Specifieke human capital-factoren, zoals de ervaring met ondernemerschap, hebben een positieve invloed op het gebruik van bancaire en alternatieve financieringsvormen, blijkt uit onderzoek van de Hogeschool Utrecht. Opleiding en advies helpen ook. Het onderzoek leverde een aantal opvallende verbanden …

Conversations about projects and project management are changing. Project Management researchers and practitioners are no longer only focused on the processes and practices, but increasingly looking for ‘some truths’ of project management (Morris, 2016) – truth that can be as likely found when considering …

De ouderenzorg in Nederland maakt al enkele jaren een ingrijpende transitie door als gevolg van de vergrijzing en de financiële crisis (SER, 2008; Helderman e.a. 2013; Van Dalen e.a. 2010; Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau, 2013). Er is door zorgorganisaties hard gewerkt aan vernieuwing en verande¬ring. De …

This paper presents a study of the relationship between business process management maturity and innovation in organizations. Data was collected with a questionnaire that was based on three theoretical models namely a BPM maturity model, and adoption of innovations model and the innovation values chain. …

Miller, Le Breton-Miller and Scholnick (2008) summarize and discuss two major perspectives constructed from the literature on family owned businesses (FOBs): stewardship and stagnation theory. In this paper the stagnation theory is being put to the test on Dutch small/medium enterprises (SMEs). According …

The complexity of Information Technology (IT) is increasing; so are customer expectations. Consequently it is not easy for especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to keep track of all IT-developments, let alone leverage them in business operations with the aim to satisfy increasingly demanding …

Welke krachten maken dat professionals goed werken? Margreeth Kloppenburg over beroepstrots en beroepseer

This study investigated the influence of personality traits and the differential effect of product categories on brand love. Carroll and Ahuvia (2006) claim that it is relatively easier for hedonic and self-enhancing products to obtain brand love. Nevertheless, in relation to the field of consumer-brand …