Bewoners en ondernemers van de Amsterdamse binnenstad hebben genoeg van de overlast veroorzaakt door toeristen, prostitutie, dealers en verslaafden. Als reactie hierop lanceerde de gemeente in mei 2020 de "Aanpak Binnenstad" . 88 verschillende maatregelen moeten bijdragen aan het verbeteren van de leefbaarheid …

There is a difference between doing the right (or wrong) things and doing things right (or wrong). The first is often referred to with the term leadership. The term managing refers to doing things right (planning, organizing, etc.). Leadership and management concern two related but clearly distinguishable …

Relationships between buyers and suppliers are highly important for doing business in an international environment. Before the buyer actually makes a purchase, several steps should take place in order to ensure satisfied customers. The complete process of a buyer who is searching for the right supplier, …

In Amsterdam we have been working with a diversity of partners in the city for more than a decade now. Our study and research in our research group Cities & Visitors have been focused on the image and reputations of our cities, including the image and reputation of different areas of the city itself. …

In current nature valuation efforts, sociocultural values are often overlooked. Calls for the importance of including these values often advise to use a mixed-method approach; however, restrictions concerning budget and time often prevent researchers from doing so. In this study we offer a compromise—a …

This research focuses on dinner conversations in family-style group care. Children, who cannot live with their biological families anymore, are given shelter in these family-style group care settings. For the development of an attachment relationship between children and their Professional Foster Parents …

In this article, we reconstruct a Dutch case in which policymakers, experts, and professional organizations proposed to amend a law so as to differentiate between different kinds of nurses and the work they do. In doing so, they specifically sought to support and reposition higher educated nurses. The …

This applied research project aims to generate a better understanding of the effects of heatwaves on vulnerable population groups in the municipality of The Hague, and suggests ways in which the municipality can help such groups to cope with these heatwaves. The research was performed as a cooperation …

How personal branding on LinkedIn influences the employability outcome of young professionals. After researching this topic through quantitative and qualitative data, a gap has been identified between "how universities are preparing students on personal branding efforts on LinkedIn", "What young professionals …

Teams have the potential to offer greater adaptability, productivity and creativity than any one individual can offer and provide more complex, innovative and comprehensive solutions. This necessitates sharing and developing of knowledge at a team-level, fueling the thinking about and research on team …