During the Middle Ages and early modern period, a dramatic culture of astonishing vitality developed in the Low Countries. Owing to the activities of organisations known as rederijkerskamers, or "chambers of rhetoric", drama became a central aspect of public life in the cities of the Netherlands. The …

Onderzoek naar selectiecriteria zoals die in de alternatieve mainstream gangbaar zijn. Dat segment in het popmuziekcircuit hanteert een undergroundlogica (nadruk op authenticiteit) om zich van de in zijn ogen commerciële mainstream te onderscheiden. Daarbij gaat de aandacht naar economische (organisatorische), …

Brains and gender, separately and in their interrelatedness, are hot items today in popular journals and academic literature. It is in particular the complexity of the interdependence of physical-, psychological-, and contextual-related developments of feminization in education that we focus on these …

This paper examines the role of the public private partnerships in the health care systems of three European countries - The United Kingdom, Poland and the Czech Republic. Public private partnerships were developed in the 19th century in the UK. It was a way to finance the rapid growth of the infrastructure, …

Wuxi Suofei socks Co. LTD is a company mainly produce all kinds of socks for export to Japan and America, the company has done export for more than 10 years. But recent years export industry in China is no longer popular than before, profit is reducing year by year. In order to survive in such a serious …

Nokia is a large mobile phone company that is struggling to keep up with other players in the emerging smartphone market. The market is very competitive and the products have a short life cycle. Furthermore, a high level of innovativeness is required. In this report the Finnish mobile phone company has …

Background: While the interest of health promotion researchers in change methods directed at the target population has a long tradition, interest in change methods directed at the environment is still developing. In this survey, the focus is on methods for environmental change; especially about how these …

Tomato is one of the most popular vegetables all over the world and the production was 145 million tonnes in 2011. In Taiwan and The Netherlands, tomato also became an important vegetable nowadays. In both countries, the farmer cooperatives are the way to help farmers accessing markets. However, Taiwanese …

Hoe veel verschillen Groningers van elkaar als hun wieg in een ander land stond? Die vraag staat centraal in Stamppot mous met gemengde wortels. Zes verhalen over gewone Groningse huishoudens worden daarvoor aangevuld met bijdragen van mensen die veel te maken hebben met verscheidenheid in de achtergrond …

Developing European transnational clusters is a cornerstone in current EU-policies towards a sustainable competitive and open European economy. Within this conceptual paper relates these objectives to new developments in the application of network IT or, in popular terms, the rise of social media. The …