On Thursday 10 November 2011 Piet Donselaar will defend his PhD thesis entitled 'Innovation and Productivity: The Solow Residual Disentangled'. Supervisor is Professor Jarig van Sinderen.

On Thursday 3 November 2011 Ko-Chia Yu will defend his PhD thesis entitled 'Essays on Executive Compensation - Managerial Incentives and Disincentives'. Supervisor is Professor Ingolf Dittmann.

On Friday 4 November 2011 Marcel de Heide will defend his PhD thesis entitled 'R&D, Innovation and the Policy Mix'. Supervisors are Professor Harry Commandeur and Professor Casper de Vries.