Ever since the start of the Italian Republic in 1946, the Italian political system seems to have experienced instability. It has had more than 60 governments in a 60 year period. In 1992, the political system collapsed and that which external factors attempted to achieve in the 1960s until the 1980s …

The last few years, the airline industry has been struggling due to the terrorism attacks in 2001 and the recession. Nevertheless, the low cost carriers (LCC) continued to be profitable and successful with its own particular business model. It is an upcoming trend in the aviation industry. Ryanair is …

In today’s intellectual capital literature, we see a shift from identifying intangibles towards understanding the dynamics of value creation. As it is not clear what “dynamic” stands for, the aim of this explorative and conceptual paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamic dimension …

Where does entrepreneurship start? Moreover, what is so different about entrepreneurship in this New Age of innovation? What do entrepreneurs do when the world becomes more ‘flat’? According to The Entrepreneurial Society by David Audretsch something novel is happening, something only Schumpeter (1942) …

After decades of rejection of direct applicability of Article 11 ICESCR, recognizing among other things the human right to food including water, a District Court in the Netherlands ruled in June 2008 that the provision can be invoked in a court of law. The decision was inspired by a presumed change of …

During the past decade there has been a huge increase in the number of internet users, this has among other things resulted in a high growth of online networks. Many network providers are trying to attract new members, the competition is fierce. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate …

It is often said that European companies must stop trying to compete on price and concentrate more on developing products and services that offer customers and users a high level of added value. Design is an indispensable tool for such development and innovation, and this is why the findings of this …

The Internet is a media that is used by everyone, and children are at risk, they start using it at an early age. Children get bullied and intimidated by other children or even become victims of paedophiles on the Internet. Human traffickers are more and more pretending to be someone else on the Internet …

It can be argued that many potentialities within society are left unused by organising hospitality venues based on modern planning practices. These planning practises regard the setting as a rational space which is predictable and manageable. By applying modern management principles to spaces of hospitality …

Mijn afstudeerproject heb ik uitgevoerd bij Van Doren Engineers te Boekel in opdracht van Groentehof BV. Van Doren Engineers is gespecialiseerd in elektrotechnische en besturingsprojecten en wil zijn kennis en diensten op software gebied verder uitbreiden naar MES applicaties. Onlangs hebben we een nieuwe …