An increasing number of family firms chooses to select a nonfamily CEO for the highest executive office. However, appointing a nonfamily CEO in a family firm tends to give rise to tensions that need to be managed for effective work relationships between the nonfamily CEO and the family owners. We draw …

Cooperatives are special because the members not only own the cooperative, but also patronize it. CEO’s decision has an impact on the overall members’ interests. Understanding how CEOs differ from members regarding their evaluations on cooperative performance and what causes the differences, is valuable …

In March of 2020, the CEO and founder of travel operator City Wonders, Simone Gozzi, stated that his company can no longer operate in its current form. With the impact of the coronavirus pandemic simply being too immense, the company was, in his own words, forced to hibernate. Within the span of a week, …

Voor goede en effectieve hulp zijn de ervaringen van ouders en jongeren van groot belang. De Jeugdwet verplicht gemeenten daarom om jaarlijks een clientervaringsonderzoek (CEO) uit te voeren. In de jeugdhulpregio Haaglanden hebben gemeenten en zorgaanbieders besloten dit gezamenlijk aan te pakken, vanuit …

Closer Look: Poster exhibition on climate adaptation studies1. Institutional design for the transition to flood resilience in developing countries, Naim Laeni, Doctoral student, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen2. Living with floods: The rise of civil society in local flood resilience …

ALTEN is een technisch consultancy- en engineeringsbureau dat gevestigd is in 25 landen. Het bedrijf is in Frankrijk in 1988 opgericht door de CEO Simen Azoulay. Huidig heeft ALTEN wereldwijd 30.000 werknemers in dienst en heeft een jaarlijkse omzet van 1,975 miljard euro. Binnen ALTEN Technology …

The two-year education programme HiPerGreen initiated by Inholland University of Applied Sciences came to a closure on Friday 27th September 2019 at the World Horti Center in Naaldwijk. The Final symposium gave consortium partners and other guests the opportunity to learn about the HiPerGreen’s team …

In opdracht van The Mobile Company een onderzoeks- en adviestraject opgesteld en uitgevoerd met als doel de bevlogenheid bij de organisatie te vergroten. De aanleiding van dit project is dat The Mobile Company voor het eerst sinds de invoer van holacracy (zelfsturing) meer productiviteit en blijheid …

In May 2018 a delegation of academic researchers, University CEO's and VP's visited Entrance and Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Entrance was happy to host these technical academics and presented Entrance as a innovative tool in energy transition.

Meerlanden collects and recycles waste in order to create resources for new products. In addition, Meerlanden maintains the public area in a sustainable way. The communication team wonders whether the citizens (customers) and the employees view Meerlanden in terms of the desired corporate identity. The …