Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) such as blockchain have in recent years been presented as a new general-purpose technology that could underlie many aspects of social and economic life, including civics and urban governance. In an urban context, over the past few years, a number of actors have …

Stel je voor: binnenkort verhuis je naar een zogenaamde ‘slimme' woning. Zoals beloofd in de brochure is het huis uitgerust met de nieuwste technologieën die het dagelijks leven vereenvoudigen en energiezuiniger maken. Met een slimme thermostaat, gekoppeld aan je telefoon, kun je de temperatuur op afstand …

During the past two decades the implementation and adoption of information technology has rapidly increased. As a consequence the way businesses operate has changed dramatically. For example, the amount of data has grown exponentially. Companies are looking for ways to use this data to add value to their …

In the operational systems of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, data about criminal cases are registered. This information is used to generate crime statistics or other management information as input for policymaking. A key element for these statistics is the crime type of a case, which is normally …

Dit onderzoek focust op de succesfactoren van operationele data warehouses bij grote financiële dienstverleners in Nederland. Door literatuurstudie is een samengesteld model ontwikkeld voor data warehouse succesfactoren. Dit model is getoetst bij grote Nederlandse banken en verzekeringsmaatschappijen …

Concerns about the negative consequences of the excessive underpricing of the current arrangement in the initial public offering (IPO) market for the provision of entrepreneurial finance—book building—have led to research into the viability of auctions for IPO pricing and allocation. IPO firms face a trade-off …

The fast-fashion industry consistently produces fashionable apparel that are sold at relatively low prices. In this dissertation, the social and environmental issues caused by the fast-fashion industry are explored. Moreover, three fast-fashion companies that use the fast-fashion business model are studied …

De coronacrisis was niet voorzien, ondanks alle grote beloftes die worden gedaan over de mogelijkheden van big data. Nog een tekortkoming van grootschalige dataverzameling en analyse is dat we oplossingen van maatschappelijke problemen te eenzijdig technocratisch willen oplossen. Het blijkt in deze tijd …

Cooperatives are special because the members not only own the cooperative, but also patronize it. CEO’s decision has an impact on the overall members’ interests. Understanding how CEOs differ from members regarding their evaluations on cooperative performance and what causes the differences, is valuable …

Urban construction logistics has a big impact on cities. The topic of this paper is governance strategies for realising more sustainable urban construction logistics. Although not much research has been done in the field of governance of construction logistics, several authors have stressed the fragmented …