Het World Trade Center Twente stimuleert, motiveert en brengt bedrijven met elkaar in contact door middel van o.a. handelsmissies, de Business Club en coachingstrajecten. Door een samenwerking met alle 325 World Trade Centers in 90 landen is een wereldwijd netwerk ontstaan. Hierdoor kunnen ondernemers …

Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) are new world monkeys native to Central and South America. Although the overall population of howler monkeys is declining due to habitat loss and the illegal trade, their status, as categorised by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2017), ranges from Least Concern …

from the article: Web-shop entrepreneurs generally overlook success factors during the expansion process of applying cross-border trade, resulting in failure or even high financial losses. The solution to this issue may be a decision supporting model, that supports SME web-shop entrepreneurs in their …

The increase in population, high standards of living and rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for food across the globe. The global trade has made it possible to meet this demand by enabling transport of different food products from one part of the world to another. In this trade, refrigerated …

This paper presents the results of both a qualitative and a quantitative study on the possibilities for peak shaving the energy demand of ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at container terminals. The objective is to present an energy consumption model that visualizes the energy demand of STS cranes and to show …

From the article: "Computing is an interdisciplinary field that can be approached from different points of view. Each point of view has its goals, aims and fundamental assumptions. This makes computing a complex discipline. Moreover, new computing disciplines appear regularly. With the trend that ICT-professionals …

With trade concentrated in a few ports in todays global economy, even a single maritime terrorist incident has the potential to significantly disrupt our economic and financial processes. A (renewed) maritime focus for policy makers is not only of paramount interest for our economic wealth and progress, …

Peer reviewed research paper SEFI Engineering Education congress 2018 Within higher engineering education, students have to learn to close knowledge gaps that arise in professional assignments, such as capstone projects. These knowledge gaps can be closed through simple inquiry, but can also require …

Trade shows offer a platform for exploring new markets, discussing problems, spotting trends and increasing brand awareness. They are an essential part for the communication mix, the product mix, and the distribution mix. After a trade show, the company’s leads are often not managed effectively. This …

The research views sanctions from a game-theoretical perspective by describing, that when evaluating effectiveness, additional positive outcomes must be considered. The central research question of this report is, therefore, whether the Russian embargo can be considered effective.