The crowdlending market has emerged as a significant alternative financing mechanism for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The European Union works towards the unification of crowdfunding markets. This paper aims to review future research directions to support crowdlending as a financial alternative …

Background Promoting physical activity and motor development in early childhood is important for physical and mental health outcomes later in life. However, knowledge on how to influence physical activity and motor development in early life focusing on families and their context in daily life is currently …

Many European cities have recently experienced anti-tourism protests, as a result of unmanageable flows of tourism. Residents increasingly voice their dissatisfaction. Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations, benefits financially and culturally from international visitors, yet faces …

Personalised interventions are recommended to optimise participation in prehabilitation programmes, but this requires insight into what motivates patients to participate in, and complete, such programmes. We investigated the experiences of patients with oesophageal cancer who had participated in a prehabilitation …

The energy transition requires a workforce equipped with both hard and soft skills. However, current training often emphasizes technical competencies, resulting in skill mismatches, particularly among professionals transitioning from fossil fuel sectors. To support a just and inclusive transition, boundary …

The luxury real estate sector is a complex industry characterized by multiple factors. Hence, exclusivity, complex sales cycles, and, most importantly, the discerning expectations of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Within Spain’s Costa del Sol, Drumelia Real Estate has established itself as a leading …

Social entrepreneurs grow their enterprises while making do with what is at hand, which is the core principle of social bricolage. However, the extent to which social entrepreneurs enact social bricolage at different stages and how social bricolage is practiced in day-to-day operations in unexplored …

Purpose: Aftercare for curatively treated breast cancer patients includes support and information provision. As patients differ in their needs, personalization of aftercare is advocated, but clear guidelines on how to achieve personalization are currently missing. This study investigates patients’ preferences …

In 2016, a selective preventive spinal immobilization protocol for emergency medical service (EMS) nurses was introduced in the Netherlands. This protocol leaves more room for autonomous decision-making in the pre-hospital phase regarding preventive spinal immobilization (PSI), compared to the previous …

Purpose: The increasing number of cancer survivors has heightened demands on hospital-based follow-up care resources. To address this, involving general practitioners (GPs) in oncological follow-up is proposed. This study explores secondary care providers’ views on integrating GPs into follow-up care …