On Friday September 18, 2026, Simone Balvers (Tilburg University) will defend her PhD thesis Managing the Retail Supply Chain across Geographies – Insights from Nanostore and Modern Retailing.

This thesis has been supervised by prof.dr.ir. Jan Fransoo (TiU) and dr. Eirini Spiliotopoulou (TiU).

The ceremony will take place at Tilburg University, Cobbenhage Building, Aula, at 13:30-15.00. A live stream will be available: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/events/phd-defense-simone-balvers.