Visualizing news is increasingly considered an apt way for dealing with two challenges of modern journalism: disclosing big data and presenting complex information in a way that is easy to comprehend. Newsrooms are trying their hand at it, and finding ways to organize the production of information visualizations …

When it comes to hard to solve problems, the significance of situational knowledge construction and network coordination must not be underrated. Professional deliberation is directed toward understanding, acting and analysis. We need smart and flexible ways to direct systems information from practice …

Positive Travels is an online company that organises trips for business companies and for people who want to go on a holiday for leisure purposes. It was developed from its parent company Positive Business Events. Positive Travels offers trips with different themes and trips are mostly tailor-made. Positive …

Purpose: When designing a nursing home, architects and planners need to consider ways to provide patients and caregivers with a feeling of a natural setting and being a part of the outdoor world as well as considering themes such as having accessible gardens that take the total well-being of its residents1. …

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect the environment in various ways. Their energy consumption is growing exponentially, with and without the use of ‘green’ energy. Increasing environmental awareness within information science has led to discussions on sustainable development. ‘Green …

IKEA Delft is a very successful business, but it is facing some challenges in the field of marketing, as customer loyalty is changing. Moreover, this marketing plan provides different ways for IKEA Delft to adapt its loyalty program in order to improve in the field of marketing. In this research the …

BACKGROUND: Many people suffer from complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (CANS). CANS causes significant work problems, including absenteeism (sickness absence), presenteeism (decreased work productivity) and, ultimately, job loss. There is a need for intervention programs for people suffering from …

Internationalizing curricula. Needs and wishes of alumni and employers with regard to international competencies. Internationalization has become of great importance for universities acrossthe globe. The labour market is becoming international, with internationalopportunities and international competition. …

The nation-state had a long history of success, but today it is failing its citizens on a global scale. Over the last hundred years, nation-states focussed on maximizing internal unity and jurisdictional sovereignty. Benjamin R. Barber’s ‘If Mayors Ruled The World’ is the central source of this thesis …

In the context of a globalizing world, as we experience today, organizations put emphasis on self-employment and more entrepreneurial behavior of individuals/employees, as ways to cope with this globalizing and to achieve competitive advantages. Next to venture creation, the element of "entrepreneurial …