Theses: Recent submissions
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Corporate social responsibility and/or excess returns? Determining the optimal trade-off between ESG and financial performance
(2023)This paper aims to investigate how the non-linear relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores relate to operational (ROA) and overall (market capitalisation) firm health and how those scores ... -
Cross-border stock-financed mergers and (over)valuation: an event study on acquisition performance
(2023)Given the tech industry's prominence in M&A activities and its pursuit of knowledge and market expansion (Ma and Liu, 2017), the research aims to examine acquisition performance by investigating the (inter)relation between ... -
Spinning off for success: creating a comprehensive plan for NanoCell’s orphan drug branch
(2023)This review provides an understanding of the OTC landscape, assessing current incidence among patients and regions, reviewing available treatments, and identifying potential avenues for innovative interventions such as ... -
Assessing the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Societal Development in Sub-Saharan African countries
(2023)This research investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on societal development in a select group of Sub-Saharan African countries. Historically, FDI has played in important role in economic growth for ... -
Solar Degradation of Methyl Orange over La(Mn,Co)O3 Nano-perovskites and Thin Films
(2023)The substantial release of azo dyes presents an environmental and public health challenge due to their mutagenic, light-absorbing properties and their long life time. Photocatalytic degradation of these dyes could support ... -
Introduction to KAM theory
(2023)This thesis aims to provide an introduction to modern KAM theory. This objective is accomplished by introducing the fundamental ideas of KAM theory, including its background, commonly used methods, and the general structure ... -
Berger’s Holonomy Theorem, and a First Incursion into Lie Algebroid Holonomy
(2023)The holonomy group of a connection is very intimately related to the curvature of the connection and to the existence and quantity of parallel sections, thus controlling an important part of the geometry. The Lie groups ... -
Addressing Conflicts in Cross-Sector Partnerships Between Companies and NGOs
(2023)Cross-Sector Partnerships (CSPs) between companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have emerged as a prominent avenue for tackling societal issues by combining the capabilities of both organizations. However, ... -
Right-Wing Populism and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in EU
(2023)This study investigates the connection between a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and the prevalence of right-wing populism in the European Union (EU). Analyzing secondary data from the European Nuts-level election database ... -
The relationship between the ESG scores and firm performance in Europe: the moderating role of R&D investment and board characteristics
(2023)This study analyzes the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and firm performance. It also analyses the effect of R&D investments (research and development), board size and female ... -
Impact of Entrepreneurial Experience among Private Equity Lead Partner Teams on Buyout Performance
(2023)This research paper empirically investigates the effect of entrepreneurial experience among Private Equity Lead Partner Teams on the operational performance of deals, measured by abnormal sales growth. The sample employed ... -
Language as a Conflict Facilitator: How Multicultural Teams Perceive Conflict
(2023)The present study aims to investigate the perceptions of individuals from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds regarding conflict deriving from language differences in multicultural teams, focusing on language ... -
Enablers of justice in the nature-based real estate sector in The Netherlands
(2023)Nature-based-solutions (NBS) have been proposed as a promising pathway to building resilient, sustainable, and climate-adaptive cities. However, the recent academic scholarship is increasingly becoming aware that the impacts ... -
USING PRIMING INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE RETIREMENT SAVINGS BEHAVIOR FOR SERVICE MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(2023)Retirement is one of the most significant problems facing the military currently, considering the impact of inflation on the defense budget and the externally applied pressure through the population regarding the national ... -
Impact of the US-China Trade War on the FDI’s in India: Zooming into the effects of the FDI Movements in India
(2023)This paper investigates the substitution effects of the US-China trade war on the FDI inflows and the total repatriation of profit outflows in India. There have been several macroeconomic controls which have been utilised ... -
Investigating the Corruption and Economic Growth Debate in the Context of Institutional Regulatory Quality. New Evidence from South American Countries.
(2023)This research paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption and economic growth in South American countries, when introducing institutional regulatory quality in the relationship, as a moderator. With ... -
Effect of complex pharmacist-led intervention combined with dose reduction to improve adherence to phosphate binding drugs in hemodialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia: a process evaluation
(2023)Introductie: Hyperfosfatemie is een veel voorkomende complicatie bij hemodialysepatiënten. Om de fosfaatspiegel onder controle te houden, moet de dialyse goed zijn ingesteld, zijn er dieetaanpassingen nodig en kunnen er ...