Industries involved in creating, producing, commercializing and distributing content find themselves facing major change because of digitization. These include the music and film sectors, and for over a decade now also the games sector. Digitization is changing the face of the content industry, with …

In dit artikel combineren we concepten uit Tinto’s interactionele theorie over de oorzaken van studie-uitval en Becher’s theorie over wetenschapsgebieden ter verklaring van studievoortgang van eerstejaarsstudenten in het hoger beroepsonderwijs. De data zijn verzameld via een online-vragenlijst, afgenomen …

In the Netherlands the creative sector has been selected as one of the nine top sectors of the economy which the country wants to prioritise for development. In this framework the Dutch government has recently compiled a policy document, ambitiously stating that the Netherlands should become the most …

Bergerden Agropark is a greenhouse zone area in province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The local government, municipalities Nijmegen and Arnhem, is the owner of the land and it invested a lot on sustainable energy system in Begerden Agropark. The greenhouse entrepreneurs built new and modern greenhouses …

Internationalisation is the expansion of a firms operations to foreign markets and includes not only import and export but also foreign direct investments and international cooperation. Today’s globalising economy has resulted in a growing number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) undertaking international …

This research is a fundamental part of a Chilean government project called: "Sharing key success factors and experiences in trade in services for SMEs" which has been proposed to the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), with the aim of sharing experiences and key success factors which promote the …

The amount of used antibiotics is a large problem concerning human health. More and more resistance has occurred during the last years. The Dutch government has announced lowering of used antibiotics in the Netherlands has to be reached. The amount of used antibiotics can be described in several ways. …

Over recent years aspects of sustainability have claimed a central role in many countries. As a result research for sustainability has become an important driver for innovation. This paper describes developing a model that supports SMEs in integrating sustainability in their business and innovation processes. In …

What are successful companies? That question will be investigated. The determination of successful factors will be identified by explaining the successful factors of a company by the following questions: How come successful ventures are successful and non successful ventures are not? What are the most …

Digital books are often being heralded in the media. After all, the sales figures of digital books and e-readers are rising. It is inevitable that the book industry will keep on digitizing, since it facilitates life. However, what will be the long term effect of the digital books on authors, publicists, …