An increasing number of family firms chooses to select a nonfamily CEO for the highest executive office. However, appointing a nonfamily CEO in a family firm tends to give rise to tensions that need to be managed for effective work relationships between the nonfamily CEO and the family owners. We draw …

For my PhD research I build a structural model to predict student success. Initially to show the influence of social media use by first year students in higher education. However, for this research I use the model to investigate the predictive value of a student choice test. This test is mandatory for …

The four previous articles in this series addressed the myths and facts surrounding lipoedema. We have shown that there is no scientific evidence at all for the key statements made about lipoedema-which are published time and time again. The main result of this misunderstanding of lipoedema is a therapeutic …

Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) such as swales are designed to collect, store and infiltrate a large amount of surface runoff water during heavy rainfall. Stormwater is known to transport pollutants, such as particle-bound heavy metals, which are known to often accumulate in the topsoil. In …

Dit onderzoek gaat over de componenten stuurinformatie en KPI’s. Vanuit de afdeling business control is er de behoefte om de performancemeting van de afdeling Klant & Markt beter in kaart te brengen en waar nodig te optimaliseren. Momenteel zijn de stuurinformatie en KPI’s niet inzichtelijk om goed …

This bachelor thesis is about the creation of a web application in which differentKubernetes clusters can be registered and administrated. The web application should function as a central place of access for several Kubernetes cluster. The project will be completed at the softwaredevelopment company …

The warehouse of ABS Safety has received several extensions, since the company has grown a lot in recent years. Therefor the management has the suspicion that the order picking processcould be more efficient. The analysis identified different causes, which negatively influences the order picking time,during …

The topic of this bachelor thesis is a market research of the German returns behaviour in order to find out how companies in the online trade can best prevent customers from returning the ordered article. Returns are and remain an important part of the business model in online retailing. Without the …

Objective: Developing and evaluating effective transition interventions for young people (16–25 years) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a high priority. While transition clinics (TCs) have been recommended, little is known about their operating structures and outcomes. This study aimed to gain …

Animal welfare is a multidimensional phenomenon and currently its on-farm assessment requires complex, multidimensional frameworks involving farm audits which are time-consuming, infrequent and expensive. The core principle of precision agriculture is to use sensor technologies to improve the efficiency …