Often, administrative reform is guided by a 'blueprint approach'. Thinking about reform begins with an assessment of the actual situation. When present arrangements are found unfavourable, the question arises what a better administration would look like. In a subsequent design process,...

One way to deal with complex situations is the simulation approach: build a simplified model of this reality, learn from this simplified model, and, finally, translate the findings or knowledge back to the reality. Gaming is based on this idea, If we want to make inferences about reality based...

Exploration of economic connections between the Netherlands and Germany, in particular between the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands and Niedersachsen and Nordrhein-Wesfalen in Germany. Examined are cross-border living and working (including migration and commuting), internationalization...

Over the years knowledge has come to be seen as crucial for economic progress, and proximity as conducive to knowledge exchange. As a result, knowledge-related processes are often considered as possible explanation of the spatial agglomeration of economic activities. However, knowledge and...

Duitsland is gespecialiseerd in de productie van hoogwaardige machines, apparaten en auto's; Nederland in landbouwproducten, fossiele brandstoffen en halffabricaten. Dat traditionele beeld is aan bijstelling toe. De laatste decennia is het verschil in ‘productiepakket' kleiner geworden. Dit...

Biotechnology is widely viewed as a field of economic activity that exemplifies a new (science-based, knowledge-intensive, post-industrial, networked, localized) way to organize production. For that reason it has been a frequent subject of research in organizational studies, industrial...

Scholars often follow a contingency approach to study which marketing activities are suitable for a particular type of product innovation project, thereby making a distinction between incremental and radical innovation only. ‘Moderately novel' projects, which have intermediate levels of...

Debriefing is an important phase in gaming simulations. It is the activity where participants make the transfer from the experiences they acquired during the simulation to real life situations, or in other words, it is the phase where the actual learning has to take place. Therefore, due...

Terra Nova is a game about sustainable development, not only of physical environment but also of other conditions for human life, such as caring and responsible social relations, food and shelter, health, education, justice, peace and cultural tolerance. The game allows the articulation and...