Contact
- +44 (0)20 7040 5060
- Jeroen.Veldman@citystgeorges.ac.uk
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
- 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
- Levillain, K., Parker, S., Ridley-Duff, R., Segrestin, B., Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2018). Protecting Long-term Commitment. Oxford University Press.
- 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
- Veldman, J., Gregor, F. and Morrow, P. (2016). Corporate Governance for a Changing World: Report of a Global Roundtable Series. Brussels, Belgium: Frank Bold.
- 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
Books (2)
- Meyer, R.E., Leixnering, S. and Veldman, J. (Eds.), (2022). The Corporation: Rethinking the Iconic Form of Business Organization. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781800433779.
- 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)
- Veldman, J. (2026). Sustainability and Changes to Corporate Governance Theory and Practice. Routledge Companion to Corporate Sustainability (pp. 145-166). Routledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Veldman, J. (2024). Sustainability and corporate governance. Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance (pp. 78-79). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781839107054.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2017). The Corporation in Management Studies. The Corporation (pp. 197-212). Cambridge University Press.
- 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.
- In Mir, R., Willmott, H. and Greenwood, M. (Eds.), (2015). The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies. In Routledge.
- In Weik, E. and Walgenbach, P. (Eds.), (2016). Institutions Inc. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781349694174.
- In Haslam, J. and Sikka, P. (Eds.), (2016). Pioneers of Critical Accounting. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781137542113.
- Veldman, J. (2011). Corporation. Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies (pp. 67-70). SAGE Publications Ltd.
- Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. Management. In Baars, G. and Spicer, A. (Eds.), Critical Corporation Handbook, Routledge Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Conference paper and proceedings
- Veldman, J. Corporate governance. .doi:10.4337/9781800377721.00024
Journal articles (19)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Veldman, J. and Willmott, H. (2020). Performativity and convergence in comparative corporate governance. Competition & Change, 24(5), pp. 408-428. doi:10.1177/1024529419857382
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Veldman, J. (2019). Inequality, Inc. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 63, pp. 102039-102039. doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2018.04.001
- Morrow, P. and Veldman, J. (2017). The Purpose of the Corporation. ICGN Yearbook 2017 pp. 58-59
- 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
- Veldman, J. (2015). Book Review: Capitalism, corporations and the social contract. Organization, 22(2), pp. 269-271. doi:10.1177/1350508414524044
- 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
- Veldman, J. (2013). Politics of the Corporation. British Journal of Management, 24(S1). doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12024
- 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
- 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
- Veldman, J. (2011). Governance Inc. Business Ethics: A European Review, 20(3), pp. 292-303. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01628.x
Working papers (4)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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