The initial encounter between a buyer and a seller has received much attention among practitioners. The first time a buyer interacts with a seller is thought to be highly influential. The premise is that buyers form an opinion during this first encounter, or even the first minutes of this encounter. …

Digital Dreams is a young, ambitious game design and development company with drive and a lot of technical knowledge in it's field. The lack in communication skills has led to a situation where there was no consistency or strategic intent in the communication. In order to bring the company from an infancy …

The Co-Design Pressure Cooker was set up to gather knowledge on co-design in product development activities of Small-to-Medium Enterprises(SMEs). This booklet gives an impression of ten projects conducted in the Province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. In these ten projects, a total of 22 companies were …

In the Navigation Technology Department, a special interaction exists between scientific education and research on the one hand and skill based education on the other. The skill based education consists besides theoretical courses of a lot of practical courses. The NLDA can provide their students with …

In this report the internal situation of Hölscher is analysed. Josef Hölscher GmbH is a ropery, wattle and producer for equestrian and dog sport equipment. Information about the most important elements is seized, which divine Höscher as well as the brand EQuest. Furthermore the 7S Model of Mc Kinsey …

Being an artist in Post-Fordist Times, sketches a provocative impression of the manner in which prominent artists, theorests and art intermediaries relate to economic, political, social and ecological issues. It presents an instructive narrative about power and impotence, cyniscism and utopia, nihilism …

One needs three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed. (Graham, 2005) Five …

The authors report on a new research project on cooperative robots, which is particularly suited to student participation. The research on cooperative robot systems of the Combat Systems section is still at a preliminary stage. A system for the determination of the relative position of robots hasalready …

The government of Zambia has joined several international co-operatives in order to reduce poverty and improve public healthcare services. Activities concerning nuclear sciences and technology have gained greater importance in Africa during the past decade. Zambia has focused on upgrading the nuclear …

Current e-learning tools offer a multitude of possibilities for the exchange of various types of documents and for communication between students as well as between students and teacher(s). But education is intrinsically process-oriented – and current technology in the field of elearning offers no support …