Author supplied: Within the Netherlands the interest for sustainability is slowly growing. However, most organizations are still lagging behind in implementing sustainability as part of their strategy and in developing performance indicators to track their progress; not only in profit organizations …

Active and Healthy Ageing in EU and the regional approach in the Northern Netherlands. In the Northern Netherlands a regional Healthy Ageing innovation network has been developed in which many partners in research and education, health and welfare, business, and regional authorities have been collaborating …

The importance of teaching engineering students innovation development is commonly clearly understood. It is essential to achieve products which are attractive and profitable in the market. To achieve this, an institute of engineering education has to provide students with needed knowledge, skills and …

There is a high demand for soybean products in Cameroon yet the country is experiencing low soybean production levels and has triggered more importation of the product. This has created an opportunity in the domestic market. AgriDynamic Foundation, a non-profit social entrepreneurial organization has …

Enterprise Architecture has been developed in order to optimize the alignment between business needs and the (rapidly changing) possibilities of information technology. But do organizations indeed benefit from the application of Enterprise Architecture according to those who are in any way involved in architecture? To …

The importance of teaching engineering students innovation development is commonly clearly understood. It is essential to achieve products which are attractive and profitable in the market. To achieve this, an institute of engineering education has to provide students with needed knowledge, skills and …

Is best value een hype onder inkopers, marketeers zijn druk in de weer met value-based marketing. Marketeers en inkopers gingen samen om de tafel om het begrip waarde te verkennen. Lector inkoopmanagement Gert Walhof doet verslag. Een van de conclusies is dat over en weer nog veel onbekend is over elkaars …

The ‘wave’ of technology breaking over Higher Education continues to impact the interaction between lecturers and students. The increasing prevalence of video and the ease of its distribution offer lecturers the opportunity to use the medium of video to enhance their teaching in a variety of ways with …

Dit rapport beschrijft de resultaten van een verkennende kwalitatieve studie naar de wijze waarop het keuzeproces voor intramurale zorg verloopt. De aanleiding van dit onderzoek zijn de vele veranderingen die plaatsvinden binnen de ouderenzorg: de zorg verandert van aanbodgericht naar vraaggestuurd, …

Implementing the Cradle to Cradle principles in the design of an industrial park is a challenging and complex task and requires a great amount of dedication of all parties involved. Due to the fact that Cradle to Cradle is a relatively new concept, only few experiences have been made with the design …