What about protest strikes by bankers? A serious game in Tunisia What happens when restructuring bankers play a turnaround workout game and change roles? A recent experience in Tunisia sheds some light on this. Jan Adriaanse • November 30, 2014
The Swiss watch industry is bankrupt At Baselworld 2014 – the world’s biggest and important event for the international watch industry – no smart watch can be found. An early warning sign of the industry’s existential crisis. Jan Adriaanse • April 01, 2014 • 1 comment
Playing a Workout Game in Zambia Should we use simulation games in law schools? A recent experience in the field of insolvency law and workouts suggests we should. Jan Adriaanse • November 06, 2013
Kodak emerges from bankruptcy. Long live George Eastman. Last Tuesday it was announced that Kodak has emerged from reorganization procedure Chapter 11. Kodak no longer is bankrupt and is ready for the future. What happened in the early days of Kodak? A brief historic account and 11 entrepreneurship lessons. Jan Adriaanse • September 09, 2013
Why profitable companies like ING need to lay off people In the current economic climate it seems hard to swallow why even profitable companies lay off people. Adriaanse argues that they should. However unsocial that may sound. Jan Adriaanse • February 14, 2013
Do we really need to save companies in distress? With expressing his inaugural lecture on 23 November 2012 Jan Adriaanse is officially accepting his appointment as Professor of Turnaround Management at the Leiden Law School. Jan Adriaanse • November 23, 2012
Ford Genk: victim of the law of unintended consequences? In times of economic crisis companies in distress and bankruptcies. And especially when major redundancies are announced governments are often asked to provide aid to help save the company. A social cause. But how social is it? Jan Adriaanse • November 05, 2012
Bankruptcy law: a bonus for lack of entrepreneurship in the airline industry Entrepreneurship can be described as the pursuit of opportunity. The international airline industry however seems to be pursuing bankruptcy law instead of commercial opportunity. Or are we really talking about airline leadership bankruptcy? Jan Adriaanse • June 29, 2012
State aid is simply wrong Although state aid can be a profitable business for governments and although it seems to save companies and safeguard employment, it should be abolished from our capitalistic system. State aid is simply wrong. Jan Adriaanse • April 20, 2012 • 1 comment