In opdracht van Job Lizard, een jobcoach organisatie, is een onderzoek uitgevoerd naar de behoeftes van de betrokken partijen omtrent het coachingstraject van Job Lizard. Het doel van het onderzoek was het aanbrengen van meer structuur, duidelijkheid en concrete communicatie in het coachingstraject doormiddel …

Are migrant entrepreneurs innovative with their business ideas and practices? The introduction of novel business ideas would provide migrant entrepreneurs with a cutting edge advantage against competitors, but the research about this topic is thin on the ground. I propose that the opportunity of migrant …

In large organisations, innovation activities are often located in separate departments, centres or studios. These departments aim to produce prototypes of solutions to the problems of operational business owners. However, too often these concepts remain in the prototype stage: they never cross the valley …

As in many large European Cities, Amsterdam is confronted with a large housing boom, partially fuelled by shortcomings in (affordable) housing development. Simultaneously, there is a persistent need to improve neighbourhoods with a weak socioeconomic status. The municipal government aims to both, develop …

A colomn about Neurotypic Spectrum Disorder (NSD). Incidence 5 out of 10 persons, only 3 out of 100 are completely excluded (they have ASD, autistic spectrum disorder). NSD means a reduced capacity to obtain one or more preoccupations, let alone losing themselves in fascinations; Superficial knowledge …

This dissertation focusses on counter-radicalisation policies and their effectiveness in Denmark and the Netherlands. Increased terrorism on European soil in the last decade, forced EU member states to implement renewed counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation measures. The purpose of this study …

Resilience is held as a promising concept to produce a paradigm shift from traditional flood control to an integration of flood risk management and spatial planning. Central ideas to the resilience narrative are that nothing is certain except uncertainty itself' and adaptability' is key to governing …

In dit rapport wordt verslag gedaan van een onderzoek naar aanpassingen in brieven die uit worden gestuurd naar huurders met een betalingsachterstand bij woonstichting De Key. Het doel van het onderzoek was om na te gaan welke aanpassingen effectief zijn in het stimuleren van huurders met een betalings-achterstand …

This research assesses how neuromarketing might offer a suitable marketing method for Loyalty Makers. It does so by examining what neuromarketing consists of and how it can be used. Especially, it is investigated what techniques and tactics exist in the field of neuromarketing and to what extent they …

The way people and organisations describe or depict nature betrays their fundamental attitude towards nature. In this PhD thesis views of nature are seen as digestions of meaningful experiences of nature in which a religious depth can be identified. This PhD thesis contains both theoretical and empirical …