Places matter for economic and social development. In an increasingly globalized world, people are looking to local and regional factors to optimize competitive advantage, inclusivity, and well-being. The ERSA congress “Places for People: Innovative, Inclusive and Liveable Regions” puts people back at …

Starting with a quick and dirty trial at Fab8 in Wellington, New Zeeland, the Fab Lab community has produced a considerable body of research over the past seven years. Together with colleagues Betty Barrett, Tomas Diez and Cindy Kohtala I’ve been carefully developing this endeavour to collect and present …

Much research has been done on mergers and acquisitions, their implementation and impact. However, there still are questions to ask, especially when looking at specific industries or departments. For that reason, the objective of this report is to provide a methodology that helps planning departments …

In this paper, I explored how to research a sensitive topic such as gossip in organizations and used a narrative approach to illustrate the methodological and ethical issues that come up when considering a variety of research methods. I first attempted to conduct an ethnographic research on a project …

Inleiding: Van de basisschoolkinderen heeft 9% leesproblemen. Naar aanleiding van verschillende onderzoeken zijn risicofactoren en voorspellers van leesproblemen geconstateerd die in een vroeg stadium gesignaleerd moeten worden: in de kleuterklas, voordat het daadwerkelijke lezen begint. Onderzoek wijst …

Due to the digitalization new forms of media have been developed that involve a po-tential risk for adolescents. Nowadays, young adults are always online and through social networks and instant messengers they can for example be bullied easily and data can be used improperly. Moreover, adolescents are …

Inleiding Niet-aangeboren hersenletsel (NAH) kan verstrekkende gevolgen hebben, waaronder problemen in de communicatie. Cognitieve communicatiestoornissen (CCS) zijn communicatiestoornissen, die geen afasie zijn. CCS worden meestal tijdens maar voornamelijk na de revalidatie na NAH herkend. Revalideren …

Doing business with France and in France is a term that is very familiar in the Netherlands. The French Chamber of Commerce (CFCI) in Amsterdam was therefore founded in 1979 by initiators like Freddy Heineken. The CFCI gained a lot of success till now, as it has network of more than 200 members and 1600 …

This study focuses on the local information needs of visitors of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. As a DMO it is crucial to understand the behaviour of the visitors at your destination, especially in the dynamic industry with the continuous developments. Therefore the objectives of this research are to create …

Aanleiding: Doordat mensen steeds ouder worden en er verandering naar participatiesamenleving plaatsvindt, wonen er steeds meer mensen met dementie thuis. Door de cognitieve achteruitgang wordt eigen regie van mensen met dementie vaak overgenomen. Om te zorgen dat keuzes niet bij mantelzorgers en zorgprofessionals …