In the past ten years, music consumption has witnessed a dramatic shift from the predominant consumption of music via physical music carriers, toward a consumption pattern that excludes the employment of a music carrier. This form of consumption has been called Download to Own (DtO). In recent years, …

Executive summary This paper about the recently ratified Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (TTSP) and the execution of sentences imposed by judgments between Brazil and the Netherlands aims to explore best practices and potential obstacles concerning its implementation. This is based on the …

Bax.shop.nl is an online music store for DJs, producers and musicians. The last few years Bax-shop.nl is dealing with fast growing developments. Due to these developments there has been chosen to launch an online store for France at the beginning of 2013, and as this store has been launched, Bax-shop.nl …

This thesis focuses on the effect economic sanctions have on the population of Iran. It will be measured by the rate of GDP, inflation, unemployment and child mortality. For the past few years, it seems economic sanctions have been affecting the Iranians in a negative way. The research will provide an …

Chapter 8 in Comsumption Culture in Europe. This chapter presents an analysis of what consumer in Europe drink and why they drink what they drink. The concept of drinking motives is developed and defined, and analysis of data on drinking motives shows that these can be grouped into two major classes: …

Chapter 6 in Consumption culture in Europe. The chapter focuses on cultural differences in consumption across Europe and describes general attitudes towards consumption and brands, the significance of shopping, and how these are linked to the motives of consumption of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. …

Study goal: This study was carried out to answer the following research question: which motivation do healthy volunteers have to participate in phase I clinical trials? - Methods: A literature search was done through Google Scholar and Academic Search Premier, followed by three interviews with volunteers …

This chapter deals with a fascinating, and for some disturbing, phenomenon in the domain of the media and entertainment industries: unauthorised file sharing, in some cases also referred to as piracy. The latter term, however, was originally used to refer to the organised production of a counterfeit …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de vraag wat de effecten zijn van een niet-hiërarchische werkomgeving op leiderschap. Onderzocht wordt of niet-hiërarchisch leiderschap (in een matrix-, project- en netwerkorganisatie, of bij zelfsturende teams zoals bij projectmanagement) leiderschapskwaliteiten aantrekt, …

Chapter 2 in Impacts of Emerging Economies and Firms on International Business. One of the most remarkable phenomena of recent times is that a large number of firms from emerging economies have come to define and dominate new markets and enter the class of global innovation leaders. Firms that once specialized …