Nokia is a large mobile phone company that is struggling to keep up with other players in the emerging smartphone market. The market is very competitive and the products have a short life cycle. Furthermore, a high level of innovativeness is required. In this report the Finnish mobile phone company has …

Het schooljaar 2011-2012 wordt gezien als de beginfase van de Haagse Aanpak Gezond Gewicht (HAGG) in de wijk Bouwlust/Vrederust. Tijdens deze fase is onderzoek verricht naar het bereik, adoptie en effect van de activiteiten van de HAGG. Voor het onderzoek is gebruik gemaakt van een activiteitenmonitor, …

In maart 2011 dreigde Muammer Gaddafi van Libya duizenden onschuldige burgers van de stad Benghazi uit hun huizen te halen om hen te vermoorden. De Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties verwees de situatie door naar het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag, dwong een no-flyzone af en gaf de NAVO een …

It seems today that the streets in Mexico are littered with bodies of journalists. Since the ruling president, Felipe Calderón, declared war on drug cartels in December 2006, more than 30 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing. The escalating violence and attacks on Mexican media are emerging …

Burgers en politici hebben behoefte aan verantwoording over ingezette middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp en de bereikte doelen. De resultatenrapportage van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken biedt in theorie een mooi overzicht dat ten dele inzicht verschaft. Het rapport schetst echter een te mooi beeld. …

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. …

Kooyman Eigen Huis is a real-estate agency that is active in Drechtsteden. It was founded by the two brothers Teun en Henk Kooyman in 1976. The business has been thriving since then. However, the realestate climate has changed and a new strategy needs to be formulated. The company strives to innovate …

Agile software development has evolved into an increasingly mature software development approach and has been applied successfully in many software vendors’ development departments. In this position paper, we address the broader agile service development. Based on method engineering principles we define …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the development of sucking patterns in small-for-gestational age (SGA) preterm infants differs from appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: We assessed sucking patterns in 15 SGA and 34 AGA preterms (gestational age

In the Netherlands only few women have top positions in business life. The Dutch Constitution has a Law on Equal Opportunity for men and women, nevertheless there is no equality between men and women when it comes to top positions. Fortunately, because of the women organizations, like Woman Capital, …