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Towards big data analytics embedment in business operations: Perceiving trade‐offs between conflicting capabilities for embedding Big Data Analytics

Steinfort, M.C.J.A. (author)

Due to the popularity and complexity of Big Data Analytics (BDA), numerous articles have been published about embedding BDA in business operations. What they have in common is that they use the Resource Based View to assess where a firm need to be capable of to achieve this. However, in practice, capabilities for BDA can conflict with each other...

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The Extent of the Users’ Acceptance and the Use Behaviour in the Use of Master List Online System in BKPM, Indonesia (Case Study)

Yustina, F. (author)

Nowadays, investment holds an important role in Indonesia since the investors are facilitated by the Indonesian government to invest in various sectors. On top of everything, Indonesia has a lot of natural and human resources that encourages the Indonesian government to promote investment in front of foreign and domestic investors to boost...

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New Tracking Methods to Research the Business Creation Activities Among Entrepreneurs

Kok, S.B. (author)

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Under what conditions do clean fuel buses prosper

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Creating the link between Schwartz' values and goals: Using a value system to define user goals for Goal-Oriented Requirement Engineering

Bras, S.L. (author)

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Envisioning and practicing sustainability transitions: A cross-case comparison of five Dutch ecovillages

Marselis, I. (author)

The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. - With their holistic approach to creating a sustainable society, ecovillages can demonstrate the multidimensional challenges that mainstream society will face when aspiring to accomplish similar decrease in environmental...

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Exploring Merchants' Reluctance to Adopt e-Commerce Anti-Fraud Tools: A Case Study in the Payments Industry

Baltoglou, M.I. (author)

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Preference or policy?: A study to investigate factors that influence the preference and behaviour of first time buyers

Meeuwsen, S.H. (author)

First time buyers have an important role on the housing market. First time buyers namely determine a large proportion of the movements on the owner occupied market (Marwijk, Pellenbarg, & Ruiter, 2014, p. 7) and are necessary to create liquidity at the lower end of the owner occupied market (Neuteboom & Brounen, 2007). Currently first time...

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Scenarios for concrete-rubble recycling in the Netherlands: An evaluation integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing

Miranda Xicotencatl, B. (author)

The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. - Two main features of the construction and demolition systems translate into environmental pressure; an increasing need for building materials, to provide and maintain the infrastructure for growing urban populations, and the...

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Designing a path for sustainable passenger transportation in Chongqing: Using Transport Backcasting and Institutional Transplantation to Achieve Zero Direct CO2 Equivalent Emission in 2050

Ding, Z. (author)

The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.

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Paving The Road To Renewables: Smart Integration Of Electric Vehicles To Increase Utilisation Of Intermittent Renewables Into An Island Energy Mix, Aruba as Case Study

Moorman, S.M. (author)

Our world is faced with a major challenge: anthropogenic climate change. This is a result of our continued use of fossil fuels, causing the emission of greenhouse gasses into our atmosphere, thereby adding to global warming. An important part of these decarbonisation strategies is the production of electricity from renewable energy sources and...

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DevOps Implementation Model for Large IT Service Organizations

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Behavioral insights in Mobility Management

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How to entice SMEs to participate in standardization?: An exploratory study into motivations, barriers and decision-making from a multi-actor perspective

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The Development of the Biogas Industry in South Africa: Strategic Niche Management in an African institutional context

Goemans, R.N. (author)

In recent years, the renewable energy sector of South Africa has seen significant growth, but the biogas industry has been lagging behind. In this research, barriers and opportunities for the South African biogas industry have been studied while taking into account the institutional context that is created by informal networks. The research...

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Optimization of Island Electricity System: Transition to a sustainable electricity supply system on islands through the implementation of a hybrid system including ocean energy technologies

van Velzen, L. (author)

Climate change without adequate countermeasures has become one of humanity's greatest threat. Energy production by means of renewable energy sources is therefore one of the crucial measures that will play a paramount role in reducing the pollutant emissions of fossil fuel dependency. Small islands in particular are an exemplary case of the...

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Climate Resilient Ports: Measuring the Vulnerability of Container Terminals to Climate Change

van Dijk, R. (author)

The climate is changing, and large infrastructures face risks related to climate change. For new investments, a climate stress test is required. The most recent studies of the vulnerability of container terminals to climate change has been either qualitative, based on the subjective values from stakeholders, been focused on assessing the impact...

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Factors influencing health-related environmental action in China and the contribution of public participation in sustainable environmental policy making

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Future trends for biojet fuel and biosuccinic acid production in São Paulo state, Brazil: An agent-based modelling and simulation approach to explore institutional barriers and opportunities

Fakkert, S.C.M. (author)

Within the context of growing concerns about oil supply security and greenhouse gas emissions, both the aviation and petrochemical sector are exploring alternative feedstocks for the production of jet fuel and chemicals, respectively. In that light, research into bio-based jet fuels (biojet fuel) and bio-based chemicals has been accelerating in...

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Improving decision-making in road widening projects: A real option tool?

Penninga, J.P. (author)

Many road widening projects are only profitable when there is a high growth in traffic intensity in the future which is uncertain. Therefore, it could be beneficial to apply real option analysis in which the costs and benefits of flexible alternatives, e.g. in delay and phasing, can be assessed. Real option analysis is not often applied in...

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