Making Space for Light Industry: An Examination of Light Industry Integration through Mixed-use in Amsterdam's Transformation Areas

The presence of industry within the urban environment is gaining significant traction in a number of cities around the world. It’s growth and importance is fuelled by technology advancements that support both traditional local industry and advanced manufacturing. However, there is a lack of a vision and clear approach regarding industry in...

Ilissos and Kifissos rivers – Greece: Influence of human factors on basins’ evolution: A sociohydrological point of view

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the evolution of Ilissos and Kifissos river basins in Athens, Greece and the ways this evolution was influenced by specific human factors. The dynamics of the human-water interactions have been studied in the frame of sociohydrology and the central key was to study the impact society had on the...

Drought indicators in The Netherlands: a case study to support anticipative drought management

In 2018 The Netherlands experienced the most severe drought since 1976. In response to this, the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management established the 'Beleidstafel Droogte'. An external scientific committee took part in the Beleidstafel Droogte. One of their key recommendations was to introduce other drought indicators since the...

Increasing complexity to improve project success

A large number of the project organisations of large infrastructure construction projects have difficulties coping with the current static and dynamic project complexities. Researches, however, suggest that adding extra complexities to the project could create synergies and therefore new solutions. An increase in project complexity could...

Participatory management: Guayllabamba case study

The social dimension in water management and the interaction of stakeholders is a challenge when modeling hydrological systems. Case studies are essential to uncovering relations and unexpected results. In this research, a case study of the Guayllabamba basin in Ecuador is proposed. Mainly, the interactions, perspectives, and relations between...

Supply Chain Quality Management within the Aeronautical Industry: Case Study at the Airbus Single Aisle Fuselage Assembly

Within the aeronautical industry product quality is an inevitable key factor to guarantee safety and customer satisfaction. In the last years the increasing complexity of modern aircraft, however, has led to an immense demand for collaboration of different manufacturers in order to stay competitive. Therefore, there is an increasing interest in...

A project manager’s role in building teams

In this thesis the role of the project manager in team development is studied. The aim of this research is to identify different leadership styles among project managers and to find out if there is a connection between these leadership styles and the development phases of a team. In other words: can a project manager influence the development of...

Transforming financial auditing with data-analysis at a Big4 audit firm: All aboard

This report presents a research that deepens the understanding of how data-analysis is changing the financial audit of financial institutions in practice from multiple perspectives. Main used research method is a case study at an audit firm. Within the firm, two engagements with intensified use of data-analysis, or ‘pilot cases’, were selected...

A Framework for the Modelling and Ex-ante Evaluation of Coordinated Network Management

Since the second half of last century, traffic congestion on road network has become a predominant phenomenon due to the rapid increases in transport demand and number of vehicles. It starts to become clear until later that century traffic congestion cannot be solved single-handedly by expansions of road network. During peak hours, besides...

Investigating Project Complexity at NXP Semiconductors B.V.

In high-tech industries, projects play a central role in the development of new products and processes. Since these projects can be quite complex, it would be useful to look at where complexity in projects comes from and how these complexities influence these projects. The research project described in this thesis aims to increase the...

Project Risk Management Practices: How can the current Project Risk Management practices surrounding medium construction projects be optimized?

Multiple instruments and procedures are used within the different project management areas in order to execute projects in an efficient and controllable way. Project Risk Management (PRM) has become over the past years a crucial part of the project management practices and is seen by many practitioners as a key factor to go towards more...

Contextual Innovation Management for service innovation

The aim of this research is to translate the possibilities of Contextual Innovation Management into recommendations which Stedin Meetbedrijf can use to develop innovative services. The main research question is: How can Contextual Innovation Management be applied for the service innovation process of Stedin Meetbedrijf? Contextual Innovation...