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Turcios Rodriguez, Elsa (author)Tracking is a pervasive mechanism across the web which is capable to trace and collect users’ online data. One of the most widely used mechanisms for tracking are cookies, and they are used to deliver online behavioral advertisement. Since these mechanisms pose a threat to privacy, the E-Privacy Directive was created as the regional legal...master thesis 2018
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Casamassima, Emanuele (author)Forecasting the prepayments is essential for any financial institution providing mortgages, and it is a crucial step in the hedging of the risk resulting from these unexpected cash flows. The way in which the prepayment rate is predicted impacts on the hedging strategy. For example, if the prepayment model is deterministic only the average...master thesis 2018
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- Tuttobene, Luigi (author) master thesis 2018
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Shi, Q. (author), Zhu, Jianbo (author), Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (author), Sheng, Zhaohan (author)As one of the most important sustainability project management practices, prefabrication has been drawing increasing attention to project construction practitioners. However, due to the needs of high technology and large capital investment, there is a great challenge for suppliers to adopt prefabrication in mega project construction....journal article 2018
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Tajalizadehkhoob, S. (author)In theory, hosting providers can play an important role in fighting cybercrime and misuse. This is because many online threats, be they high-profile or mundane, use online storage infrastructure maintained by hosting providers at the core of their criminal operations. <br/>However, in practice, we see large differences in the security measures...doctoral thesis 2018
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Coenen, Frans (author), Hoppe, T. (author)In recent years cooperatives for renewable energy supply (REScoops) have emerged as important new actors in energy markets. They provide their members (i.e., households) with renewably generated energy within a cooperative model that enables members to co-decide on its strategic and tactical goals, plans and business model. REScoops do not only...abstract 2018
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Afentoulidis, G. (author), Szlávik, Z. (author), Yang, J. (author), Bozzon, A. (author)Enterprise crowdsourcing capitalises on the availability of employees for in-house data processing. Gamification techniques can help aligning employees' motivation to the crowdsourcing endeavour. Although hitherto, research efforts were able to unravel the wide arsenal of gamification techniques to construct engagement loops, little research has...conference paper 2018
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van de Velde, Didier (author), Karl, Astrid (author)This paper synthesizes evidence from Workshop 3 ‘Market initiative regimes: experience and measures to improve performance’ of the 15th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. This workshop discussed the growing importance of market initiative regimes in public transport focussing on the market and...journal article 2018
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Fan, Ke (author), Chan, Edwin H.W. (author), Qian, QK (author)It is claimed that transaction costs (TCs) affect the effectiveness of any green building (GB) policy. However, few studies have empirically applied TC analysis to GB incentives, which normally should have analyzed the TCs borne by different stakeholders. These include TC typology and determinants during the implementation process, especially...journal article 2018
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Dröes, Martijn (author), Ziermans, Boris O. (author), Koppels, Philip W. (author)Using a unique transactions dataset, this paper examines the determinants of lease incentives in the Amsterdam office market. The study focusses on the type of landlord involved (institutional/privately owned) and whether the tenant or landlord used an advisor to help them with the transaction. The results show that an institutional landlord,...conference paper 2017
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Vunderink, S (author)Within several testing grounds in The Netherlands, Decentralized System Operators (DSOs) test a variety of smart grid solutions in order to anticipate on expected peak load increase; Most future energy system scenarios point out issues related to the functioning of the grid. Examples are blackout risks and large voltage fluctuations, which occur...master thesis 2017
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van Velzen, P. (author)Electricity fraud generates costs for different stakeholders in Dutch society. Media publications about fraud costs often only refer to stolen electricity and lost taxes. But that is not all. In many of the electricity fraud cases there is a strong relationship with the illegal cultivation of hemp. The combination of electricity fraud and hemp...master thesis 2017
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Mugge, R. (author), Jockin, B.G.W. (author), Bocken, N.M.P. (author)As smartphones are being replaced at an increasing rate, it becomes more and more important to find ways to reuse (parts of) existing phones. This research investigates the potential of selling refurbished smartphones using a quantitative study. An online survey was conducted questioning 250 respondents, in which the perceived consumer risks and...journal article 2017
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Mastropietro, P. (author)Capacity remuneration mechanisms (CRMs) are “climbing” regulatory agendas in all liberalised power sectors, especially in the European Union. CRMs are introduced to improve system reliability and to minimise power shortages to an economically efficient extent. These schemes will have a central role in future power systems. This PhD thesis...doctoral thesis 2016
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Dröes, M. (author), Biermans, B.O. (author), Koppels, P.W. (author)Using a unique transactions dataset, this paper examines the determinants of lease incentives in the Amsterdam office market. The study focusses on the type of landlord involved (institutional/privately owned) and whether the tenant or landlord used an advisor to help them with the transaction. The results show that an institutional landlord,...conference paper 2016
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Preston, John (author), van de Velde, Didier (author)This workshop reviewed recent good and bad practice with respect to market initiatives in public transport, with consideration of express coach, rail, local bus and unconventional modes. The options for market-led initiatives, and the associated regulatory requirements, were re-assessed with a new model posited, inspired by the ski-lift industry...journal article 2016
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de Reuver, Mark (author), van der Lei, T.E. (author), Lukszo, Z. (author)Grid operators increasingly have to collaborate with other actors in order to realize smart grid innovations. For routine maintenance, grid operators typically acquire technologies in one-off transactions, but the innovative nature of smart grid projects may require more collaborate relationships. This paper studies how a transactional versus...journal article 2016
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Fan, K. (author), Qian, Q.K. (author), Chan, E.H.W. (author)Gross Floor Area (GFA) concession scheme, as a planning incentive, is developed from the notion of “make developers pay” in UK in 1990. It rewards developers additional GFA in exchange for public amenities so that government could save that amount of money. This paper carries out a review of GFA concession scheme in Hong Kong and Singapore to...conference paper 2015
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De Kleijn, L.S. (author)This Thesis focussed on what obstacles the refining and (petro)chemical industries are facing in reaching the Energy Efficiency Directive's target. This target means that the industry should become 20% more energy efficient than projected energy efficiency levels. Interviews have been conducted with members of the whole industry chain, e.g. R&D...master thesis 2015
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- Capotă, M. (author) doctoral thesis 2015