This dissertation was created with the goal to examine how online shopping has changed retail, specifically department stores and their business model, and to recommend a course of action and business model for entrepreneurs considering starting an (online) department store. There are several recommendations …

Researchers have long argued about the existence of the universal consumer trend escapism since it is believed that the trend has a positive influence on the entertainment industry, and thus the cinema industry, during the recession. As a result, the cinema industry is believed to be recession-proof, …

Many companies have included social media features in their corporate intranets to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing, and to improve internal communications. Since November 2013 Rabobank International(RI) has launched their new worldwide social intranet, Meeting point. However, like in many …

Management Summary This research focuses on the marketing plan Social and Cultural Center De Enck implemented in its theater, and how this plan affects the visitor intent. At the moment, De Enck experiences a decrease in the amount of theater visitors, as many other theaters, and they want to find …

Hipages.com.au is an online service that connects people in Australia with local home improvement businesses; their aim is to make it easier for people get stuff done. The problem that hipages.com.au is currently facing is the fact that some of their social media platforms need more life added to it. …

This working paper is the introduction and exploration of the theme 'Value of waste' for the Energize festival 2015. What is the value of waste? Based on ideas concerning the lifecycle of materials it depends on where you are in this cycle: have you consumed material, then what remains is usually waste …

Seeing improvisation as something that really needs its place in conservatoire training and education may be more or less ‘new’. However improvisation itself is of course not at all new and has existed since as long as we can remember. I will not go into that any further, it would take not a single address …

In this research is examined why the elderly who are involved in “Driezorg” are motivated to be part of the moving groups. To research this, a BREQ-2 questionnaire was used. This questionnaire sounds out the motivation with regard to physical exercise. The BREQ-2 consist of 19 items which are related …

In this research we looked at what psychomotor therapy could mean in the stabilization phase of trauma. Especially chronically traumatized children. To answer the research question, we used a literature review. We looked at what is known about trauma and the consequences for children. We also paid attention …

The Saxion University of Applied Sciences recently started its “Safety at Work” project. Its objective is to increase safety in the workplace by combining and applying state-of-the-art factors from Ambient Intelligence, Industrial & Product Design and Smart Materials [1].The human factor plays a significant …