Metze Research

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This website is operated by Marcel Metze PhD (58), based in The Netherlands, independent researcher, journalist, and author of a dozen books and hundreds of articles, essays and columns about corporate history, finance, economic trends, and a wide range of management issues.

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Permanent Master Class

Talented, ambitious students and post-graduates may participate in my projects as interns or trainees, or work on their own projects, and thus develop their skills in historical research, investigative reporting, and excellent writing, under my personal guidance.

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None at the moment.


In Progress

A Changing Tide, 2nd edition
(Veranderend Getij, RWS)

After a lawsuit and questions in parliament, I could publish my independent study of the Dutch Agency for Public Works and Water Management, Rijkswaterstaat, on March 6th (in Dutch). The first edition was sold within a month.
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Farewell to a Negligent Élite

Essays, interviews, reports and contemplations about the curious mix of bureaucracy and corporate thinking in the public sector, and about the necessity of responsible, historically conscious and unifying leaderschip. By John Balm and Marcel Metze (Dutch).
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Running Royal Dutch Shell

An independent political biography of Royal Dutch Shell, scheduled for publication in the fall of 2010 (in Dutch).
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Metze's Monthly
Selection of Reading

To be resumed in September 2010.

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Recent articles

Recente artikelen

Essay:
Smit's secret. About 'Nina', research journalism and the construction of reality (Dutch)
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Management Essay 17: No one at the wheel, the deeper causes of the financial crisis (Dutch).
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Opinion: Nout Wellink should resign (Dutch)
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Management Essay 16: The Old Order is alive and kicking (Dutch)
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Management Essay 15: Another century of standstill, unless the rich and super-rich invest in their own country (Dutch).
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Lectures and Presentations

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Upcoming Projects

The Rich and Super-Rich, a book about money, power and status in The Netherlands, through the ages.
A co-production with élite-researcher Jos van Hezewijk.

McKinsey & Company, a corporate biography.