On May 20, 2016, the Member States of the European Union will have to transpose the 2014/40/EU revised tobacco directive. The dissertation in front of you provides an understanding of the revised tobacco directive and the transposition of the directive into North Rhine-Westphalian law. The historical, …

Since 2012 the dutch metropolitan area (the metropole region of amsterdam, the city of amsterdam, rotterdam, the hague, utrecht ) cooperate in finding the best way to stimulate electric mobility through the implementation of a public charging infrastructure. with more than 5600 charge points and 1.6 …

This paper addresses the procedural generation of levels for collaborative puzzle-platform games. To address this issue, we distinguish types of multiplayer interaction, focusing on two-player collaboration, and identify relevant game mechanics for a puzzle-platform game, addressing player movement, …

The successful policy intervention of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was the result of a combination of public and institutional advocacy. ACTA aimed to harmonise the combating of copyright infringements in the digital environment, which are believed to have been left out by the former agreements. …

The economic situation of Europe and growth of employment largely depends on small sized and medium sized enterprises that provides around 4 million jobs every year. Young people face increasing difficulties in finding jobs and therefore there is a pressing need to promote entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial …

The aim of this research report is to provide an analysis of the business environment and growth opportunities for the assignment provider Primatrassen. The research was based on answering the question: How can Primatrassen improve its overall performance? To be able to find the answer to this question, …

Statelessness is a global issue that affects more than 12 million people around the world. Based on the United Nations (UN) estimates, the Council of Europe (CoE) has identified the number of stateless persons in Europe to be at least 680,000. Despite the above figures, statelessness remains a relatively …

Europe in general and Romania specifically has been increasingly a target of foreign and domestic investors. Due to its cheap land prices and agricultural policies supporting largescale agricultural investments Romania has become a country with high risks concerning land grabbing. However, the academic …

The overall topic of this book is internationalization. It is hard to deny that organizations are increasingly internationalizing in order to remain competitive, to access growth markets and resources and to reduce operating costs. Understanding international business has become imperative for academic …

For already many years the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is a complicated situation. Despite all the efforts to come to a peace agreement, a solution has not been found yet. The land that is now called ‘Israel’ is and has been very important for different reasons; economical, strategic and religious. Many …