In this chapter, seven intercultural teaching experiences are contextualised by using the Hofstede (2011) model on cultural dimensions. The experiences are from Australia, China, France, Germany, Russia, India and Thailand. They are analysed using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions of Power Distance, …

Mechanisms that drive the intergenerational transmission of poverty have been studied widely, but to understand how these mechanisms are at work in real life we require studies on perspectives of families who themselves are living in poverty. In this study, we combine the perspectives of multiple generations …

Big report of the Startup EDR Project. See how the project promoted interregional collaboration and development for startups within the Ems-Dollart region.

Young people and generation Z bring new values and appreciations into the business world. Entrepreneurship is more appreciated, and plenty of countries try to encourage young people for entrepreneurial paths. Here the interest is to see what kind of entrepreneurial qualities are needed with young business …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate qualities that are needed for effective entrepreneurship in a variety of national cultures. The sample represents 731 business students from several countries from Asia, Baltics, USA, Nordic, Middle, South and East Europe. College students completed a questionnaire …

The purpose of this study was to explore innovativeness and entrepreneurial tendencies among different national cultures. A survey instrument was administered on a sample of 731 business students from several countries in Asian, Baltic, USA, Nordic and Middle, South and East European countries. Respondents …

Creativity and innovation capabilities are strongly associated with entrepreneurship and studies indicate that innovation skills are needed to become entrepreneur. Typically, highly innovative individuals are naturally drawn towards entrepreneurship. It may be that some cultures enhance innovativeness …

Voor u ligt de eindrapportage van het project Transforming Regions dat binnen het zogenaamde ESTRAC-project is uitgevoerd. ESTRAC staat voor Energy Transition Centre, een langlopend (2017-2021) publiek-private samenwerking tussen Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, TNO, New Energy …

In het project Talent in de Regio werken gemeenten, kennisinstellingen, werkgevers- en werknemersorganisatie samen aan een betere regionale arbeidsmarkt voor nu en voor een toekomst waarin leven lang ontwikkelen voor alle Noorderlingen centraal staat. In dat kader verschijnt er een reeks columns, waarvan …