Portrait of Dr Jeroen Veldman

Dr Jeroen Veldman

Honorary Visiting Professor

Bayes Business School , Faculty of Management

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About

Overview

Jeroen Veldman is Professor of Corporate Governance at Nyenrode Business Universiteit; Honorary Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School, and Associate Editor at Journal of Business Ethics.

For an overview of publications, see:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeroen_Veldman

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1944978

Languages

Dutch; Flemish, English and German

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Business Ethics
  • Business History
  • Business Law
  • Business Models
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Critical Management Studies
  • Economic History
  • Industrial Relations/Labour Studies
  • Management
  • Organization Theory

Additional topics

  • Business Ethics
  • Business History
  • Business Law
  • Economic History

Research

Jeroen coordinates an international project called 'The Modern Corporation'. For this project he organized international academic support for the writing and endorsement of a number of accessible and succinct papers on corporate governance in the fields of management (http://wp.me/P2TdaJ-3q), company law (http://wp.me/P2TdaJ-3o), politics (http://wp.me/P2TdaJ-3s), and accounting (http://wp.me/P2TdaJ-3m). These memos have been endorsed by leading academics around the world. For an overview of these memos see http://wp.me/P2TdaJ-j

Publications

  1. Veldman, J. (2019). Boards and Sustainable Value Creation: The Legal Entity, Co-Determination and Other Means. European Business Law Review, 30(Issue 2), pp. 279-300. doi:10.54648/eulr2019013

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Levillain, K., Parker, S., Ridley-Duff, R., Segrestin, B., Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2018). Protecting Long-term Commitment. Oxford University Press.
  3. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2017). Social ontology and the modern corporation. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(5), pp. 1489-1504. doi:10.1093/cje/bex043

    [publisher’s website]

  4. Veldman, J., Gregor, F. and Morrow, P. (2016). Corporate Governance for a Changing World: Report of a Global Roundtable Series. Brussels, Belgium: Frank Bold.
  5. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2016). The cultural grammar of governance: The UK Code of Corporate Governance, reflexivity, and the limits of ‘soft’ regulation. Human Relations, 69(3), pp. 581-603. doi:10.1177/0018726715593160

    [publisher’s website]

Books (2)

  1. Meyer, R.E., Leixnering, S. and Veldman, J. (Eds.), (2022). The Corporation: Rethinking the Iconic Form of Business Organization. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781800433779.
  2. du Plessis, J.J., Varottil, U. and Veldman, J. (Eds.), (2018). Globalisation of Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Corporate Governance. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319691275.

Chapters (15)

  1. Veldman, J. (2026). Sustainability and Changes to Corporate Governance Theory and Practice. Routledge Companion to Corporate Sustainability (pp. 145-166). Routledge.
  2. Veldman, J. (2025). Stakeholder Theory and Stakeholder Salience: The Role of a Hierarchical Rights Structure in Company Law. The Corporation, Corporate Governance and the Sustainable Transition (pp. 39-58). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781836089650.
  3. Atal, M.R. and Veldman, J. (2025). Taming the Cheshire Cat: on the governance of (transnational) corporations. Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy (pp. 534-544). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781803921181.
  4. Veldman, J. (2024). Sustainability and corporate governance. Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance (pp. 78-79). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781839107054.
  5. Meyer, R.E., Leixnering, S. and Veldman, J. (2022). Rethinking the Corporation: Introduction. The Corporation: Rethinking the Iconic Form of Business Organization (pp. 1-12). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781800433779.
  6. Veldman, J. (2018). The Separate Legal Entity and the Architecture of the Modern Corporation. In Boeger, N. and Villiers, C. (Eds.), Shaping the Corporate Landscape: Towards Corporate Reform and Enterprise Diversity (pp. 61-76). Oxford: Hart Publishing.
  7. du Plessis, J.J., Varottil, U. and Veldman, J. (2018). The Significance of Moving Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Globalisation of Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Corporate Governance (pp. 3-23). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319691275.
  8. Veldman, J. (2018). Responsibility and the Modern Corporation. Globalisation of Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Corporate Governance (pp. 77-92). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319691275.
  9. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2017). The Corporation in Management Studies. The Corporation (pp. 197-212). Cambridge University Press.
  10. Veldman, J. (2017). Self-regulation in International Corporate Governance Codes. Corporate Governance Codes for the 21st Century (pp. 77-95). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319518671.
  11. In Mir, R., Willmott, H. and Greenwood, M. (Eds.), (2015). The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies. In Routledge.
  12. In Weik, E. and Walgenbach, P. (Eds.), (2016). Institutions Inc. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781349694174.
  13. In Haslam, J. and Sikka, P. (Eds.), (2016). Pioneers of Critical Accounting. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781137542113.
  14. Veldman, J. (2011). Corporation. Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies (pp. 67-70). SAGE Publications Ltd.
  15. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. Management. In Baars, G. and Spicer, A. (Eds.), Critical Corporation Handbook, Routledge Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Conference paper and proceedings

  1. Veldman, J. Corporate governance. .doi:10.4337/9781800377721.00024

Journal articles (19)

  1. Argyrou, A., Chevrollier, N. and Veldman, J. (2025). Legal institutionalism and the role of law in market transformation during sustainability transitions: exploring alternative ontological perspectives. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 57, pp. 101011-101011. doi:10.1016/j.eist.2025.101011

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Jansson, A., Larsson-Olaison, U. and Veldman, J. (2025). Does big three ownership affect the strategic propensity to reinvest or distribute cash flow? Evidence from the UK and Sweden. Long Range Planning, 58(6), pp. 102590-102590. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2025.102590

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Veldman, J., Jain, T. and Hauser, C. (2023). Virtual Special Issue on Corporate Governance and Ethics: What’s Next? Journal of Business Ethics, 183(2), pp. 329-331. doi:10.1007/s10551-023-05338-8

    [publisher’s website]

  4. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2022). Social Ontology of the Modern Corporation: Its Role in Understanding Organizations. pp. 165-189. doi:10.1108/s0733-558x20220000078009

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Veldman, J. and Jansson, A. (2020). Planetary Boundaries and Corporate Reporting: The Role of the Conceptual Basis of the Corporation. Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium, 10(2). doi:10.1515/ael-2018-0037

    [publisher’s website]

  6. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2020). Performativity and convergence in comparative corporate governance. Competition & Change, 24(5), pp. 408-428. doi:10.1177/1024529419857382

    [publisher’s website]

  7. Gindis, D., Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2020). Convergent and divergent trajectories of corporate governance. Competition & Change, 24(5), pp. 399-407. doi:10.1177/1024529420944017

    [publisher’s website]

  8. Sjåfjell, B. and Veldman, J. (2019). SMART Reflections on Policy Coherence, Legal Developments in the Netherlands and the Case for EU Harmonisation. Erasmus Law Review, 12(4), pp. 111-115. doi:10.5553/elr.000196

    [publisher’s website]

  9. Enneking, L. and Veldman, J. (2019). Towards Responsible Business Conduct in Global Value Chains. Erasmus Law Review, 12(4), pp. 1-5. doi:10.5553/elr.000178

    [publisher’s website]

  10. Lokin, M. and Veldman, J. (2019). The Potential of the Dutch Corporate Governance Model for Sustainable Governance and Long Term Stakeholder Value. Erasmus Law Review, 12(4), pp. 50-60. doi:10.5553/elr.000160

    [publisher’s website]

  11. Veldman, J. (2019). Inequality, Inc. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 63, pp. 102039-102039. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2018.04.001

    [publisher’s website]

  12. Morrow, P. and Veldman, J. (2017). The Purpose of the Corporation. ICGN Yearbook 2017 pp. 58-59

    [publisher’s website]

  13. Willmott, H.C., Djelic, M.-.L., Spicer, A., Parker, M., Perrow, C., Pugh, D.S.... Veldman, J. (2016). The Modern Corporation Statement on Management. Cass Business School, City, University of London

    [publisher’s website]

  14. Veldman, J. (2015). Book Review: Capitalism, corporations and the social contract. Organization, 22(2), pp. 269-271. doi:10.1177/1350508414524044

    [publisher’s website]

  15. Beverungen, A., Hoedemaekers, C. and Veldman, J. (2014). Charity and finance in the university. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 25(1), pp. 58-66. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2012.10.005

    [publisher’s website]

  16. Veldman, J. (2013). Politics of the Corporation. British Journal of Management, 24(S1). doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12024

    [publisher’s website]

  17. Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2013). What is the corporation and why does it matter?. M@n@gement, 16(5), pp. 605-605. doi:10.3917/mana.165.0605

    [publisher’s website]

  18. Veldman, J. and Parker, M. (2012). Specters, Inc.: The Elusive Basis of the Corporation. Business and Society Review, 117(4), pp. 413-441. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8594.2012.00413.x

    [publisher’s website]

  19. Veldman, J. (2011). Governance Inc. Business Ethics: A European Review, 20(3), pp. 292-303. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01628.x

    [publisher’s website]

Working papers (4)

  1. Morgan, G., Soederberg, S., Plehwe, D., Horn, L., Jessop, B., Nölke, A.... Veldman, J. (2016). The Modern Corporation Statement on Politics. London, UK: The Modern Corporation Project
  2. Lazonick, W., Blankenburg, S., Froud, J., O’Sullivan, M.A., Sauviat, C., Reberioux, A.... Veldman, J. (2016). The Modern Corporation Statement on Economics. London, UK: The Modern Corporation Project
  3. Collison, D., Jansson, A., Larsson-Olaison, U., Power, D.M., Cooper, C., Gray, R.... Veldman, J. (2016). The Modern Corporation Statement on Accounting. London, UK: The Modern Corporation Project
  4. Stout, L.A., Robé, J.-.P., Ireland, P., Deakin, S., Greenfield, K., Johnston, A.... Morrow, P. (2016). The Modern Corporation Statement on Company Law. London, UK: The Modern Corporation Project