2.3.3.4 Analysing media reports

The third method of data collection involved the analysis of Dutch media reports from the free press relating to each company and participant. I searched the LexisNexis database for media reports from 2003 to the date of the last interview in 2013. I also consulted Management Scope, a Dutch business magazine that publishes interviews with directors, articles on business strategies and governance issues and searched each of the participants on www.managementscope. nl. In addition, I searched on www.veb.nl and followed all of the VEB actions that might be relevant to the interviews and were publicly available. The VEB is the Dutch investors’ association.