In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

Introduction and methodology In self-managed residential homeless care, consumers, and their peers, are in charge. Former consumers (N=24) of a self-managed homeless shelter were interviewed with qualitative structured topic-lists on the benefits they experienced. Former consumers of the program participated …

The aim of this paper is to reflect on Russian-OSCE relations and how this has changed from Russia's constructive engagement to gradual disillusionment. The history of Russia’s engagement in the OSCE is traced back to the founding of the organisation in 1975, while there is particular focus on the Yeltsin …

Introduction: Malnutrition is a persistent problem in Ghana, with high rates of underweight children, stunting and wasting. One of the NGOs that is trying to turn this situation around is Project Share. Through their nutrition centre, they have already rehabilitated over 300 children since 2009. They …

The research of this report revolves around the question: ‘due to what reasons do Dutch consumers buy a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, and how is this decision affected by strategies used by Sony and Microsoft?’ This research was conducted to find out how these two companies defend their positions in the …

This document contains the marketing plan for HealthCity The Hague. HealthCity The Hague is a premium fitness club in The Hague that offers many extra facilities to its members, such as child care, personal training, a swimming pool, and sauna facilities. The marketing plan is aimed at meeting the company’s …

This thesis seeks to discover how personal leadership education functions in the Netherlands and to suggest recommendations for its improvement. To this end, personal leadership courses and students’ attitudes towards those courses at six higher education institutions were researched. Personal leadership …

The purpose of this dissertation is to determine and evaluate the economic consequences of a hypothetical independence for Catalonia. The desk research was conducted among all the chapters of the dissertation in order to give background of the topic, as well as, to determine these economic consequences. …

In this paper we explore the extent to which privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) could be effective in providing privacy to citizens. Rapid development of ubiquitous computing and ‘the internet of things’ are leading to Big Data and the application of Predictive Analytics, effectively merging the real …