The main purpose of this report is to give an account of the most appropriate roles and arrangements that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can assume in the newly created, UN-administered, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). In order to do that, extensive literature …

This paper analyzes the application of PRINCE2® in a multivendor outsourcing context. Given the ongoing trend in large and middle-sized organizations to outsource part of their IT operations it is relevant and important to understand the effect of this trend on the way projects can be managed. Based …

De Creatief procestheorie is een waardevolle grondslag gebleken voor de Creatieve Therapie in Nederland. Door diverse ontwikkelingen is de Creatief procestheorie als zodanig minder zichtbaar geworden binnen het onderwijs en de vakliteratuur. Hierdoor heeft de ontwikkeling in zowel verbreding als verdieping …

Business leaders increasingly face pressure from stakeholders to be transparent. There appears however little consensus on the risks and payoffs of disclosing vital information such as corporate strategy. To fill this gap, this study analyzes firm-specific determinants and organisational outcomes of …

The effect of infill panels on the response of RC frames subjected to seismic action is widely recognised and has been subject of numerous experimental investigations, while several attempts to model it analytically have been reported. In this paper, the implementation, within a fibre-based Finite Elements …

We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) across Chinese provinces from 1995 to 2006. We first perform a factor analysis to summarize information embodied in around 40 variables and derive four FDI determinants: ‘institutional …

Reducing recidivism of individual offenders usually is a multifaceted task. Behavioural interventions, based on the ‘what works principles’ go along with interventions in the domains of education, work, housing and social networks. An integrative approach seems to improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation. …

Deze onderzoeksscriptie wijst uit dat het burgerpanel als e-participatie tool effectief kan worden ingezet. De integratie van social media bij dit nieuw type panel tilt het instrument naar een hoger niveau. De kenmerken van een traditioneel burgerpanel worden hierbij behouden. De gemeente Voorschoten …

De behoefte aan en het ontbreken van een gevalideerde psychomotorische (PMT) observatielijst, gericht op algemene diagnostiek in de volwassenenpsychiatrie, hebben geleid tot dit onderzoek en tot de constructie van een dergelijke lijst. De volgende vragen hebben hierbij centraal gestaan: Welke PMT-observatie-items …

We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker’s effort nor manager’s attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard problem arises, implying that reciprocal workers should be given weak financial incentives. In a multiple-agent setting, …