Facilitating adoption of responsible innovation in business through certification

In this paper, we use an economic approach to demonstrate why ‘rational’ businesses are not likely to implement responsible innovation (RI) unless it is economically profitable. The lack of sufficient insights into economic impacts of RI is often induced by information asymmetry. Such asymmetry would hinder consumers who would otherwise be...

Do Gaming Simulations Substantiate That We Know More Than We Can Tell?

Background. Revealing tacit knowledge often is seen as very valuable for organizations, although it is usually challenging to enunciate and share this type of knowledge. Methods. This study uses a participatory design and the application of a board gaming simulation as instruments to extract tacit knowledge. To illustrate this application,...

A Blockchain Architecture for Reducing the Bullwhip Effect

Supply chain management is hampered by a lack of information sharing among partners. Information is not shared as organizations in the supply chain do not have direct contact and/or do not want to share competitive and privacy sensitive information. In addition, companies are often part of multiple supply chains and trading partners vary over...

Information Asymmetry, Lease Incentives, and the Role of Advisors in the Market for Commercial Real Estate

Using a unique transactions dataset, this paper examines the determinants of lease incentives in the Amsterdam office market. The study focusses on the type of landlord involved (institutional/privately owned) and whether the tenant or landlord used an advisor to help them with the transaction. The results show that an institutional landlord,...

Is Equity Crowdfunding for you?: An assessment tool for high-tech start-up entrepreneurs & recommendations to platforms

Many start-ups face difficulty raising sufficient funds at the early stage of their businesses. Traditionally, entrepreneurs raise capital from friends and family, angel investment, venture capital or bank loans. However, with the development of Internet platforms, alternative finance methods have arisen. Entrepreneurs are starting to look for...

Information Asymmetry, Lease Incentives, and the Role of Advisors in the Market for Commercial Real Estate

Using a unique transactions dataset, this paper examines the determinants of lease incentives in the Amsterdam office market. The study focusses on the type of landlord involved (institutional/privately owned) and whether the tenant or landlord used an advisor to help them with the transaction. The results show that an institutional landlord,...

Peer monitoring in managing moral hazard: An exploratory study on the functioning of peer monitoring arrangements on the management of moral hazard in the Dutch social housing sector

Risk taking in the Dutch social housing sector is characterized by moral hazard. This exploratory research studies the potential of peer monitoring in managing moral hazard. In scholarly literature, peer monitoring is argued to have potential in managing moral hazard as peers, in comparison to vertical regulators, are less hampered by...

The capability of peer monitoring to manage moral hazard

This thesis is the result of an explorative research to the capabilities of peer monitoring in the banking sector, to decrease the negative effects of moral hazard. The analysis shows that peers have limited ability and willingness to regulate one another, due to the existence of a governmental regulator, a disciplinary market and the...

Improvement of information for owner-occupiers about the quality of their house

Workshop 1. Session B.

Improvement of information for owner-occupiers about the quality