Like a marker pen on a map, the Covid-19 pandemic drastically highlighted the persisting existence of borders that used to play an ever decreasing role in people´s perception and behavior over the last decades. Yes, inner European borders are open in normal times. Yes, people, goods, services and ideas …

Sustainable business models are all the craze right now. Firms are making many claims that their activities create social and environmental value. The realization has finally sunk in that business has a fundamental role to play in addressing the net-zero challenge and the sustainable development goals. …

The present study aims to help universities to raise awareness about their support systems among their students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Both desk and field research have been applied to theories that have structured a strategy that complements the current student well-being strategy. …

The viability of novel network-level circular business models (CBMs) is debated heavily. Many companies are hesitant to implement CBMs in their daily practice, because of the various roles, stakes and opinions and the resulting uncertainties. Testing novel CBMs prior to implementation is needed. Some …

De circulaire economie (CE) is een gedeeltelijk alternatief voor de bestaande lineaire economie en mag zich de afgelopen vijf jaar in een sterk groeiende politieke en economische aandacht verheugen. ▪ Kern van de CE is het organiseren van waardebehoud met als gevolg levensduurverlenging van producten, …

Deze QuickScan biedt een aanpak om te komen tot het ontwikkelen van een circulair businessmodel. Zij richt zich primair op de maakindustrie, ook al is zij bruikbaar in andere sectoren. Zij bestaat uit drie delen: (1) een inleiding met een toelichting op achtergronden en centrale begrippen, (2) kenniskaarten …

We present a novel architecture for an AI system that allows a priori knowledge to combine with deep learning. In traditional neural networks, all available data is pooled at the input layer. Our alternative neural network is constructed so that partial representations (invariants) are learned in the …

aanpak voor het ontwikkelen van een circulair business model.

Technological developments go fast and are interrelated and multi-interpretable. As consumer needs change, the technological possibilities to meet those needs are constantly evolving and new technology providers introduce new disruptive business models. This makes it difficult to predict what the world …

Our current take-make-dispose economic model faces a vital challenge as it extracts resources from the natural environment at faster rates than that the natural environment can replenish. A circular economy where businesses lower their negative impact on the natural environment by transitioning towards …