Poland's veto against the Low Carbon Roadmap 2050 of 9 March 2012 represents the point of departure for this research. The aim was determine the extent to which the Council of Ministers retains veto powers on legislation pertaining to their national energy mix, or whether energy policy is governed by …

Background: While the interest of health promotion researchers in change methods directed at the target population has a long tradition, interest in change methods directed at the environment is still developing. In this survey, the focus is on methods for environmental change; especially about how these …

In Western societies, the vast majority of people with dementia live at home and wish to remain doing so for as long as possible. Aging in place can be facilitated through a variety of environmental interventions, including home modifications. This article provides an overview of existing design principles …

In most European countries entrepreneurship is one of the top priorities on the national agenda, to stimulate individual and organizational innovativeness and (regional) economic growth. As a consequence, embedding entrepreneurship in education to achieve this goal has gained importance and momentum …

Piracy off the Horn of Africa has become an increasingly salient international issue. The phenomenon of piracy has been forbidden by (international) law since centuries and has taken different forms throughout history. Nowadays piracy is still present in every corner of the world, especially in poor, …

Throughout this paper, two main features are dealt with: organic agriculture and its introduction in an ex-soviet republic (Kazakhstan). This means that this paper contains both theoretical findings, based on mere desk research, and practical descriptions, based on empirical research and my work experience …

Vertaling van Sturing en organisatie van ICT voorzieningen. This book deals with the topic ICT governance, management and organization. Basis of the book is the control paradigm. This paradigm makes a distinction between the organization and its governance. So first an ICT organzation is built up. The …

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to propose a fundamentally new extension of the marketing paradigm. This is theoretically and practically necessary since in the authors' view there is an insufficient balance between customer and brand thinking. Design/methodology/approach - While the marketing …

Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the interstate relationship before World War I until World War II. Chapter 2 treats the UN Security Council. The first part describes its formation, and composition. Part two describes the legitimacy of the permanent five. It explains why these UN member states …

Our IPD-projects have changed: more international partners became involved and simultaneously we started to carry out real projects for real companies. This caused a number of problems. In order to be able to give full support to the projects and conclude them with a nice, formal symposium we need financial …