Full text via link One of the most important drivers of change in the health care sector is the desire of elderly people to age in place. The growing use of internet applications and communication technology together with innovations in buildings have created new commercial opportunities to cater the …

Every year I talk to many entrepreneurs about business transfers and acquisitions. Only rarely do they tell me that it was a cinch. Buying or selling a business is complex. For a start, a business should be shipshape from an organizational and administrative perspective, while several legal and fiscal …

Financial constraints and risk taking are two well-established determinants of firm performance, however, no research analyzes how these variables are connected in the context of a high risk environment. Using data from microfinance clients in Tanzania, we derive a novel financial constraints measure …

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This paper explores the integration of indicators that reflect the concepts of sustainability into business cases and business case evaluation methods. It is based on the observations that sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time and that sustainable development requires change …

Full text via link. This research project investigates the connection between internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and innovation in de context of the Utrecht region in the Netherlands. The study makes use of unique data accomplished of with the help of Syntens, the regional …

Full text via link. The goal of this study is to examine the impact of Self-leadership styles on the dimensions of Entrepreneurial Orientations in organisations in Dubai and the Netherlands: Innovativeness, Risk Taking and Proactiveness. The study also distinguishes the impact of Self-leadership styles …

Duurzaam ondernemen of leven kan op eindeloos veel manieren. Dat is ‘slechts’ een kwestie van nadenken, organiseren en bewerkstelligen. Je kunt het natuurlijk ook gewoon afkijken van iemand anders of aan een expert overlaten. Je kunt zelfs doen alsof, mocht je dat willen. Maar mocht je er net iets langer …

Ever since the introduction of an ‘IT productivity paradox’ by Robert Solow, the business value of information technology (IT) has been the topic of many debates by practitioners as well as by academics. In these discussions a distinction can be made between the variance approach, investigating what …

Op welke wijze kan het lectoraat FAI zijn onderzoeksterrein positioneren in genoemd referentiekader en bijdragen aan het versterken van het businessmodeldenken? Om dit te schetsen wordt in het volgende hoofdstuk verder ingezoomd op de relatie tussen businessinnovatie en het belang van onderzoek aan de hand …