Dear Reader, Welcome to Sustainable EU Economy. This book is more than a textbook—it is an invitation to explore how the European Union shapes business, society, and sustainability in today’s interconnected world. My hope is that it will inspire you to think critically, engage actively, and see how Europe’s …

Een transparant jaarverslag draagt bij aan het succes van de organisatie, maar de vraag rijst of het middel nog probaat is. Wie leest nog een jaarverslag, buiten ondergetekende en de juryleden van de Sijthoffprijs en de Kristalprijs?

Purpose – Information verification is an important factor in commercial valuation practice.Valuers use their professional autonomy to decide on the level of verification required, thereby creating an opportunity for client-related judgement bias in valuation. The purpose of this paper is to assess the …

Soft controls, in combinatie met hard controls, leiden tot een gewenste organisatiecultuur en voorkomen ongewenst gedrag. Maar hoe doet u dat: sturen op soft controls?

Is IFRS verenigbaar met de principes en de regels van islamic finance? Wat zouden CFO’s moeten weten van islamic finance? Khalid El Jerari en Mohamed El Mahyaoui studeerden met honours af op dit onderwerp. Zij geven alle antwoorden.

Blended learning is not a flash in the pan, it’s here to stay. At The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) the implementation of blended learning is not yet in an adult stage, but in a newly introduced educational framework (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, 2017) blended learning plays …

Risk appetite is de tegenpool van uw doelen. Het geeft aan hoe ver u wilt gaan om doelen te bereiken. En het maakt duidelijk wat de ultieme kostprijs van het nemen van risico volgens uw organisatie mag zijn.

This study explores how non-executive directors are challenged by management while they seek to improve the effectiveness of supervisory boards in the Netherlands. A combination of semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire among non-executive directors indicates that supervisory board members mainly …

Triggered by highly publicised corporate scandals, changing societal expectations and the collapse of financial markets, the roles of boards of directors have changed significantly in safeguarding the interest of shareholders and other stakeholders. Yet, relatively little is known about contemporary …

As the government states that current students have a loan aversion, more students in my opinion seem to make more use of the loan services of the Informatie Beheer Groep (IBG). That was my starting point before I began this thesis. My point of view concerning student loans was that students do loan …