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Behnen, Francis (author)Projects in a software engineering (SE) curriculum have many advantages for students. For example, students gain teamwork and project management skills. Involving an external stakeholder can enhance the learning experience further. For instance, students have the opportunity to practice stakeholder management. Moreover, working on a project with...master thesis 2024
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Sancheti, Avi (author)This master's thesis examines the effects of business model innovation and competitive strategies on the success of high-tech startups in the Netherlands. Understanding how high-tech startups can improve their performance and compete successfully is of utmost relevance given the increasing importance of technology entrepreneurship and the...master thesis 2024
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Pieck, Luca (author)In the Netherlands there is currently a high demand for affordable housing (Volkshuisvesting en Ruimtelijke Ordening, 2022). Earlier research indicated modular integrated housing can serve as a repercussion against this problem (Khan et al, 2022). The Dutch government wants to promote innovation in the construction industry to help solve the...master thesis 2023
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van Dijk, Robin (author)90% out of all startups fail, which is the cause of several reasons like lack of funds, lack of market need and bad management among other things. Digitalization can help startups to solve these problems, by performing processes more efficient than when they are performed manually.<br/><br/>The objective of this research is to build a model to...master thesis 2023
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ten Siethoff, Saskia (author)Health systems globally, currently face many multi-faceted and dynamic challenges. There is a growing demand for quality healthcare, shifting expectations towards more responsibility for patients in their own health journey, an evolving role of technologies within society, and external pressures to decrease costs and improve sustainability in a...master thesis 2023
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Jiang, Charles (author)Background: GFI was a global financial institution. An innovation methodology, DTLSA, was created for GFI through the integration of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile/Scrum software development. Signs of a low-level adoption for DTLSA were witnessed internally, despite ongoing promotion efforts.<br/><br/>Objective: This project aimed at...master thesis 2023
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Bos, Thomas (author)This thesis serves as an attempt to establish the initial empirical linkage between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and startup valuation by venture capitalists. While substantial academic work has addressed the ESG topic and how firms’ ESG characteristics impact their financial performance and valuations, relatively little...master thesis 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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Smits, Tim (author)Smartphones have revolutionized the way we live, giving us instant access to countless tools and apps (replacing dozens of single-function products), and this has made us more and more dependent on them. But there is another side, they are taking a heavy toll on our time and attention. Unpluq is a startup that aims to help people reclaim their...master thesis 2022
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Vandijck, Odmar (author)This report proposes a strategy to develop a circular business model for Feelou, a company that has worked on a sustainable pregnancy bra. The circular business model aims to improve the lifespan of the bra and reduce resource usage. This report consists of a research phase and a conceptualisation phase. The research phase explores the current...master thesis 2022
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Eggink, David (author)The effects of standardization on entrepreneurship are a research field for which a lot still needs to be done. In particular, there is little research into the adoption of de jure standards by entrepreneurs. These standards are the product of committee-based standardization, which is when committees consisting of stakeholders that are related...master thesis 2022
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wang, ruizhi (author)Traditional power batteries have been unable to meet the requirements of wireless sensor network (WSN) applications which require battery lifetime and no battery replacement. So, harvesting ambient energy and converting it into electrical energy to power wireless sensors has become an alternative to the traditional power sources. Harvesting...master thesis 2022
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van 't Klooster, Roos (author)Before this thesis, the startup Maki was founded with the aim to inspire people in their twenties to sew their own clothing. A product was developed which gained promising traction. But to scale Maki, gaining traction is vital, just like it is for other startups.<br/><br/>To answer the main question, ‘how can early-stage startups obtain their...master thesis 2022
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Meinzer, Jann (author)This project lives in the intersection between marketing and entrepreneurship. The client company is Athlete Development, an early stage start-up that creates digital strength & conditioning training plans for team sports athletes. They sought external expertise in the field of branding and the commercialization of their product. As a start...master thesis 2022
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de Groot, Roy (author)Eleven out of twelve startups still fail (Startup Genome, 2019). Even though startups are a growing breed of companies. From 2016 to 2018, startups created $2.8 trillion in value, which is more than the annual GDP of the United Kingdom. In the same period, growth was at 20,6% increase from the preceding periods. Even though startups are growing...master thesis 2021
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Lee, Yin-Jen (author)The thesis addresses the organizational challenges of lacking the big pictures in an early-stage startup. First, the author joined a newborn software venture as a founding product manager and observed the dynamics in his daily practice. Then, through numerous interviews with team leaders and employees, the author analyzed the data and discovered...master thesis 2021
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Iliohan, Jimmy (author)The ongoing pandemic raises questions on how the current situation paints the future context of doing work. Although a lot is still uncertain, we can say with confidence that the home workplace will preserve a prominent role. Young professionals, who are limited by space, require extra attention on the long haul. The assignment is to design a...master thesis 2020
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Halkes, Leoni (author)Crisp is an online supermarket for fresh and high-quality food. By using an app, customers can order groceries which are delivered to your house throughout the Netherlands. One of the goals for Crisp as a start-up is to grow. Crisp desires controlled growth, where their operations scale simultaneously with their customer base. The framework for...master thesis 2020
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Kemper, Martijn (author)Corporate Venturing, is a recurrently researched mechanism for corporates to stay innovative. However, the difficulty of establishing a Corporate Venturing Unit, becomes apparent in the literature. ENGIE Ventures and Integrated Solutions (EVIS) also resorts to external CV activities, in order to cope with the pace of technological innovations in...master thesis 2020
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ter Haar Romenij, Jeroen (author)A significant portion of academic graduates have difficulty finding a first job after graduation. Research shows that the expectations of academic graduate job seekers and employers do not align and this graduation project confirms that job seekers and employers do not speak the same language. On the one hand, job seekers do not seem very able...master thesis 2020