Jan Waalkens

• Lecturer at Stenden University of Applied Sciences

In response to the persistent challenge of study delay in higher education in the Netherlands, innovative approaches such as extra-curricular bootcamps have emerged. These dynamic and intensive programs offer an alternative to traditional education, providing accelerated learning experiences for students. Teachers are increasingly taking on coachin...

Hoe kunnen ondernemingen hun logistieke processen, zowel binnen de organisatie als in de keten, digitaliseren om deze efficiënter te maken? Hoe kunnen logistieke mkb-bedrijven innoveren terwijl het ze, mede vanwege (aanhoudende) tekorten op de logistieke arbeidsmarkt (van Amerongen et al., 2019), aan capaciteit en de juiste kennis ontbreekt? Hoe zo...

In a cross-sectional study among 623 employees of a higher education institution, we examined the relations between perceived competence, autonomy, relatedness, intrinsic motivation, and productivity during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020. The results indicate that, relative to the period before the lockdown, the employees experienced an i...

Absorptivec apacity( AC) refers to a relatively new perspective on learning andi movation. It is "..... the ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, extemal information, assimilateit , and apply it to commercial ends. ...."(Cohen and Levinthal,1990p,. 128). Absorptivec apacity is a core construct in organizational learning literature (Lane...

This paper deals with innovation and the role of absorptive capacity in Knowledge Intensive SMEs. Building on the seminal paper of Cohen and Levinthal (1990) in which R&D-expenditure is taken as the main indicator for absorptive capacity, this paper discusses four alternative indicators, i.e. Internal Knowledge Base, (Formal) Cooperation, External...

Two reactions to the theme "geography and environment' dominated the discussions, formal and informal, during the Dutch Geography Days (Nederlandse Geografendagen) 1994. One was a sense of deja vu or even impatience that the link between geography as a field of academic study, and the environment, variously defined, needed reassertion. Another was...

This paper deals with innovation and the role of Absorptive Capacity in Knowledge Intensive Medium-Sized Enterprises. Absorptive Capacity has become a core construct in organisational literature. It helps explain how firms achieve competitive advantage through innovation of products, processes and services based on external information new to the f...