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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.

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Three friends and one brilliant idea of how to drastically reduce return shipments of web shops

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 12/22/2022

    Three alumni friends start a company together: “With our startup SizeBuddy, we want to help the smaller companies reducing their costs and doing business in a more sustainable way”.

  • Transparency about ESG: Telling an honest story about sustainability

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 12/20/2022

    Major social issues continue to have an increasing impact, also on the business community. And these issues increasingly require corporate involvement. Remko Renes (member of the Nyenrode Corporate Governance Institute) and Auke de Bos (associated with the EUR and EY) elaborate on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors. They think about the meaning and the importance of ESG, and the influence of this topic’s focus and transparency on organizations and directors and the roles of supervisors and audits. Based on their insights, they give recommendations to directors, supervisory directors, advisers and accountants.

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  • Collaboration as a strategic asset

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 12/20/2022

    The better organizations work together, the better the performance. That sounds like pushing at an open door, yet the importance of working together is often underestimated. What are the success factors play an important part in good collaboration? How do you make working together more efficient and effective? Jeroen van der Velden, Associate Professor of Strategy Alignment and director of the Nyenrode Faculty Expertise Center Strategy, Organization & Leadership at Nyenrode Business University can, after more than 25 years of research and consulting work, provide the answers to these questions in great detail.

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