Research

November 28, 2017

Why working in Belgium makes you happy

In today’s world, happiness at work is an important item on the agenda of many companies. It turns out Belgium passed the test with flying colors. According to the British Global Workforce Happiness Index 2016, which is the result of a recent survey at Universum, Belgium has the highest

Expertise Research

November 23, 2017

By Vincent Molly

The role of non-family members in the family business

Strategy & Innovation

It is generally acknowledged that family businesses are extensively represented in our economy. In Belgium, almost 8 out of 10 businesses that employ staff are family businesses. Therefore, they are an important employer that covers more than 1.7 million jobs, 45% of all employment. Many

Research

November 21, 2017

By Vincent Molly

The career choices of young potentials

Strategy & Innovation

In the current war for talent, young potentials make an interesting target group for many enterprises. In this case, we are talking about recent graduates who gained the necessary basic knowledge at school and who can be shaped and trained further within the organization. But what do

Expertise Research

November 16, 2017

By Steven De Haes

How Boards can Help the CEO Face Digital Transformation

Digital & IT

In our increasingly digitized economy, information technology (IT) has become fundamental to support, sustain and grow organizations. Successful organizations leverage the digital innovation potential but also understand and manage the risks and constraints of technology. Previously,

Expertise Research

October 20, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Impact of new legislation on public contracts

Public & Social Profit sector

On July 14, 2016, the Belgian Official Journal published the new law of June 17, 2016, concerning public contracts (Public Contract Law 2016) and the new law of June 17, 2016, concerning concession contracts (Concession Contract Law 2016). However, the legislation on these contracts

Expertise Research

October 6, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Make the right study choice and boost your career opportunities

Human Resources

Choosing what to study is never easy. It’s a big decision and, with your future in mind, you need to take the current labor market situation into account. Right now, about 104,000 Flemish students are studying subjects that are unlikely to lead to jobs. You make your very first study

Expertise Research

September 26, 2017

By Eddy Laveren

15 success factors for merger and acquisition processes

Strategy & Innovation

There are reports every day in the financial press on mergers and acquisitions in SMEs and major corporations. After all, acquisitions are a way of boosting and solidifying your company’s competitive position. But they can also create problems. Bringing a newly merged entity safely into

Expertise Research

August 16, 2017

By Wim Coreynen

PSS #5 - How product-oriented manufacturers can scale up Product-Service Systems

Strategy & Innovation

Many manufacturers acknowledge the importance of moving toward product-service systems (PSS) – combining products and services to meet customers’ needs – and yet they often find themselves unable to exploit PSS to their full potential.

Research

June 12, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Office on Wheels: the office bus that converts commuting time into working time

Sustainable Transformation

What if you could turn your travel time into work time? Well, that is exactly what the Office Bus does: it is a service that transports office workers from home to work in a bus which doubles as an office. The Office on Wheels (an initiative of BAAV and the Smart Mobility Expertise

Research

May 29, 2017

By Bart Cambré

Too few Belgian companies see the benefits of employees with a mental disability

Human Resources

For a year and a half, under the collective name of ID@Work (Intellectual Disability at Work), we at Antwerp Management School and HEC Liège conducted research into the inclusion of employees with a mental disability in the NEC. (Normal Economic Circuit) We visited 26 companies presently

Expertise Research

May 17, 2017

By Steven De Haes

4 key questions to unlock the value of digital transformation

Digital & IT

How can organizations ensure they successfully handle digital transformation? Certainly not by wildly investing in every new technology that comes along. Blundering into hype cycles and blindly following the advice of so-called gurus is definitely not the best strategy. And yet it is what

Research

May 15, 2017

By Sofie Rogiest

A valuable change in healthcare

Human Resources

Care facilities often struggle when it comes to leadership. Limited budgets are putting a great deal of pressure on managers. There is certainly a need for a new style of leadership in the healthcare sector; not traditional, leading-from-the-front management, but genuine, value-based,

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