Each year, the Amsterdam Business Research Institute (ABRI) offers six one-year Visiting Professor positions (0.2 FTE) for distinguished international researchers in the field of business administration.
The Visiting Professor positions are offered by the School of Business and Economics (SBE) of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), and are specifically connected to the research activities of ABRI. The purpose of these appointments is to stimulate development of new research on the topics relevant to the appointed professor.
Prof. Markus Baer (Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, USA), 2021
Markus Baer is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis (USA). Markus Baer’s research, which can be found in the leading academic journals, has won multiple awards. Recognized for his expertise, Dr. Baer has published and also served on the editorial boards of some of the most prestigious research journals in the field of management, such as the Academy of Management Journal (EI 94, AI 99), the Journal of Applied Psychology (EI 92, AI 97), and Organization Science (EI 93, AI 97). In 2016, he started his three-year tenure as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal.
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Xavier Castañer (HEC Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland), 2021 Xavier Castañer is a Full professor of the Strategy Department, HEC Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne (SUI). Moreover, the president-elect at the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management. Xavier Castañer possess an excellent research track record with multiple top-publications in prestigious research journals, such as the Academy of Management Review (EI 87, AI 99), the Strategic Management Journal (EI 91, AI 97), and Journal of Management (EI 92, AI 98). His research output associates closely with the research pluriformity within the M&O department in particular and the faculty more broadly. Furthermore, he has a strong track record in sharing his research experiences within different academic settings, including the AoM, SMS, and Euram. He has fulfilled, and fulfills, key positions in the academic community. That is, Xavier possess a strong (international) network which will benefit our (junior) staff members.
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| Zachary Estes (Bocconi University, Italy), 2021 Zachary Estes is currently a Full professor of the Marketing Department at Bocconi University (IT). Professor Estes has published in the major journals within Marketing and Psychology, such as Cognition (EI 93, AI 93), Emotion (EI 90 AI 93), Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Psychological Science (EI 90, AI 96). He has also being a member of the editorial board of several of these journals, and has been an associate editor of Cognitive Science (EI 78, AI 90). His work focuses on the fundamentals of human decision making by investigating topics, such as categorization, language, and (sensory) perception. More recently, he applies these psychological theories to marketing topics, such as visual attention and unplanned purchasing, olfactory imagery and product evaluations, thematic similarities and brand extension, and sensory marketing. The research topics Professor Estes is working on fit very well with the research interests of many members of the marketing department, such as Femke van Horen (similarity, categorization, mindsets), Peeter Verlegh (language), Aylin Aydinli (sensory marketing, dual process models), Jiska Eelen (embodiment, eye tracking), and Karen Gorissen (categorization). ABRI Research Track: Marketing |  |
| Prof. Bart Frijns (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), 2019 b.p.m.frijns@vu.nl Prof. Bart Frijns is Professor of Finance at Auckland University of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand) He is the founding editor of Applied Finance Letters and is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Futures Markets and the Global Finance Journal. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control As a visiting professor, Bart Frijns continues his ongoing research projects with faculty at SBE, which will be developed further during his stay. He will provide feedback on work in progress and set up new projects with junior faculty. Furthermore, he will organize a workshop regarding publishing for junior faculty, and will contribute to the 2018 edition of the Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. ABRI Research Track: Accounting & Financial Management |  |
Prof. M. Lynne Markus (Bentley University, USA), 2019 M. Lynne Markus is the John W. Poduska, Sr. Professor of Information and Process Management at Bentley University and an associated researcher at MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research. She has published extensively in the areas of digital business and interorganizational governance, enterprise systems and business processes, electronic communication and knowledge reuse, and organizational change management. Her current research interests include digital innovation in the financial and health sectors, the responsible use of data and algorithms, and the changing nature of work. Markus was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems in 2004 and received the AIS LEO Award for Exceptional Lifetime Achievement in Information Systems in 2008. ABRI Research Track: Information & Innovation Management (KIN) |  |
Prof. Alina Sorescu (Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, USA), 2019 |  |
| Prof. Sorin Sorescu (Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, USA), 2019 s.sorescu@vu.nl Sorin Sorescu is Professor of Finance and the Foreman R. and Ruby Bennett Chair in Business Administration at Mays Business School. Prior to joining Mays in 2002, he was Assistant Professor of Finance at the Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. He holds a PhD degree in Finance from University of Florida, as well as an MBA and Bachelors of Electrical Engineering from McGill University in Canada. Professor Sorescu’s research interests focus on short sales and informational content of security prices, asset management, market efficiency, and macro finance. His research appears in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Financial Markets, the Journal of International Money and Finance, and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Professor Sorescu taught corporate finance, financial markets, and investments analysis at the undergraduate, M.S. MBA, EMBA and Ph.D. levels. He currently serves as the Head of the Department of Finance. ABRI Research Track: Accounting & Financial Management |  |
Prof. Felisa J. Vázquez-Abad (Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University New York, USA), 2019 |  |
| Prof. Mo Wang (University of Florida, USA), 2019 m.wang@vu.nl Mo Wang is an internationally renowned professor in career research at the University of Florida (USA). He specializes in research areas as retirement and older worker employment, occupational health psychology, expatriate and newcomer adjustment, leadership and team processes, and advanced quantitative methodologies. The great contribution to the field and his scholar work was acknowledged frequently alongside his academic career. Amongst others, he received the Academy of Management HR Division Scholarly Achievement Award (2008), Careers Division Best Paper Award (2009), European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (2009), Emerald Group’s Outstanding Author Contribution Awards (2013 and 2014), Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology’s William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award (2016), and Journal of Management Scholarly Impact Award (2017) for his research in these areas. In 2015 and 2016, he was an invited speaker for White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team and conducted a Congressional Debriefing on Retirement for U.S. Congress in 2015. Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Work, Aging and Retirement and an Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Psychology. He also serves on numerous academic journal’s editorial boards. ABRI Research Track: HRM & Organisational Behaviour |  |
| Prof. Shannon Anderson (University of California at Davis, USA), 2018 s.w.anderson@vu.nl Prof. Shannon Anderson is Professor of Management at University of California, Davis, USA. She is an expert on the design and implementation of performance measurement and cost control systems, and has an extensive track record of publication in leading journals such as Management Science and Contemporary Accounting Research, and has won numerous grants and awards for her contributions to research and practice. She is also member of a number of editorial boards. As a visiting professor, Shannon Anderson will collaborate with junior and senior faculty on research projects, give research seminars, and will be lecturing in MSc and post-graduate Accounting programmes ( Management Control the full-time and the part-time programme). ABRI Research Track: Accounting & Financial Management |  |
| Prof. Andrew Sturdy (University of Bristol, UK), 2018 a.j.sturdy@vu.nl Prof. Andrew Sturdy is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the University of Bristol (UK) His research interests focus mainly on issues of power and identity in the production and use of management ideas. He has published extensively in high ranking academic journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behaviour and Organization Studies. Prof. Sturdy is a member of several editorial boards, and has extensive experience in editing journal special issues. As a visiting professor, Andrew Sturdy will be working with PhD students and faculty at the Department of Management & Organisation, and will be teaching in the new Master programmes in Leadership & Change, Management Consulting and Strategy & Organization. He will also perform activities related to the special issue in Journal of Professions and Organization and the editing of a sub-theme to the EGOS Standing Working Group will take place. ABRI Research Track: Strategy & Organisation |  |
Prof. Nicole DeHoratius(University of Chicago, USA), 2017.
Prof. Nicole DeHoratius is Adjunct Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business (USA).
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Prof. Katrijn Gielens (University of North Carolina, USA), 2017.
Prof. Katrijn Gielens is Associate Professor of Marketing at Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA).
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Prof. Brian Pentland (Michigan State University, USA), 2017. Prof. Brian Pentland is endowed professor at the Eli Broad College of Business at the Accounting and Information Systems department, Michigan State University (USA).
ABRI Research Track: Information & Innovation Management (KIN) |  |
| Prof. Shaul Bar-Lev (Univerisity of Haifa, Israël), 2016 n.o.n.e.barlev@vu.nl Prof. Shaul Bar-Lev is full professor at the Department of Statistics at the University of Haifa in Israel. His research interest lies in statistics and in stochastic operations research. He is an international expert on exponential families. In the past 12 years, he has visited The Netherlands many times, leading to intensive research collaboration with Prof. dr. van der Duyn Schouten (leading to 12 published papers plus one under review) and other researchers. As a visiting professor Shaul Bar-Lev continues to intensify his research collaboration on Stochastic Operations Research at the Econometrics and OR Department, and will be actively involved in various research activities and events within the School of Business and Economics. ABRI Research Track: Logistics and Operations Research |  |
Prof. Raghu Garud (Penn State University, USA), 2016
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Prof. Cheri Ostroff (University of South Australia), 2016
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