Samenvatting Goede financiering is cruciaal voor een goede economische ontwikkeling van mkb- bedrijven. Dit rapport laat op basis van negentien interviews zien hoe onafhankelijke financieel mkb-adviseurs tot hun keuzes komen. De interviews zijn afgenomen op basis van een strikt interviewprotocol. Bij …

Over the past 10 years, different types of financing have become available in the Netherlands. It is now possible to combine bank loans, crowdfunding loans and risk capital. Moreover, fintech applications lower the threshold for applications and reduce response times from weeks to just days or even hours. …

The role and ethics of professionals in business and economics have been questioned, especially after the financial crisis of 2008. Some suggest a reorientation using concepts such as craftsmanship. In this article, I will explore professional practices within the context of behavioural theory and business …

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of the Dutch cooperative Rabobank to understand how the structure of an organisation determines how individual employees validate norms within that organisation. Design/methodology/approach: Data over an approximately 10-year period starting …

De rol van advies in mkb-financiering is cruciaal, omdat twee van de drie ondernemers gebruik maakt van extern financieel advies (Van der Veen, Van Teeffelen, Ibrahimovic en Lentz, 2015). Hoe goed zijn adviseurs op de hoogte van nieuwe financieringsvormen en het combineren daarvan? Vier typen financieel …

The research explored how a Dutch energy cluster embedded within a larger context of European and global developments reflected complex dynamics due to changes in its context. The case study explored Energy Valley of the Netherlands, a peripheral region that meets the challenge of energy transition, …

This paper addresses new funding issues faced by SMEs. Over a period of nine months, the authors conducted a preliminary study into the problems surrounding stacked funding faced by SMEs and their financial advisers. The study includes a short literature review, the outcomes of three round table discussions …

Comparing the performance of mutual and commercial insurance companies in the Netherlands between 2008 and 2012, this paper gives insight into the relationship between performance and corporate governance. We specifically focused on ownership in relationship with diversification and scale within the …