In this paper the authors describe the iTasks workflow system. The iTasks system is a software library written in the declarative programming language Clean, which allows for the highlevel specification of multi-user workflows. An important advantage of the iTasks system above commercially available …

Vandaag de dag zijn zo’n 2000 Nederlandse militairen uitgezonden naar missiegebieden over de hele wereld. Gedurende een aantal maanden zijn ze van hun partner gescheiden. Dit artikel schetst de ervaringen van partners vóór, tijdens en na de uitzending. Wanneer de achterblijvers beschikken over een …

Tchibo is an international retail, coffee and consumer good company. Throughout the company´s history a unique business concept combining coffee expertise with a weekly changing range of consumer goods was created. This paper aims to analyse and outline the market characteristics of the Mexican market …

Attracting the Asian, especially Chinese investors is becoming more and more important. While reaching the potential Chinese market is getting easier, the intercultural differences might still play a vital role in influencing the effectiveness of mutual communication. It also creates a challenge for …

Economic underdevelopment in sub-Saharan Africa has a long history. Two centuries of globalization has left sub-Saharan Africa lagging far behind in its economic development - its income is twenty five times smaller than the income of the USA, the richest economy in the world. This unfavorable situation …

De Kern heeft ons gevraagd om onderzoek te verrichten naar de rol van het Algemeen Maatschappelijk Werk (hierna afgekort met AMW) in de wijken binnen Zwolle. De Kern doelt hiermee op de samenwerkingsrelatie die zij heeft met de ketenpartners in de gebiedsbcheerteams. Een gebiedsbeheerteam, in het kort, …

Jaarlijks maken 36 duizend kinderen en jongeren een echtscheiding mee van hun ouders (Steenbrink & Sprangers, 2006). Uit onderzoeken is gebleken dat een echtscheiding een grote impact heeft op het leven van een volwassene. Binnen onze stage bij het Algemeen Maatschappelijk Werk was echtscheiding een …

Microfinance programs have significant potential for contributing towards improvements of agricultural and other rural sectors investments and operations and empowerments of rural community. However, access to financial institutions such as banks by smallholder farmers in rural areas is limited because …

This study was conducted in the eastern province of Kenya, Makueni district. The district was selected due to the large numbers of farmer who grow citrus. 20 farmers who grow citrus were selected of which 10 were farmers who grow both the grafted citrus and non grafted citrus to find their perception …

In the hard-hit countries by HIV/AIDS, the epidemic has eroded the development gains made in past decades. The spread of HIV is heterogeneous in Sub-Saharan African courtiers, with different peaks which vary geographically and in terms of their distribution among social or economic groups. Thus, there …