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Crul, M.R.M. (author), Schnitzer, H. (author)Innovation and Innovation Management are essential instruments and methodologies to manage the changes that society and its productive sector are facing in order to find the right balance between competitiveness, trade demands, social equity and sustainable development. A clear role in this can be played by the local universities and by an...conference paper 2010
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Broesterhuizen, E.F.M. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Docters van Leeuwen, L. (author), Taneja, P. (author), Zwakhals, J.W. (author), Nijdam, M.H. (author)Ports are known to be one of the most polluting sectors, and therefore provide an opportunity to reduce emission significantly. Until now, the attention has been given to reduction of emissions in transport and shipping. The scope of research must expand to include port infrastructures, which should be made more sustainable. In many industries,...conference paper 2012
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Nijsse, R. (author)This paper is new developments in structural engineering related especially to the use of the material glass. After a philosophical discussion about why glass is the material for the Future, all glass elements and related techniques are presented from which an all glass building can be assembled. To conclude this paper ,all glass structures like...conference paper 2015
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Raisbeck, P. (author)What are the organisational paradoxes that beset the design process in architectural firms? As innovative knowledge workers and system integrators architects are often called upon to produce innovative and custom designed buildings. Architects can be characterized as knowledge intensive professionals who help to lead innovation. However, most of...conference paper 2011
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Thuesen, C. (author), Koch, C. (author)By adopting a theoretical framework from strategic niche management research (SNM) this paper presents an analysis of the innovation system of the Danish Construction industry. Theories within SNM look upon innovation in a sector as a socio-technical phenomenon and identify three levels of socio-technical interaction within which sectorial...conference paper 2011
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Van Bommel, H.W.M. (author)The need to pay attention to social and environmental aspects in the supply network of companies is hardly discussed anymore. But how a good strategy and related activities can be selected and implemented is a question that remains. Strategies and activities found in practice seem to be based on ad hoc decisions and not systematic and rational...conference paper 2010
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Bismarchi, L.F. (author), Loschiavo dos Santos, M.C. (author)The building sector is one of the most strategic sectors everywhere in the sustainability context because of it´s socioeconomic role as one of the largest employers and also because of it´s evironmental role as one of the world´s biggest polluter. The adoption of a performance based procurement process to implement the Brazilian public housing...conference paper 2011
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Lenferink, S. (author), Hoezen, M.E.L. (author)In 2004 the European Commission introduced the competitive dialogue as a procurement procedure to enable for an open public-private dialogue leading to more innovation, increased competition and more trust. Since 2004 this procedure has been increasingly applied in complex Dutch road infrastructure projects. In this paper experiences from...conference paper 2011
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Guldemond, N.A. (author), Van Geenhuizen, M.S. (author)Living labs are a relatively new instrument in enhancing open innovation. They are practical environments for innovation aiming at a better mix and match between stakeholders for co-development and reduction of time-to-market of innovations through early involvement of user groups. Living lab settings range from delimited environments for co...conference paper 2012
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Cré, J. (author), Mlecnik, E. (author), Kondratenko, I. (author), Degraeve, P. (author), Van der Have, J.A. (author), Vrijders, J. (author), Van Dessel, J. (author), Haavik, T. (author), Aabrekk, S. (author), Paiho, S. (author), Stenlund, O. (author), Svendsen, S. (author), Vanhoutteghem, L. (author), Hansen, S. (author)Within an ERANET-ERACOBUILD project, this study investigates the opportunities and barriers to establish a “one stop shop” with an integrated supply side, to counteract the fragmented offer in sustainable renovation of single-family houses and to increase the level of knowledge, skills and innovations. Aspects of providing reliable information...conference paper 2012
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Kasmire, J. (author), Dijkema, G.P.J. (author), Nikolic, I. (author)Horticulture, a pillar of the Dutch economy, has already achieved remarkable productivity increases through the use of natural gas for heating, lighting and CO2. Further innovative technologies that could aid the transition toward sustainable energy use, including heat/cold storage and deepgeothermal heat sources, are currently in development...conference paper 2012
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Crul, M. (author), Schnitzer, H. (author)Innovation and Innovation Management are essential instruments and methodologies to manage the changes that society and its productive sector are facing in order to find the right balance between competitiveness, trade demands, social equity and sustainable development. A clear role in this can be played by the local universities and by an...conference paper 2010
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Wang, Y. (author), Eames, M. (author)With the rapid development of its iron and coal industries, by the mid-18th Century South Wales arguably emerged as the worlds first carbon-based economy. Since the mid-20th century landscape changes, associated with: i) energy regime shifts from coal to oil and gas; and ii) globalisation and neo-liberalism have combined to drive the equally...conference paper 2010
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Guldemond, N.A. (author), Van Geenhuizen, M.S. (author)The development of medical clusters is high on the agenda of many policymakers in the European Union. Constructing medical clusters may draw on the presence of living labs of different kinds in the regions involved. Living labs are practical environments for innovation aiming at a better mix and match between stakeholders for co-development and...conference paper 2012
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Van Bruinessen, T.M. (author), Smulders, F.E.H.M. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author)The research this paper reports on aims to develop a design and engineering strategy for complex ships in between incremental and radical innovation. The majority of European ship-design industry concentrates on the development of complex, one-off ‘specials’ for the offshore industry, like dredgers, drill ships, pipelaying ships, et cetera. This...conference paper 2013
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Lucassen, I. (author), Klievink, A.J. (author), Tavasszy, L.A. (author)One of the key challenges that international supply chains face today is the need for improving the quality of the data that is used for business operations and compliance. In many supply chains, individual parties in the chain work with low quality data, even though somewhere in the chain, better data is available. The systems of supply chain...conference paper 2014
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Lees, T. (author), Sexton, M. (author)The UK has set a target for a reduction in CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. The domestic sector accounts for 25% of UK emissions from the generation of heat and electricity for homes. For this sector to move to a low-carbon path, it will need to transform the environmental performance of housing. The transformation will...conference paper 2011
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Eriksson, P.E. (author)Organizational ambidexterity refers to an organizations ability to both exploit existing knowledge, assets, and positions for short-term profits and also explore new knowledge, technologies, and markets to enhance long-term development. Ambidexterity research has mostly focused on firm or business unit levels. Studies dealing purely with...conference paper 2011
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Buijs, J.A. (author)This paper will introduce a new book on innovating, the process that leads to innovation(s). It is based on the experiences in the innovation and creativity field from the Delft University of Technology as well as from independent consultancy. These experiences are condensed in an overall method for innovating from inside a company. To recognize...conference paper 2012