The number of applications for debt management services in the Netherlands shows a steady increase of about 10 percent each year, over the last few years. Municipalities, responsible for these services, at the same need to cut back on expenditures. Our research shows that the (social) return on debt …

De Nederlandse consument wordt steeds mondiger en neemt steeds meer dingen in eigen hand. Waar zij vroeger erg veel de neiging hadden om te blijven bij een merk, is dit nu allang niet meer het geval. Door onder andere het internet kan men vergelijken, ervaringen van anderen bekijken, prijzen zien van …

Since the introduction of Family Group Conferences (FGCs) in the Netherlands, there has been a steady growth in conferences being organised each year. Government policy emphasises the importance of empowering families to strengthen their ability to take responsibility for their own well-being. A recently …

In the past ten years, music consumption has witnessed a dramatic shift from the predominant consumption of music via physical music carriers, toward a consumption pattern that excludes the employment of a music carrier. This form of consumption has been called Download to Own (DtO). In recent years, …

The purpose of this research was to find out how the market share of TopKortingsCodes can be enlarged with the utilization of social media. Right now the website possesses a market share of 4%, but it is aimed to reach 6% by the end of 2013 to ensure a slow but steady growth.

GrandAlpes is a company founded by International Lodging Services, who is a tour operator specialised in chalets. GrandAlpes is responsible for the management in several chalets villages in France and Vallandry is their biggest chalet park with 50 chalets and a restaurant. About 500 people can stay in …

De ROM(Range Of Motion)-Machine is een 20 jaar oud fitnessapparaat. Het fitnessapparaat wordt opnieuw ontworpen met het oogmerk een interessant product te zijn voor de huidige markt. Hierbij wordt gekeken naar de feedback. Deze feedback naar de gebruiker zal mechanisch en inwendig vermogen (energieverbruik) …

Ever since the fall of communism Russia has been going through periods of transition. Gorbatchev brought 'glasnost' to the country. Yeltsin brought private ownership, immense freedom but pulled the country into a complete post-communist chaos. Putin restored the sense of order and stability and brought …

The Zhanghe irrigation system (ZIS) is located in the Yangtze River Basin approximately 200 km west of Wuhan in Hubei Province. The reservoir was designed for multiple uses—irrigation, flood control, domestic water supply, industrial use, aquaculture, and hydropower. Over a period of more than 30 years …

The results of this study indicate that whole body metabolic and cardiovascular responses to 140 min of either steady state or variable intensity exercise at the same average intensity are similar, despite differences in skeletal muscle carbohydrate metabolism and recruitment