In the SaxShirt project Saxion is working on smart textile solution, but Saxion is not the only organization; commercial products are popping up in the market everywhere. This paper gives an up-to-date overview of the commercially available products, to have a clear view on the current market, to learn …

Positive Travels is an online company that organises trips for business companies and for people who want to go on a holiday for leisure purposes. It was developed from its parent company Positive Business Events. Positive Travels offers trips with different themes and trips are mostly tailor-made. Positive …

This marketing plan examines how JD Wetherspoon plc. could be successful in the Hague concerning the opening and running of a Wetherspoon pub. The research has been based on an extensive analysis of the buying behavior of several segments and on the examination of relevant external factors, such as main …

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 …

Ideas about people with disabilities have evolved dramatically since the 1950s – from individuals ‘suffering from illness’ and dependent on others, to today’s credo stressing participation and social inclusion. People with a disability are considered to have capacities and bear responsibility to achieve …

Currently, Delicatezze d'Italia is one of the biggest Italian wholesalers in The Netherlands (third largest with a market share of 15%). Considering that Delicatezze d'Italia delivers the majority of its products to clients in the Randstad, the Italian wholesaler is interested in expanding its business …

The Convention on Biodiversity has developed the concept of ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘natural resources’ in order to describe ways in which humans benefit from healthy ecosystems. Biodiversity, conceived through the economic approach, was recognized to be of great social and economic value to both present …

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 …

Nokia is a large mobile phone company that is struggling to keep up with other players in the emerging smartphone market. The market is very competitive and the products have a short life cycle. Furthermore, a high level of innovativeness is required. In this report the Finnish mobile phone company has …

Cost price efficiency is key in competing in the modern horticultural industry. Over the past four years I came to realize that bulb cultivation and the cultivation of bulb flowers is accompanied by major risks, as it is difficult to fine tune the product’s quality. Seasonal influences affect bulb growth, …