Kevin Van Mencxel has been awarded the 2022 Gallais-Hamonno Jury Research Prize in Historical Finance
FBE PhD candidate Kevin Van Mencxel has been awarded the 2022 Gallais-Hamonno Jury Research Prize in Historical Finance. Many congratulations! Kevin won the award because of large-scale archival work and the use of modern quantitative methods in view of bringing new insights into the workings of the Belgian corporate bond market. Want to learn more? Be sure to check out his personal website.
Kris Hardies wins the Research Award 2020 of the Faculty of Business and Economics
Prof. Kris Hardies wins the Research Award 2020 of the Faculty of Business and Economics.
His research has great scientific value but also an important social impact.
Daniel Mucci wins the Best Paper Award at the University of Sao Paolo
Daniel Mucci wins the Best Paper Award Applied Social Science Areas from the University of Sao Paolo for the dissertation of his joint Phd at the University of Sao Paolo and the University of Antwerp .
- Title: Governance systems and stewardship in family firms: an analysis of antecedents and consequences.
- Promotors:
Ann Jorissen (University of Antwerp)
Fabio Frezatti (University of Sao Paolo)
Kris Hardies wint best paper awards voor de paper "The Effect of Audit Partner Equity Incentives on Audit Quality"
Kris Hardies ontving de "best paper award" voor de paper "The Effect of Audit Partner Equity Incentives on Audit Quality" (co-auteur Marie-Laure Vandenhaute) op de 18ème Conférence Internationale de Gouvernance (CIG) (23-24 mei, 2019, Brussel) en op het 10th EARNet Symposium (6-7 september, Parma)
Tom Devolder and Cédric Dobbels (master Business Engineering 2018) have won the BVA Essay Award 2019 for the best masterthesis
Each year, The Belgian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (in short “BVA”) organises the BVA Essay Award, a competition to reward the best Belgian academic research paper about venture capital and private equity. A panel of experienced jury members judge the essays based on 4 criteria: academic quality, originality of approach, accessibility and practical usability of the subject and finally the relevance of the study for the private equity sector.
Thesis of their topic is: Buy and build strategie in Private Equity
Promotor: prof.dr. Eddy Laveren
Charlotte Herpoelaert (master Business Economics 2018) wins the Finance@Solvay Award.
Charlotte Herpoelaert (master Business Economics june 2018) has won the “Finance@Solvay Award for the most inspiring finance Master Thesis” granted by CFO magazine and the Solvay Business School.
The title of the masterthesis is: “Het financierings-DNA van Belgische KMO’s en micro-ondernemingen. Een empirische taxonomie van financieringspatronen”
Supervisor: prof.dr. Eddy Laveren
Pommelien Bastaens (Bachelor Business Economics) wins the Women in Business Award
Pommelien Bastaens (Ba FBE) has won the Zonta International Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Award.
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Kris Hardies