Clusters development takes place in an increasingly changing and complex context where global and local developments are interconnected. Various regional and innovation studies recognize the need for place-based studies to include the larger context in which clusters and regions are found. Interest and …

Recent years have shown the emergence of numerous local energy initiatives (prosumer communities) in the Netherlands. Many of them have set the goal to establish a local and sustainable energy provision on a not-for-profit basis. In this study we carried out exploratory case studies on a number of Dutch …

Organisations operate in an increasingly dynamic environment. Consequently, the business models span several organisations, dealing with multiple stakeholders and their competing interests. As a result, the enterprise information systems supporting this new market setting are highly distributed, and …

De EnergyBarn is een lokaal duurzaam multidisciplinair project tussen educatie, overheid en het bedrijfsleven. De EnergyBarn is bedoeld als publiekspunt waar ontwikkelingen kunnen worden getoond aan de maatschappij. De burger kan deze ontwikkelingen ontmoeten en aanraken. De Energy Barn wordt in opdracht …

Biogas plays an important role in many future renewable energy scenarios as a source of storable and easily extracted form of renewable energy. However, there remains uncertainty as to which sources of biomass can provide a net energy gain while being harvested in a sustainable, ecologically friendly …

In deze studie wordt nagegaan of het energieverbruik van de stad Groningen in 2035 voor elektriciteit en warmte volledig verduurzaamd kan worden door middel van wind, zon of biomassa. Tevens wordt nagegaan wat dit zou betekenen voor de omgeving en wat het kost. De randvoorwaarde is dat de stad Groningen …

Abstract written to Biogas Science for oral presentation. Regarding a new methodology for determining the energy efficiency, carbon footprint and environmental impact of anaerobic biogas production pathways. Additionally, results are given regarding the impacts of energy crops and waste products used …

As part of the debate about globalization and regionalization, this paper adds a perspective that has so far remained underexposed, that of (formerly state‐owned) firms in (previously) regulated industries, in order to better understand the (changing) role of the home country/region in internationalization …

Quantified Self (QS) is een internationale beweging van makers en gebruikers van technologie voor zelfmeting van lichamelijke gegevens. Op het moment heeft iedereen de vrije keuze om gebruik te maken van - steeds meer betaalbare - sensortechnologie om zo informatie over het eigen lichaam te verkrijgen, …

This study examines the motives of employees to engage in work related social media use – i.e. the use of personal social media accounts to communicate about work-related issues. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) was used to explain this behavior. Because social media can enable users to express their …