Instagram influencer marketing is the new word of mouth marketing tactic in which influencers are able to directly impact people. These so called opinion leaders are of great value for brands who wish to distribute their products or services to a certain type of audience. Micro-influencers are a specific …

The purpose of the dissertation was to research how to increase the European Studies program international students’ enrollment by recommending through which information channels and what message content to promote abroad. Four topics were researched to give recommendations: I. International students’ …

This dissertation explores the ways in which third wave feminist organisations can influence mass media coverage in their favour. Social movements are dependent on mass media in order to thrive. Mass media legitimises social movement’s claims, broadens the scope of conflict and mobilises the public (Gamson …

The disruptive rise of the sharing economy has revolutionized the field of consumption of things and influenced many associated areas. Participation in these social innovations is an important phenomenon and people are exploring and expanding the further possibilities of the sharing economy with emerging technologies …

Change agent capacity-building compendium.Due to increasing globalization, technological advances and sociological changes, the world is becoming more complex than ever. Complexity has gone from large systems, to organizational and individual levels. Today it concerns all aspects of society. The will …

A stream of literature is emerging where network development and business modeling intersect. Various authors emphasize that networks influence business models. This paper extends this stream of literature by studying two cases in which we analyze how business modeling and networking interact over time. …

Professional youth workers and their organizations pursue further improvement of quality and transparency in their work. Political developments require to demonstrate the added value of professional youth work to active citizenship. Due to the complex, dynamic and interactive nature of professional youth …

Climate change is a major hindrance to global sustainable development. The well being of future generations is facing critical environmental challenges. The effect of globalization in terms of economic, social and technological changes have been rapid and have left human beings behind schedule yet hunger …

Loods Tien is a restaurant located in Breskens at the coast of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. The restaurant looks over the Westerschelde and up to the skyline of Vlissingen. In 2013 Loods Tien was completely renewed and rebuild. The Boathouse was build in order to rent it for private events. However, the Boathouse …

Artistic research is a relatively new form of research that makes use of the attitudes and methods of artists and designers during the research process. This simply implies that researchers work from a visual and associative perspective and have an open attitude that makes it possible for them to notice …