There is mounting evidence that efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of human activity on climate and biodiversity have so far been unsuccessful. Explanations for this failure point to a number of factors discussed in this article. While acknowledging cognitive dissonance as a significant contributing …

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. …

In our current and turbulent times, it is clear that some sort of organisational agility, in which-ever way achieved, is necessary to survive and thrive as an organisation. The question is how to achieve such manoeuvrability. We propose the use of design (thinking), with a focus on prototyping to iteratively …

Increasingly, entrepreneurial growth is discussed in relation to business sustainability and the wider questions of ‘growth’ – economic, green, or sustainable. This chapter will discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching circular economy and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of sustainable production. …

Het waarborgen van de beroepsbekwaamheid van toekomstig gediplomeerden is voor opleidingen met een beroepsoriëntatie in hoger onderwijs een actueel en weerbarstig vraagstuk. Wereldwijde trends, ontwikkelingen en (innovaties) beïnvloeden de beroepshandelingen sneller dan ooit. Dit artikel biedt een praktische …

The SCF Barometer is a joint initiative of the Supply Chain Finance Community and PwC. It is a survey aimed at mid to large corporate that investigate the current position and awareness of SCF, implementation drivers and critical factors. The 2017 and second edition reinforces our perception of growth …

In the modern Supply Chain Finance landscape, Reverse Factoring is one of the most consolidated business model for working capital financing. However, accounting treatment of Reverse Factoring might affect the balance sheet of large corporate, with disruptive consequences for the programme as a whole. From …

What is a pop-up store and how can it be used for organisational counterspacing? The pop-up can be interpreted as a fashionable and hypermodern platform focusing on the needs of a younger generation of consumers that searches for new experiences and is prone to ad hoc decision-making. From this perspective, …

Most Corporate Finance textbooks are 1,000 pages in length or more. And indeed, it is a multifaceted discipline that requires detailed coverage of many ideas and principles. However, the basics can be outlined in a much more condensed manner and there aren’t many books out there that cater to the needs …

In order to face the increasing concern about environmental issues by consumers and market requests, the environmental management system (EMS) has been adopted by numerous companies all over the world. With the rapid development of economy, China also faces the serious environmental issues. According …