Global dynamics challenge businesses and industries more than ever before. Notably, the trend of sustainability impacts the tourism industry, which explains the focus on consciousness and projects initiated by NGOs.  This research study was conducted for Fundación CODESPA – a changemaker striving for …

The thesis project "A Community of Practice, the step towards increasing study succes" is a research that aims to outline the important aspects of a Community of Practice, and the steps an educational organization in the higher education industry can take in building such a Community of Practice. By …

With climate change and urban development, water systems are changing faster than ever. Currently, the ecological status of water systems is still judged based on single point measurements, without taking into account the spatial and temporal variability of water quality and ecology. There is a need …

Background: The increasing numbers of surgeries involving high risk, multi-morbid patients, coupled with inconsistencies in the practice of perioperative surgical wound care, increases patients’ risk of surgical site infection and other wound complications. Objectives: To synthesise and evaluate the …

The increasing demand on renewable energy in the past decade resulted in the development of more windmill parks in the north-sea. The north-sea is an ideal sea for the development of offshore structures such as windmill parks due to its morphological benefits of being a shallow sea with soft soils consist …

This report was created during an internship in a new world wine importing company. This sector is in slight increase from year to year thanks to the popularization of its wines. However, the millennials are more in search of organic, biodynamic or natural wines. Indeed, a new method of consumption has …

The German sportscar brand Porsche is one of the best-selling sportscar brands in the Netherlands, as stated in a research by the RAI association (2019b). Haaglanden Motorsport is a Porsche specialist, with its focus in maintenance, purchase, sales and additional services connected to Porsche. Over the …

YoungCapital is an employment agency founded in 2000 that puts more than 16,000 candidates to work every day. To date, YoungCapital has the largest youth database in Europe and can be found better online than any other Dutch employment agency. For 2020, YoungCapital sets the strategic pillar “Growth”, …

The topic of this bachelor thesis is a market research of the German returns behaviour in order to find out how companies in the online trade can best prevent customers from returning the ordered article. Returns are and remain an important part of the business model in online retailing. Without the …

The current configuration of the robotic stearate coating process only supports certain bead sizes, the rest is coated manually. The current configuration lacks capacity and requires a lot of maintenance due to the age of the used robots. To be able to support all bead sizes, increase the daily capacity, …