
INNOVATION
Stimulating creative thought among your employees will reap rewards in the form of innovation and profit.

COPYCATS
Can social policy be informed by the human tendency towards copycat behavior?
Can social policy be informed by the human tendency towards copycat behavior?

CONFLICT ZONES
Are companies willing to make investments in regions of conflict?
Are companies willing to make investments in regions of conflict?

PHD
The cover of a recruitment brochure for overseas students into the PHD stream at Erasmus University.

THE ECONOMY
Economists have a limited amount of effective tools at their disposal.

THE GREAT ESCAPE
Why do CEO’s of failing companies receive such generous bonus packages when bailing out?
BACKBONE is published each year by the Erasmus University Rotterdam. It features work by their graduating economic Phd students and associated professors.