It is well-documented that international enterprises are more productive. Only few studies have explored the effect of internationalization on productivity and innovation at the firm-level. Using propensity score matching we analyze the causal effects of internationalization on innovation in 10 transition …

Throughout Europe cities face the same kind of problems. Therefore, a common idea occurred that there should be some sort of cooperation between these cities to solve these problems together. This common idea eventually led to the URBACT programme, which is a programme that consists of several networks …

Jongeren, ouderen en vrijwilligers zijn 3 onderwerpen die wij wilden verbinden. Er zijn weinig jongeren aan het werk als vrijwilliger in de ouderenzorg in Nederland. In ons rapport is te lezen dat jongeren wel degelijk geinteresseerd zijn in vrijwilligerswerk in de ouderenzorg. In ons adviesrapport wordt …

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One needs three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed. (Graham, 2005) Five …

Peer reviewed paper op SEFI Engineering Education congress 2009 In engineering programs an important part of the learning process takes place in practical assignments like capstone projects, internships and co-op assignments in industry. The assignments are very divers. Students have different roles, …

De effecten van de hier beschreven nieuwe benaderingen in de psychogeriatrische zorg zijn nog maar beperkt onderzocht. Slechts een enkele keer is daarbij gebruik gemaakt van de gouden standaard van de randomised clinical trial. Dat is vanwege de talloze methodologische moeilijkheden die het onderzoeken …

This article deals with automatic object recognition. The goal is that in a certain grey-level image, possibly containing many objects, a certain object can be recognized and localized, based upon its shape. The assumption is that this shape has no special characteristics on which a dedicated recognition …

This paper describes the work that is done by a group of I3 students at Philips CFT in Eindhoven, Netherlands. I3 is an initiative of Fontys University of Professional Education also located in Eindhoven. The work focuses on the use of computer vision in motion control. Experiments are done with several …