’During the past few years I began to wonder about the contribution of the financial officer in the realization of strategy. This resulted in a study among fifty CFOs.’
(Derkjan van der Leest, partner)

’I won’t readily advise if I cannot substantiate that advice from various angles, if possible with proven methods and techniques.
(Frans Roozen, partner)

 
 
 

The SMC partners spend at least 30 percent of their time on research. Four partners (Derkjan van der Leest, Geert de Jong, Frans Roozen and Jaap van Manen) have a part-time position as professor. In their advisory practice they encounter questions that they seek to answer through their academic research.

 

These ’academic partners’ emphatically are not researchers who occasionally advise, but experienced advisors who use their research to advise properly. Research takes place within the framework of an issue, not of an assignment. They research matters they come across and need, to understand the world and to support top managers. The research is practical and where possible is published to enable others to learn from it.

 

Examples of publications:

  • Geert de Jong (editor): Professional Services Firms, 2nd edition (2010)

  • Frans Roozen & Bert Steens: Reflections on the Future of Finance and Control (2006, Kluwer)
  • Derkjan van der Leest: Turandot, the riddles around strategy realization (2004, Koninklijke van Gorcum)

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