This paper develops propositions on the added value of normatively-based, employee-oriented corporate social responsibility, specifically on the issue whether an individual owner-manager can add value within a foreign subsidiary by means of normatively-based, employee-oriented CSR. We suggest that this …

Frank Jan de Graaf argues that the domination of neoclassical economic thinking in academia has contributed to the economic crisis and hindered thinking about sustainable development. Currently, ethics is re-entering the debate about how to develop prosperous open societies. A group of NGOs recently …

IT-based networking trends such as the rise of social media, crowd sourcing, open innovation, and cloud computing enable a profoundly different way of working and collaborating that challenges significantly traditional approaches of companies towards governance, i.e. the mechanisms a company employs …

De monitoringcommissie Code-Banken maakt met haar pleidooi voor meetbaarheid dezelfde fouten die de bankencrisis veroorzaakten. Ze neigt naar overwaardering van één groep belanghebbenden en toont een onjuiste verwachting van meetsystemen, terwijl sociaal-ethische vragen niet aan de orde komen. Wanneer …

Politici zijn gevangen in de mythe van de objectiviteit. Alles moet meetbaar, bewezen en doorgerekend worden. De kiezer gelooft het niet meer. Hij weet wel beter. Experts bestaan niet in de politiek. Wetenschappelijke objectiviteit bestaat niet in de politiek. Dat is ook het laatste wat kiezers van politici …

Subjects such as public finance, corporate finance, banking theory, risk management and management accounting are all largely based on the neoclassical approach. Most recent appointed professors have started their work with ideas based on a neoclassical fundament and its methodological preferences. Neoclassical …

Notitie over het zelfbeeld van hogescholen als kennisinstelling.

The network economy typically signifies a notion from the information society where new products and services are developed by collaborating individuals and/or businesses organised in virtual networks. The network economy has important characteristics in common with Northern European governance models, …