Our strategy is to conduct and publish internationally recognised research across a broad range of disciplines. In some areas, the Faculty had a tradition (not uncommon in the Netherlands) of focusing on Dutch publications and outlets. The business school's research institute was created in 2002 to increase academic excellence while retaining and building on our existing national and international presence. In the past few years we have substantially increased the number of publications in international refereed journals.

The business school has the following formal research programmes: