Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine an organization's operational alignment in the process of alliance formation. Design/methodology/approach A literature study was conducted on the strategic importance of assessing and aligning organizations' operations for alliancing. Furthermore, …

This study seeks to evaluate the extent to which the selected project is contributing to smallholder farmer empowerment. Vertical and horizontal integration are measured through a model proposed by KIT. Study of interest are subsistence farmers in Nakaseke, Uganda.

This research studied how one international primary school in a major Western European city supports its pupils going through a vertical transition. Data was collected over a ten week period through interviews of several staff members, surveys of parents and teachers, and through the study of school …

Achtergrond - De progressie van knieartrose lijkt gerelateerd te zijn aan een hoog extern knieadductiemoment (EKAM), dat gereduceerd kan worden door een aangepast gangpatroon. Doel - Ten eerste is onderzocht welke van vier loopstrategieën het EKAM maximaal verlaagt ten opzichte van comfortabel gaan. …

Op 14 oktober 2016 gaf Jasper den Besten, Lector Nieuwe Teeltsystemen van HAS Hogeschool, een presentatie over triggers in tuinbouwtechnologie, in het bijzonder Vertical Farming. "Tot nu toe is er heel veel technologie binnen de sector ontwikkeld. Met de komst van Vertical Farming verandert dat snel. …

Strategic communication includes all messages and activities across the levels of war in order to affect target audiences and to encourage certain behaviour. It can be divided into a horizontal way, the way the messages and activities are crafted and sent to touch the public, and a vertical way, the …

During the peacekeeping operations in the 90s of the last century it became clear that the military instrument alone could not bring the solution, other actors were also required to solve the multidimensional problems. This meant that in addition to soldiers a range of actors in the crisis regions …

Video feedback may be a powerful tool to change biomechanical landing patterns associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk. This study investigated the effect of video feedback on drop vertical jump (DVJ) landing strategies in team sport athletes. 59 athletes were assigned to a video …

External focus instructions have been shown to result in superior motor performance compared to internal focus instructions. Using an EF may help to optimize current anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programs. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of instructions …

The aim of this study is to investigate the predictive value of landing stability and technique to gain insight into risk factors for ankle and knee injuries in indoor team sport players. Seventyfive male and female basketball, volleyball or korfball players were screened by measuring landing stability …