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Policy Research Center Welfare, Public Health and Family - EF 60: Legal investigation data management Healthcare Inspectorate Ghent University

Eva Lievens
Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law

Research objective
This research works with a practical framework from the health care inspectorate that relates to a legally compliant way of dealing with the processing of (special) personal data. This framework takes into account the relationship between the following legal processing, confidentiality and disclosure obligations: the [1] General Data Protection Regulation (and the federal and Flemish follow-up legislation thereof); [2] ...

Measuring and explaining the productivity premium of family firms Hasselt University

Mark VANCAUTEREN
Economics and Public Policy, Governance, Econometrics
Theoretical and empirical studies provide opposing evidence on whether family-controlled firms perform better than non-family ones. Usually, performance is measured by financial measures such as the Tobin's q. While such measures make it easy for interpretation, in theory, they do not take into account input and output market imperfections (e.g. markups, capital and labor frictions). Therefore, any estimated financial performance premium of ...

Improving strategic decision-making processes of family firm SMEs: enlarging the extent of joint strategic decision-making by the board- TMT team Hasselt University

Pieter VANDEKERKHOF
Governance
In this research project, we focus on strategic decision-making processes of small and medium-sized family firms. High quality of strategic decisions is crucial for the long-term success of these firms. We posit that the quality of these decisions can be improved by creating a partnership between the top management team and the board of directors. More concrete, we examine how and to what extent top management teams and boards jointly ...

Corporate venturing and strategic cooperation between family businesses and startups KU Leuven

Vincent Molly
Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Brussels Campus
This research project will focus on external corporate venturing and strategic cooperation between family businesses and startups. The importance of this research topic follows from the evolution towards more open innovation in family firms and the rise of new venture creation. Through this project we want to develop a state of the art on corporate venturing in the family business literature and present a model to guide extant and future ...

Professionalization and Managerialization in Family Firms: organizational antecedents and behavioural dynamics Hasselt University

Governance, University of Rome Tor Vergata
The project aims mainly to analyze organizational antecedents and to explore behavioural dynamics of family businesses regarding their approaches to integrate professionalization and managerialization processes. We argue that professionalization should not relate only with the inclusion of non-family managers in family firms, but also it refers to the overall orchestration of capabilities, skills, competencies, and knowledge regarding the ...

The effect and function of soft skills within the entrepreneurial family. Hasselt University

Frank LAMBRECHTS
Governance
Soft skills are more important today than ever. Unlike hard skills, soft skills are not a tangible knowledge that can be learned in books. Soft skills are seen as qualities that you cannot simply adopt, which are given great importance within the job market today. In fact, soft skills can play a major role in your performance, as they are a critical factor in today's workplace. There are obviously numerous soft skills, but especially the soft ...

Tax aggressiveness in private family firms in an Islamic context: the effect of firm religiosity and moral values Hasselt University

Tensie STEIJVERS
Accountancy & Finance, German Jordanian University
The main objective of this PhD is to investigate to what extent religiosity affects tax aggressive behaviour in family firms in an Islamic context. Religiosity is defined as the extent to which behaviour of a firm is influenced by the religion held by the members of the firm's dominant coalition. Tax aggressiveness is defined as downward management of taxable income through tax planning activities which can be legal or illegal or may lie in ...

Participation of patients and family members in basic (self-management related) nursing care Ghent University

Ann Van Hecke
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Public health

Patient and family participation result in improved quality of care, less fear, enhanced adherence to treatment, and positive influence on clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is (1) examine feasibility and effectiveness of Tell-us Cards; (2) comparison of needs/concerns of patients and family members; (3) examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a goal setting intervention regarding self-management related care.

Determining relevant performance indicators in the centers for helpline and the centers for integrated family care under the format of an association dossier Ghent University

Johan Christiaens
Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Service Management, Department of Accounting, Corporate Finance and Taxation

This command concerns the determination of relevant performance indicators in the centers of remote reception and for integral family care centers in the context of the layout of an association file. This research has for its object the determination of relevant performance indicators which make it possible to measure the output of the operation of the proposed organizations with a view to improving the services and better identify the manner ...