This strategic marketing report is written for the 20Duurzaam20 foundation and bouAd Adviesgroep. The 20Duurzaam20 foundation is an initiative founded by entrepreneurs situated in the community of Katwijk. The foundation strives to accomplish the reduction of energy use by twenty percent or to replace …

This publication addresses the practical research of the Sustainable Cooperative Entrepeneurship (SCE) research group at Hanze University of Applied Science (UAS) Groningen. The SCE research group links market, education and public administration in their commitment to improve local and regional resillience …

According to some, developing a strategy results in producing a paper report, that does not ft the nature of SMEs. They are used to adapting pragmatically to changes. However, shifts in the economy and society are now so great that neither plans nor pragmatism is suffcient to survive. Many SMEs show …

Dutch Greenfields is een organisatie die zich richt op educatie middels online dienstverlening. Zij richten zich daarbij op startende ondernemers die willen ondernemen in de online wereld. De markt voor e-learning ziet een groei van 12% per jaar in West-Europa. Daarnaast is er een groeiende populariteit …

The business models of digital maker-entrepreneurs in open design are inextricably linked to the broader open design community. Digital makers share designs on online platforms such as Thingiverse and use digital manufacturing technology such as 3-D printing as a generative mechanism for their entrepreneurialactivities. …

In this book Silicon Valley expert Peter Ester describes how these 'schools of startup entrepreneurship' operate and how they empower startups. He interviewed over twenty Silicon Valley accelerators. They are analyzed in terms of mission, selection policy, technology focus, target groups, program features, …

We examined the entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability orientation, a persistent and conflicting duality, of sustainable entrepreneurs and their evaluation of competing priorities in sustainability decision making. We conducted an exploratory, mixed-method study of 24 sustainable fashion firms …

Campsite Zonneweelde is a medium-sized campsite that is located in Nieuwvliet, in the region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, the Netherlands. The family company was found in 2001 by the Basting family. In 2009, the campsite was bought by the current owners Martin Basting and Maaike Basting and has been growing …

The goal of this paper is to present the emergence of a new cooperative model for sustainable regional development through social enterprise, rooted in a historical context of societal change in the Netherlands. Our case study is the Gebiedscoöperatie Westerkwartier (GCW), a large-scale area and integrated …