Letting go of the firm or “my baby” as some entrepreneurs describe their creation, leads to a certain amount of stress (Rahim 1996, Kets de Vries 1999). Dealing with stress in singular events as the transfer of a business, is hardly been subject of research (Uy et al. 2012). Improving coping strategies …

The objective of this study is to shed light on the added value of the services of five disciplines in M&A advisory in the SME domain: accountants, bankers, business brokers, fiscalists and lawyers. Theory is inconclusive in the added value of advisory services and research on the subject is hardly …

This thesis explores the teachings and practices of miracles according to the leadership of two Dutch Classical Pentecostal churches and two African Initiated Pentecostal churches in Amsterdam South-East. Dutch Classical Pentecostals lay emphasis on direct personal experience of God through the baptism …

Since 1995, the CINOP International Agency has been responsible for distributing and managing the European subsidies on behalf of the European Commission, with great success. In the past 15 years, more than 40,000 Dutch participants have had learning experiences in different European countries and over …

In deze lectorale rede beargumenteert Patrick Sins dat inzicht in de relatie tussen tijd en leren noodzakelijk is om het leren van leerlingen te begrijpen en te beïnvloeden. Zo stelt hij dat effectief onderwijs direct afhankelijk is van de tijd die wordt besteed aan doelgericht leren en de tijd die nodig …

“Ik heb een goed artikel gelezen over cultuur, maar eigenlijk komt het erop neer dat culturen niet zijn te veranderen. Wil jij het ook eens lezen?” Er is een lichte verwildering te bespeuren achter de ogenschijnlijke rust waarmee deze woorden worden uitgesproken. De manager die dit zegt, is de trekker …

Every year I talk to many entrepreneurs about business transfers and acquisitions. Only rarely do they tell me that it was a cinch. Buying or selling a business is complex. For a start, a business should be shipshape from an organizational and administrative perspective, while several legal and fiscal …

Chapter 2 in Impacts of Emerging Economies and Firms on International Business. One of the most remarkable phenomena of recent times is that a large number of firms from emerging economies have come to define and dominate new markets and enter the class of global innovation leaders. Firms that once specialized …