Social media and sharing economy platforms do not only disrupt industries. They also bypass democratic institutions. That’s not without risk, because the dominant Silicon Valley based online platforms are designed to create shareholder value, not to strengthen society or democracy. Which is unfortunate, …

The Sharing City platform is the online platform project created by shareNL to support the sharing economy within a sharing city. The current platform support the sharing cities in the Netherlands. Development of sharing economy is expanding and each country has potential for this economy. To expand …

In 2016 startte de Hogeschool van Amsterdam met het project Dashboardmethode. Een dashboard is een visuele weergave van de meest belangrijke informatie die nodig is in het bereiken van één of meerdere doelstellingen: geordend op een enkel scherm zodat de informatie in één oogopslag te lezen is. Meerdere …

The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) movement is the latest ‘big thing’ in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) which threatens to transform Higher Education. Both opportunities and threats are extensively discussed in literature, comprising issues on opening up education for the whole world, pedagogy and …

Over the last decade, social media platforms have transformed the hotel industry. Companies such as Facebook and Tripadvisor have changed how hotels attract and communicate with (potential) customers. The Paleis Hotel is a boutique hotel with 20 rooms situated in the city centre of The Hague. Currently, …

From the publisher's site: "Trial design: Self-management plays a central role in diabetes management. However, not all patients are able to translate the health care providers’ recommendations for effective self-management in daily life. Diabetes Education and Self-management to Increase Empowerment …

Users and potential users of the sharing economy need to place a considerable amount of trust in both the person and the platform with which they are dealing. The consequences of transaction partners’ opportunism may be severe, for example damage to goods or endangered personal safety. Trust is, therefore, …

This thesis deals with the problem of students who do not always know how to fill in their leisure time. There is limited information on the behaviour of Dutch students in their leisure time. By researching their passion related behaviour I gained insight in the positive and negative points regarding …

Nederland bevindt zich momenteel in een dubbele vergrijzing, dit betekent dat zowel het aantal 65- als 80- plussers toeneemt. De toename van het aantal 65-plussers betekent een afname van de beroepsbevolking. Dit maakt het zorgsysteem voor ouderen onbetaalbaar en heeft bezuinigingen vanuit het Rijk tot …

This study is commissioned by OCLC to research the interest of customers of OCLC in hosted services. OCLC is a worldwide organisation that provides software and services to libraries in 170 countries. Libraries use these management systems to optimize their workflow. OCLC endeavours to satisfy the needs …