The Power of the Family Business
- Wednesday, November 19, 2008
On October 31, the 13th National Day of the Family Business was held at Nyenrode. ABN AMRO and Berk Accountants and Tax Consultants, the sponsors of the Family Businesses and Company Transfer chair held by Prof. Dr. Roberto Flören, organized the event. This year, the event’s theme was ‘The power of the family business’.
"Family businesses will keep the Dutch economy afloat during the financial and economical crisis"
Prof. Dr. Roberto H. Flören
Center for Entrepreneurship
Lehman Brothers: Poor performance three years in a row
- Monday, November 10, 2008
On October 3 2008, Dr. Eric Melse, assistant professor of Business Intelligence at Nyenrode, obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Maastricht with a dissertation entitled: ‘Accounting for Trends. Relevance, explanatory and predictive power of the framework of triple-entry bookkeeping and momentum accounting of Yuji Ijiri’. In his dissertation, Melse demonstrates that the framework of momentum accounting as developed by the Japanese-American scientist, Yuji Ijiri, is highly useful in practice.
"Using my information, an analyst could have seen a reversal at Lehman, even one year before the credit crunch became a reality.”
Inaugural Lecture Lidewey van der Sluis
- Wednesday, November 19, 2008
On 27 October 2008 Prof. dr. Lidewey van der Sluis held her inaugural lecture titled ‘Talent Management in strategisch perspectief’ (Talent Management in strategic perspective’).
‘The attention in the labor market has shifted towards the core of the individual.'
Prof. Dr. Lidewey E.C. van der Sluis