Objective: This empirical study of Dutch SME entrepreneurs examines how they manage B2B relationships using both digital and physical means, aiming to provide insights and guidelines. Prior work: The coronavirus pandemic has profoundly impacted how SMEs manage B2B international relationships, with many …

Source Segregation (SS) is a novel strategy in dairy housing that can reduce emissions and separate organic matter and nutrients more efficiently than traditional slurry solid-liquid separation. The anaerobic digestion (AD) methane yield of the SS fractions, however, is unknown. We aimed at unveiling …

This study proposes a novel loss function for neural network models that explores the topological structure of stock realized volatility (RV) data by adding Wasserstein Distance (WD). The study shows that the proposed loss statistically significantly improves the forecast accuracy of neural network models …

Efforts to reduce negative externalities of urban logistics vehicle movements often concentrate on two aspects; organizing logistics more efficiently in order to reduce the number of incoming vehicles in urban areas and reducing the emissions of vehicles within urban areas. The stopping practices are …

The Dutch food and agricultural market has been focusing on producing efficiently and effectively with the aim of cost minimization and profit maximizing. In addition to positive developments (higher efficiency and more effective production), this market system has created negative impact for nature, …

Automation of transport has several potential advantages, such as an increase in road capacity, in road safety and in driving comfort. In addition, automation offers a significant solution to the growing challenge of the driver shortage. In this report, we examine the impact of using autonomous vehicles …

This report analyzes the workflow between UX designers, product owners, and developers, and the design system used by UX designers at Studyportals, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses and proposing improvements for a more efficient and collaborative process. It emphasizes the importance of a design …

The digitalization of humans through 3D scans is a fascinating process that allows people to recreate hyper-realistic individuals virtually and use them in many ways. In order to properly digitize a human for production purposes, the 3D scan must be generated efficiently and in a quick manner, yet still …

In today’s competitive business environment, companies acknowledge the critical role that efficient sales management plays in driving revenue growth and sustaining a market position. The problem definition on which this research is based emerged from the increase of complaints related to the Sales Excellence …

Light is a form of energy produced by a luminous object which occurs as electromagnetic radiation and is closely related to other forms like radio waves, microwaves, gamma rays, infrared, UV and X radiation. The different kinds of radiation can be classified by using wavelengths. Only a small section …