Outsourcing and offshoring provide companies with ways to achieve their business objectives better or more cost effectively or despite a shortage of specific resources. From a research point of view, outsourcing and offshoring have mostly been studied as something that large companies do, not small and …

Stocker Centrale Verwarming was founded in 1978. It is an established heating company in the region of Zevenaar; a city that lies on the border with Germany and the Netherlands. High quality and fast service are the vocal points of the organization. Because of changes in the industry, new competitors …

Presentation for Trade Mission Bangladeshi IT companies, Bolsward, on June 23, 2011.

The focus of this research paper is on location-based services in a retail setting. In the theoretical framework shopping behavior and its changes after the rise of the internet and mobile devices are laid out. Implications for retailers are discussed and possible methods of adapting to the new ways …

Dit onderzoek wil antwoord geven op de vraag hoe de combinatie mobiel internet en social media succesvol is in te zetten als een marketingtool. Er wordt toegespitst op het gebruik van pull-strategieën en het verkrijgen van permissie binnen deze combinatie. Het onderzoek richt zich op de retailsector …

Due to their limited size, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cannot justify full-time HR professionals in their organizations. Thus, the complex and time-consuming nature of many HR activities can result in a significant drain on existing managerial resources. Professional employer organizations …

Op 9 juni 2010 werd bij de Hanzehogeschool Groningen een seminar georganiseerd met het thema IT offshoring en het MKB onder de titel “The Hanze-India Connection”. In dit rapport wordt verslag gedaan van de presentaties en daaropvolgende discussies. REP-10-01.

De markt voor smart materials, een andere naam is dynamische materialen, groeit gestaag. Het Kenniscentrum Design en Technologie van Saxion helpt het midden- en kleinbedrijf met het toepassen van smart materials in producten. Saxion doet dit in het innovatieprogramma „Materialen in Ontwerp?, waarin wordt …

This final project explored the functions and services of the export consultancy firm Zet-Group and focuses on OOO Zet-Group, the Russian division. Furthermore, it lists the obstacles that Dutch SMEs experience when exporting to Russia so that Zet-Group can develop its services to make them fit with …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is an underdeveloped region, but had seen significant economic growth before the global financial crisis. Due to the crisis economic growth has stopped or even decreased. In addition, several other aspects are expected to become worse, such as incomes, child mortality and access …