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"Power dynamics at work; an ethnography of a multilingual metal foundry in the Dutch-German borderland"PhD-verdediging14 oktPromotie Christian A.M.R. van Slagmaat
"Strategic Metal-catalyzed Hydrogenation Reactions for the Selective and Sustainable Synthesis of Renewable Cyclic Molecular Building Blocks"PhD-verdediging28 oktA gift voucher for employees who quit smoking
UM is the first organisation in the Netherlands to investigate whether a financial reward will motivate smokers to quit. The researchers wanted to investigate the positive effects of rewarding employees with a gift voucher if they successfully quit smoking.UM in the press
Global disputes, local courts?
Why would environmental damage in Nigeria be litigated in The Hague, The Netherlands? Or a worldwide Volkswagen “Dieselgate” in Amsterdam? Are Dutch courts better equipped to deal with complex litigation arising out of multinationals’ activities? Against the backdrop of recent Dutch case law, the...
The “MUJI” case shows the limitations of the current Chinese trade mark system
Trademark squatting has been a serious issue in China now, especially for foreign companies planning to enter the Chinese market. On November 4th 2019, Beijing Municipal High People's Court issued a second-instance judgment on the “MUJI trademark infringement case”, which rejected the appeal brought...
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New Publication: Customer Comfort During Service Robot Interactions
How can we ensure that customers feel comfortable during robot-enabled services? Because why would they otherwise keep using them? With our latest empirical study published in Service Business, we investigate whether human-like service robots make customers feel more or less comfortable. In addition...
Navigating Climate Mitigation in Cocoa Supply Chains for Farmers' Empowerment
With the increasing temperature records and escalating frequency and intensity of weather extremes, the urgency of climate mitigation cannot be overstated (IPCC, 2022). In my master's thesis, I researched the impact of chocolate companies implementing Scope-3 emissions reduction strategies on the...
Death in denial. A study into the Dutch system of postmortem investigation
PhD thesis written by Cécile Woudenberg-van den Broek Recent reports on forensic medicine in the Netherlands highlight the need for significant improvements in postmortem investigations. This thesis questions the adequacy of the Dutch system, arguing that it may not meet the criteria set by the...