The inland shipping industry contributes substantially to the trade relations between the Netherlands and Germany. The industry is different from other transport modes (rail, road and air) in that ships are more environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Yet, it faces many structural problems that …

Sarah Banks (2012) describes ethics work mainly as the effort people put into developing themselves as good practitioners. She discerns six aspects of ethics work: identity work, framing work, reason work, emotion work, role work and performance work. Although ethics work focuses on the ethical development …

Dutch households still appear to have no confidence in the financial sector. In the period of 2006 until 2009, public confidence in Dutch financial institutions fell sharply. In 2010, this somewhat rebounded, but since then remains substantially lower than before the start of the financial crisis. This …

The effects of global ageing are mostly felt in the developing world. Older populations are experiencing extreme poverty and cope with financial difficulties that obstruct their access to public health and social care (Shah, 2011). Governments of emerging economies manage the multi pillar system that …

In het kader van het vraagstuk over kostencompensatie en terugverdienen door efficiënte benutting van biomassa, is binnen het beheertraject van Rijkswaterstaat – Oost een onderzoek uitgevoerd in de uiterwaarden van de IJssel en de Twentekanalen. Centrale vraag vanuit de opdrachtgever is welke locaties …

This article extends the corporate social performance (CSP) model by studying the role of governance structures and governance systems in shaping corporate social responsibility. The authors argue that a governance perspective offers a fruitful research strategy both to study empirically how firms balance …

Het ontbreken van een integrale visie voor waterkeringen is aanleiding voor het schrijven van dit beheeradvies. Om beheer uit te kunnen voeren op de grasbekleding is een indeling gemaakt op vegetatietypen en beheercategorieën. De vegetatietypen kunnen als streefbeeld worden gebruikt. De daaraan gekoppelde …

This article extends the corporate social performance (CSP) model by studying the role of governance structures and governance systems in shaping corporate social responsibility. The authors argue that a governance perspective offers a fruitful research strategy both to study empirically how firms balance …

The purpose of this report is to investigate the possibility of involvement of different stakeholders in the work of Payments Lab - a start-up within ING Bank. The research is focused on two particular groups of stakeholders: Internal Business Stakeholders, represented by employees of ING Operations …

Dit rapport onderbouwt het masterplan en de deeluitwerking voor Westflank Maastricht. Aan de westzijde van de stad ligt het (Belgische) Haspengouw. Dit gebied kent twee verschijningsvormen, het vochti g Haspengouw en het droog Haspengouw. De laatste is direct gelegen aan de stad. De opgave is in dit …