The initial encounter between a buyer and a seller has received much attention among practitioners. The first time a buyer interacts with a seller is thought to be highly influential. The premise is that buyers form an opinion during this first encounter, or even the first minutes of this encounter. …

It is well-documented that international enterprises are more productive. Only few studies have explored the effect of internationalization on productivity and innovation at the firm-level. Using propensity score matching we analyze the causal effects of internationalization on innovation in 10 transition …

In order to receive a licence to produce, poultry farmers have to take into account societal demands, among others: animal welfare, healthy working conditions for the workers and landscape quality. A way to reach a combination of these goals is to create a design for the poultry house and outdoor run. …

Jongeren, ouderen en vrijwilligers zijn 3 onderwerpen die wij wilden verbinden. Er zijn weinig jongeren aan het werk als vrijwilliger in de ouderenzorg in Nederland. In ons rapport is te lezen dat jongeren wel degelijk geinteresseerd zijn in vrijwilligerswerk in de ouderenzorg. In ons adviesrapport wordt …

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Peer reviewed paper op SEFI Engineering Education congress 2009 In engineering programs an important part of the learning process takes place in practical assignments like capstone projects, internships and co-op assignments in industry. The assignments are very divers. Students have different roles, …

One needs three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed. (Graham, 2005) Five …

De effecten van de hier beschreven nieuwe benaderingen in de psychogeriatrische zorg zijn nog maar beperkt onderzocht. Slechts een enkele keer is daarbij gebruik gemaakt van de gouden standaard van de randomised clinical trial. Dat is vanwege de talloze methodologische moeilijkheden die het onderzoeken …

This article deals with automatic object recognition. The goal is that in a certain grey-level image, possibly containing many objects, a certain object can be recognized and localized, based upon its shape. The assumption is that this shape has no special characteristics on which a dedicated recognition …

This paper describes the work that is done by a group of I3 students at Philips CFT in Eindhoven, Netherlands. I3 is an initiative of Fontys University of Professional Education also located in Eindhoven. The work focuses on the use of computer vision in motion control. Experiments are done with several …