Small groups (SG)'s are an important and seemingly vibrant part of church life. Ichtus Pinkstergemeente in Zaandam, among other ministries, also has a small group ministry (SGM),. According to the church leadership it is not a very successful one. This project is an attempt to sort out where the problems …

This paper reports a study on the importance of enablers in order for IT to support effective supply chain management, as perceived defined by different positions in the supply chain. In the study, a significant difference for the enabler “Funds for IT enablement” is found between the supplier position …

What is the ‘raison d’être’ of auditing? Does auditing only exist by the grace of the legislator? Or does auditing fulfill other needs in contemporary society? For many companies, auditing has been made mandatory. This is possibly one of the reasons why researchers to date have given limited attention …

This dissertation is about the succes of the EU NAVFOR Somalia - operation Atalanta. It goes deeper into the background of the pirates. It explains why they act as pirates. Further more it focusses on the first ever eu naval mission: operation Atalanta. It looks at the size, the structure, the mission …

Boekbespeking van Sherrie Turkle, 2011, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. New York: Basic Books. Mails, sms’jes, instant messages, tweets, Skype, voicemails, Facebookberichten – via smartphones en andere apparaten zijn we vrijwel non-stop in contact met …

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most commonly diagnosed peripheral neuropathy due to entrapment. This syndrome is currently being diagnosed clinically, often confirmed through the use of neural conductivity studies (NCS). Over 25 percent of the cases are still missed using this method, while NCS …

Since the Arab Spring in the beginning of 2011, Egypt has experienced many social and political changes. Islamist parties have gained a firm foothold in the political arena after years of secular rule by the Mubarak regime and the interim SCAF government. A new constitution, in which men and women are …

The aim of the thesis is to test the credibility of the Responsibility to Protect ("r2p") principle by looking at how the principle was applied in Libya and addressing the question of why R2P was not applied in Syria. The first part of the thesis is about the origins and definition of R2P. The second …

International expansion has never been easy, but the global economy is changing, cultural and language barriers are fading and this facilitates companies in conducting business across the world. This paper explains different factors such as the internal analysis, but also the external analysis and the …

This thesis aims to test the credibility of the Responsibility to Protect principle ("R2P") by looking at how the principle was applied in Libya and addressing the question of why R2P was not applied in Syria. The first part of the thesis is about the origins and definition of R2P. The second part compares …