RSM Outlook Summer 2006

The New Entrepreneurs (Peter Benson)

Today, aspiring entrepreneurs can rely on educational programmes and institutes specifically tailored to training and supporting individuals interested in the business start-up.

Managing Risk (Rebecca Morris)

He is a prominent voice in the public-policy debate on the institutional design of the regulation of financial institutions, and has founded three shadow committees to influence the subject. RSM Erasmus University’s Professor Harald Benink shares his views on regulatory design and why academics can play an important role in this debate.

Social Innovation: Curing the Dutch "Disease" (Rebecca Morris)

The debate on how to make the Netherlands more competitive has so far revolved around investing more in R&D. RSM’s Professor Henk Volberda argues that the cure for the persistent lack of innovation in Dutch companies, the Dutch ‘disease’, not only depends on technological innovation, but on ‘social innovation’ – and now the Dutch government is listening.

The Bologna Accord (Anna Perry)

Europe’s higher education landscape is in the middle of a revolution, the chief catalyst of which is the Bologna Accord. What are its implications for our educational professionals and students? And how will it impact the programmes and courses offered by Europe’s universities, colleges and schools?