This final project explored the functions and services of the export consultancy firm Zet-Group and focuses on OOO Zet-Group, the Russian division. Furthermore, it lists the obstacles that Dutch SMEs experience when exporting to Russia so that Zet-Group can develop its services to make them fit with …

The purpose of this report is to investigate the industrial trade networks of Bulgaria for the manufacturing of machines, parts, tools and mechanical equipment. It was assigned by the marketing consultancy KommaNet in order to find out why its main client, the Dutch Centre for Promotion of Imports (CBI), …

Deze vier artikelen uit verschillende hoeken van de HU illustreren uiteenlopende ervaringen met de koppeling tussen onderwijs, onderzoek en beroepspraktijk. Uit hun verhalen blijkt dat deze verbindingen steeds meer vorm krijgen en dat de ervaringen met de HU als kennisinstelling vooral positief zin. Uitgegeven …

Enterprise Services have been proposed as a more business-friendly form of web services which can help organizations bridge the gap between the IT capabilities and business benefits of Service Oriented Architecture. However up until now there are almost no methodologies for creating enterprise services, …

Strategisch HRM van twee kanten bekeken. Ondanks alle literatuur, discussies, themabijeenkomsten, onderzoeken, trainingen en veranderingen in de rol van de personeelsafdeling, lijkt de strategische bijdrage van HRM maar niet van de grond te komen. Dit artikel geeft een overzicht van de inzichten uit …

In this paper I’ll discuss the first outcomes of an explorative research concerning the consultancy projects of a consultancy-based learning programme (Minor Consultancy 2006 - 2007, half-year bachelor programme University of Applied Sciences, Hogeschool Utrecht, The Netherlands). In order to improve …

Business Process Management Systems (BPMSs) are increasingly implemented in and across organizations. There is much talk on BPMSs, and software vendors and IT-consultancy companies are leveraging this. In this paper we provide an investigation on the originality of BPMSs. We identify concepts, features …

Nowadays the interest in Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is rising enormously. There are a lot of software developers and consultancy firms that are jumping to the occasion and are selling Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) that are based on these concepts …