Finance & Economics

Our mission

The ambition of the Nyenrode Department of Finance & Economics is to bring together students/participants, faculty, and the business community to demonstrate leadership and to contribute to increasing and valorizing scientific knowledge in the field of external financial and non-financial reporting, finance and taxation. In this context, we provide education and conduct research with a continuous exchange between science and practice within the three areas of expertise. In all of this, we always have the objective - Serving society by shaping responsible leaders - and the L.E.S. values ​​of Nyenrode - Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Stewardship - in mind.

Within the Department of Finance & Economics we distinguish the following disciplines: 

• Financial reporting
• Non-financial reporting & Integrated reporting
• Corporate finance
• Entrepreneurial finance
• Economics

Our activities

The Department is leading in providing education, with core groups focused on external reporting, financing, general economics and tax law within the accountancy programs. The core groups are responsible for the curriculum and examinations. In total, approximately 200 lecturers and examiners are associated with the core groups.

In addition, the center provides the core subjects within the controlling programs and leads the Financial Management track (FM) within the full-time MSc Management program. The center is also involved in the wide range of Executive education in the field of finance, reporting and taxation.

We provide the following core subjects and disciplines:

• Asset Management
• Corporate Finance
• General Economics
• External Reporting
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Accounting Theory
• Accountable Aspects of Financial Accounting
• Accountable Aspects of Management Accounting
• International Money & Finance
• Strategic Finance
• Risk & Financing
• Soft Skills Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Stewardship
• Different subjects for scientific research.

Our research

The objective of the Department of Finance & Economics is to conduct (international) up-to-date and relevant research with a continuous exchange with practice within the three disciplines. The social debate and the agenda of (international) regulators largely determine the choices of the themes.

Research themes

The research covers the following main themes:

1. External reporting
   Financial reporting, non-financial reporting and integrated reporting.
2. International financial markets
   Research into the functioning of financial markets and the impact of financial innovation on economic developments.
3. European monetary and financial integration.
   Research into the optimal integration of national economies, so that economic growth and prosperity are stimulated.
4. Sustainable Finance
   Research aimed at measuring sustainability and the impact on the return of financial instruments.