Enterprise 2.0, deconstructed firms, organisational ecosystems: all of these buzzwords are used to identify operating concepts behind today's companies. They are driven by the need to be agile, flexible, distributed, open, transparent, simple, on demand and with a short time to market. In order to be …

This paper focuses on the concept climate refugees in the 21st Century and mainly concerns environmentally displaced persons from developing countries. It seeks to answer the following question: 'Should the concept of climate refugees best be approached from a juridical or an environmental point of view?' …

The reasoning issue of this work is to research and define the efficient methods of global marketing control. The report is focused on the following aspects: the importance of the control systems in global marketing environment, the relationship between planning and controlling, types and the process …

This study focuses on SME networks of design and high-tech companies in Southeast Netherland. By highlighting the personal networks of members across design and high-tech industries, the study attempts to identify the main brokers in this dynamic environment. In addition, we investigate whether specific characteristics …

Globalization, accelerating technological advancements and the increasing unpredictability and demanding nature of clients have a major impact on the context in which companies operate. Companies are compelled to create a stream of innovations, both technological and organizational, in order to adapt …

Creating adaptive systems becomes increasingly attractive in the context of specific groups of users, such as agricultural users. This group of users seems to differ with respect to information processing, knowledge management and learning styles. In this work we aim to offer directions toward increasing …

When the editors of this book asked us to write a chapter that reflects our work and thoughts about issues that relate to change and improvement of institutions, environments, and people, we immediately decided to focus on the college classroom and how college teachers and students adapt to new forms …

People can not live without other people. A person is always influenced, whether this is by the environment, the situation or the people(Arson, Wilson, Akert, 2005). Each way of behaviour is a reaction on the behaviour of someone else(Wijsman, 2001). Also behaviour is influenced by many factors such …

During several internships by the researcher of this study, the researcher discovered through personal experiences that there is a big diversity in the level of motor skills of the students. The goal of this theoretical part of this study is to get insight in what motor development is and how it is testable …

Described are the results of a study that was set up to get insight into the appreciation of students for distance learning, especially concerning online lab-experiments. We wanted to know whether an online lab-experiment is more or less effective than a regular one and how it can be used in IPD-projects. …