Personal profile
Research interests
Kuno Huisman is Head of Strategic Capacity Preparation - Integrated View at ASML. Next to that he is part-time full professor of decision making under uncertainty at Tilburg University where he teaches courses on professional skills and investment under uncertainty. His chair is endowed by ASML.
Kuno beliefs that decision quality can assist individuals and institutions to make better decisions that will lead more often to desired outcomes.
Kuno has worked as a quantitative consultant at CQM for 10 years before joining the Decision Support team of ASML for 8 years. Next he worked for 3 years as head of Finance for the TWINSCAN Factory, one of the integration factories of ASML.
Kuno earned the Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate from the Stanford Center for Professional Development.
Kuno has a Ph.D. and master degree in Operations Research from Tilburg University.
Career
Head of Integrated View - Strategic Capacity Preparation, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, August 2023 – present
Full Professor of Decision Making under Uncertainty, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, November 2016 - present
Head of Strategy Coordination, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, June 2022 – July 2023
Director and Head of Finance Twinscan Factory, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, February 2022 – May 2022
Director Business Control and Head of Operational Excellence (a.i.) Twinscan Factory, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, October 2021 – January 2022
Director Business Control Twinscan Factory, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, April 2019 – September 2021
Director and Head of Decision Support, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, July 2017 - May 2019
Director and Head of Business Change Support and Decision Support, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, September 2015 - June 2017
Director and Head of Decision Support, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, January 2015 - August 2015
Associate Professor, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, December 2014 - October 2016
Head of Decision Support, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, September 2012 - December 2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, December 2008 - November 2014
Senior Decision Support Analyst, ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, November 2010 - August 2012
Senior Consultant, Centre for Quantitative Methods CQM B.V., Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2000 - October 2010
Researcher, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, September 2004 - November 2008
Research assistant, Department of Econometrics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, September 1996 - August 2000
PhD supervision
PhD committee:
Farzan Faninam, Tilburg University, September 4, 2024, promotor
Martijn Ketelaars, Tilburg University, August 30, 2024
Koen Peters, Tilburg University, June 4, 2024
Zixuan Zhang, Bayes Business School, City University of London, October 25, 2023
Michael Peeters, University of Antwerp, November 30, 2021
Nishad Matawlie, Erasmus University, December 10, 2020
Ye Li, Utrecht University, January 31, 2018
Frans de Ruijter, Tilburg University, January 19, 2018
Xingang Wen, Tilburg University, November 6, 2017
Glen Vermeulen, University of Antwerp (2017)
Nick Huberts, Tilburg University (2017, promotor)
Maria Lavrutich, Tilburg University (2016, copromotor)
Hettie Boonman, Tilburg University (2014)
Tine Compernolle, Hasselt University (2012)
Ben Vermeuelen, Eindhoven Technical University (2012)
Verena Hagspiel, Tilburg University (2011, copromotor)
Marco Della Seta, Tilburg University (2011)
Magdalena Trojanowska, University of Antwerp (2009)
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Tilburg University (2008, copromotor)
Jacco J.J. Thijssen, Tilburg University (2003)
Current courses
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External positions
Secretary (Vereniging Afgestuurde Econometristen Tilburg)
21 Sept 2018 → …
Member of board (Stichting decisioni sustentatio)
14 Jun 2013 → …
Head of Strategic Capacity Decision Quality (ASML Netherlands BV)
1 Nov 2010 → …
Keywords
- Investment Under Uncertainty
- Real Options
- Game Theory
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Double marginalization because of external financing: Capacity investment under uncertainty
Huberts, N. F. D., Wen, X., Dawid, H., Huisman, K. & Kort, P. M., May 2025, In: Management Science. 71, 5, p. 3749-3767 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Technology innovations and product rollover strategies: A real options approach
Hagspiel, V., Huisman, K. J. M., Kort, P. M., Nunes, C. & Pimentel, R., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Economics and Business. 137, 106273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Product Life Cycles and Investment: A Real Options Analysis
Balter, A., Huisman, K. & Kort, P. M., 8 Feb 2023, Tilburg: CentER, Center for Economic Research, 22 p. (CentER Discussion Paper; vol. 2023-005).Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper › Other research output
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Real Options Models without Single-Investment Threshold Behavior
Faninam, F., Huisman, K., Kort, P. M. & Vera, J. C., 30 Nov 2023, Tilburg: CentER, Center for Economic Research, 8 p. (CentER Discussion Paper; vol. 2023-029).Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper › Other research output
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Strategic investment under uncertainty in a triopoly market: Timing and capacity choice
Faninam, F., Huisman, K. J. M. & Kort, P. M., 16 Jul 2023, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 308, 2, p. 897-911 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access5 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)
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Sixth Viennese Worskshop on Optimal Control, Dynamic Games, Nonlinear Dynamics and Adaptive Systems
Huisman, K. J. M. (Speaker)
22 May 1997Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Sixth Viennese Workshop on Optimal Control, Dynamic Games, Nonlinear Dynamics and Adaptive Systems
Huisman, K. J. M. (Participant)
21 May 1997Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course etc. › Scientific
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Seminar - Competition adn Cooperation
Huisman, K. J. M. (Speaker)
29 Apr 1997Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Real options and investments under uncertainty
Hagspiel, V. (Researcher), Kort, P. (Principal Investigator) & Huisman, K. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/08 → 1/09/11
Project: Research project
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Essays on investment under uncertainty and dynamic signaling
Gryglewicz, S. (Contact), Kort, P. (Tutor) & Huisman, K. (Tutor)
1/09/05 → 1/09/08
Project: Research project
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Optimal timing of technology adoption
Huisman, K. (Researcher), Kort, P. (Principal Investigator) & Talman, A. J. J. (Tutor)
1/01/97 → 1/01/01
Project: Research project