In recent years there has been a trend in the sales of supermarket products. The consumer buys an increasing proportion of products which are in promotion. This has increased the promotion pressure in supermarkets to an average of 20 percent (IRi, 2016). In the category cheese the promotion pressure …

Pepperminds is an organization which works with a large amount of young employees. Especially the last two years Pepperminds knew a large degrease of these employees. 284 employees have stopped working for Pepperminds over the last two years. Because of this degrease, Pepperminds wishes to gain insights …

Ageing is associated with a decline in daily functioning and mobility. A physically active life and physical exercise can minimize the decline of daily functioning and improve the physical-, psychological- and social functioning of older adults. Despite several advantages of group-based exercise programs, …

This marketing plan is written for Big in Japan. Big in Japan is a clothing store based in the eastside of Amsterdam. Big in Japan brings a carefully selected range of fashion and lifestyle brands to an accessible level, not only focusing online but also with a unique store concept, outside the city …

Green Life Volunteers offers various volunteering projects, but Green Life Volunteers is not the only organization that offers volunteering projects in the region. Despite the fact that the competitors from Green Live Volunteers commercialized organizations are and that they receive a lot more for their …

BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in empowering older adults to age in place by deploying various types of technology (ie, eHealth, ambient assisted living technology, smart home technology, and gerontechnology). However, initiatives aimed at implementing these technologies are complicated by the …

This dissertation conducts a comprehensive study on the motives of the Government of The Netherlands for its support of the proposal by the European Commission for an Investment Court System (ICS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement that is currently under negotiation …

This article presents the results of a survey on the internationalization of Bachelor’s education in social work, which was carried out at 33 schools of social work across Europe. Many universities are seeking to “internationalize” their social work curriculum. However, although many social work educators …

Presentation at the 6th European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR) 2016. As of September 2013, the Research Group Applied Research Methodology at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht helps researchers to optimise their research methods for practice-oriented research. This presentation introduces …

SUMMARYDuring the last centuries real estate became an important asset within mixed-asset investment portfolios. The importance of real estate in a mixed-asset portfolio is based on Markowitz (1959) modern portfolio theory. The important message of the modern portfolio theory was that different assets …