This thesis was aimed to advice the management of a luxury travel consultancy agency on how to adapt a new luxury travel concept, which would reflect current perceptions of the notion of luxury in the Dutch market. The literature review and a pre-research showed that even though there exists a variety …

Introduction This rapport is commissioned by IMK Opleidingen. IMK Opleidingen is an educational institute that provides corporate and personal training and wants to improve personal and organizational performances. The providing services of IMK Opleidingen can be divided in the following categories: - Management …

Kinematical joint analysis during road cycling is a new trend. Reviewing the methods for 2D and 3D lower limb kinematical research, the sensor to segment alignment appeared to be the most challenging part due to unknown orientation with respect to the anatomical joints. A methodology that is suitable …

Wellbeing, comfort and safety in outdoor shoes have always been based on parameters that vary from person to person (male, female, weight, build, etc.). The aim of the project OutFeet was to go beyond this subjective approach by taking a merely qualitative analysis to a higher scientific level. The …

The Alchemy project of the Centre of Expertise Youth, University of Applied Sciences Leiden studies the (development of) golden professionalism of youth professionals, including teachers. The project findings will be used to improve teacher training and the education of social workers. In this paper, …

Piping is een faalmechanisme waarbij zand van onder een waterkering erodeert en hierdoor de waterkering verzwakt. Naar dit faalmechanisme is al veel onderzoek uitgevoerd. Deze onderzoeken belichtten piping met een waterdruk van één zijde. Door Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe en Witteveen+Bos is echter …

Presentation by Arie de Wild and Vincent Versluis at the Third European Conference on Positive Management 2015. Breaking the code of silence. A framework to guide preoccupation with failure.

This article describes a method for promoting sustainable business practices in the hospitality sector and focusses on energy usage in hotels. It raises questions about the actual impact of eco-labels on actual environmental performance.

ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems levert, zoals de naam al verklapt, entreesystemen. Twee jaar geleden is deze partij gevormd uit vier bestaande bedrijven. Alle vier de bedrijven hadden een hoge naamsbekendheid en een goed imago. Om deze reden zijn de namen gebleven en hebben ze de rol gekregen van productmerknamen. …