The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in December 2019 and the restrictive measures that were implemented to slow down the spread of the virus have had a significant impact on our way of life. The sudden shift from offline to online activities and work may have resulted in new cybersecurity risks. The present …

Human Resource Development (HRD) finds itself at a critical juncture given the rapidly changing landscape of work and a shift of focus in HRD research and practices. This provides momentum for the HRD discipline to explore new models of workplace learning that exceed the boundaries of one’s own organization. …

Worldwide, an increasing number of students seek private supplementary tutoring, known as ‘shadow education.’ Various studies report social class differences in the use of shadow education. High-SES families may invest in shadow education as a form of concerted cultivation, seeking to improve their children’s …

Zowel publieke als private organisaties maken in Nederland gebruik van camera’s langs de weg om het verkeer te monitoren. Zo beheert Rijkswaterstaat 3.000 camera’s om verkeersstromen te monitoren langs wegen, tunnels en bruggen. De politie, de Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar) en het Openbaar Ministerie …

Conflict lies at the core of urban sustainability transitions and the indispensable structural changes that accompany them. In this chapter we examine the RESILIO project, a multi-actor collaboration in Amsterdam aiming to transition towards a 'climate proof' city through smart water retention systems …

This chapter calls for greater scholarly attention to business association initiatives in international corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance. Economic globalization has led to the proliferation of private governance initiatives created to address social and environmental issues. Most existing …

This paper focuses on the use of discrete event simulation (DES) as a decision support tool for airport land use development. As a study case, Querétaro Airport (Mexico) is used, due to its rapid growth and the different services it offers. The SIMIO® software was used to carry out a macro-level simulation …

Dit boekje beschrijft kritische succesfactoren in circulair inkopen en aanbesteden, op basis van bestaande literatuur èn door in focusgroepbijeenkomsten inkopers en ondernemers (apart en gezamenlijk) te bevragen. Ook is gekeken naar de inzet van publiek-private Learning Communities (LC’s) als middel …

The white rhino is a keystone species and an ecosystem engineer. Though there have been conservation efforts to protect this species, the current red list status of the white rhino is 'Nearly threatened'. The biggest threat that rhinos are facing nowadays is poaching for theirhorns. The rhino population …

In September, the president of the Dutch central bank wrote what may have been the most remarkable letter of his career: it said that the ECB’s interest rate hikes will lead to losses for De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) for the first time since 1932. Several countries throughout the eurozone are facing a …