How David became Goliath's teacher: The Exploratory Evaluation of an Internal Corporate Accelerator Program

This report set out to provide an answer on the question of whether the standard format of a startup accelerator program would transfer well to an internal corporate accelerator program, and, when this was proven to not be the case, it was shown how this format could be adapted for internal corporate purposes by answering the three empirical...

The influence of mentorship in accelerator programs to the start-ups’ growth: A case study in a start-up accelerator company

Accelerating the energy transition through corporate venturing at Dutch distribution system operators

The main research question that this research seeks to answer is: What are the factors that are perceived to be important for the performance of venturing units at Dutch distribution network operators? Factors found in the literature that impact the performance of this venturing units can be divided into three parts: factors from an...

Exploring the nanotechnology landscape for competitive advantage: A Subject-Action-Object based text mining methodology for finding, selecting and evaluating nanotechnologies for innovation problem solving

Historically, nanotechnology faces the same challenges that every new, emerging and science-based industry faces. The transfer of viable knowledge from science to market needs to be bridged better. To enhance this transfer, a methodology is designed which integrates engineering design and subject-action-object (SAO) based text mining to find,...

Pioneering start-ups' first mover advantages and success factors in B2B service markets

Less attention has been given to first mover or pioneer advantages (FMA) for services than for physical products. Likewise, less attention has been given to FMA for business-to-business (B2B) markets than for business-to-customer markets. This research investigates FMA for B2B services using a grounded theory approach in existing academic...

Improving the implementation of preventive interventions in the Dutch health sector: A study exploring influencing factors to improve the implementation of preventive interventions in the Dutch health sector

Evaluating Social Impact Bonds: Developing a generic evaluation tool for Social Impact Bonds

This thesis looks into the development of a generic evaluation tool for Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). As a relatively new concept, SIBs are bringing change on important aspects of several sectors. The global financial crisis has not only exposed weaknesses in the financial sector, but also once again put the spotlight on the inequality that is...

Business Modelling to Health and Wellbeing Platforms in Living Lab Settings

Conceptual Clustering of Patents: Enhancing insight for the decision making process in Strategic Technology Planning

Within technological R&D companies, the decisions made within their Strategic Technology Planning (STP) process are of great importance due to their financial, legal and competitive repercussions. For this reason their R&D managers want to be as widely informed as possible about the risks and benefits of developing a certain technology. As the...

Strategy to facilitate EV infrastructure on local level

The amount of electric vehicles is increasing due to measures taken by governments in order to make a, for sustainability, desired switch from the embedded system of combustion vehicles. A barrier for the market adaptation of electric vehicles is the availability of a charging infrastructure. In the Netherlands municipalities are responsible for...

Exploring the future electricity price in the Netherlands

To limit global warming, greenhouse gases need to substantially be reduced in all sectors of the economy (IPCC, 2014). The Netherlands has translated this to ambitious goals towards a more sustainable environment. It aims to reach a 40% CO2 emission reduction compared to 1990 and have 27% of the total generated energy be produced through...

Structuring the fuzzy front end of new product development

Factors influencing eHealth adoption by Dutch hospitals: An empirical study

This study aims at understanding the factors influencing the organisational adoption of eHealth by Dutch hospitals. This study proposes a model for organisational eHealth adoption based on the Technological-Organisational-Environmental (TOE) framework and elements of the Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) theory. The following factors were...

Market access for small ventures in the pharmaceutical industry

SaaS Adoption Factors among SMEs in Indonesian Manufacturing Industry

Benefits of cloud computing to Small Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) seem obvious: financial savings (e.g. infrastructure savings, maintenance savings, etc.) and resource management advantage (e.g. skilled IT labor and equipment, resource flexibility, etc.). Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of cloud service model that has been acknowledged as...

Innovation output of medical high tech companies: The influence of absorptive capacity and information availability

We are living in a knowledge society. Knowledge is considered as the most important production good in western societies nowadays. This study aims at gaining insights into the presence of knowledge and the conversion of knowledge into innovations at firm level. Three main concepts are used: information availability, absorptive capacity and...

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