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Al Sader, N. (author)More and more citizens are entering the public domain and taking over tasks that traditionally belong to the government. For example, citizens increasingly run a community centre themselves, maintain the greenery in their neighbourhood and manage the local playground. To some extent, governments also encourage this behaviour and are disposing of...doctoral thesis 2023
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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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Mintjes, Frank (author)Entrepreneurship, as a driver of economic growth, involves identifying opportunities and creating ventures. However, the success rate of startups is significantly low, with various sources reporting different failure rates. Common reasons for startup failure include lack of market need, insufficient funds, inadequate team, strong competition and...master thesis 2023
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Bayraktaroğlu, Yusuf (author)This report explores the role of culture in branding and the potential for brands to contribute to integration within diverse societies. By examining the cultural dynamics in the fast-food sector of Den Haag, the study identifies the prominence of conservative Islamic Turkish subculture and its impact on branding strategies. The research reveals...master thesis 2023
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Looij, Mitchell (author)In recent years, there has been a growing interest in entrepreneurial education among students, emphasizing the significance of an entrepreneurial mindset. Introducing the EnteComp framework in 2016 has provided a standardized approach for evaluating interdisciplinary competences in students. This study aims to address this issue by examining...master thesis 2023
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Coelen, J. (author), Smulders, F.E.H.M. (author)The early stage of new venture creation is highly undetermined, is high in uncertainty and requires action to progress. These characteristics overlap with the definition of what makes a problematic situation a design problem. In order to improve education for students to deal with this type of problem, this chapter builds on the paradigm of ...book chapter 2023
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DAI, Yuxin (author)Smart City has become one of the most popular topics in recent years due to the emergence of innovative digital technologies. Start-ups have been active in an innovation system defined as Smart City Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (SCEE) in this study, where stakeholders in the Smart City industry are involved and interact with each other, including...master thesis 2022
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Sharma, Vikas (author)Opportunity Management is a well-defined concept in the field of project management. However, at the same time, opportunity management is not practised very well. Under risk management, threats and opportunities are identified and managed. In practise, opportunities are overlooked while threats receive more attention. Numerous barriers to the...master thesis 2022
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Carvajal Ortega, Camilo (author)This project addresses the inequality gap that exists between the city and the countryside in Colombia in terms of education, access to opportunities, and<br/>technology literacy. By using design and entrepreneurship together with the “Más Por TIC” foundation, we developed the program “1,2,3 x TIC”, an entrepreneurship program for rural...master thesis 2022
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Tellez Angel, Natalia (author)In the built environment, the continuous growth and expansion of urban areas worldwide have become alarming. The built environment is continuously developing in an unsustainable manner, and in the mid-term future, resources will be scarce if practices are not changed. Therefore, new building materials and methods need to be implemented to...master thesis 2022
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Jahan Robaie, Mahsa (author)The Netherlands is currently facing a shortage of affordable housing, specifically for middle-income households. These households with too much income to qualify for social housing but not enough to buy a home tend to squeeze into the free rental market increasingly. Housing specifically targeted at this group is known as intermediate housing,...master thesis 2022
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Faessen, Pieke (author)In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) energy poverty is a widely spread challenge and access to energy is a key imperative for economic development. With the exponential population growth in the region the pressure on the energy that is available grows and the numbers on energy poverty rise. In an effort to promote change, Sustainable Development Goal ...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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Hasan, A. Rasem (author), Sidiq, Fajar (author), Huntjens, Patrick (author), Jafar, Hanan A. (author), Kroesen, J.O. (author)The research conducted within the Palestinian Dutch Academic Cooperation on Water (PADUCO) program confirms that capacitive electrodialysis (CED) has the potential of becoming the next innovation in water purification. It uses less energy (<0.5 kWh/m3 ) than reverse osmosis (3–10 kWh/m3 ) and is, in particular, promising for local small-scale...journal article 2022
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Lang, Christina (author), Fitzky, Isabella (author), Ortt, J.R. (author), Baltes, Guido H. (author)Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) has now evolved into an imperative innovation practice of established companies. Despite organizational design models for CE activities and companies' frequent initiation of new activities, effectively managing them remains a challenging endeavor which results in disappointment about the outcomes of CE and its...conference paper 2022
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Heinzelmann, Nicolai (author), Ortt, J.R. (author), Baltes, Guido H. (author)Nowadays established companies use Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) as a means to create discontinuous innovations. Many companies thereby even implement multiple CE units that typically involve several entrepreneurial activities. This explorative study aimed to identify the reasons why established companies implement multiple CE units...conference paper 2022
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van Veen, Casper (author)This research aims to contribute to the improvement of guidance of aspiring and novice entrepreneurs in the IT sector by determining what means of opportunity identification experienced entrepreneurs use to successfully identify business opportunities. The focus of the research is specifically aimed at identification of business opportunities...master thesis 2021
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Doleschel, Thomas (author)Consumers have an impact on the sustainability status of our world in many different ways. In this project the focus lies on food consumption. Dietary changes are considered a great opportunity for fighting climate change, especially through the reduction of meat consumption (Poore & Nemecek, 2018). This graduation project is performed for...master thesis 2021
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Parmar, Akshit (author)This paper aims to provide insights into the role of ‘Entrepreneurial Behaviour’ in stimulating the transition of the Built Environment from a linear economic model to a Circular Economy. Implementation of the circular principles is riddled with regulatory, cultural, financial, and other sector-specific barriers that stall transition efforts and...master thesis 2021
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Sunderman, Cas (author)To innovate requires people. People that know how to innovate. For engineers, it is not always easy to do that. They know a lot about technology (feasibility) but could lack knowledge about the business (viability) and the market (desirability). This report aims to help engineers create a more innovative mindset and thereby boost the innovation...master thesis 2021