We finished USE2015 with a closing session inspired on the example of the successful closing session of USE2013 in Nelson, New Zealand. The session hosted a few different parts – you can, for instance, read about the PhD award the first newsletter we published after USE2015. Main element was that the …

USE2015 is een internationale wetenschappelijke conferentie, die een forum biedt om het begrip van het midden-en klein bedrijf te verbeteren en heeft een unieke focus op het welzijn van mensen en het bedrijfsleven. Een van de kenmerken van een klein bedrijf is de verbondenheid met de omgeving en het …

The CSP-FP relationship revisited.Presentation USE Conference 2015.CSP: Corporate sustainability performance.FP: Financial performance.

Nature of embedded purchasing activities within SMEs.Presentation USE Conference 2015.

Self-tracking devices and sustainable employability.Employees’ level of sustainable employability is influenced by their health. In our study we tested whether self-tracking devices – devices that provide the user with reliable and continuous feedback on one or more health domains – can be useful tools …

Resilience and long-term absenteeism.Individual level:what is drive of police officers for their work and how does this fit (the demands of) the workplaceOrganizational level:what are common themes in the individual cases that provide starting points for Politie Nederland to enhance resilience of police …

The regional office of the Royal Association MKB-Nederland, the largest entrepreneurs’ organisation in the Netherlands, MKB-Nederland Noord asked us if we could support small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SME’s) in the North of the Netherlands to fulfill social conditions in public procurement. SME’s …

Procuring green construction innovations: PhD project in New Zealand.Presentation USE Conference 2015. How SMEs organize competitive advantage.How innovative New Zealand firms procure environmental technical innovations for the construction industry, a literature review.

Paper presented in the workshop 'SMEs, CSR and employment relations in a global economy' at the USE 2015 Conference, Groningen, Oct 21-23 2015 European labour market integration has, unfortunately, also led to attempts at unfair competition on employment conditions s. Competitive pressures to lower labour …