Aims: identify and explain purchasing-oriented patterns in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) via case study research. Scope: Using a conceptual framework and empirical research this article proposes a series of purchasing-oriented patterns in SMEs. These patterns align activities to achieve the …

Background: The awareness is growing that central sensitization is of prime importance for the assessment and management of chronic pain, but its classification is challenging clinically since no gold standard method of assessment exists. Objectives: Designing the first set of classification criteria …

The ‘wave’ of technology breaking over Higher Education continues to impact the interaction between lecturers and students. The increasing prevalence of video and the ease of its distribution offer lecturers the opportunity to use the medium of video to enhance their teaching in a variety of ways with …

Veel mensen met dementie wonen in zorginstellingen en daarom is het van belang dat er goed wordt nagedacht over de inrichting van de groene omgeving bij een zorginstelling. Verscheidene zorginstellingen spelen hier al op in met het realiseren van verschillende tuinen die specifiek gericht zijn op mensen …

WHEAT Trust is a small organisation which provides financial and other resources to small community-based organisations (CBOs) and women to support local, rural and national initiatives throughout South Africa that would otherwise not have been able to access these on their own. Some of those organisations …

Managing and supporting the collaboration between different actors is key in any organizational context, whether of a hierarchical or a networked nature. In the networked context of ecosystems of service providers and other stakeholders, BPM is faced with different challenges than in a conventional hierarchical …

The Russian travel and tourism sector shows a high potential to grow and become a main global player in the field of tourism. The tourism industry contributes about 5.9% to the total GDP of the country. In 2011, the sector’s total contribution was 3.4 million Rubles, or $106 billion dollars. (WTTC, 2012) …

The recent shift towards the interdisciplinary study of the human-environment relationship is largely driven by environmental justice debates. This article will distinguish four types of environmental justice and link them to questions of neoliberalism and altruism. First, environmental justice seeks …

Neoliberal discourse often conceptualizes nature in relation to its market utility and economic development. This article will address the role of metaphors in shaping neoliberal discourse in business education. The aim of this article is to reveal reasoning patterns about environmental problems and …

This article explores the perceptions of development through metaphor use by students of International Business Management Studies at The Hague University. Students’ reflections upon the concepts of nature and development before and after educational intervention are examined through discourse analysis …