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Shikko | 30-11-2006 | 11:15 Link | Comments (1) | Entrepreneurial Marketing

Deze week is een interessant hoofdstuk toegevoegd aan de strijd van links Nederland tegen Private Equity Firms (PE) en Hedge Funds (HF). De FNV is een offensief begonnen om bedrijfstakpensioenfondsen zoals metaalpensioenfonds PMT zover te krijgen HF en PE te boycotten, te beginnen met Centaurus en Paulson die ondermeer een 30% aandeel hebben in Stork.
Het is juist de ironie van de investeringen van pensioenfondsen in PE en HF dat deze situatie zo interessant maakt en dat zal ik kort toelichten:

  • FNV medewerkers betalen premies aan bedrijfstakpensioenfondsen;
  • Bedrijfstakpensioenfondsen beleggen deze premies ondermeer in HF (in NL €10 mrd ofwel ~2% van totaal beheerd vermogen);
  • HF nemen een aanzienlijk belang in de bedrijven van dezelfde medewerkers;
  • Op basis van dit belang proberen HF invloed uit te oefenen op de strategie van een bedrijf, hetgeen kan leiden tot de ontslag van dezelfde medewerker die via zijn eigen pensioenfonds heeft geïnvesteerd in de betreffende HF of PE.

Dit laatste punt is tegen het zere been van de vakbond; want in Nederland is er maar één externe partij die invloed mag uitoefenen op de strategie van een bedrijf en dat is natuurlijk de vakbond zelf.

Laten we deze lijn van aanwending van invloedsfeer door de FNV eens doortrekken op basis van de beleggingsportefeuille van het pensioenfonds PMT. Volgens het jaarverslag van 2005 belegt PMT 34.1% in aandelen (en daarnaast 6,8% in HF en PE).

Volgens dezelfde logica van FNV mogen pensioenfondsen zo meteen ook niet meer investeren in de aandelen van de volgende bedrijven:

  • Bedrijven die FNV medewerkers ontslaan bij noodzakelijke herstructureringen;
  • Bedrijven die grootschalig Outsourcen om competitief te blijven;
  • Bedrijven die dwarsliggen bij CAO onderhandelingen.

Dan heb ik het nog niet eens gehad over de beleggingen van pensioenfondsen in financiële waarden zoals banken. Gaat FNV er nu op aan dringen bij pensioenfondsen om niet meer te beleggen in Banken die onvoldoende overbruggingskrediet willen verstrekken?

Er is wellicht een alternatieve oplossing voor de FNV. Veel van de leningen die PE gebruiken voor het financieren van de overnames wordt door banken doorverkocht (securitiseren). Als de vakbonden deze schuldposities overnemen dan hoeven ze alleen nog maar te wachten tot de rente omhoog gaat of de operationele resultaten tegenvallen (zoals bij VNU) en ze kunnen alle invloed uitoefenen die ze willen.

Gr. Shikko


Jeroen Voorhuis | 30-11-2006 | 05:55 Link | No Comments | Mr. Outsourcing, Procurement Outsourcing

Als adviseur van grote, vaak multinationale organisaties krijg ik vaak vragen over uitbesteding van inkoop- en logistiek activiteiten. Aan de hand van een vraag/antwoord sessie met het vakblad Inkoop & Logistiek start ik de discussie over de uitbesteding van inkoop. Hierover staat verder in deze post meer informatie. Eerst even iets over mijzelf… lees verder…


admin | 29-11-2006 | 05:17 Link | No Comments |

BlogPodium biedt werknemers van Accenture de mogelijkheid om hun mening te geven over zaken binnen hun vakgebied, en om discussies aan te gaan met onze klanten, geinteresseerden en kenners binnen het vakgebied. De blogs binnen BlogPodium zijn zo verschillend als de mensen die ze schrijven: van onze CMD die schrijft over haar ervaringen en strategische kwesties van Accenture, tot de beginnende junior consultant die de overgang van studie naar een full-time baan probeert te combruggen. 

Accenture BlogPodium is an interactive platform which gives Accenture Netherlands employees the opportunity to share their visions and opinions with our customers, interested and professionals within their field of expertise. The blogs within BlogPodium are as diverse as the people who write them:from our country managing director discussing her experiences and strategic issues facing Accenture, to a starting junior consultant, who attempts to bridge the gap between student life and working life.

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Jort Possel | 16-11-2006 | 04:43 Link | No Comments | Entrepreneurial Marketing

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EDIT: I’ve uploaded the pictures here.

Yes! I made it! Please find below a quick write-up of my 5th of November.

(please go to http://www.nycmarathon.org/training/simulation.php , to see my race simulated)

We woke up at 4.45 am - not by choice. As the bridge to Staten Island closed at 7, and around 850 buses needed to pass, our bus was leaving pretty early. The bus ride was movie-like – there was complete silence for the whole ride. Everybody was just preparing their gear, staring straight ahead, while we rode through the empty, dark streets of Manhatten. All you could see where other buses with the same destination. You could feel the tension – it was a memorable ride.

Then, the hard part came….

On Staten Island, we arrived at a park where we had to wait for three hours before the start. It was about 5 degrees Celsius and all we wanted to do was just GO. We all killed time by listening to the band playing, watching the costumes, further preparing our gear and going to the restrooms 22 times.

The start of the race was exciting. Canons were fired and an old US Airforce plane flew over. After 5 minutes or so we crossed the starting line. Running in a huge crowd, we started with the immense Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

Just when it seemed there was no end to this bridge, we arrived in Brooklyn. This was fun – huge crowds with origins from every corner in the world. On one corner there where the Italian-Americans, cheering us on their way. Two minutes later we ran in between a Jamaican crowd, with their cheers and reggae music.

It was the same story in Queens, only here I was less fit so I could not enjoy it that much. I was still running with my friend Ernst Kalbfleisch, when we crossed the East River on the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. On the bridge I lost him though. As the pain in my right knee kept getting worse, I couldn’t keep up. I started feeling my knee after 1.30 h already, but on this bridge it really started to hurt. Ernst was in good condition though, so naturally he took off. We were running for approx. 3.10 hours.
Previous to the race, a physician in Amsterdam discovered there was moist in my right knee, due to the extensive training. He said I could run the marathon, but it was going to be hard. I just wished the hard part wouldn’t kick in until later in the race.

The race proceeded north on First Avenue. It was long, very wide and surrounded by a huge Manhattan crowd. This avenue felt like a milestone in the race. “Get through this and you’re fine”, I kept saying to myself. I was running in what must have been an awkward-looking style – using only my left leg and barely touching the ground with my right. The cheers from the crowd kept me going, high-fiving and shouting the names of the sponsors presented on my shirt: “Come on Accenture, you guys deliver results!!”.

We crossed briefly into the Bronx over the Harlem River before returning to Manhattan. It then proceeded south through Harlem and into Central Park. When I first saw the park, I knew I was close. I also knew that I had to hurry should I want to finish within 5 hours. Again, it was the crowd that helped me here. They reminded me of the fact that the finish line was close and I had to hang in there. Finally I saw the ‘800 meters to go’ sign. From there, you just smile to the crowd and fly through the finish line.

I made it in 4.58.31. It might not be a very competitive time, but who cares, I made it. It was a memorable experience I can recommend to all.


Bas van Hengstum | 13-11-2006 | 09:34 Link | No Comments | Tagz - The World of RFID

Money, money, money, money…. MONEY!

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Well, you better look at the money in your wallet now, because it’s going to disappear. After the introduction of plastic money (debit cards and credit cards), Rabobank will introduce wireless money to The Netherlands. Nothing new for the United States, but completely new in The Netherlands.

Rabobank will start with its own telephony services on Wednesday. At first, they hope to increase the number of users for their mobile phone banking services, but next year they hope to introduce wireless payments using an RFID chip in a mobile phone.

RFID is not new for Rabobank:
- Rabobank is one of the founders of RFIDNederland, as is Accenture.
- In June 2004 they already announced that they see RFID as money of the future.
- Rabobank has already been using RFID since July 2005 for their Cash-in-Transit Management Solution.

More information ragarding their new initiative will be released by Rabobank on Wednesday November 15th, 2006.


Bas van Hengstum | 06-11-2006 | 08:06 Link | No Comments | Tagz - The World of RFID

There will be national elections soon in The Netherlands, namely November 22nd.

Several topics have been discussed widely in the media, but BRIGHT asked 7 Members of Parliament, representing 7 different parties, 15 questions about ICT. Two of these questions can be related to RFID.

Question 3: Biometric data on the chip in the new passport (now face, soon fingerprints) must be stored in a central database so that the police can identify everyone on the street by means of the face or fingerprints.

Question 5: Dutch Railways (NS) and other passenger transport companies can use the data collected using the ‘OV-chipkaart’ to make personal offers to travellers without asking for permission in advance.

As you can see, both questions are about privacy. Not an uncommon topic when discussing RFID.

The 7 interviewed parties do not agree on question 3 (storing biometric data in a central database), but they all agree on question 5 (using personal travel patterns without permission): all are against. This shows that ‘the war against terrorism’ can clash with privacy, while privacy is still very important.

The SGP (Dutch Reformed Party) is in favour of a central database, but earlier it supported a motion against the chip in the passport for everybody, as some people have conscientious objections to it. That sounds contradicting: Yes, all data should be in a database, but as a person you can opt-out.

The outcome of this discussion will highly depend on the future coalition. PvdA (Dutch Labour Party) is against, but is in doubt about this - perfect to keep all options open, as CDA (Christian Democratic Appeal) is in favour, but smaller left wing parties Groen Links (Green Party) and SP (Socialists) are against.