Analysis of barriers and overcoming strategies to support the adoption and complete industralization of VR technology: A collective case study at AF-KLM

This research illuminates the complexities of Virtual Reality (VR) technology adoption within the airline industry, with a specific emphasis on Air France-KLM. Despite VR's transformative potential and its increasing prevalence in various sectors, its adoption in the airline industry presents unique challenges. The central research question...

Technology adoption at the PoR chlorine cluster: A study on the effect of market & behavioural barriers on technology adoption at the Port of Rotterdam chlorine cluster

In order for the Netherlands to reach CO2 neutrality by 2050, large investments in zero emission technologies are needed. These investments would comprise out of renewable energy generation, higher energy efficiency alternatives and electrification of end uses. Although climate mitigation has become an ever growing societal...

Understanding barriers towards the commercialization of nuclear fusion energy

The urgency for decarbonization of the energy grid is ever increasing and fossil energy sources must be replaced by sustainable sources of energy to prevent detrimental levels of global warming. Renewable energy sources wind and solar show potential and contribute to decarbonization but are intermitted and require storage solutions that are...

Identification of barriers for the deployment of behind-the-meter storage technologies in the residential, commercial and industrial sector

Intermittent renewable energy supply changes in time and is uncertain, and needs to be balanced (i.e. matched) with demand at all times, which requires system flexibility. Congested distribution and transmission grids in the Netherlands and Germany highlights the importance of providing system flexibility. Residential, commercial and industrial...

Identifying Key Barriers and Potential Strategies for Implementing Circular Infrastructure Assets: A Client-Contractor Perspective at Schiphol Airport

The CE concept is a booming theme, and the attention on this subject is increasing every year. However, the increasing attention on this theme has not yet been translated into practice within the infrastructure sector to a sufficient degree. While much literature has been published on the topic of CE, no analysis on the identification of...

Adoption barriers for medical technology in Sub Saharan Africa

Currently, medical technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are not yet sufficient to provide robust healthcare systems. This is not due to it being unavailable, but due to a large portion of present technologies being non-functional. This non-functionality also causes a lack of adoption of medical technologies. Through a T-shaped case study (e...

Enabling the Real-Time Integration of Big and Open Linked Data (BOLD) for decision-making: The design of an Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework

Research shows that CIOs of both public and private organizations are searching for new ways to support better outcomes of their data-driven decision-making. As linking external data with internal company data can result in interesting new insights and value, CIOs are increasingly developing IT strategies that involve the real-time use of...