In the nineties of the last century, a lot of (ICT) incubators started in the Netherlands, many private (GorillaPark, Ant Factory, Lost Boys and Newconomy), some public, such as Twinning. Most of them stopped early this century or gone bankrupt. From 2005 university incubators like YesDelft!, Erasmus …

The transatlantic data transfer between the U.S. and the EU would have been extremely complex and expensive if the European Commission together with the U.S. Department of Commerce had not originated the Safe Harbor agreement in 2000. As recently as the beginning of 2014 the European Parliament, especially …

From the thesis: This thesis describes a research project with the goal of creating a reference architecture for big data solutions. Big data is an evolution of the field business intelligence and at the same time a revolution in terms of the business value it can bring to organizations. Cloud computing …

Wat zijn de effecten van de huidige call-to-actions op Radio 1 en hoe kunnen deze effecten worden vergroot? Dit is de vraag die centraal staat in dit onderzoek. De zogenaamde effecten die plaatsvinden na een call-to-action, een oproep van de presentator om de luisteraar aan te zetten tot actie, zijn …

Binnen a.s.r. doet het Klant Contact Centrum mee aan het Keurmerk Klantgericht Verzekeren. Dit keurmerk laat naar buiten zien dat een verzekeraar klantgericht is. Wanneer een verzekeraar dit keurmerk heeft, kan de consument erop vertrouwen dat die snel en klantvriendelijk wordt geholpen. Het keurmerk …

Power is needed to get things done in organisations. But who should have this power? Traditionally, power is exerted by managers at the top of the organisational hierarchy. This has led to a strong focus on individual performance, a call for strong leaders showing heroic management. In this technical-practical …

This project is about Amsterdam50 and discipleship. Amsterdam50 is an international, English-speaking church in the centre of Amsterdam. In this thesis project an answer will be given to the question how members of Amsterdam50 value the ways this church has been facilitating opportunities for them to …

Analysis of the concept responsibility, which is at present not only voiced on an individual level, but also on an organisational level and on a political level. An action will be seen as responsible when the response that is given to call of the other, whether on an individual level, an organisational …

The content of most journalism courses at journalism schools has been affected by the fast digital and interactive developments in the field. The changing digital organization of information and sources necessitates constant changes in news-gathering and research techniques and affects education in research …

This article responds to the call of scholars for more research on psychological phenomena in entrepreneurship and especially business transfers. The complexity represented in business transfers has attracted a substantial interest of a wide variety of disciplines in the last 30 years. Despite this attention …