Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to solve challenges both in the private and public sector. In industry, for example, future accountants and marketeers will share their day-to-day tasks with AI bots. In the public sector, AI could help governments to act more quickly in crisis situations or anticipate …

We examined scholarly and practitioner work to identify a definition of governance relevant to the small business enterprise. In addition, we reviewed growth articles to identify frequently used growth indicators and make inferences to governance literature. In order to ensure that these terms and variables …

Technological developments have a major impact on how we live, work and learn together. Several authors refer to a fourth revolution in which robots and other intelligent systems take over an increasing number of the current (routine) tasks carried out by humans (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014; Est et al., …

Ondanks de toenemende aandacht en de daarmee samenhangende toenemende wet- en regelgeving met betrekking tot risicomanagement kunnen er nog veel slagen worden gemaakt ter verbetering van het risicomanagement van organisaties in Nederland. Dit rapport heeft daarom tot doel om advies te geven ter verbetering …

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 …

In dit onderzoek wordt gekeken naar de positionering van een merkportfolio onder een holding. Opdrachtgever is Lansigt Accountants & Belastingsadviseurs, een full-service accountantskantoor gevestigd in Alphen aan den Rijn, Gouda en Nieuw-Vennep. In 2006 heeft het kantoor een specialisatie in non-profit …

Creative SMEs are heavily focusing on the creating process designing new products and services. Consequently, their managers tend to loose contact with crucial management issues. Especially their knowledge of the financial aspects of their business can be so limited that they fail to connect with the …

The EU and national governments rely on expert panels and opinions for their policies (EU, 2003; EU, 2006a; EU, 2006b) on SME ownership transfers. Also entrepreneurs depend on expert opinions and advice. We know from expert studies that expert judgment may lead to confusion and conflicting results. …