This paper presents four research projects on organizational innovation in the Netherlands. These projects are still in a design and theoretical investigation stage, but the authors find it useful to share their findings and insights with the research community in order to inspire them with their ideas …

In this paper I’ll discuss the first outcomes of an explorative research concerning the consultancy projects of a consultancy-based learning programme (Minor Consultancy 2006 - 2007, half-year bachelor programme University of Applied Sciences, Hogeschool Utrecht, The Netherlands). In order to improve …

Often, simplified cultural explanations of a nation‟s economy are common sense and taken for granted. Amidst the debate about the propensity of European countries to compete with other prosperous knowledge economies, some consultants in The Netherlands postulate that the Dutch will never be able to match …

Tijdens mijn werkzaamheden kwam ik een aantal opmerkelijke ontwikkelingen en situaties tegen. Dit was ook voor mij een reden om deze scriptie te schrijven. Ik liep tegen zaken aan die in mijn ogen de ambitieuze plannen van Continuon in de weg stonden. Het leek me daarom interessant om van binnenuit …

This relationship between external knowledge providers, e.g. consultants and academic institutions, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a difficult one. SME entrepreneurs think external advice is expensive, not required and/or not useful. In this paper these arguments are explored against the …

Hoofdstuk 1 van de handleiding voor consultants die Integrale schoolontwikkeling willen opstarten