This paper is about the political imbalance in the EU when it comes to attracting European agencies. Over the years, mainly due to the Brexit negotiations and for cost-efficiency reasons, many EU agencies moved from the UK to elsewhere, finding a new sea for headquarters functions or other departments. …

The increase in consumption of resources has led to more waste being generated, which then needs to be managed at the end of their life-cycle as waste. Current practices of waste management are not efficient as they lead to a release of emissions and a loss of value that is present in the resource, which …

In Osun State, Nigeria, live birds from smallholder farmers dominate the market. Live birds are sold unprocessed at live weight prices to traders in the chain. Extended feeding of broiler chickens, continuous consumption of other resources and high transaction cost forces broiler farmers to patronize …

Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) such as swales are designed to collect, store and infiltrate a large amount of surface runoff water during heavy rainfall. Stormwater is known to transport pollutants, such as particle-bound Potential Toxic Elements (PTE), which are known to often accumulate …

There is currently a major challenge in the Netherlands: offices larger than 100 square metres must all meet energy label C by 2023, and energy label A by 2050. Approximately 56% of offices in the Netherlands do not currently meet the energy label requirements, so there is still much to be gained in …

The thesis focusses on the development of a business model of a tourist card in the cross-border regions Grafschaft Bentheim (GER) and North-East Twente (NL). After conducting qualitative research in terms of literature research and interviews, a tourist card in the form of a disount card has been chosen. …

This article will analyze how blockchain technology is applied tomanage and track cargo movement across the globe. First, thedistribution of goods, as well as the bill of lading and quality assurance,the shipping time with the lowest cost, is always a problem for logisticscompanies. The cost of securing …

Concerns about the negative consequences of the excessive underpricing of the current arrangement in the initial public offering (IPO) market for the provision of entrepreneurial finance—book building—have led to research into the viability of auctions for IPO pricing and allocation. IPO firms face a trade-off …

Abstract Background: Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain (AiWG) is a debilitating and common adverse effect of antipsychotics. AiWG negatively impacts life expectancy, quality of life, treatment adherence, likelihood of developing type-2 diabetes and readmission. Treatment of AiWG is currently challenging, …

The topic of this bachelor thesis is a market research of the German returns behaviour in order to find out how companies in the online trade can best prevent customers from returning the ordered article. Returns are and remain an important part of the business model in online retailing. Without the …