DZ Bank faces some significant challenges for the near future. One of them is the way payments are being made. This case is about Stefan, the Strategic Management Consultant of DZ Bank. He struggles with innovations and new technologies, such as Bitcoins. What does this mean for the future of the bank …

Tabitha likes her work at Clean Tech Delta, but need some help to figure out what is needed to involve the new generation with young ambition professionals. A disruptive or groundbreaking idea, that incorporates all practical factors like organization, finance, stakeholders, etcetera. This could be the …

Case about Henk, sector manager Cleantech at Rotterdam Partners. His responsibility is to stimulate the Circular Economy of Rotterdam, this in cooperation with the “government” of Rotterdam. Of course he knows a lot about what a Circular Economy theoretically is and should be, but to put in the day to …

For the Port of Rotterdam, an efficient logistic process is of utmost importance in terms of money, time and competitive position. Michiel is working for the Port of Rotterdam and struggles with logistic issues. The director of one of the container terminals has complained. How can Michiel solve this …

Het thesisproject is geschreven voor NLroute. NLroute brengt een zevental routes door het Nederlandse landschap en neemt de bezoeker mee naar het onbekende. De routes maken de variatie en relatie tussen landschap en de Nederlandse identiteit zichtbaar. NLroute wil hiermee de recreatie buiten de stedelijke …

Panasonic’s nearly one hunderd-year history can be divided into several phases. The constant factor in Panasonic’s history was—and is—change. And this may also contain the simple answer to the question about Panasonic’s secret of success: the ability to transform as required by an ever-changing environment, …

Road and City Mobility (RCM) is a business unit of Siemens Netherlands. RCM’s core business is to provide infrastructure solutions for its customers. Generally, 80% of RCM’s revenue is generated by projects; the other 20% of the overall revenue is generated by the sales of products (e.g. electronic variable …

This paper is written with an aim of decreasing the constantly growing gap between the richest football clubs and the rest. During the past few years, this growing gap has been an ongoing process in the major European football leagues. This has also been the case in the Netherlands, where the clubs Ajax …

Why is it that we know and still act as if we do not know? SMEs are considered engines of job creation and therefore growth and generation of income but is it really true that the solo self-employed and micro entrepreneurs will become small or medium entrepreneurs, e.g. graduate? We knew in the 80’s …

In this paper we discuss what suppliers can do to get insight into the effects of Reverse Factoring (RF), currently the most used form of Supply Chain Finance (SCF). Even though the usage of RF is increasing, empirical evidence is scarce, especially from the point of view of suppliers. Among …