This paper examines the effect of firm-specific factors on the leverage decision of the Indonesian listed firms in the food industry, which is one of the largest and most important industries in Indonesia. In this study, four firm-specific determinants of the capital structure were analyzed using a multivariate …

Hoe kun je verpleeghuisbewoners in de laatste levensfase de beste kwaliteit van zorg bieden? Werken volgens ‘Evidence Based Practice’ (EBP) helpt professionals om elke dag bezig te zijn met het juiste doen met het ‘beste bewijs’. Want met EBP gaat het om de bewoner en diens behoefte aan zinvolle en goede …

This paper proposes an innovative method for factor analyzing data that potentially contains individual response bias. Past methods include the use of “ipsative” data, or, related to that, “ipsatized” data. Unfortunately, factor analysis as the main method used for analyzing the dimensionality of data, …

Background Despite extensive research carried out on medication administration errors (MAEs) in the domain of infusion therapy, there is limited knowledge on nurse’s perceptions on the occurrence of MAEs during infusion therapy. Since nurses are responsible for medication preparation and administration …

This paper investigates the impact of sustainable supply chain activities on the profitability amongst 62 Euronext listed firms active in the food industry of nine European countries during 2019-20. We first define sustainability in the supply chain, and then outline KPIs to measure it with a focus on …

Nieuwsbrief HAN Lean QRM Centrum - februari 2023

Vanuit Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte worden er verschillende onderzoeken naar de bebouwde omgeving uitgevoerd. Deze onderzoeken zijn verbonden aan lectoraten. Het lectoraat van waaruit dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd is het Lectoraat de Gezonde Stad. De focus wordt hier gelegd op de invloed van fysieke …

DurableCASE aims for a cooperativity framework for mobile (agro)robots. The framework comprises multiple software agents, partly centralized and partly to be integrated in high-level individual robot planning, that allow individual robots to become part of a team, performing functions faster and/ or …

Over the past year, the governance of supplier finance has risen even higher up the agenda for regulators, rating agencies, auditors, and corporates as its perceived role in the high-profile collapse of several corporates comes under scrutiny. The topic of disclosure has become one of more heated debate …

Abstract: With the adoption of values, principles, practices, tools and processes from Agile, Lean, and DevOps, knowledge preservation has become a serious issue because documentation is largely left out. We identify two questions that are relevant for knowledge acquisition and distribution concerning …