One of a number of cities in The Netherlands, which attract a large international community, is Maastricht, the capital of The etherlands most southern Province. Maastricht is internationally, recognized as the European City which lies in the 'heart' of Europe, due to its proximity to both the German, …

Purpose: Intellectual capital theory and practice predominantly focus on measuring and managing intangible assets. However, if we want to balance the intellectual capital books (Harvey and Lusch, 1999), we should recognize both intellectual assets and intellectual liabilities (Caddy, 2000). Therefore, …

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 …

Alteya is a small, private, Bulgarian company which was founded in 1999. Its high quality products are certified by many different international organizations. It manufactures products based on lavender and rose oils such as pure essential oils, cosmetics, perfumes etc. Alteya sells them via e-commerce …

Dit artikel analyseert de werking van empirische markten voor middelbare kwalificaties. Dat laatste is een afbakening die zowel het (meer of minder georganiseerde, al dan niet schoolse) beroepsonderwijs op hoger secundair niveau omvat, als de daarmee corresponderende (jeugd)arbeidsmarkt, en hun onderlinge …

Will multinational SMEs use internationalisation to achieve labour cost savings at the expense of employees both in their home country and abroad or will they transfer their existing employee-oriented practices to their foreign subsidiaries? This paper argues that the answer to this question is affected …

In dit hoofdstuk zijn de ervaringen beschreven die Hogeschool INHolland opdeed met het stimuleren en faciliteren van ‘Visueel Leren’, het gebruik van digitale concept maps. Twee projecten met concept maps van de Digitale Universiteit (DU), een samenwerkingsverband tussen tien universiteiten en hogescholen, vormden …

This position paper addresses the way knowledge is conceptualized in knowledge management literature and practice. Using the work of Lakoff and Johnson on metaphors it will show how people use metaphors to think and talk about knowledge. In KM literature at least 22 different metaphors for knowledge …

Rede ter gelegenheid van opening Kenniscentrum Arbeid van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen.

Het project Flexibele Toelating Fontys (FTF) beoogt flexibilisering van de toelating tot het hbo. Middels flexibilisering van de toelating tot het hbo kan het tekort aan kenniswerkers worden aangepakt en het verlies aan human capital worden bestreden. In het kader van het FTF-project is een instrumentarium …