This graduation research presents findings on how the start-up organisation BimBimBikes can overcome its current difficulties with the acquisition of new German customers. Although this research uses the start-up company as a basis for the investigation, it might be applied to similar businesses that …

NICE, Network for InterCultural Experiences, is a German – Argentine corporation which promotes educational and cultural exchange by organizing internships, volunteering, and Spanish courses for everyone who wishes to discover, live and learn in Argentina. As NICE sees a profitable opportunity in offering …

xecutive summaryTransformation could be defined as a major change of a vacant building itself and the function of the building (Remoy, 2014). Transformation is a solution to decrease the amount of vacancy in the office market. The demand for the amount of M² office space is grown with 2,1% in relative …

PurposeThis thesis focuses on the level involvement of users, called placemaking, in the process of the creation of new place to study, work and teach as a project related to Real Estate and Facility within a Higher Education Institute in the Netherlands.Design/methodology/approachCombination of a literature …

RS Sailing is currently lacking sufficient monitoring the performance of their global dealers because the management system of RS Sailing did not grow along with the growth the company went through. Therefore, a structured approach to keep track on their global dealers performances is desired. The …

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of the independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. In addition to an increase in exergy efficiency, such a Hybrid Energy Network (HEN) could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational …

This paper assesses the impact on firm innovation of combining alliance-specific and partner-specific attributes within a firm’s alliance portfolio. In a panel data analysis of the innovation performance of 119 firms operating in the pharmaceutical industry during 1985–2007, we test whether firm’s alliance …

The concept of Lifelong Learning refers to all purposeful learning throughout life, transforming experience into knowledge and skills, attitudes, values, emotions, beliefs, and the senses. Lifelong learning is cognitive, but also emotional and practical. It embraces formal, but also non-formal and informal …

Performance opportunities for classical musicians seem to be declining. Nevertheless, the growth of creative industries is larger than that of the economy. Current emphasis is more on touring, Internet, and non-live performance. Financial viability depends on advertising, social media, merchandising, …

De vraag die in dit artikel centraal staat is: op welke manieren manifesteert straatcultuur zich online? Om deze vraag te beantwoorden putten de auteurs uit een verkennende studie waarin het social media-gebruik van een netwerk van jongeren uit de Rotterdamse wijk Spangen is geanalyseerd (Van den Broek, …