Since the dawn of advertising in the Netherlands there have been much changes. Advertising has become an essential tool for any type of organization (Rakker, 2009). Nowadays, grasping the attention of an audience is becoming more and more difficult (Libbenga, 2013). Mark Jetten (2014) said “We barely …

The care sector in the Netherlands is currently in a difficult position. From 2015 on, the law 'Long-term care' will be reformed, the law 'Separation living and care' is implemented and local authorities need to take over the responsibilities for the care of its inhabitants. This causes a lot of shifts …

Positive Travels is an online company that organises trips for business companies and for people who want to go on a holiday for leisure purposes. It was developed from its parent company Positive Business Events. Positive Travels offers trips with different themes and trips are mostly tailor-made. Positive …

Spain is a country which at the moment has several economic problems. Therefore, the Spanish Government is offering non-European citizens the possibility of receiving Spanish residential visa when investing more than 500.000 € in real-estate. The purpose of this paper is to help Casamona, a young Spanish …

Summary Social impact assessment (SIA) developed alongside EIA in the early 1970s as a mechanism to consider the social impacts of planned interventions. The early understanding tended to limit the practical application of SIA to the project level, usually within the context of regulatory frameworks, …

Service design is literally the design of services. Service designers improve existing services or design completely new ones. Nothing new so far. Services have been around for centuries, and every service was conceived and designed by someone. However, service design takes a different angle; a different …

The conservation of our heritage buildings is a European wide policy objective. Historical buildings are not only works of art, but embody an important source of local identity and form a connection to our past. Protection agencies aim to preserve historical qualities for future generations. Their work …

Only 18% of the Dutch population watches TV commercials. This means more than 80% does not watch them and zaps to another channel or walks away from the television. In general TV commercials are evaluated to be an irritating interruption during a program or movie that is broadcasted. Research shows that …

In service design projects, collaboration between design consultant and service provider can be problematic. The nature of these projects requires a high level of shared understanding and commitment, which providers may not be used to. We studied designer-provider collaboration in multiple real-life …

This final project assesses the supervision and guidance provided by Smiling Faces in order to achieve the best possible fulfillment of the duty to care. The main question that will be answered in this final project is: how could Smiling Faces improve its position in the au pair business by achieving …