By using information technology, local governments can develop alternative forms of citizen engagement. Civic crowdfunding campaigns supported by online platforms enable citizens to participate financially in social projects and can be matched with government funding. As such, an alternative for subsidies …

The potential of technological innovation to address urban sustainability has been widely acknowledged over the last decade. Across cities globally, local governments have engaged in partnership arrangements with the private sector to initiate pilot projects for urban innovation, typically co-funded …

Door de coronacrisis is het leven veranderd. Voor veel mensen is hun werk, werksituatie en de manier waarop zij werken anders dan zij gewend waren. Het thuiswerken heeft in combinatie met de restricties van de lockdown invloed op de werkbeleving. Uit de media vernemen we verschillende berichten over …

The following e-book was prepared as part of the Erasmus+ UNLOCK project, which has the objective of identifying the use of educational escape rooms (EERs) in higher education environments and examining the role of educators in those activities. The document presents a review of the existing body of …

The adoption of new technologies requires people to work differently and adopt new ways of thinking. This, however, is complicated because social conventions in professional disciplines are deeply rooted and have a long history. An extreme case as an exemplar was studied to investigate social change …

While literature and practice acknowledge the potential of service innovation as well as digitally enabled innovation processes, the diverse innovation process literature lacks a process model which combines these two aspects. This systematic literature review aims at filling this gap by analysing innovation …

Dit handboek is nuttig voor HR(D)-professionals, werkgevers, ondernemers en beleidsmakers op het thema ‘Arbeidsmarkt & Onderwijs’ die geïnteresseerd zijn in het begeleiden van organisaties en werkenden richting toekomstbestendig werk. De vele voorbeelden uit de praktijk helpen om nieuwe aanpakken te …

Amsterdam is known to be a cosmopolitan and multicultural city where newly arrived migrants find opportunities to test business ideas. Behind every business idea, there are people supporting the entrepreneurs’ initiatives and providing feedback. This chapter examines the role of those people in the process …