From a knowledge (management) perspective, behaviour is identified as the consequence of an individual's knowledge (Jorna, 2006). In other words, a change of behaviour requires that an individual changes his knowledge. Innovation brings about the necessity for an individual to change his current knowledge, …

Described are a number of national and local initiatives that are taken to motivate young people to choose for technical education. From the local initiatives we focus on the area where Fontys and Actemium are located; the southeast of the Netherlands. Not only governmental organizations and foundations …

This paper analyzes connectivity and efficiency of a SME network across two industries. These characteristics are likely to be different for networks of various industries. The concept of 'small worlds' is used to judge overall network efficiency. The actual network can be classified as one in which …

A Chinese colleague of mine said to me the other day: “You’re an old man!” I was really hurt by this remark, because first of all do I not feel old and secondly, there are things that I would definitively not like to hear from a young woman. My colleague on her part probably wondered why my reaction …

International comparative analysis of former textile cities and their 'comeback strategies'. In this chapter results are showed from the design workshop by students from the Tilburg Academy of Architecture and Urbanism

We found out that 25 % of our students came to study at the Electrical & Electronic Engineering department (E&E) because they were active (as a hobby) in music. Because of this the E&E department offers their students to work in video and audio themes in all projects of their education. From our inquiries …

Onderzoeksuitkomsten van het Saxion-project Materialen in Ontwerp, thema Milieubewust verpakken. SP Packaging (Enschede) heeft zich gespecialiseerd in flexibele non-food verpakkingen. De markt vraagt naar milieuvriendelijkere vervangers voor de huidige verpakkingsmaterialen, zoals de kunststoffen PP, …

Het boekje ‘Thermoharders: kort & bondig’ van het Saxion Kenniscentrum Design en Technologie beschrijft de onderzoeksresultaten van het project Materialen in Ontwerp 1, deelproject Thermoharder. Het boekje is geschreven om meer informatie te geven over thermoharders. Het produceren van thermoharder producten …