Some major issues in regional labour market analysis

Series: Discussion Papers of the Institute for Economic Geography and GIScienc

Cultural diversity and urban innovativeness: Personal and business characteristics of urban mirgrant entrepreneurs

This article studies the driving forces for successful migrant entrepreneurship in Amsterdam. Three categories of migrants are investigated: Moroccans, Surinamese and Turks. Particular attention is paid to their personal and business characteristics. An extensive field survey was undertaken to identify the main background factors which influence the success or failure of migrant entrepreneurs. It turns out that personality, work discipline and business ambition are the critical success factors for a good business performance on the part of migrant entrepreneurs. Contrary to our assumption, migrant networks and support systems have no positive or negative influence on business performance. © 2009 Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences and ICCR Foundation

Greenhouse gas emissions in The Netherlands 1990-2012; National inventory report 2014

Total greenhouse gas emissions from the Netherlands in 2012 decreased by approximately 1.7 per cent, compared with 2011 emissions. This decrease is mainly the result of decreased fuel combustion in the Energy sector (increased electricity import) and in road transport. In 2012, total direct greenhouse gas emissions (excluding emissions from LULUCF – land use, land use change and forestry) in the Netherlands amounted to 191.7 Tg CO2 eq. This is approximately 10 per cent below the emissions in the base year (213.2 Tg CO2 eq.). The 51% reduction in the non-CO2 emissions in this period is counterbalanced by 4 per cent increase in CO2 emissions since 1990.This report documents the Netherlands’ 2014 annual submission of its greenhouse gas emissions inventory in accordance with the guidelines provided by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.The report comprises explanations of observed trends in emissions; a description of an assessment of key sources and their uncertainty; documentation of methods, data sources and emission factors applied; and a description of the quality assurance system and the verification activities performed on the data.Keywords: greenhouse gases, emissions, trends, methodology, climate

The interaction of the EGFR-PI3-K/AKT pathway with the tumour microenvironment in head and neck cancer

Contains fulltext : 124049.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 07 februari 2014Promotores : Kaanders, J.H.A.M., Kogel, A.J. van der Co-promotores : Bussink, J., Span, P.N