Aswin Oijen, van
  • Warandelaan 2, Koopmans Building, room K 817

    5037 AB Tilburg

    Netherlands

1997 …2024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

Aswin van Oijen focuses on strategy. He is particularly interested in corporate-level strategy, which is a company’s highest level of strategy. He studies the antecedents, processes, implementation, and performance of this type of strategy. Examples of specific research topics are the influence of corporate governance on product diversification, the control of business units by the corporate headquarters and the top management team, and entrepreneurship and innovation in corporations.

Career

  • Head of Department, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2019-present.
  • Visiting Professor, KU Leuven, 2018-present.
  • Educator, TIAS School for Business and Society, 2018-present.
  • Member Raad van Advies (Advisory Board) Academie voor Economie, HZ University of Applied Sciences, 2011-present.
  • Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization, Tilburg University, 2001-present.
  • Advisor Extended Master, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2019-present.
  • Member Zone Safe and Reliable Use of Study Data, National Acceleration Plan for Educational Innovation With ICT, 2018-2020.
  • Trailblazer EDUiLAB, Tilburg University, 2018-2019.
  • Academic Director Extended Master, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2017-2019.
  • Academic Director MSc Strategic Management (Entrepreneurship and Consultancy Tracks, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2010-2018.
  • Program Director MSc Supply Chain Management, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2010-2015.
  • Program Director Liberal Arts and Sciences / University College, Tilburg University, 2007-2015.
  • Member Management Team, Department of Organization and Strategy, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2012-2013.
  • Chairman Educational Committee Business Masters, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2006-2010.
  • Member Supervisory Board, K2, 2004-2010.
  • Representative of Higher Education in Business, Tuning Educational Structures in Europe, 2002-2009.
  • Treasurer BSJ, 2000-2003.
  • Treasurer / Secretary Department of Organization and Strategy, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 1997-2010.
  • Chairman and Member Board of International Business, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, 2000-2004.
  • Visiting Scholar, Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, 1999.
  • Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization, Tilburg University, 1989-2001.

Teaching

Teaching experience

  • Strategic Consultancy (graduate course).
  • Corporate-level strategy (graduate course).
  • Strategic management (graduate, premaster, and executive courses).
  • Strategy and organization in context (bachelor course).
  • Strategy and organization in context (bachelor course).
  • International management (graduate course).
  • Economic theories of organization (undergraduate course).
  • Strategic and operations management (undergraduate course).
  • Seminar on organization and strategy (graduate course).
  • Advisor on numerous theses (undergraduate and graduate).

Current courses

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PhD supervision

Dissertation committees

  • Rejie George Pallathitta, Corporate governance and firm performance (2005).
  • Dorota Piaskowska-Lewandowska, Essays on firm growth and value creation (2005).
  • Eric Dooms, Control in multidivisional firms (2005, advisor).

Education/Academic qualification

Education, teaching, Other, Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO), Tilburg University

Award Date: 31 May 2015

Education, teaching, Other, Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO), Tilburg University

Award Date: 31 May 2014

Education, teaching, Other, Teaching Excellence Seminar, University College Roosevelt

Award Date: 31 Aug 2013

Education, teaching, Academic Leadership, Eva Wiltingh Center for Academic Leadership, Training, and Coaching

Award Date: 31 Dec 2005

External positions

Excecutive education (TIAS School for Business and Society)

12 Oct 2018 → …

Visiting professor (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

1 Jan 201831 Dec 2022

Management and advice (Himinbjörg B.V.)

24 Dec 201331 Dec 2021

Secretary (Rotaryclub Heusden and Stichting Community Service Rotaryclub Heusden)

1 Jul 2013 → …

Member Advisory Board (HZ University of Applied Sciences)

1 Jun 2011 → …

Advice and supervision on strategy and finance (K2 (Brabants Kenniscentrum Jeugd))

1 May 200031 Dec 2010

Keywords

  • Organisation And Management
  • Management
  • Strategic Management

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