The concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Community Investment are not clearly defined in literature as of yet. However, considering the recent surge of attention these concepts have gotten, they have become points of interest for the general public, governments, commercial organisation, …

In 1996 innovative, double major teacher education programs for Physics & Mathematics and Physics & Chemistry were initiated at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines. Both programs require 4 years of study. From the outset the focus was on making a difference in the quality of Science and …

BACKGROUND: Since the number of heart failure (HF) patients is still growing and long-term treatment of HF patients is necessary, it is important to initiate effective ways for structural involvement of primary care services in HF management programs. However, evidence on whether and when patients can …

To effectively grasp and address sustainability challenges, this chapter argues that we need to expand our predominantly logocentric and linear ways of knowing with more presentational, embodied and sensory means. The chapter traces an exploration of this position through a dialogue between four academic, …

Industries involved in creating, producing, commercializing and distributing content find themselves facing major change because of digitization. These include the music and film sectors, and for over a decade now also the games sector. Digitization is changing the face of the content industry, with …

Iwishiwas is the name of the piece by Afro-German artist Philip Metz, a photograph and portrait of a “self” and certainly much more than a wish – it also represents a biographic document, that raises questions about our contemporary conditions of being-in-the-world as Black (1) subjects. The short agglutination …

The starterstraject is a project set up by the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Zoetermeer. The goal of the starterstraject is to give the starting entrepreneur a head start. The starting entrepreneur is prepared for the risks and difficulties that arise when starting a new business. The starting …

This dissertation is about the succes of the EU NAVFOR Somalia - operation Atalanta. It goes deeper into the background of the pirates. It explains why they act as pirates. Further more it focusses on the first ever eu naval mission: operation Atalanta. It looks at the size, the structure, the mission …

In vocational rehabilitation, empowerment is understood as the notion that people should make an active, autonomous choice to find their way back to the labour process. Following this line of reasoning, the concept of empowerment implicitly points to a specific kind of activation strategy, namely labour …

According to the Dutch parliament, Holland is still recovering from the Euro crisis. The Euro crisis starts with the malfunctioning tax system of Greece and the consequences are felt throughout the whole of Europe. It is a very difficult time for companies and especially for exporting companies. However, …