This article explores the nature of innovative employer‐oriented activation policies, which aim to influence employers’ willingness to hire or possibly train and guide the unemployed. These policies may focus on responsibilities with regards to activation, which offer services to employers or provide …

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 …

Clusters are the magic answer to regional economic development. Firms in clusters are more innovative; cluster policy dominates EU policy; ‘top-sectors’ and excellence are the choice of national policy makers; clusters are ‘in’. But, clusters are complex, clusters are ‘messy’; there is no clear logic …

Met deze paper willen we recht doen aan deze omissie. Na een uiteen-zetting van wat te verstaan onder vakmanschap van re-integratie-dienstverlening besteden we aandacht aan drie generieke vaardigheden die we in onze onderzoeken zijn tegengekomen. We illustreren dit aan de hand van onderzoek naar dienstverlening …

„Effektivität von zwei Therapiekonzepten zur englischen Sprachförderung bei deutschen Schülern mit einer Lese- Rechtschreibstörung“. In unserer heutigen Gesellschaft sind Fremdsprachenkenntnisse für die schulische und berufliche Entwicklung unumgänglich (Dorsch & Dreßler, 2012). Vor allem das Erlernen …

Full text via link. In H. van Berkel, A. Bax & D. Joosten-ten-Brinke (redactie.), Toetsen in het Hoger Onderwijs. Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum.

Clusters are the magic answer to regional economic development. Firms in clusters are more innovative; cluster policy dominates EU policy; ‘top-sectors’ and excellence are the choice of national policy makers; clusters are ‘in’. But, clusters are complex, clusters are ‘messy’; there is no clear logic …

Explanation of the Master Class programme. You can learn about: the objective, the target groups, the nature of the programme, the topics, the didactics and the duration. Proposal to the Opening Up partners to offer a Master Class in relation to the cluster Development.