinear Time Series Models 3 2002, 2003in Empirical Finance

Time Series Econometrics 3 2001, 2003Using State Space Methods

CFS www.ifk-cfs.de Empirical Asset Pricing Summer School 3 2005

Radboud http://www.radboud.nl Culture and Economic Behaviour 6 2010UniversityNijmegen

SIKS www.siks.nl Research Methods and Methodology 2 2005

Combinatory methods and 2 2005learning and reasoning

Computational Intelligence 2; 1 2005, 2007

Tinbergen www.tinbergen.nl Advanced Econometrics III 4 2012Institute

Bayesian Methods and their Applications 2 2006

Behavioural economics 3 2001, 2006, 2007

Financial Risk Management 3 2003

Mathematical Methods 9 2002, 2003



ERIM 4: F&A (continued)

Mathematics I 4 2005, 2006

Mathematics II 4 2005, 2006

Microeconomics II - Individual 4 2005, 2006choice & social choice

Microeconomics II - 5 2003Industrial Organisation

New Developments in 1 2006Financial Econometrics

Simulation methods for applied 2 2004economic/econometrics research

University www.uva.nl Corporate law 4 2005of Amsterdam

University www.xfi.ex.ac.uk ESRC Financial Econometrics 2 2006of Exeter

University www.leidenuniv.nl Measuring Science: Assessment of 2 2006of Leiden Research Performance and Discovery

of Patterns of Scientific and Technological Development

University of www.lorentzcenter.nl Complexity in Economics and Finance 2 2007Leiden, Lorentz Center

University www.dsi.uniroma1.it Advanced Retrieval and Web Mining 3 2005of Rome

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A.2.5 S&E


ERIM 5: S&E

CEMS Theory of the MNE: Foundations of 5 2010Global Corporate Success

CHARGE www.charge CHARGE Analysis Workshop 1 2012consortium.com/

Copenhagen Applied Quantitative Methods 2 2011Business School

EIASM www.eiasm.be Eden Doctoral Seminar on 5 2002, 2004, 2011Strategic Management

Workshop on Information 5 2003and Organisational DesignEden Doctoral Seminar on 4 2011Corporate Governance

Eindhoven Technology Entrepreneurship & 6 2011University of Innovation ManagementTechnology

Erasmus MC www.erasmusmc.nl Erasmus Summer Programme 5 2011, 2012

The SNP Course IX 2 2012

ESADE Business http://www.esade.edu Open Innovation & Open 3 2011School Business Models

Essex www.essex.ac.uk Advanced Social Network Analysis 5 2003Summer School /methods

Causal Models and Structural Equations 1 2003

Social Science Data Analysis and Collection 1 2005

Introduction to Time Series 5 2005



Social Network Analysis 5 2003, 2007

EUDOKMA http://frontpage.cbs.dk/ Qualitative Data Analysis in Business 5 2005, 2006eudokma & Management Research

IOPS www.iops.nl Constructie van Tests en Vragenlijsten 5 2003

Nieuwe Methoden voor het 3 2003Ontwerpen, Beoordelen en Verbeteren van Vragenlijsten




ERIM 5: S&E (continued)

Mansholt www.mansholt.wur.nl Panel Data Analyses 2 2007Graduate School

Tinbergen www.tinbergen.nl Behavioural Economics 3 2003Institute

University of http://louisville.edu Intensive Ph.D Seminar in 5 2011Louisville Entrepreneurship

University of http://www.ox.ac.uk Analyzing Network Dynamics 2 2010Oxford Using RSiena

Vrije Universiteit http://www.vu.nl Quantitative Genetics 6 2011Amsterdam

A. Appendix 77

A.3 ERIM Support Programme no. 10

ERIM Support Programme for PhD candidates

CONFERENCES

Conference participation

ERIM supports conference participation of PhD candidates under the condition that they arepresenting a paper. Proof of the paper acceptation should be submitted to the ERIM Office.The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principle with either the departmentwhere the PhD candidate is appointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000.

Conference visit

ERIM supports one conference visit without presenting a paper per PhD candidate, after thepositive assessment of the research proposal (first year). Visiting the conference has to bemulti- purpose: to develop contacts with international peers in the field, to be informedabout the latest developments in the domain. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual costmatching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / orexternal sponsoring, with a maximum of € 700.

International Job market visit

ERIM supports a maximum of one job market visit abroad for PhD candidates in their fourthyear. Interview invitation(s) for the job market visit should be submitted to the ERIM Officewith the request for support. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matchingprinciple with either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or externalsponsoring, to a maximum of € 700.

COURSES

ERIM supports the costs for (short) academic courses provided by external academic networks(for example EIASM) or universities. ERIM only supports courses as agreed upon in advance inthe Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA).Please note that all the courses taken outside ERIM, within or outside the Netherlands need tobe approved in advance by the ERIM Doctoral Office. The number of external courses mayvary, depending on the course fees and other course-related costs (flights, accommodationetc.).

On average per PhD candidate, ERIM has refunded fully two external courses.Should a PhD candidate or the department want to have additional external course(s) to berefunded, then a short motivation from the candidate’s supervisor should be added to theTSA. Depending on the total costs for all courses per PhD student, ERIM will refund up to50% of the actual cost for the additional course based on the 50 / 50 matching principle withthe concerning department.


RESEARCH MATERIALS

Data Collection (In the field or in the Lab)

ERIM supports research data collection. This support will only be available to the PhDcandidates who have fulfilled their first year’s obligations and with a positive assessment oftheir research proposal. The support is based on the 50 / 50 actual cost matching principlewith either the department where the PhD candidate is appointed and / or externalsponsorship, with a maximum of € 2,500.

Scientific and Educational Literature

Per PhD candidate, a total amount of € 500 is reimbursable within two years of the start ofthe PhD project.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Working visit to international supervisor

ERIM supports outward working visits to international supervisor for PhD candidates after thepositive assessment of the research proposal (first year). In their final year PhD students mayask ERIM for support in financing part of the inward travel expenses of their supervisor in hiscapacity of supervising / attending the thesis defense. The support is based on the 50 / 50actual cost matching principle with either the department where the PhD candidate isappointed and / or external sponsoring, to a maximum of € 1,000 per visit.

International Research Study / Visit

ERIM supports international study visits of PhD candidates to another academic institution.Candidates in their third and fourth year are encouraged to visit and participate in anotherinternational research group in their area of specialization. In this way the candidate isenabled to professionalize his / her international academic peer-relations. The support is fora research visit with a maximum duration of four months and is based on a “1/3 of the actualcost”- matching principle with two other parties: department where the PhD candidate isappointed and at least one external sponsor to a maximum of € 4,000.

A request for an international research study contains the following elements:• A support letter of your promoter / supervisor• Overview of the aim of the study and planned activities• Description of the expected impact of the study on the quality of the results of the

PhD research project• Budget estimation such as: housing, flight and other connecting transportation,

settlement costs, visa, insurances. No daily allowance will be paid; ERIM will reimburse costs of living only in case these areevidently higher than in the Netherlands (Example of budget estimation is available throughthe ERIM Office).

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External Funding

The goal of the Erasmus Trustfonds is to promote scientific education and research at theErasmus University. PhD candidates can receive a scholarship for conference visits and researchvisits abroad. ERIM strongly encourages applications to Trustfonds. Applications to Trustfondsshould be sent at least two months before the planned activity (www.trustfonds.nl)Furthermore, The Fulbright Center has possibilities for funding working visits in the USA.Please find more information on www.fulbright.nl.

PROCEDURE

For all ERIM Support Programmes (ESP), the requests have to be submitted to the ERIM Office,Tineke van der Vhee, [email protected], room T6-08.Requests for support have to be submitted at least one month in advance of the plannedactivity. The request must contain a budget estimation and acquired internal / externalmatching support• Procedure for Conferences, Data Collection and International Research

After obtaining an approval from the ERIM Office, the form ‘Request for BusinessTravel Abroad’ has to be handed in to the departmental secretariat directly. Don’tforget to staple a hard copy of the ERIM approval to this form. Note: By submittingthis form, you will be covered by the EUR Travel Insurance

• The reimbursement takes place afterwards by handing in the form ‘Declaration ofExpenses for Business Travel Abroad’ to the departmental secretariat. This form hasto be accompanied with a separate A4 sheet showing an overview of the expensesyou actually made and by original tickets, receipts and / or bills.

Note: Financial support will not be based on a daily allowance, but on the costs actually made.Forms (faculty model) are available on the RSM Intranet (RSM PhDs) or the departmentalsecretariat (ESE PhDs).

Procedure for Courses abroad

• make sure the course you’re planning to take abroad is included in your ISP and youhave a permission from ERIM Doctoral Office to take it

• The form ‘Request for Business Travel Abroad’ has to be handed in one month inadvance of the course, together with an overview of estimated expenses, to the ERIMDoctoral Office (T6-07). By submitting this form, you will be covered by the EUR TravelInsurance

• The reimbursement takes place afterwards by handing in the form ‘Declaration ofExpenses for Business Travel Abroad’ to the ERIM Doctoral Office. This form has to beaccompanied with a separate A4 sheet showing an overview of the expenses youactually made and by original tickets, receipts and / or bills.


Procedure for scientific and educational literature and courses within the

Netherlands

• The form ‘General Declaration Form’, together with the original receipts, invoices andcopy of the bank / credit card statement, should be submitted to the ERIM Office.

The Director of Doctoral Education makes final decisions. For regular cases we strive for aturnaround time of two weeks.

A. Appendix 81

A.4 ERIM Support Programme no. 11

ERIM PhD Series “Research in Management”

ERIM PhD candidates are facilitated to publish their university edition of the dissertation inthe ERIM PhD Series on Research in Management. All dissertations in this series will have theERIM house style cover, which leaves room for an individual touch, dependent on subject andthe preferences of the PhD candidate. ERIM covers all costs, based on an overall arrangementwith a designer of the cover, an English editor for the final language check and a printer forthe actual printing of the book.

Publication of the dissertation in the ERIM PhD Series is open for the following PhDcandidates of Erasmus University in the field of Research in Management:• PhD’s who have participated in the PhD programme of ERIM.• Non-ERIM PhD candidates with an ERIM-fellow/member as (co)promotor.

Final decisions on acceptance of dissertations by Non-ERIM PhD candidates to be published inthe series are made by the Scientific Director of ERIM.

Form: documents and final thesis are submitted to the ERIM Officeelectronically (MS Word/PDF)

Language: English

Layout: information about the layout you can find in the ERIM PhD seriesguide. The guide is available through the ERIM Office.

Abstracts: English and Dutch language (each ~ 200 words)

Keywords: the author adds up to 10 free keywords

About the author Section: it is compulsory to include a page (or several pages) about yourselfin the book.

ERIM Series Overview it is compulsory to include the ERIM PhD Series Overview at the endof the thesis.

PhD Defense Communication + Media Form This form is available through the ERIM Office.

Copyrights remain with the author(s). ERIM is permitted to archive the dissertation in theDigital Academic Repository and to disclose it through the ERIM website and internationalacademic repositories like REPEC and SSRN.

The preparations for the doctoral ceremony normally start at least six months before theactual date of the doctoral ceremony. ERIM will start the actual printing of dissertations onlyafter the PhD candidate is officially admitted to take his/her doctorate at the EUR and the titlepages are approved by the EUR Beadle (in Dutch: Pedel). (In EUR terms: Form 3 is received) bythe candidate.


A specially developed workflow-planner for the last six months is available through the ERIMoffice.

PRODUCTION

ERIM office will take care of:• Embedding in the ERIM Series (English language check; ERIM series number; colophon

page with ISBN number; annex with the PhD series overview; cover design andinvitation for the ceremony).

• Production of printed version (invitation and flyer with the propositions included): – 100 books for ERIM PhD candidates

– 75 books for Non-ERIM PhD candidates

– CD-ROMs with the electronic version of the whole book for ERIM PhD

candidates

– CD-ROMs with the electronic version of the whole book for Non-ERIM PhD

candidates

• Production of electronic version with keywords, abstract and persistent URL to the fulltext (http://hdl.handle.net/1765/objectnumber)

• Archiving in the Erasmus academic repository (Repub) and electronic disclosurethrough the ERIM portal

• Media coverage (through the Internal and External Relations Department of theErasmus University) and special mailings (only on request)

ERIM receives 10 copies for distribution to scientific libraries and other research schools. EURBeadle will need 21 copies for distribution.

Output for author:

ERIM PhD candidates: ~70 printed copies in ERIM series cover with invitation and propositions.Non-ERIM PhD candidates: ~45 printed copies in ERIM series cover with invitation andpropositions.

Extra printed copies are to be financed by the candidate (price: EUR 7-10 per copy). Ourprinter also has a Printing on Demand (POD) facility. This is a printing facility to produce smallamounts of books afterwards.

Information:

Marisa van Iperen, [email protected], room T06-07, tel. (010) 408 2382

Examples: http://repub.eur.nl/res/col/292

Further information on the formal regulations for the Taking of the Doctor’s degree atErasmus University can be found on the Beadle’s web page: http://www.eur.nl/english/information_for/doctorate_students/

A. Appendix 83

A.5 Training and Supervision Agreement (TSA) for ERIM PhD Candidates

Confidential

This TSA contains details on the organisation of the PhD supervision, the tasks of the PhDcandidate, the Individual Study Programme (ISP) and the assessment of the progress of theERIM PhD research project. To be filled in by the PhD candidate in consultation with his / hersupervisor.

1.Appointment details

Name of candidate

Date of birth

Place of birth

Date of masters graduation

School & Department

Starting date of contract

Final date of contract

Date for PhD defence

Date of first assessment

2.Supervision

Name of supervisor(s) / promotor(s)

Name of second supervisor / co-supervisor

Name of other (authorised) supervisor(s)

Daily supervisor (can be any of the people above)

3.Aims of the appointment

The ERIM PhD candidate is appointed on a temporary basis in order to undertake furtheracademic training and carry out PhD research, with the aim of completing a dissertation. Inprinciple, the appointment will be on a full-time basis for four years. ERIM will apply a trialperiod of appointment of eighteen months. The ERIM PhD candidate will have three main tasks: • carrying out PhD research,• further academic training,• teaching.


The ERIM PhD candidate will spend at least 75 percent of his/her activities on academictraining and carrying out PhD research. The ERIM PhD candidate agrees to carry out theabovementioned tasks and to meet the commitments specified here ERIM will provide thePhD training and supervision. The ERIM Director of Doctoral Education will be involved inthe annual evaluation of the tasks of the ERIM PhD candidate.

4.Tasks of the ERIM PhD candidate

4.A Research

Name of the ERIM research programme

Title of research project

4.B Further academic training

Together with his/her supervisor, the ERIM PhD candidate compiles an Individual StudyProgram (ISP) within three months of the start of the appointment (see Appendix for model).This ISP forms part of the first-year assessment for ERIM PhD candidates.

4.C Teaching

Although ERIM recommends teaching activities to take place only during the second andthird year of appointment, the ERIM PhD candidate may be required to spend a limitedamount of time on teaching activities (no more than 20%) also during the first and finalyear of PhD appointment. Teaching tasks would preferably be closely related to the contentof the PhD research.

5.Facilities

5.A Supervision

The supervisor / promotor agrees to provide supervision to the ERIM PhD candidate andadhere to working agreements. The supervisor is committed to spend a minimum of 16 hoursper month on supervision of the ERIM PhD candidate. Any suitably qualified person can benominated by the supervisor to carry out the supervision.

5.B Other facilities

Mention here any other exceptional facilities or arrangements that are made for your project(e.g., working partially at a different place for your research).

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6.Report on activities and assessment

The ERIM PhD candidate produces a yearly progress report on the results achieved on themain tasks (see section 4) which will be discussed at yearly appraisal talks with the supervisor.The progress report at the end of the first year of appointment is compiled in accordance withthe assessment sheet for first-year PhD candidates at ERIM. Based on the progress report atthe end of the first year, the assessors decide whether the PhD studentship can realisticallybe expected to fulfil its aims. This assessment then enables the Dean to decide on whether tocontinue or discontinue the appointment of the ERIM PhD candidate.

7.Amendments to the TSA / ISP

Possible amendments to the TSA take place at the end of the first year for the rest of theperiod of appointment. If necessary, additional amendments can be added each followingyear during the period of appointment. These amendments will be attached to the ERIMAssessment Sheet for First Year PhD candidates. This sheet is drawn up at the end of the firstyear of the appointment.

8.Certificate

At the end of the appointment, the ERIM PhD candidate will receive a certificate ofcompletion of training from ERIM. This certificate contains an overview of the followedcourses and their grades.

9.Signatures

Date Name & signature

ERIM PhD candidate

Supervisor / Promotor

Second supervisor / co-supervisor

Third supervisor / co-supervisor

ERIM Director of Doctoral Education

Dean


Model for the ‘Individual Study Plan’ (ISP) for ERIM PhD candidates

Courses ECTS

Compulsory Course programme (≥ 16 ECTS) Year 1 Year 2 Total

1 Core Courses on Research Methodology (choose 2 or more)

• Philosophy of Science (BERMMC001, 5 ECTS) 0

• Research Methodology and Measurement (BERMMC002, 5 ECTS) 0

• Case Study Research (BERMMC003, 5 ECTS) 0

• Statistical Methods (BERMMC004, 6 ECTS) 0

• Applied Econometrics (BERMMC005, 5 ECTS) 0

• Stochastic Models and Optimisation (BERMMC004, 4 ECTS) 0

• Programming (BERMMC010, 4 ECTS) 0

• Mathematics and Statistics (BERMMC008, 4 ECTS) 0

• Microeconomics (BERMMC009, 5 ECTS) 0

2 Skill Course English (BERMSKL001, 4 ECTS) 4

3 Skill Course Publishing Strategy (BERMSKL003, 1 ECTS) 1

4 Skill Course Scientific Integrity (BERMSKL009, 1 ECTS) 1

Advanced Specialisation or Methodology Courses

Institute Course Title Fee

4 0

5 0

6 0

A. Appendix 87

A.6 Assessment Sheet for First Year PhD Candidates

1.Appointment details

Name of candidate

School

Department

Starting date of contract

2.Period of assessment

Date of assessment

Period covered:

from

to

3.Assessment carried out by

Name Daily supervisor Relationship to candidate

Supervisor/first assessor

Co-supervisor/second assessor

Co-supervisor/second assessor

Prof. Dr. P.J.F. Groenen ERIM Director of Doctoral Education

4.Details of position

Title of research project

Date of Training- and Supervision Agreement (TSA)


5.Progress report on the main tasks

5.A Research proposal

Title of detailed research proposal (proposal attached)

5.B Academic training completed to date

Please attach a list of completed and planned courses.

ECTS planned ECTS Realizationfirst year (ISP)

Core courses on Research Methodology

Skill Courses

Advanced Methodology & Specialisation courses

Total ECTS 0 0

6.Assessment

6.A Research

Yes No

Has the research started sufficiently well? c c

Are the research questions, problem definition, and research protocol satisfactorily developed? c c

Is the schedule in the research proposal realistic? c c

Are the results and progress of the research satisfactory in relation to the given aims? c c

Further comments:

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6.B Further academic training and supervision received

Yes No

Are the results of the further academic training satisfactory? c c

Is the candidate’s involvement in the research activities of the programme (attending seminars, etc) sufficient? c c

Were agreements between the supervisor and PhD candidate in respect of training satisfactorily concluded? c c

Further comments:

6.C Teaching

Yes No

Were teaching assignments completed satisfactorily? c c

Has the candidate undertaken other activities, e.g., administration tasks? c c

Further details (if applicable):


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7.Exceptional circumstances

Yes No

Were there any exceptional circumstances which influenced the outcome of the project? c c

Further details (if applicable):

8.Continuation of appointment

Yes No

In the opinion of the assessors, should the appointment of the PhD candidate be continued? c c

Explanation (if necessary):

9.Opinion of PhD candidate on:

A: Assessment:

B: Continuation or discontinuation of the appointment:

10. Agreed course of action


11. Signatures


ERIM PhD candidate

Supervisor/Promotor

Second supervisor/co-supervisor

Third supervisor/co-supervisor

ERIM Director of Doctoral Education Prof.dr. P.J.F. Groenen

12. Formalisation of assessment


Decreed by the Dean

A. Appendix 93

A.7 ERIM 2.5 year PhD Progress Report

As part of the ERIM PhD programme every PhD candidate’s progress is evaluated in a meetingapproximately two and a half years after appointment. During this meeting the PhDcandidate, the promotor(s) and/or supervisor(s) and the ERIM Director of Doctoral Educationdiscuss progress in the PhD trajectory and the process required for completion of the PhDthesis.

In order to inform ERIM about the first part of the PhD trajectory and as a preparation for theevaluation meeting the PhD candidate is expected to submit the underlying progress report toERIM. This report must be completed in full and submitted before the deadline indicatedbelow [email protected].

Please fill in all the boxes below:

ERIM PhD candidate

Promotor(s)/Supervisor(s):

Daily Supervisor(s)

Date of Appointment:

Title of Research Proposal:

1.Tentative table of contents for the thesis

Add rows if required.

Chapter Title Status % finished

1. Introduction

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.


2.Working papers completed or in progress (add rows if needed)

Title of the paper Status Correspondingthesis chapter

3.Data collection progress

List for each project what data you have collected or are currently planning to collect. Pleaseindicate any bottlenecks (if applicable).

4.Conferences at which your work was presented (name, date, location)

1.

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5.Teaching activities

Please indicate all teaching activities you have undertaken so far and those planned (insertrows if needed).

Courses taught

YourAcademic Total No Evaluation

Course Period Year of Hours Score

Total teaching time for courses taught 0

Courses planned

YourAcademic Total No

Course Period Year of Hours

Total teaching time for courses planned 0

Total time teaching courses 0


Indicate below your experiences of your teaching load.

6.Planning for the remaining part of the PhD trajectory

6.A Future research related activities

Please describe the main activities that you are planning in order to complete yourdissertation.

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6.B Time schedule for completing the PhD thesis

Please provide a schedule (using months as units) for the completion of your dissertation.Indicate the activities needed for completing any unfinished chapters. Adapt the dates asappropriate, according to the end date of your contract. Add columns for additional chaptersas needed.

Month Chapter A Chapter B Chapter C Chapter D Chapter E

Jan / 2013

Feb / 2013

Mar / 2013

Apr / 2013

May / 2013

Jun / 2013

Jul / 2013

Aug / 2013

Sep / 2013

Oct / 2013

Nov / 2013

Dec / 2013

Jan / 2014

Feb / 2014

Mar / 2014

Apr / 2014

May / 2014

Jun / 2014


A. Appendix 99

Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management

The Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the Research School (Onder -zoek school) in the field of management of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The foundingparticipants of ERIM are the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), and the ErasmusSchool of Econo mics (ESE). ERIM was founded in 1999 and is officially accre dited by theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The research under taken by ERIMis focused on the management of the firm in its environment, its intra- and interfirmrelations, and its busi ness processes in their interdependent connections.

The objective of ERIM is to carry out first rate research in manage ment, and to offer anad vanced doctoral pro gramme in Research in Management. Within ERIM, over three hundredsenior researchers and PhD candidates are active in the different research pro grammes. Froma variety of acade mic backgrounds and expertises, the ERIM commu nity is united in strivingfor excellence and working at the fore front of creating new business knowledge.

DOCTORAL PROGRAMME

The Erasmus Doctoral Programme in Business and Management is a five year pro gram -me, focused on developing academic talent. The doctoral programme consists of a twoyear ERIM research master programme (ERIM Master in Philosophy in Business Research)and the ERIM PhD programme, offering a challenge of intellect and persistence. Themain goal of the doctoral programme is to enable promising students with the ambitionto become a researcher to acquire a pole position on the international academic careermarket; in particular, to achieve a competitive profile and to become part of the nextgeneration of faculty at the top business schools in the worlds. The ERIM Master inPhilosophy in Business Research programme is accredited by the Accreditation Organisa -tion of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).

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