supervision
Master’s degree
2025–2026
Ibrahim Zayani, Thesis in progress (w/ Naomi Moonen)
Gunel Nabiyeva, Thesis in progress (w/ Naomi Moonen)
Fabian Corsten, “Predicting Series A Funding Success: An Explainable Machine Learning Approach to Entrepreneurial Signaling” (w/ Naomi Moonen)
Jesper Arts, “The Relationship of Generative AI Adoption with Firm Performance: Evidence from Text-Based Measures and Dynamic Capabilities Theory” (w/ Plato Leung)
2023–2024
Christiaan William Links, “The moderating effect of market volatility on the relationship between capital structure and dividends”
Cornelis Petrus Junior de Nijs, “Overcoming barriers of the circular economy in the dutch construction industry”
Nominated for the George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award 2024 (Sponsored by KPMG)
Isabelle Beijersbergen, “The impact of corporate social responsibility disclosure on firm value: a quantitative review on the moderating effects of external assurance and quality assessment”
Nominated for the George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award 2024 (Sponsored by KPMG)
Lisa Arakelian, “Exaggeration in social media advertisements: analyzing its effects on consumer behavior”
Roan Hoogervorst, “Effects of funding goal and campaign duration on the performance of crowdfunding campaigns: the moderating role of the technology sector” — PDF
Saffraan Bain, “Framing sustainability: Investigating the impact of green demarketing campaigns on consumers’ intention to reduce meat consumption and the moderating roles of message source and environmental knowledge”
Nominated for the George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award 2024 (Sponsored by KPMG)
Xinyu Qiao, “The impact of social media networks on crowdfunding success”
Yuxuan Wu, “An investigation of how open innovation strategies in the digital consumer engagement impact on the performance of restaurant SMEs” — PDF
2022–2023
Lucas Huijts, “How does AI usage within a firm influence the level of firm innovation?”
Fabian Friedel, “Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition abroad: what influences opportunity recognition of entrepreneurs who start a business outside of their home country?”
Kjelt Kokke, “Innovation in times of crisis: unraveling the dynamic impact of research and development on firm performance” — PDF
Emma Neijgh van Lier, “Sustaining the Beat: Analyzing the Environmental Performance Effects of Exploratory and Exploitative Green Alliances in the Dutch Festival Industry”
Domenico Mannino, “Impact investors’ decision-making across different stages of investment: an explorative investigation on early-stage and late-stage impact investors’ pre-selection investment criteria”
Finalist for the George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award 2023 (Sponsored by KPMG) and finalist for the A Sustainable Future Thesis Prize 2024
2021–2022
Sanne de Bont, “How to nudge from a distance? Nudging employees to increase their physical activity on the job while working remotely”
Marija Sinicaite, “Corporate culture and green innovation: an empirical study of medical technology firms”
Finalist for the George Molenkamp Sustainability Thesis Award 2022 (Sponsored by KPMG)
Lou-Lou Carmiggelt, “Consumer demand of hyper-personalized offerings of grocery providers”
Lars Aalders, “Does it pay to be green? The mediating effect of sustainability-oriented product innovation on the relationship between sustainability orientation and financial performance” — PDF
2020–2021
Lisa van ‘t Geloof, “Tech startup venture capital investments: do age and previous experience of the founder matter?”
Nina Kruimer, “Online users’ feedback and companies’ greenwashing practices” — PDF
2019–2020
Raluca Dewald, “Seed it up: the effects of team gender-ratio, industry knowledge and economic freedom on the seed funding of startups”
Bachelor’s degree
2023–2024
Tom Jan Bloemen, “Hype or hope? The impact of social media on early-stage venture funding success”
Mikolaj Weiss, “The hype trap: predicting stock market underperformance in young companies in innovative industries” — PDF
Kate van Bokhoven, “Funding, growth, and female-founded startups: A european fintech exploration”
Jochem Maarten Talsma, “Appeasing customers with unreasonable expectations: The moderating effect of hype cycle stages on the relationship between customer expectation and customer satisfaction”
Fay Holtkamp, “The moderating effect of hype on entrepreneurial financing and growth stages: A study of chinese fintech startups”
Eline Koopmans, “Exploring the dynamics of follower size and Instagram usage frequency on consumers’ purchase intentions for nutritional products”
Elena Marie Einhaus, “Exploring the relationship between social media engagement and crowdfunding campaigns”
Frans Barend Hupkes, “Exploring how users are impacted by the presence of hype in the context of AI generated language models”
Dean Humphrey, “Hype as a successful crowdfunding forecaster: To what extent does hype influence the success or failure of funding for crowdfunding campaigns?”
2021–2022
Vlad Alexandru Pițigoi, “An investigation into the effect of having a business degree on new venture financing”
Arbaz Usman, “Are investors looking for the new big platform star?”
2020–2021
Hayk Ter-Tatshatyan, “How does external funding affect job performance in self-funded creative industry organisations?”
Martijn Pluimers, “Funded or forgotten: how patents, trademarks, and education influence the funding of clean energy ventures”
Nina Hijmans, “How to reach Silicon Valley: A case study investigating if there exists a correlation between the possessing of patents and the funding obtained for start-ups”
Ronan Gazenbeek, “Work or study? What you should have been doing before starting your start-up”