Testing ground for enterprise models
The Netherlands hold a special place in the EU. Dutch listed companies have proven to be vulnerable to pressure from financial markets and Anglo-Saxon consultants and have by and large embraced the shareholder model.
At the same time, these companies operate in the context of many sophisticated and legally well-entrenched special interest groups, champions of the stakeholder model.
Moreover, Dutch law and culture support a plethora of alternative enterprise models for unlisted companies: societies, foundations and co-operatives running sizeable businesses.
The articles below, partially in Dutch, deal with the tensions between the different perspectives and with hybrid solutions that sometimes end up combining the worst of all possible worlds.
Further reading
Creating value at Tata Steel Europe
Het Financieele Dagblad
February 4th, 2017
Een waarlijk nieuwe start voor Eneco
With Frank van den Heuvel
February 2018
Goede toezichthouder is eerst en vooral onafhankelijk
Het Financieele Dagblad
December 22, 2015
Topman kan toegenomen macht niet aan
Het Financieele Dagblad
June 13, 2009
Voor elk wat wils: De herziening van de Nederlandse Corporate Governance Code
Donald Kalff
September 6th, 2016
Hoe Tata Steel Nederland economische waarde creëert
Het Financieele Dagblad
February 4th, 2017
Shell kwetsbaar door nieuwe cultuur
Het Financieele Dagblad
January 26th, 2013
Privatisering van ABN Amro: Een alternatief voor de beursgang
Donald Kalff, Steef Bartman, Hein Blocks, Janbert Heemstra, Hans Verkoren
September 2nd, 2013
Beursgang van ABN Amro geen goed idee
Het Financieele Dagblad
August 31st, 2013
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