La Place, is a unique food service chain company that started in the Netherlanders and currently operates on a global level. Research is carried out at La Place in order to find and create implementations, which would minimize the gap between operational services and the manager operations. The gap …

BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in empowering older adults to age in place by deploying various types of technology (ie, eHealth, ambient assisted living technology, smart home technology, and gerontechnology). However, initiatives aimed at implementing these technologies are complicated by the …

The research was designed for international students who followed the European Studies four-year English program at The Hague University, as an increasing number of international students are coming to receive their higher education in the Netherlands. Foreign students need to adapt socially and academically …

Frequent and targeted support to professionals is essential to control for quality delivery of services. In youth care settings, there is limited time and capability to implement all of the support systems that are suggested by program developers. With the pressure and responsibility to provide services …

In this chapter we discuss the main impediments to the adoption of reverse factoring (RF) by suppliers in the logistics services business. Although the usage of RF is ascending, empirical evidence on RF and its implementation, especially from the point of view of suppliers, is scarce. The project reported …

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For Universities, or for similar institutes of higher education, it is increasingly difficult to initialize a Master-programme within The Netherlands. They have to find their way through the maze of a growing number of rules and regulations and quality controls. A side issue that occurs is that these …

Philips strives to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation, in both advanced and emerging markets. There are major differences between these worlds, also in healthcare. This is mainly the result of the limited resources in the emerging countries and the lack of availability of …

Situated learning plays a key role in internships and other practice-based learning settings in teacher education. The dominant assumption for a long time has been that the development of teaching competency is advanced most through practical teaching experience and post-lesson conferences between mentor …

After decades of being deemed the idealistic hobby of a niche group of fanatics, Green has finally entered the mainstream of the architectural service industry. However, most architects and urban planners are not yet adequately equipped to translate the challenges of climate change and resource and energy …