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  • “When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag”

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 11/29/2022

    After a year of festivities, Nyenrode Business University officially concluded its lustrum year, during its 76th anniversary. Prof. Désirée van Gorp presented an honorary doctorate to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General World Trade Organization (WTO).

  • Circular beanies: closing the circle at Nyenrode

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 11/21/2022

    Anyone who thought that Nyenrode Business University focuses purely on education and research is wrong; in fact, the university also sells circular beanies made of recycled cotton from worn clothing. By investing in a student idea, the university is doing its part to make the textile industry more sustainable.

  • Sustainability policy must move from intention to action

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 11/9/2022

    Sustainable transformation of organisations first of all requires transformation of leaders themselves, as emerged during the first meeting of the recently established ESG Innovation Institute, a joint initiative of Nyenrode Business University and KPMG to assist directors, supervisory directors and professionals in the field of sustainability.

  • Jaap Schaveling, 25 years of cooperation

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 10/27/2022

    "The reason to apply for a position at Nyenrode 25 years ago? The combination of teaching executives and the uniquely beautiful estate!" Speaking is Jaap Schaveling, Professor of Cooperation and Leadership at Nyenrode Business University.

  • Diversity brings prosperity to all

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 10/24/2022

    “More than a quarter of all employees across the Netherlands experience discrimination. Consequently, neither employees nor organisations flourish. You miss out on significant opportunities, and lose out socially and financially. Diversity brings prosperity to all.” This argument was presented by Ruben Brave, keynote speaker and serial tech entrepreneur on 4 October 2022 during the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion seminar at Nyenrode Business University.

  • How to become truly relevant to your customer - 'The Customer Leader' offers tools

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 10/11/2022

    It all starts with the customer. If we want to be successful business leaders, we need for customers to follow us. But true leaders also follow their customers, because with them it is possible to build a great organization. Prof. Henry Robben and co-author Prof. Rudy Moenaert wrote the book The Customer Leader. “A no-nonsense book full of initiatives," according to Robben and Moenaert.

  • The changing definition of business success requires new leadership

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 10/11/2022

    While in the last decades an organization’s success was measured mainly in terms of turnover, profitability, market share and customer satisfaction, now and in the future they will also be held accountable for the impact they make on people, the environment and society. ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) is now central to the balanced scorecard.

    Kasteel

  • Leadership changes, once non-financial performance starts to count

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 10/10/2022

    Leadership changes when executives are held accountable for their contribution to people, the environment, and society. So say more than three-quarters of policymakers in a recent survey by KPMG and Nyenrode Business University.

  • Sharda Nandram, 25 years of pioneering

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 9/12/2022

    The Hindustani-Surinamese Sharda Nandram set foot on Nyenrode's soil 25 years ago.

  • “First fall in love with the problem, then marry the solution”

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 9/8/2022

    Together with Andreea Bulisache, and Virág Varga, Désirée van Gorp left for the island of Samos to deliver a design thinking workshop to the residents of the refugee camp last summer.

  • 50 years of women at Nyenrode: "We belonged in the kitchen, didn't we?"

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 9/1/2022

    This year marks the 75th anniversary of Nyenrode Business Universiteit. It was a men’s stronghold for the first 25 years, but from 1972 women were also welcome to pursue their education. Ans Carels (67) and Renée Smulders (22) have the floor.

  • 50 years of women at Nyenrode: "We got tips on how to best behave as girls”

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 8/8/2022

    This year marks the 75th anniversary of Nyenrode Business Universiteit. It was a men’s stronghold for the first 25 years, but from 1972 women were also welcome to pursue their education. Jonneke Brunet (68) and Rika Zaat (22) have the floor.

  • Putting nature’s rights on the map

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 7/20/2022

    Nature also needs rights to preserve biodiversity. Prof. Tineke Lambooy and Prof. Ronald Jeurissen identified and analyzed 409 initiatives worldwide, found in 39 countries.

  • 50 years of women at Nyenrode: “Quite soon it felt as if us women had always been there.”

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 6/29/2022

    This year marks the 75th anniversary of Nyenrode Business Universiteit. For the first 25 years, it was a men's stronghold; however, since 1972, women were also welcome to pursue their education. Margaret Wijnands (68) and Charlotte van Rijt (20) have the floor.

  • Nyenrode 7s Team goes home victoriously

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 6/9/2022

    The international rugby tournament Amsterdam Rugby 7s took place last Whitsun weekend for the 50th time at Sports park de Eendracht in Amsterdam. The Nyenrode rugby team, led by alumnus Hasan Akman, had a particularly strong line-up this year. And they went home victoriously.

  • “Writing a master’s thesis is a life-changing experience”

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 6/1/2022

    Writing a master's thesis proves to be a real bottleneck for many students. What is it exactly that’s so challenging? And how can supervisors get a better grip on the number of master's theses that need to be completed?

  • Paper on deregulating financial markets wins best paper award

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 6/1/2022

    Prof. Dr. Michael Erkens and Prof. Dr. Ying Gan won the Best Paper Award at the American Accounting Association's Southeast Region Meeting in Orlando.

  • “Marketing is just like soccer; we all think we know something about it”

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 4/28/2022

    What should you do with textbooks are outdated or written in a traditional, sometimes even conservative way? Writing a book at that point seems like a monumental challenge.

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