Teaser about the USE conference 2015: a healthy working life in a healthy business with keynote speakers, workshops, presentations and round table discussions.

Abstract Conferentie Understanding Small Enterprise, 21-23 october 2015, A healthy working life in a healthy business

A growing amount of (semi) public organizations in the Netherlands write tenders with mandatory social conditions. It is important for SMEs to focus on social procurement in their business strategy. SMEs should be proactive and try to affect the conditions (semi) public organizations write in their tenders. …

Poster presentation for USE Conference 2015

Paper for the WION - Werkgemeenschap Inkoop Onderzoek Nederland - 2015, 3rd version. Purchasing within Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is important for the overall SME firm performance. However, purchasing within SMEs is not the same as purchasing within larger organisations and there is limited …

Dit proefschrift beschrijft productinnovatie door betrokkenheid van gebruikers en klanten van het midden- en kleinbedrijf. Het onderzoek is ondersteund door de Hogeschool Utrecht

In order to empower more people to become more selfreliant in society, interactive products and services should better match the skills and values of diverse user groups. In inclusive design, relevant end-user groups are involved early on and throughout the design and development process, leading …

Het artikel beschrijft de resultaten van het onderzoeksproject 'Succesvol ondernemen met eHealth' en is van belang voor eHealth-mkb'ers die hun innovatie structureel gefinancierd willen krijgen. Aan het artikel ligt een breed onderzoek onder Nederlandse eHealth-mkb’ers ten grondslag. Het artikel won …

While Making is often seen as a hedonistic pass-time activity, is it attracting growing interest in many industries. Globally, big players have started to fund Fab Lab on a substantial scale. Schlumberger is supporting the development of Fab Labs in Russia, Aramco sponsored the first Fab Lab in Dhahran …

Small retail entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are confronted with declining turnover and ROI. A decrease and even disappearance of small retail in town centres, suburbs and villages is not just a loss of income for the people involved. It constitutes also a loss of attractiveness and economic viability …