This research justification presents the possibilities for AutoVentura on the fleet sales market. The research was initiated because more brand awareness has to be created for AutoVentura. AutoVentura positions itself in the niche of luxury cars and high-quality service. The strategy that has been chosen …

Will the Automotive era come to an end in the 21th century? Looking at today’s environmental and economic challenges of the use of last century technology cars and listening to some trend watchers one could think so. Cars can be regarded, as an old school status product indeed, for which there is no …

Gear transmission systems are widely used in a variety of applications in many industries, including automobile, railway, wind energy and the shipping industry. A gearbox breakdown may result in catastrophic failures and significant economic losses. A gearbox fault can cause damage to a propulsion system …

In the Netherlands, the automobile manufacturer Nissan has initiated a unique project to stimulate the uptake of electric vehicles (EV) for commercial usage. This project is called “Power to Amsterdam” and started by the end of 2014. In the project, Nissan has enabled entrepreneurs in the region of Amsterdam …

This thesis sets out to discover whether a experimental approach to architectural designing would be feasible as a new design strategy. The goal of this approach is to create a higher learning curve during designing and more stimulation innovation in the build environment. Hopefully resulting in less …

This study deals with the ability of management to successfully innovate their organizations by means of adaptation. Two main theories, organizational ecology (OE) and contingency theory (CT) have used the concept of organizational form to debate if inertia (OE) or adaptation (CT) is more the order of …