Users and potential users of the sharing economy need to place a considerable amount of trust in both the person and the platform with which they are dealing. The consequences of transaction partners’ opportunism may be severe, for example damage to goods or endangered personal safety. Trust is, therefore, …

The consumer has the choice to either purchase clothing in brick-and-mortar stores, offline, or in webstores, online. Yet, this was not the case 15 years ago, when online shopping began to rise. The term was not yet well known, and not all the wanted products were available online. Now, the consumer …

Ondernemers die een bedrijfsruimte huren kunnen terecht bij Lagerehuur (opdrachtgever) als zij vinden dat er een te hoge huur wordt betaald voor de bedrijfsruimte die zij huren. Lagerehuur begeleidt de ondernemers hierbij. Sinds enkele jaren hebben ondernemers onder invloed van de economische crisis, …

The next generation fulfilment centres are large logistic properties that respond to the growth of business to consumer e-commerce. To respond appropriately, these custom-made properties have to provide an optimal environment aligned to the e-retail strategy to generate as much productivity, cost reduction …

De doelstelling van dit onderzoek luidt: "Inzicht krijgen in de web usability van de gebruiker van de mobiele webshop van Kruidvat Nederland teneinde in te kunnen spelen op de mobiele conversie van de webshop". Uit bovenstaande aanleiding resulteert de volgende probleemstelling: "Hoe kan Kruidvat Nederland …

E-grocery is a worldwide phenomenon and can provide companies new revenues and value-producing opportunities. It is becoming a race where companies strive to gain first-mover advantages. But e-grocery is also facing several challenges, which can be extended to Baltic market, due to the fact that the …

Analyse van Chinees IT bedrijf Tencent uit Rien T. Segers (ed.), Multinational Management. A Casebook on Asia’s Global Market Leaders, to be published by Springer International Publishers, Heidelberg 2016.

In this report the current trend of e-commerce companies opening brick and mortar stores was investigated. This phenomenon can be linked to a concept known as omnichannel retail. It appears that many businesses are not aware of the current trends in retail. This leads to a misunderstanding of the modern …

The company this export/marketing plan focuses on is the Dutch company Dopper. This social enterprise is founded in 2010 and engages in reusable water bottles. The main objective Dopper has is reducing single use plastic waste. In the Netherlands the company is well positioned in the market. Dopper has …