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• Strategic Talent Management at Nyenrode: we Practice what we Teach

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 4/18/2023

  The vision on talent is changing. Nyenrode Business Universiteit has been researching talent management for years. Not only does this change education, but it also changes its policy. Now all employees are given the opportunity to develop their talents, instead of only the best ones.

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• How to start embedding human rights in your business

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/18/2023

  There is an urgency to incorporate human rights policy into your business operations, as stated by Yulia Levashova, Assistant professor at Nyenrode Business Universiteit. Besides a moral duty to take good care of your employees and ensure that your company respect human rights, it also makes a ‘good business sense.’

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• Transition to sustainability requires an innovative mindset

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/13/2023

  To support organizations in the transition to sustainability, Nyenrode Business Universiteit and KPMG jointly founded the ESG Innovation Institute. Dr. Jeroen van der Velden and Prof. Jeff Gaspersz are both connected to this institute and explain how innovation contributes to business transformation.

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• Nyenrode Business University strengthens partnership with Microsoft

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 3/28/2023

  Nyenrode Business Universiteit announces a more intensive collaboration with Microsoft aimed at improving data-driven decision-making and further personalizing and optimizing the student experience.

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• Performing more transparent and efficient audits using Bayesian statistics

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 3/17/2023

  Auditors are able to work more transparently and efficiently by using Bayesian statistics. That is the main conclusion of Koen Derks’ research, who obtains his doctorate from Nyenrode Business University today. Techniques to apply Bayesian statistics in the audit have been made freely accessible by Derks, through the open-source program JASP. “Auditors should be bold enough to deviate from ways already paved more often.”

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• Nyenrode Masters characterized by strong practical orientation and connection with the corporate world

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 3/9/2023

  This year, once again, the master’s degree programs of Nyenrode Business University receive high ratings for practical orientation and the connection with the corporate world and the government. This is evident from the Keuzegids Masters 2023 (Resource Guide Masters 2023) that was published last week. The students are in particular above average satisfied with the master’s degree programs Controlling, Executive Master of Finance & Control and Management.

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• Publication new book

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 3/9/2023

  We are proud to present the new book ’Virtual Management and the New Normal: New Perspectives on HRM and Leadership since the COVID-19 Pandemic.’

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• Sustainability reporting: from exceptional to mainstream

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 3/8/2023

  Until a few years ago, corporate transparency about their activities and their impact on society and the environment was still exceptional and non-committal. However, sustainability reporting is now for many companies a mandatory part of accounting for what they do, and has become common good. René Orij, who recently was appointed as full professor at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, has conducted important research in this area.

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• The first edition of TEDxNyenrodeUniversity

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 3/8/2023

  On February 2, the first edition of TEDxNyenrodeUniversity took place, with the theme Think Upside Down. During the event, organized by Stay Future Proof and Nyenrode Business Universiteit, it became crystal clear: those who make it are those who look at the world differently. TEDxNyenrodeUniversity inspired us to change our perspective, to discover opportunities where others see threats.

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• René Orij appointed Professor of Corporate Sustainability Reporting

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 3/1/2023

  Today, René Orij was appointed as Professor of Corporate Sustainability Reporting at Nyenrode Business University. "With my future research, I want to hold up a mirror to companies and accountants: think about the importance of transparency about sustainability."

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• Five issues for ESG

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 2/17/2023

  ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) dominates discussions in the boardroom. The reason for the growing importance attached to ESG is that it will significantly affect the landscape in which companies and boards operate.

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• Jeroen Veldman appointed as Professor of Corporate Governance

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 2/14/2023

  As of January 1, 2023, Jeroen Veldman has been appointed as Professor of Corporate Governance at Nyenrode Business University. As Professor, Veldman will conduct research into the institutional embedding of Corporate Governance. His main focus will be on the question of how laws and regulations, codes and behavior change in the context of transitions.

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• The shoulders of Kalun Tse

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 2/13/2023

  Prof. dr. Kalun Tse, professor of Finance at Nyenrode Business University, will retire this year. To this day he is much loved and an inspiration to colleagues and students. Read more about it in this wonderful column by Prof. dr. Désirée van Gorp.

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• The corporate governance code: Never complain, always apply and explain

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 2/9/2023

  Is the recently updated corporate governance code still relevant and future-proof? According to Jeroen Veldman, Professor of Corporate Governance at Nyenrode Business University, this discussion calls for a strong plea: let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Read the full essay in Management Scope (in Dutch).

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• Get ready for the next wave of ESG reporting

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 2/6/2023

  The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is transforming ESG reporting. Starting from 2024, almost 50,000 companies are subject to mandatory sustainability reporting, including non-EU companies which have subsidiaries operating within the EU or are listed on EU regulated markets.

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• Take more responsibility in making global value chains sustainable

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 1/25/2023

  Not just companies, but governments and citizens too have a responsibility in making global value chains more sustainable. That is what Désirée van Gorp, professor of International Business at Nyenrode Business University, firmly believes. Global value chains represent processes in which goods and services are produced, processed, and delivered in different countries. Van Gorp: “Making these chains sustainable means, above all, taking solidarity as a starting point. What is good for us must also be good for people in the countries where we move our activities to, such as production processes.”

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• TEDxNyenrodeUniversity – Get your ticket now!

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 1/12/2023

  Still a few weeks to go and then TEDxNyenrodeUniversity will take place. During this event, with the theme Think Upside Down, various speakers from different backgrounds will inspire us to Think Upside Down.

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• Can the Wadden Sea be granted legal personality in order to include its voice in public decision-making?

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/22/2022

  For the Wadden Sea, could a Rights of Nature approach be promising for strengthening the protection of natural values in this area? Prof. Dr. Tineke Lambooy LL.M. (Professor of Business Law at Nyenrode Business University) explored this issue together with fellow researchers Tessa van Soest and Ignace Breemer.

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