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Jabri, Mohammed (author)Recent findings by the OECD highlight that a significant proportion of refugees in Europe possess high levels of education, often being overqualified for their roles. However, literature seldom addresses the unique challenges these highly educated refugees face when integrating into the labor market. This research examines the role of...master thesis 2023
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Brouwer, Gijs (author)Industrial biotechnology is labelled by the European Commission as one of the six key enabling technologies to fight climate change. Industrial biotechnology is a sector where biocatalysts (cells or enzymes) are used to convert renewable feedstocks (e.g. sugars) or even waste into valuable compounds such as renewable chemicals or food ...master thesis 2023
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't Hoen, Jesse (author)New Product Development (NPD) of applications incorporating breakthrough technologies can be beneficial for companies, but can also come with serious drawbacks. Therefore, the NPD process must be approached with great care. Rather than adopting the chaotic trajectory of the NPD process, where applications are introduced, withdrawn, and...master thesis 2023
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- ter Haar, Marnix (author) master thesis 2022
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van der Burg, Silke (author)When attempting to enter a market, it is of the utmost importance to make a well-thought decision. Numerous academics have examined the first-mover advantage literature to determine whether entering first, second, or late is more advantageous. After many decades, there is still no consensus, and it appears that we are in a dialogue of the deaf....master thesis 2022
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Avé, Tondan (author)This thesis explored the contrast between the overarching category of entrepreneurship (from here on, “mainstream entrepreneurship” or ME) and the subset of technology entrepreneurship (TE) through a comparison of The Netherlands (low TE/high ME) and Japan (high TE/low ME), addressing the problem that currently no dedicated frameworks for TE...master thesis 2022
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Tobé, Otto (author)The chemical industry needs to quickly adapt to deal with climate change's environmental and economic challenges. The chemical industry is a sizable contributor to climate change. On the other hand, their contribution to financial stability and growth is considerable. Adopting sustainable process technologies is the most promising solution for...master thesis 2021
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Camara Lima Kurtinaitis Joukes, Mariah (author)Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) is a breakthrough technology whose development incites excitement and doubts. MASS is still in its pre-diffusion phase, which means it still undergoes adaptations to best suit the market with the ultimate goal of reaching large-scale diffusion, despite the uncertainty about the timing in which large-scale...master thesis 2021
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Schmidt, Florian (author)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Knowing the time point of large-scale diffusion of a radically new high-tech innovation is a highly relevant topic. Companies, researchers, and government institutions can plan their research and development efforts, production, as well as marketing plans according to the predicted time point of...master thesis 2021
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- van der Hilst Karrewij, Wouter (author) master thesis 2021
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Hoek, Jan (author)Since the introduction of the shipping container as early as 1968, the shipping industry experienced great increase in trade and efficiency. The shipping container revolutionised the way goods are handled within the ports and enabled the growth of international supply chains. However, as this growth of trade continued into the late 1900s and...master thesis 2021
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Parashar, Yash (author)While innovation has always been viewed as a way to create sustained competitive advantage, the need to innovate has never been more for the financial sector. The financial industry, especially the financial service industry has been dominated by traditional institutions: Banks, in the past. However, with the advent of the digital transformation...master thesis 2020
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de Vos, Niels (author)Floating wind seems to be on the cusp of achieving large-scale diffusion with the commissioning of floating wind farms of commercial-scale. From a single full-scale prototype off the Norwegian coast in 2009, now to double digit rated capacity floating wind turbines to be commissioned by the end of 2022 and tens of gigawatts of installed capacity...master thesis 2020
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Stam, B.C. (author)This research has the aim to investigate the large pre-diffusion period for two<br/>technologies: quantum cryptography and nuclear fusion power plants. Both technologies originate from basic physics research, have a high societal value and are a business to business product. First, a status overview of the technologies is given together with its...master thesis 2020
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van Mullem, Jesse (author)Innovation is an important determinant for success in a fast changing world. For innovation to take place, scientific knowledge that has a proven working principle needs to find an application. The process in which applications are generated or identified has been identified as an important aspect of the innovation process. However, scientific...master thesis 2020
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in 't Veld, Yvar (author)In recent years, there are growing concerns over climate change and future energy supply. Sustainable energy technologies (SETs) can be implemented to decrease the human impact on the environment and to ensure future energy supply. However, firms that develop SETs face barriers to the large-scale diffusion of their product in the market. This...master thesis 2020
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Shah, Maulik (author)This thesis report is aimed at analysing two phenomena, the first being - the major trends which are shaping the pharmaceutical industry currently. The industry is witnessing massive strategic shifts, routine upgrades to new drug technologies in a dynamic regulatory and market environment. The growth rate of the global pharmaceutical industry is...master thesis 2019
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Dees, Bram (author)Radically new technologies, of which ‘the functionality was new to the market or the price-performance ratio was much better than contemporary products’ (Ortt, 2012), can be both risky and rewarding to develop. The innovation phase is the period from invention of a radically new technology until the first market introduction. This research into...master thesis 2019
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Okkerman, Luc (author)The goal of this thesis is to determine the effects of integrating blue hydrogen into the Dutch energy system. A new framework is presented to assess several different designs for the business model, infrastructure, and market. This framework is applied to the case of the H-vision project. Three business models are tested against three energy...master thesis 2019
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