January 9, 2017

A smart transport policy could turn the tide More and more companies are experiencing the near-daily nuisance of traffic jams on our Flemish roads. Employees can no longer guarantee getting to their offices or customers in time, orders arrive late, staff absenteeism rises, etc. This is

Expertise Interview

January 6, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Patagonia case study: long-term values over short-term gains

Sustainable Transformation

Patagonia's Mission Statement: Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. When asked for an inspirational, sustainable company, Lars Moratis, Director of Knowledge Community Corporate Social

Opinion

January 5, 2017

By Jeroen De Flander

Coaching is more than a fashion trend

Human Resources

Strategy implementation consists of a great many individual efforts – an endless list of tasks that different people carry out at different times. Coaching supports this process. It creates the necessary commitment from the people involved. In other words, coaching creates the commitment

Report

December 23, 2016

By Dorinela Munteanu

Executive Fashion Program for Chinese Entrepreneurs

Strategy & Innovation

Monday morning, early in Paris – Rue Cambon, boutique hotel Castille, center of the fashion district in Paris: here we end our ‘Antwerp-Paris’ learning journey for Chinese fashion entrepreneurs with a vivid discussion. Never expected a group of Chinese participants would be so vivid, but

December 23, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

PSS #2 - Internal levers for successful product service systems

Strategy & Innovation

To set themselves apart from competitors, Flemish product orientated companies can no longer solely focus on products. They have to add service components to their supply. However, research shows that the preconditions in product orientated companies are not met to create successful

December 23, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

PSS #1 - Smart PSS: golden goose or cat in the bag?

Strategy & Innovation

Product service systems are gaining importance. To keep up with competitors, companies have to offer services next to their products. The way in which these systems are implemented is also of importance. Alongside the usual PSS, companies will go for a Smart PSS more often. Brian Legain

December 19, 2016

By Judith Buysse

CLeP: an opportunity to develop medical leadership

Human Resources

In “Leadership Training Program for Medical Staff in Belgium”, a recent article published by Sciedu Press in International Journal of Higher Education, Neree Claes and Valérie Brabanders address the problem that little to no attention is given to leadership training in medical school,

December 19, 2016

By Koen Marichal

Leadership lab: “Values are a blurry mess.”

Human Resources

Kathleen Vangronsvelt began her story with that comment during the last leadership lab of this year. She is working on her PhD at the KU Leuven and writes about how people deal with values, how they can be measured and what effect they have on things like 'performance', for example. “In

December 13, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

8 books for beneath the Christmas tree

Sustainable Transformation Human Resources Strategy & Innovation

In this blog post our thought leaders’ favorite books are featured. They all have written about a book they think other people should read. The works mentioned are divergent: from works of poetry to philosophical literature. We hope to inspire you with this list for Christmas and New Year

December 9, 2016

By Hans Mulder

Complexity of ICT projects explained by big data

Digital & IT

Since 2015, Antwerp Management School and Standish Group have been conducting research on the complexity of IT projects. It's not simple to explain what the complexity IT projects can entail. We associate complexity with situations and problems with a high degree of difficulty.

December 9, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

Industry 4.0: how future-proof is your company?

Strategy & Innovation

In our current society, everything is being further and further technologized. Some experts state that that a new era has begun; the era of Industry 4.0. Xavier Gabriëls provides us with a clearly outlined definition of what Industry 4.0. exactly is: “Industry 4.0. is the new,

December 1, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

Traffic-free shopping: it's possible!

Sustainable Transformation

The rush hours on our roads have slowly become commonplace, especially in relation to the commute between work and home. What we do not realize (yet) is that the same phenomenon exists within certain leisure activities, for example with the migration of shops. This way we create a

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Traffic jams are a sticky issue for Flemish companies

Patagonia case study: long-term values over short-term gains

Coaching is more than a fashion trend

Executive Fashion Program for Chinese Entrepreneurs

PSS #2 - Internal levers for successful product service systems

PSS #1 - Smart PSS: golden goose or cat in the bag?

CLeP: an opportunity to develop medical leadership

Leadership lab: “Values are a blurry mess.”

8 books for beneath the Christmas tree

Complexity of ICT projects explained by big data

Industry 4.0: how future-proof is your company?

Traffic-free shopping: it's possible!

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