From the article: "Abstract Maintenance processes of Dutch housing associations are often still organized in a traditional manner. Contracts are based on lowest price instead of ‘best quality for lowest price’ considering users’ demands. Dutch housing associations acknowledge the need to improve their …

Dit thesisonderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van de Quality manager van de businessunit BeNeLux, UK, Frankrijk en Afrika van NH Hotel Group. Er is onderzoek gedaan naar de wijze waarop NH reviews en rankings op reviewwebsites kan beïnvloeden.  NH heeft gemerkt dat, ondanks een centraal kwaliteitsbeleid, …

The growing demand for affordable and sustainable houses combined with the large existing real estate stock and Europe 's sustainability objectives makes it likely that renovation is a fixed part of the real estate strategy of housing corporations. The apparent postponement of the strategic decision …

In coastal and low-lying vulnerable delta cities, such as the Rotterdam Metropolitan region and Metropolitan Manila, there has been an increase in vulnerability of urban flooding and water quality problems. New approaches address the current and future effects of climate change and increase urban quality, …

Over the years the industrial production was transformed by steam power in the 19th century, by electricity in the early 20th century, and by automation in the 1970s (Lorenz, et al., 2015). Today’s society is on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution, the Smart Industry. The impact of the Smart …

A year later, in 2013, the Westerkwartier Area Cooperative was established – a new form of cooperation at the regional level, involving hundreds of dairy farmers, other SMEs, Terra MBO as the representative of the knowledge institutions in the region, the National Forest Service in the Netherlands (‘Staatsbosbeheer’), …

De slimste regio Eindhoven staat bekend om zijn innovatiekracht en nieuwe ideeën. Het zijn juist oude gebouwen die nieuwe ideeën nodig hebben. De stad beschikt over nog veel erfgoed en monumenten en de komende jaren laten zien wat de economische betekenis hiervan is voor de quality of life van Brainport …

New insights into the phenotype of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) and Ehlers‐Danlos Syndrome‐hypermobile type (hEDS) have raised many issues in relation to classification, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Within the multidisciplinary team, physical therapy plays a central role in management …

Opdrachtnemer A. Iseger heeft onderzoek gedaan naar de totaal waargenomen servicekwaliteit van de DHL PBT onder klanten van DHL Freight. Het doel van dit onderzoek is inzicht krijgen in de totaal waargenomen servicekwaliteit van de DHL PBT, teneinde het management van DHL Freight op 9 januari 2017 een …

This special issue (SI) aims to assemble a high-quality set of papers, which improve our understanding of how contextual factors impact the conceptualization, implementation and effectiveness of Talent Management. The context can be used several ways, e.g. to frame the relevance of the study, to interpret …