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Bijvoet, X. (author)
To decrease the dependence on fossil fuels and strive for a more sustainable heat provision in the Netherlands, district heating is a solution. Although district heating networks are not novel, the Dutch ministry of Economic affairs desires a change in the district heating sector: ‘open’ district heating networks in which competition between...
master thesis 2017
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Meeuwisse, K.V.M. (author)
Companies implement technical security measures to let their employees behave in a secure manner. Employees however, can circumvent these measures. To solve this circumventing problem companies should know better what the preferences of their employees are. Employees’ preferences with regards to technical security measures are based on the...
master thesis 2016
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Dankers, F. (author)
Scientific article: Participation and model ownership in group model building processes – an exploratory study based on expert interviews. Abstract: Participatory modelling is an approach that is widely applied in policy making. Participation enhances the development of ownership of the model and thus commitment to the process outcomes, but also...
master thesis 2016
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Möhlmann, R. (author)
master thesis 2016
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De Jongh, J.B. (author)
Since the 1990’s Dutch municipalities successfully invested in land development, which turned into a profitable undertaking (Groetelaers, 2013). Municipalities that invested a lot in land development formerly could rely on future profits from a booming housing market. The impact of the financial crisis on the land and housing markets changed...
master thesis 2016
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Ravesloot, H. (author)
Knowledge workers are “part of institutions that determine and shape the work that is done” and within such institutions, leadership, working environment, organizational culture and job design should create conditions that facilitate knowledge workers to perform (Megill, 2013; Antikainen et al., 2006.) Essential to the success of a knowledge...
master thesis 2016
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Gijsen, F. (author)
The importance of including flexibility into transportation infrastructure projects decision-making is widely recognised. Real-option analysis (ROA) is a technique for valuing flexibility to adapt to an uncertain future which can be included in the traditional Cost-Benefit Analysis. However, current practice of real options in transportation...
master thesis 2016
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Bouwmeester, A. (author)
Banks and service companies in general are facing problems with multi-channel management, especially in the context of outbound communication. Problems are the high costs of the multi-channel systems, unsatisfied cus-tomers, and few customers who interact with companies. Personalization of the selection of communication channel to reach a...
master thesis 2016
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Meissner, C. (author)
High inefficiencies in transport networks due to low utilization of transport modes, incurring unnecessary costs and burdens on the environment, are motivating companies to increasingly cooperate in logistics with companies from the same or another value chain. Although multi-company cooperations are likely to create benefits for the cooperating...
master thesis 2015
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Van 't Hart, E.R. (author)
master thesis 2015
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Van Holsteijn, F.A. (author)
The number of cyberattacks has been growing over time and is expected to keep growing. In order to prevent such attacks, countermeasures have to be put in place by IT security experts. These IT security experts are however often tied to budgets and do not have a good overview of the threats that are present. It is thus necessary to provide them...
master thesis 2015
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Abdulhasain, F. (author)
The purpose of New Product Development (NPD) is addressing disequilibria in the market place through identification, development and deployment of suitable solutions as products, services or solutions. Teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and conflict management in NPD are often described as leading factors in addressing such change and...
master thesis 2015
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Sonneveld, A.M.H. (author)
The global dairy market is turning sour. Prices have continued to fall due exceptionally strong supply growth – in particular following EU milk quota removal at the time of writing – and reduced buying. This stress has caused dairy players to seek new markets. Sub-Saharan Africa has become the new target. However, those with intentions to invest...
master thesis 2015
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Sengur, S. (author)
The needs of companies are evolving and becoming more and more demanding each year, which result in more complex stakeholder relations. The complexity of the projects increases as well. For instance, stakeholders do not always have the same sense of urgencies and their expectations from the same project might differ. Such variety in demand urges...
master thesis 2015
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Sengur, S. (author)
The needs of companies are evolving and becoming more demanding each year, which resulted in more complex stakeholder relations. Stakeholders do not always have the same sense of urgencies and their expectations from the same project might differ. Although current literature suggests successful methodologies for software development projects, it...
master thesis 2015
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Yam, A.A.D. (author)
master thesis 2015
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Groot, J.M. (author)
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...
master thesis 2015
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Van Veelen, T. (author)
master thesis 2015
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De Regt, E.F.G. (author)
In today’s information driven-economy, the key for manufacturing organizations like HEINEKEN Brewery Zoeterwoude to become and remain competitive lies in their capacity to acquire sound, relevant and timely information, as well as in ability to learn from the acquired information. The latter is believed to be linked to the extent in which the...
master thesis 2015
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Meerkerk, J.J. (author)
The electrical peak demand in the Netherlands is likely to increase due to renewable energy technologies, and create a higher load demand for distribution transformers. Two technologies that increase the peak demand are solar-PV and heat pumps, for which the deployment on the distribution grid differs largely between geographical areas. In this...
master thesis 2015
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