In a longitudinal design, we measured 50 low-achieving adolescents’ reading comprehension development from Grades 7 to 9. There were 24 native Dutch and 26 language minority students. In addition, we assessed the roles of (a) linguistic knowledge, (b) metacognitive knowledge, and (c) reading fluency …

Burgland Bouw B.V. is een middelgrote aannemer in de gemeente Neder-Betuwe. De organisatie merkt dat de overheid, semioverheid en professionele opdrachtgevers steeds meer waarde hechten aan Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (MVO) en zij ervaart tevens dat dit steeds belangrijker wordt in het …

An analysis of early Phase III European allowance markets in terms of returns and profitability, as well as a comparison to related markets - power, gas, equities of related companies in order to make a conclusion on which market provides the most profitable investment option

Dit artikel is het tweede van een drieluik over Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (hierna: MVO) in de sport. In het eerste artikel hebben we MVO in de sport geconceptualiseerd. In dit tweede artikel gaan we in op de vraag wat we van het sportbedrijfsleven mogen verlangen wat betreft maatschappelijk …

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are universally prevalent among all age and gender groups and across all socio-demographic strata of society. Besides causing pain and decreased functional capacity, MSDs have a substantial influence on work capacity and quality of life. Altogether, they inflict an enormous …

Green Life Volunteers offers various volunteering projects, but Green Life Volunteers is not the only organization that offers volunteering projects in the region. Despite the fact that the competitors from Green Live Volunteers commercialized organizations are and that they receive a lot more for their …

Green Life Volunteers is a local volunteer organization in Puerto Jimenez. Green Life Volunteers has also a non-profit status in Costa Rica. Green Life Volunteers offers local volunteer projects in Costa Rica focused on helping the local community, nature, environment and animals. The volunteer organization …

INTRALOG is a project, to better use of materials, there by leading to improvements for People (better safety, lower physical work load), Planet (lower emissions and energy/ fuel con started September 2015, in which Automated Guided Truck Applications will be developed. Automated systems typically perform …

SIW International Vrijwilligersprojecten (SIW) is a non-profit organization that provides the opportunity to do volunteer project in more than 70 countries. Throughout, the years the number of participants for international volunteer projects have been declining. This has caused financial limitations …

According to the critics of conventional sustainability models, particularly within the business context, it is questionable whether the objective of balancing the social, economic and environmental triad is feasible, and whether human equality and prosperity (as well as population growth) can be achieved …