Tang Ping (躺平, TP), or “lying flat,” has emerged among Chinese youth as an embedded response to overwork, involution, blocked mobility, and declining confidence that sustained effort will secure adult roles and material stability. This Perspective asks what may happen when institutions and platforms …

Manufacturing firms are increasingly adopting AI to improve inspection, maintenance, scheduling, robotics, digital twins, knowledge management, and supply chain coordination. However, these applications do not automatically create human-centered progress. Without deliberate organizational maturity, AI …

This conceptual essay examines why Integral Sustainable Entrepreneurship (ISE) is an essential enabler for long-term value creation under conditions of ecological and societal constraints. Dominant shareholder-oriented economic models prioritize short-term financial performance and tend to overlook ecological …

UWV Boostercollege AI & Arbeidsmarkt

Purpose – Country-level marketing strategies are increasingly unreliable in emerging markets, and treating nationally diverse consumers as homogeneous might be misleading. This study examines how intra-national market heterogeneity shapes consumer evaluations by comparing Chinese consumers’ product purchase …

Werken tot je 70ste? We worden gemiddeld ouder en dat betekent dat we langer door kunnen en moeten werken. Tegelijk verandert de arbeidsmarkt ingrijpend. Door vergrijzing groeit bijvoorbeeld de vraag naar zorgpersoneel, maar door automatisering en technologische ontwikkelingen verdwijnen op andere plekken …

The transition towards a sustainable and competitive European economy requires new analytical and decision-support frameworks capable of integrating industrial innovation, environmental constraints, and policy governance. This concept note introduces a multi-level approach to understanding the role of …

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