The central research question in this study is: Which meaning is given to sustainability within a Dutch housing association and does making sense of the concept of sustainability lead to sustainable strategic choices? The chosen research strategy is a longitudinal case study in the Dutch housing association …

Zusammenfassung Anlässlich des negativen Medien-Images von Bildungsmaßnahmen des JobCenters beschäftigt sich diese Arbeit mit der Evaluation einer Bildungsmaßnahme für Jugendliche im Übergang zwischen Schule und Beruf. Die Zielsetzung ist die Messung der Zufriedenheit und Sinnerkenntnis der Teilnehmenden. …

To profile a better physiognomy of contemporary technocratic logics of planning, this chapter explores the reform of the working processes and organisational structures of the public management bureaucracties in the Amsterdam municipality. It does so in order to reflect on the mechanisms through which …

Op 15 september 2018 was het tien jaar geleden dat de Lehman bank viel, wat wel wordt gezien als het begin van de financiële crisis. Daarna zijn er heel veel maatregelen genomen om iets soortgelijks te voorkomen. Deze maatregelen spelen zich vooral af op het gebied van regelgeving. De periode na 2008 …

The aim of this narrative review was to explore the potential contributions of CAM to reduce antibiotic use. Methods. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews with a specific, limited set of search terms and collected input from a group of expert CAM researchers to answer …

How can transport and land-use transitions in urban regions be understood and supported? This question is increasingly relevant for researchers and policy makers alike given the growing urgency of sustainability issues confronting cities and the limited improvements can be observed despite continued …

This thesis is about volunteer motivation and engagement. The research elaborates on the motivation and engagement of volunteers in the project InduS. Nowadays, a world without volunteers cannot be imagined. They get more and more important in every aspect of social life, for example volunteers are …

With this report, the researcher has conducted some research and draw some conclusion about Demand Planning in a wine importing company, this report can help all the company in the wine industry how want to implement a Demand Planning strategy and want to know how it can improve logistics operations …

With 61% of wine consumer on a regular basis, the UK is the world sixth wine consumption market. It is one of the smallest wine producers but one of the largest wine importers in the world. Leading by the off-trade consumption, it is one of the most dynamic markets with a wide range of worldwide product …

Wine tourism suffers from decreasing number of tourists during the low season which is a problem when wineries’ profits mostly come from tourists’ purchases. Focus of this research was on small wineries as they do not benefit from the same renown as big historic wineries. Moreover, wine business is not …