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Verkade, Floortje (author)During the past decade, durability and sustainability has become more and more important in the building industry. By using no steel reinforcement, which has with high carbon emission and is sensitivity to corrosion, the structure should have a longer life span with less maintenance and a lower carbon footprint.<br/>To get more information on...master thesis 2019
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Dijkstra, Martijn (author)In response to greater demand for transparency, technology advancements and the disintermediation by startups are gradually making some of the information public. As a result, property-related information is increasingly available in digital and paper form. However, a significant portion of the digitized information is hosted on disparate...master thesis 2017
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Supera, Jakub (author)Public procurement in the European Union is an important part of interaction between governments and the market. According to the European Commission1 every year over 250 000 public authorities in the EU spend around 14% of GDP (around €2 trillion per year) on the purchase of services, works and supplies. Often perceived as a purely bureaucratic...master thesis 2021
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Meijer, Marloes (author)This project has explored how design can be of added value in early phases of innovation in the context of the startup studio We Are Builders. Insights were gathered from multiple sources to analyse the project scope and explore opportunities. The goal of this graduation assignment is to create a method to execute ideation that We Are Builders...master thesis 2019
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Pluijmen, Tuur (author)Context: The city of The Hague is located in The Netherlands, in the province of Zuid-Holland and with nearly 500,000 inhabitants it is the third largest city of the country. The increasing dynamics of globalization have also made its way to The Hague, where urban competitiveness is increasingly considered to be an important aspect for the city...master thesis 2017
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Hing, K.M. (author)The thesis explores the field of Innovation and its role within Large Corporate Companies today. As such, this document develops a Design Innovation Process for the Service Design sector within in the Corporate Automotive Industry. The project was conducted with a co-creation collaboration approach, and User-centred Design methodology. As a...master thesis 2015
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Grace, Caecilia (author)Financial services industry which used to be relatively traditional is in the midst of change caused by the emergence of FinTech, forcing traditional firms to improve its innovation effectiveness. There exist various studies on corporate entrepreneurship, especially on the fuzzy front-end. However, studies on the back-end phase of innovations...master thesis 2019
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Buśko, Adam (author)This project is an attempt to transform a former military base Marineterrein, located in the center of Amsterdam into a Community of Innovation. Based on the research Home in digital age. Apartments for young innovators.<br/>The focus lies on transforming two existing buildings of technical education facility for soldiers into a working and...master thesis 2017
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Koopmans, Michelle (author)This research aims to overcome risk aversion by optimizing the allocation of risks in projects procured through an Innovation partnership. The research question answers: How can an Innovation Partnership stimulate innovation in the construction industry by dealing with uncertainties related to product innovation? The relevance of this research...master thesis 2021
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Hutter, Arne (author)This report comprises a strategical design graduation assignment, drafted for the Strategic Product Design master at the Delft University of Technology. The project is commissioned by boardsport lifestyle brand Brunotti.<br/><br/><b>Project goal</b><br/>The many differences between Brunotti’s two product collections (boardsport hardware and...master thesis 2018
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Parmar, Akshit (author)This paper aims to provide insights into the role of ‘Entrepreneurial Behaviour’ in stimulating the transition of the Built Environment from a linear economic model to a Circular Economy. Implementation of the circular principles is riddled with regulatory, cultural, financial, and other sector-specific barriers that stall transition efforts and...master thesis 2021
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van Lent, Jard (author)The industry devoted to keeping us healthy is also one of the largest contributors to climate change: one of the greatest threats to our well-being. Medical devices and services are often designed in and for high-income countries. However, they are also used in low- and middle-income countries. Due to this mismatch of context, they are often not...master thesis 2021
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Gunnink, Anna (author)The “Changing zone” is part of the former military area Hembrug, Zaandam. In this zone a special exchange emerged in the density of the buildings. When production started growing, buildings that were seen as unfunctional were demolished and often the new created open spaces were filled with buildings again. This interaction of dilution and...master thesis 2019
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Guðmundsson, Daníel (author)The digital world allows for increased levels of innovative activity as well as cooperation, through the increased networking it provides. Innovations have often been the subject of academic literature, where scholars attempt to identify the success and failure factors of innovative endeavors. A review of the contemporary literature has...master thesis 2020
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Izma Rindamelia Effendi, Izma (author)More than ever, there is a growing importance of renewable energy technology (RET) as a part of the global energy source. With the increasing need of a cleaner energy and abundance incentives from the government, the evolution of innovating firms who are developing radical innovations related to RET products has been expanding, especially in the...master thesis 2018
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van Bruggen, Anne (author)Coherent responses to wicked problems such as climate change require a new way of doing science and tools to give insight into the transformation of large-scale socio-technical systems. Simulation models support transformative processes by offering a simplified version of reality and a boundary object that unites stakeholders around a simplified...master thesis 2017
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Vega Prieto, Ines (author)Essential criteria to a shaving blade include wear resistance, corrosion resistance and a sharp cutting edge. The material selection for improved cutting elements as well as increasing the longevity of the blade would provide benefits not only to the consumer experience of a more efficient shaving performance, but also a more sustainable...master thesis 2021
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van der Zanden, Pepijn (author)Companies and organisations are increasingly exposed to a market environment full of turbulence and disruption. Perry (2017), for instance, shows that only 60 companies were present in the Fortune 500 in 1955 as well as in 2017, meaning that 88% of the companies from 1955 went bankrupt, merged with (or were overtaken by) other firms or were not...master thesis 2018
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Lyppens, Yardèn (author)Organizations with different organizational structures organize innovation differently. Thus, it is likely that organizational structures impact employee-driven innovation (EDI) as well. This thesis researches this topic; the research question is: ‘How do different organizational structures impact employee-driven innovation?’. The research...master thesis 2023
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Mannheimer, A.C. (author)The pharmaceutical sector is more and more going in the direction of using living systems to produce the drugs, also known as biopharmaceuticals. The innovative capacity for biopharma firm has proven to be high, making them interesting sources for new innovative drugs for the market. Bringing a new medical drug to the market is a long and...master thesis 2016