Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) is an environmentally friendly construction ma-terial which is suitable to replace concrete and steel in mid- and high-rise build-ings. The global usage of CLT is expected to grow annually by 12.6% until 2027. Due to a housing shortage as well as the tightening environmental …

In the past few years, the EU has shown a growing commitment to address the rapid transformations brought about by the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) developments by increasing efforts in AI regulation. Nevertheless, despite the growing body of technical knowledge and progress, the governance of …

A topic of great social relevance in the current century is implementing innovative sustainable production processes. Globally waste management is one of the biggest sustainability challenges. With urbanization and a growing global population, the use of various products and discarding their waste has …

The Netherlands is the largest export country of cut flowers in the world. Air cargo transport of flowers amounts to 25 percent of the total annual tonnage of goods that go through Schiphol Airport. However, due to uncertainty of the future development in international trade, as well as the increasing …

During the last decades students have become a target group for cities like Amsterdam. They are addressed as the talented forces that cities need in order to face increasing global competitiveness, a force which itself is represented as giving cities their dynamic edge.

The ever increasing technological developments and greater demands from our society for qualitative better, safer, sustainable products, processes and systems are pushing the boundaries of what is possible from an engineer’s perspective. Besides the (local) grand challenges in energy, sustainability, …

Business landscapes are changing at global, regional and sectoral levels as well as the social and ecological contexts. In order to understand what these changes are and how clusters are dealing with these, the research explores drivers of change and cluster dynamics using a Complex Adaptive Systems …

Background As the level of government closest to citizens and the real economy, local and regional authorities have an important role in tackling the severe impact of the current economic crisis. The double pressures of decreasing public revenue and increasing demand for services, however, call for more …

I am glad to share the major findings of my bachelor thesis with you. Let me first give you an insight in the current situation within IBM and the Madrid International Services Centre.The global economy is suffering from a crisis hitting several big corporate players. Nevertheless,IBM and the Centre …

The value of CUlTent organizations and industries is increasingly located in intangibles (human capital, structural capital and relational capital) and basically,knowledgehasbecomea factor of production and a main asset. This Intellectual Capital does not appear on balance sheets,but ultimately does …