Mars attacks! About the introduction of social media in large organizations

One major strategy to incorporate social media in the organizational structure is erecting a ‘social media hub’, a relatively independent organization within a standing organization. The standing organization with its divisions do not change, but the hub has considerable possibilities to operate independently within and in between these...

Amongst rulemakers: Conceptualizing the role of intermediaries for co-regulation

Public regulators are increasingly accepting helping hands for carrying out their regulatory activities – such as standard setting, information gathering, and enforcement. These helping hands often belong to private actors that also regulate businesses for their own compliance programs, like industry associations and scheme managers. One can...

Naar een drie-eenheid van co-regulering; Over spanningen tussen drie toezichtregimes

Publieke toezichthouders zijn vaak onderwerp van kritiek. Ze zouden enerzijds een administratieve last vormen voor het bedrijfsleven, anderzijds wordt hen na incidenten veelal verweten niet of te slap te hebben opgetreden. In deze vijandige omgeving en budgettaire krapte staan zij voor de uitdaging kwalitatief goed toezicht te houden met...

Dealing with Competing Project Management Values under Uncertainty: The Case of RandstadRail

Due to the uncertainty involved in many complex infrastructure engineering projects, it is not always possible for managers to establish detailed terms of reference at the departure. Although the flexibility of ‘open’ terms of reference is often indispensible, it makes the arrival at a successful outcome much of a gamble. Complex infrastructure...

Refining the ethics of computer-made decisions: A classification of moral mediation by ubiquitous machines

In the past decades, computers have become more and more involved in society by the rise of ubiquitous systems, increasing the number of interactions between humans and IT systems. At the same time, the technology itself is getting more complex, enabling devices to act in a way that previously only humans could, based on developments in the...

Learning from disasters

Confrontaties van coregulering

Over bestuurlijke afstemming tussen publieke toezichthouders, private toezichthouders en ondertoezichtgestelden.

Schandalig! Te veel én te weinig!

Narratieve analyse van het debat over de juiste hoeveelheid toezicht.

Evaluatie van de Raad van Bestuur van de Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit (NMa): Eindrapport