Tinto’s integration theory has highly influenced research on student success in Europe and America. However, due to the complexity of the theory and the enormous amount of variables, the theory is not suitable for use in regular evaluations in higher education. By including only the best-proven predictive …

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 …

In the Netherlands, research on student success has been highly influenced by Tinto’s integration theory. As part of my broader PhD research, I investigate the possible influence of the use of social media by first year students in higher education on student success. In previous studies I measured the …

Research in the Netherlands on the success of students in higher education is highly influenced by Tinto’s integration theory. This paper is part of a broader PhD research, in which I investigate the possible influence of the use of social media (Facebook) by students. By comparing various studies conducted …

De Nederlandse markt voor pr-bureaus verandert door de toenemende concurrentie en door de invloed van social media. Deze veranderingen op de Nederlandse pr-markt vormen de aanleiding voor dit onderzoek naar de positionering van Coebergh Communicatie & PR (CC&PR) ; één van de middelgrote …

This export marketing plan will identify the British E-bike market for Mihatra BV, a medium sized Dutch producer of E-bikes. The objective of the plan is to find out what the best market positioning and marketing would be for Mihatra in the United Kingdom. The central research question is therefore: …

In the Dutch armed forces clothing sizes are determined using 3D body scans. To evaluate if the predicted size based on the scan analysis matches the best fit, 35 male soldiers fitted a combat jacket and combat pants. It was shown that the predicted jacket size was slightly too large. Therefore, an adjustment …

The present study aimed to develop a football-specific self-report instrument measuring self-regulated learning in the context of daily practice, which can be used to monitor the extent to which players take responsibility for their own learning. Development of the instrument involved six steps: 1. Literature …

The current paper is aimed at identifying the social enterprises according to EMES criteria by investigating the social economy actors in Romania. As an emerging field of study, social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have captured the attention of both practitioners from Europe and North America, …

Nuclear fusion is seen as one of the future technologies for roducing electrical power. In a hot and con ned plasma deuterium and tritium will melt together and form a helium nucleus and a neutron. This process produces a total of 17.6 MeV energy. In the plasma instabilities occur. Suppression of these …