This thesis was based on a research into six municipality amalgamations in order to gain insight into factors that are at play in the process of a municipality amalgamation. Municipality amalgamations have been happening ...

The education sector is currently under high pressure due to all ongoing developments. These developments force primary educational institutions to become market-oriented. The expectation in this research was that by being ...

Within the context of the circular economy this research investigates what kind of business strategies are suitable. A mixed method study has been conducted among organisations to gain insights on business strategies ...

Intrigued by solving the puzzle in which situations a CEO succession results in a higher level of strategic change. I proposed that a forced CEO turnover and the level of dissimilarity in demographic characteristics between ...

This thesis investigates the determinants and antecedents of coopetition and its influence on business model renewal. Building on theory on radical technological change, resource-based view and adaptation theory, this ...

With the development in which knowledge-based globalized economies such as the Netherlands are shifting away from the R&D model for innovation, research on employee-driven innovation (EDI) is an emerging phenomenon. EDI ...

The relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and financial performance has often been examined. However, the results are inconclusive. This inconclusiveness could possibly be explained by making a distinction ...

This study is aimed at analyzing the differences of the CVC fund and the CVC unit. These structures have different effects on the innovation performance of the corporations. The research is focused on the automotive industry. ...