Purpose This study explores how and when intuitive forms of planning can be used in a family firm's succession process. Design/methodology/approach The study uses an extended focus group meeting, consisting of individual, group and subgroup discussions with seven highly experienced external family business …

Digitally supported dietary counselling may be helpful in increasing the protein intake in combined exercise and nutritional interventions in community-dwelling older adults. To study the effect of this approach, 212 older adults (72.2 ± 6.3 years) were randomised in three groups: control, exercise, …

Nurses are accountable to apply the nursing process, which is key for patient care: It is a problem-solving process providing the structure for care plans and documentation. The state-of-the art nursing process is based on classifications that contain standardized concepts, and therefore, it is named …

Teaching history usually focuses on understanding the past as an aim in itself. Research shows that many students have difficulty in seeing the point of this and often perceive history as useless, or, even if they think history is useful, do not know very well how to make use of it. Yet history plays …

Het streven naar empowerment van cliënten is niet meer weg te denken uit de hulpverlening aan gezinnen. Het heeft de opvatting verdrongen dat hulpverleners de opvoedingsverentwoordelijkheid zouden moeten overnemen van ouders. Ondanks deze beweging blijft het aantal pleegzorgplaatsingen groeien. Is hier …

We present insights from literature on enterprising behaviour and competence followed by an application of the competence perspective. Data collection is based on the critical incident technique among 205 entrepreneurs. The study shows how entrepreneurial behaviour benefits from an integrating competence …

Inleiding: Overgewicht en obesitas zijn een groeiend probleem in Nederland. Zo’n 6,5 miljoen mensen van de Nederlandse bevolking heeft overgewicht. Dit brengt vele gezondheidsrisico’s met zich mee. Overgewicht en obesitas kunnen mede door training aangepakt worden. Echter is het niet duidelijk welke …

What options are open for people—citizens, politicians, and other nonscientists—to become actively involved in and anticipate new directions in the life sciences? In addressing this question, this article focuses on the start of the Human Genome Project (1985-1990). By contrasting various models of democracy …