Fear of war and preference for sons
Date: | 03 March 2022 |
With the Russian invasion into the Ukraine, Anna Minasyan’s forthcoming publication gives insight into parents' preference of having sons rather than daughters when facing a (possible) war. This preference is usually realized either through sex-selective...
Towards effective support for small businesses in developing countries
Date: | 27 January 2022 |
Small-scale entrepreneurship in developing countries is viewed as one of the most prominent solutions to alleviate poverty and reduce unemployment among young people and women. To promote small-scale entrepreneurship, governments, microfinance...
How do founders’ personal backgrounds affect their firms’ likelihood to engage in R&D cooperation? Evidence from individuals’ exposure to authoritarian regimes.
Date: | 25 January 2022 |
How does the experience of living in an authoritarian regime affect the decision-making of an individual in their later life as a founder and leader of a firm in the context of a liberal market economy? Researchers from the Department of Innovation...
Multiple teams, multiple roles? Why it is best to wear the same hat in each team.
Date: | 18 January 2022 |
It is more and more common for employees to be a member of multiple teams at the same time. In multiple projects, committees, or medical teams, for instance. Multiple team membership (MTM) is often unavoidable, but also has considerable disadvantages....
Energy transition: organizational knowledge for effective multi-stakeholder collaboration can be a key ingredient
Date: | 09 December 2021 |
At the end of last year, dr Björn Mitzinneck, dr Tom Boot and dr Christiaan van der Kwaak received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council ( NWO ) worth up to €250,000. The grants provide the laureates with the opportunity to further develop their own...
How unconventional monetary policies affect financial stability
Date: | 30 November 2021 |
At the end of last year, dr Christiaan van der Kwaak, dr Tom Boot and dr Björn Mitzinneck received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council ( NWO ) worth up to €250,000. The grants provide the laureates with the opportunity to further develop their own...
Which economic forecasts do we trust?
Date: | 26 November 2021 |
At the end of last year, dr Tom Boot, dr Christiaan van der Kwaak and dr Björn Mitzinneck received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council ( NWO ) worth up to €250,000. The grants provide the laureates with the opportunity to further develop their own...
Professor Nancy Kamp-Roelands speaks at the 38th session of UNCTAD-ISAR
Date: | 25 November 2021 |
As a professor in non-financial information, integrated reporting and assurance, Nancy Kamp-Roelands presented during the 38th annual meeting some key findings from the agenda paper. She assisted the UNCTAD secretariat in writing the paper. It is based on...
How a commited minority can change society
Date: | 07 October 2021 |
Over the last year, handshakes have been replaced by fist or elbow bumps as a greeting. It shows that age-old social conventions can not only change, but do so suddenly. But how does this happen? Robotic engineers and marketing scientists from the...
Diversity in the boardroom: Only attention to respresentation and woman's quota is not enough
Date: | 30 September 2021 |
Each fall, the Female Board Index is published containing the most recent percentage of female top executives and supervisory directors in the Netherlands. This index enjoys much media attention because the growth of the number of women at the top is still...