The increasing popularity of activity trackers has shown a remarkable shift in human computer interaction; individuals seem willing to wear a device that constantly tracks health related metrics such as movement, exercise, sleep, and calorie burnUsing the insights derived from their activity trackers, …

Drawing on a multiple case study of acquisitions of UK biopharmaceutical firms, we develop an analytical framework that elucidates how key determinants of the knowledge base of science-based firms and their combinations through M&As interact and affect post-acquisition investment in the target's R&D …

Our paper investigates the microfoundations of sustainable entrepreneurship and aims to shed light on trade-offs made in decisions about social, ecological and economic sustainability. Balancing the three dimensions of sustainability (social, ecological and economic) inherently requires choices in which …

Internationalisering levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan drie kerntaken binnen het basisonderwijs. Dat concluderen Maarten Hogenstijn en Daniel van Middelkoop, onderzoekers van Hogeschool van Amsterdam, in onderwijsvakblad JSW. Zij deden eerder dit jaar in opdracht van EP-Nuffic onderzoek naar grip op …

Het business model canvas is het afgelopen decennium populair geworden voor de ontwikkeling van organisaties en om ondernemerschap te faciliteren. Het model is ook in het hoger onderwijs populair als methode om te leren ondernemen. De populariteit neemt niet weg dat er vragen zijn over de effectiviteit …

Purpose: Using the global financial crisis as a critical event and based on institutional theory and stakeholder theory, this paper aims to explore the relationship between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The question is how stakeholders can influence corporate responses …

Deze publicatie is de eerste in een reeks van het project 'Collectief aan de slag met participatie' van het fieldlab Nieuw-West, een onderdeel van het speerpunt Urban Management van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

This paper analyses how managed coworking spaces affect the innovation process of their members. Managed coworking spaces are working environments for independent professionals, with an active role of the manager of the space to foster collaboration and interaction. These locations emerged in the late …

Sustainability challenges are among the most complex and difficult problems facing businesses today. These challenges involve many actors and interests and overlapping concerns, and addressing them requires significant investments and out-of-the-box thinking. Issues such as safety, supplier compliance, …