Commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK), and in collaboration with the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), expertise center In the LEAD has executed a large-scale study on management practices in Dutch manufacturing firms.

Results of this research can be found in the following articles:

• Management quality measured in the Netherlands
• Dutch management is good, but 'certainly not top'
• Management really is not bullshit
• Management in the Dutch business community could do a little better
• Managers overestimate themselves structurally
• Better managers lead more productive companies

• Management quality and productivity (CBS report, sept. 2020)

• Management quality important for productivity Dutch industry (ESB article, Dec. 2020)