Strategisch management focust zich expliciet op het strategisch ondernemerschap in het MKB in vergelijking met het groot bedrijf. Hiervoor zijn buitenlandse wetenschappelijke modellen vertaald naar de Nederlandse situatie.

Ruim vijftig jaar geleden ging de mens naar de maan. Deze ongekende gebeurtenis was veel meer dan een wetenschappelijke topprestatie van de ruimtevaart; zonder nieuwe vormen van samenwerking tussen de publieke en de private sector was het niet gelukt.

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Long-term Finance and Capital Markets - Exercises and cases.Exercises and cases to the book Long-term Finance and Capital Markets (isbn 9789059014237).

Al sinds Adam Smith luidt een van de basisregels van de economie dat vrije markten ons als door een onzichtbare hand voorzien van materieel welzijn. In De economie van list en bedrog plaatsen Nobelprijswinnaars George Akerlof en Robert Shiller bij dit idee een paar fundamentele vraagtekens. Zolang er winst kan worden gemaakt, spelen bedrijven via manipulatie en misleiding systematisch in op de psychologische zwakheden en onwetendheid van ons als consument. De vrije markt is niet inherent goed...

Reflecting the most update-to-date coverage of institutional changes within the European Monetary Union, the fourteenth edition of De Grauwe's established textbook continues to encourage students to think critically about the sustainability of the Eurozone. The author uses an authoritative, concise and exciting approach to analyse theories and policies relating to monetary union, allowing students to develop a balanced understanding of different arguments andperspectives. Part One examines th...

We are at the beginning of the sustainability era. The biggest challenge of our generation is to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. For this we must be willing to understand and change the root causes that create these challenges in the first place.

The system itself needs to change. But how to do that?This ground-breaking book Changing the Game reveals the missing insights and strategies to actually achieve system change. The authors Lucas Simons and André Nijhof bring decades of re...

Talent management is a central element of managerial discourse and organisational practice. This short-form book provides a succinct overview on the state of research on talent management. The authors set out the key themes, arguments, trends and future research trajectories of talent management, highlighting major works in the field.

As a research topic with a fragmented body of knowledge, pluralistic perspectives are summarised, while workforce differentiation emerges as a central element. ...

This textbook provides an introduction to energy analysis for those students who want to specialise in this challenging field. In comparison to other textbooks, this book provides a balanced treatment of complete energy systems, covering the demand side, the supply side, and the energy markets that connect these. The emphasis is very much on presenting a range of tools and methodologies that will help students find their way in analysing real world problems in energy systems.

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This book will change the way you think about problems. It focuses on creating solutions to all sorts of complex problems by taking a practical, problem-solving approach. It discusses not only what needs to be done, but it also provides guidance and examples of how to do it.

The book applies systems thinking to systems engineering and introduces several innovative concepts such as direct and indirect stakeholders and the Nine-System Model, which provides the context for the activities perform...

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