Concrete tools for improving staff satisfaction
| Date: | 16 May 2019 |
Leaders select copies of themselves. Will the ‘old boys’ networks give in to the ‘new girls’?
| Date: | 08 May 2019 |
| Author: | Janka Stoker and Floor Rink |
The percentage of women in senior management positions is still rather low. In the Netherlands, a target of securing 30 percent of women in leading positions was legally set down on 1 January 2013 with the Management and Supervision Act (Wet Bestuur en...
Econ 050: Why do some countries grow wealthy while others do not?
| Date: | 07 May 2019 |
What do the modern day Ivory Coast and the 19th century Netherlands have in common? According to research from the Groningen Growth and Development Centre, the size of their economies is virtually identical.
Fighting to keep companies accountable
| Date: | 30 April 2019 |
Since earlier this year, Nancy Kamp-Roelands is, by special appointment, Professor of Non-Financial Information, Integrated Reporting & Assurance. She sees this appointment as a bold, well-timed step on the part of FEB. “Although integrated reporting and...
Econ 050: The slippery slope of corporate misconduct
| Date: | 18 April 2019 |
Imagine you’re on the banks of a river, watching the white water rapids rage past you. You’re surrounded by a group of your closest friends who booked a rafting trip, but you’re scared. You are deathly afraid that the raft will tip over, and you’ve heard...
When being green is socially awkward
| Date: | 15 April 2019 |
Climate change, one of the grand issues facing society today, is at its root a behavioural problem. We know what to do (e.g., drastically reduce carbon emissions) and have the tools to accomplish it (e.g., energy-neutral technologies, radical consumer...
Political access boosts company performance
| Date: | 02 April 2019 |
| Author: | Swarnodeep Homroy |
Political connections offer significant benefits to companies in the United Kingdom, new research shows, illustrating how even in otherwise low-corruption countries having a politician on the board can pay off.
Econ 050: How to avoid climate catastrophe
| Date: | 25 March 2019 |
If climate change is global, why do so many countries, even those at direct risk of its consequences like the low-lying Netherlands, still seem to see it as a zero sum game? How can politicians, including those in the far right Forum for Democracy who won...
Older Europeans with diabetes and fear of work
| Date: | 20 March 2019 |
| Author: | Viola Angelini |
Among people aged between 50 and 65, diabetes significantly impacts perception about their ability to work. Research indicates the condition increased fear that health limits their ability to work, especially during the financial crisis.
Econ 050: What are the water boards?
| Date: | 20 March 2019 |
Water management may not seem like an especially sexy topic, but in a country where about one-third of the ground is below sea level, it can be a matter of life or death. Water management has been a part of Dutch history since long before the Netherlands...