The Dutch greenhouse horticulture industry is characterized by world leadership in high-tech innovation. The dynamics of this playing field are innovation in production systems and automation, reduction in energy consumption and sharing limited space. However, international competitive advantage of the …

Mensen met persoonlijkheidsproblematiek ondervinden vaak moeite in het aangaan en onderhouden van relaties. Veel behandelingen sluiten hierbij aan door groepsbehandeling aan te bieden. De sociale relaties binnen deze groepen vormen de mogelijkheid tot het vinden van herkenning, het geven en ontvangen …

The Internet’s dominant role in recent years has caused a change in the relationship between media producers, suppliers and consumers in the traditional media landscape. The cultural sector must therefore decide what to do with today’s digital media in response to the general public’s changing role, …

To know which cow is needed in the future, there are different things you need to know. The current situation on the market is needed, which cows do the farmers have at this moment and on which parts is the focus of the farmer for breeding the next generation of cows and also what are the trend s in …

Since the film of Al Gore An inconvenient truth, sustainability stands high on the national agenda of most countries. Concern for the environment is one of the main reasons in combination with opportunities to innovate. In general, innovation and entrepreneurship are important in the realm of national …

This article shows that business ethics is not capable of explaining the responsibility of limited organized collectives such as chains, sectors and industries. The responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry to make AIDSblockers available for patients in Africa is an example of such a sector responsibility. …

This report explores the yachting sector of SXM, which to this day does not receive enough government attention and is not given the recognition that it deserves as a lucrative sector of the economy (Johnson, 2010). Therefore, the decision to research this topic came as a result of the Tourism Bureau's …

Jos van der Lans is publicist, cultuurpsycholoog en oud senator in de Eerste Kamer. Hij is één van de weinigen die zich voortdurend beweegt op het grensvlak van politiek, beleid en de praktijk van het sociaal werk. Hij heeft een schat aan kennis van praktijken, beleidsdocumenten en theorieën en zit boven …

The explicit attention to sustainability and related concepts within the context of housing and urban development dates back to the 70’s of the last century. Since then, a lot of efforts have been done to define the concept and to bring it into practice. This involved efforts from national to local governments, …

This text is structured as follows. Section 1 concerns the background to this public lecture: the fact that social participation is becoming increasingly important in our society. This is evident, for example, from the way we are evolving from a protective welfare state into an activational, participative …