In een artikel in ‘Public Service Review’ schetsen Justina Erculj en Marco Snoek de uitdagingen ten aanzien van lerarenkwaliteit en lerarenopleidingen in Europa. Daarbij vragen ze aandacht voor inductie van leraren (begeleiding van beginnende leraren), onderzoek als strategie voor professionele ontwikkeling, …

Facing the threat of climate change and loss of biodiversity, sustainability has become an es­sential public issue. Zoos as environmental organisations and leaders in conservation have a sustainable responsibility and could contribute to stem climate change and the exploitation of resources by reducing …

The horseracing industry in Germany and the Netherlands is facing challenging times. During the last years, the racing industry missed the opportunity to adapt to current needs and interests which hindered development. The only changes have been reactive, driven by necessity and led by single parties …

Background As the level of government closest to citizens and the real economy, local and regional authorities have an important role in tackling the severe impact of the current economic crisis. The double pressures of decreasing public revenue and increasing demand for services, however, call for more …

This thesis is to carry out research on how to maintain stable development for Shengteng Titanium Company in the time of global financial crisis. It is divided into two main parts. The research of the first part is about the China's titanium industry, and the second part is specific in Shengteng Titanium …

Findings of this study are based on information collected from numerous books, articles, reports, internet, internal discussions and results from a survey. This document includes an overview of the Dutch ICT market; additionally it gives direction and necessary steps which should be taken by the entrepreneur …

Whilst until the late 1980s most migration issues developed in a parallel manner but with national specifics, important differences showed up during the 1990s and at the beginning of this decade. Since the middle of the 1990s, there has been an obvious change in policy towards migrants and foreigners …

Today, only a limited number of entrepreneurs and managers are facing up to the relevance of sustainability issues and the ways in which these may affect their own businesses. Even fewer entrepreneurs and managers see sustainability as a potential source of profit. These are the findings resulting from …

The severe shortage of donors is a major constraint facing European countries. In Europe more than 60,000 patients are on waiting lists for an organ transplantation. Because of the shortage of donated organs, every day almost ten people die in Europe while on the waiting list. But what are the causes …

In the past years there have been many affairs involving ministerial responsibility. Sometimes the ministers had to resign and sometimes they resigned themselves. The fire at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport which caused two ministers to resign, gave me reason to do research on this subject and to find out …