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In the Netherlands, there have been many discussions about whether or not to establish a European Defence Organisation. However, due to the political party D66 (Democrats '66), this discussion has been revived in 2006 to such an extent that it really had an impact on political agendas of the Dutch political …

This final paper focuses on municipal international cooperation (MIC) with developing nations. MIC can be defined as international decentralised cooperation or the term "town twinning" (Boven, 2007, "what is town twinning" section). It is an agreement between two or more municipalities from different …

The world of student associations, is not all what it seems to be. Here, like in the corporate boardroom, we find a world of personal ambition that drive unproductive acquisitions and other unwanted managerial behavior. Agency problems as studied by Jensen & Meckling (1976) and eloquently summarized …

Over the course of nearly two decades, the United Nations has displayed an looming incapability of effectively using its organizational means to intervene in order to prevent and suppress genocide. This paper defines the term 'genocide' and its implications and gives a short introduction to the treaties …

A study was undertaken on the sunflower value chain in Lira district of Uganda. The objective of the study was twofold: First to catalogue innovations that have been developed or introduced in the value chain over a 10 year trajectory (1998-2007). The second objective was to map the knowledge management …

The prejudice and discrimination against Roma started upon arrival in the 11th century. They were seen as untrustworthy due to the nomadic lifestyle and different skin colour. Roma were forced to live as slaves during the 1500 which ended several centuries later in 1864. Although, legally they were …

An advisory report for an online reservation agency for accommodations. An internal and external analysis is made which results in the market penetration strategy. This strategy is turned into practical adaptations for the company. Suggestions described in detail are improvement of the website, use of …

Colgate-Palmolive is an American company which operates on international level with the production and selling of oral, personal and home care products and pet nutrition products with a good price-quality relation. The organisation has set up a sales and marketing organisation in Spain in order to launch …

Insider ethnographic analysis is used to analyze change processes in an engineering department. Distributed leadership theory is used as conceptual framework.