Following the footsteps of the United States, the United Kingdom and many European countries, the Netherlands government is implementing Public Finance Constructions (PFC) as a means of financing and realizing public infrastructures. Being preceded by the Ministry of Traffic, Public Works and Water Management, …

Managing the channel network brings challenges each distributing manufacturer will have to face business life. As the ultimate goal of both manufacturer and intermediaries is to maximize their profitability in the market, it takes mutual understanding and serious devotion, close teamwork and effective …

Fifty years after its launch, the European Union still has not succeeded in attracting the appropriate level of interest and the full support of EU citizens. Informing citizens about the European Union is a task of the government and the media, so that people gain knowledge and form an opinion about …

This contribution discusses an empirical investigation into the management control system (MCS) of the Defense Telematics Organization (DTO), by means of a model originating from the profit sector (Van der Meer-Kooistra and Vosselman, 2000). The model describes how contractual relations can be brought …

By means of the economic analysis of strategic behavior it is attempted to elucidate the decision making on peace support operations of the armed forces. The analysis reveals that the choice between peace keeping based on the supposed agreement of the parties involved in the conflict - and peace enforcing …

The Internet and computers increasingly determine our daily lives. This goes for almost everyone in the Netherlands. Still, it is mostly teenagers who are well informed on how to use all the possibilities of new technologies. They are building a digital world of their own that parents usually know very …