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A lecture and seminar about lean marketing proved to be successful to achieve learning outcomes that involved an understanding of the lean startup model. Further, participating students were able to discuss complex marketing issues in an international setting.
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Over the past few decades, education systems, especially in higher education, have been redefined. Such reforms inevitably require reconsideration of operational notions and definitions of quality, along with a number of related concepts. This reconsideration aligns with the core of higher education reforms: improving efficacy and compatibility with emerging social demands while adapting to competitiveness and accountability trends. As primary players in the teaching and learning process, online tutors have a protagonistic role and, therefore, must be equipped with a suitable set of competencies and attributes in addition to content knowledge. This quantitative research aims to analyze the perceptions of 250 online tutors working in European higher education institutions, distributed in 5 knowledge areas: Business, Education, Humanities, Sciences and Health. This descriptive and exploratory nonexperimental study reveals the technological and pedagogical skills and competencies that online tutors consider fundamental for effective online teaching and proposes professional development actions to ensure quality online teaching.
Social media has become a prolific tool for companies to build their brands. An effective way to interact with stakeholders on social media has been the relatively new discipline of ‘influencer marketing’. Here, companies engage social media stars to use their large fan-base to promote products and services on their brand’s behalf. While related to the promotional tactic of word-of-mouth marketing, influencer marketing lacks a theoretical foundation in the academic discourse. This paper aims to fill this gap by offering a conceptualisation to operationalize the new discipline in practice. The conceptualisation proposes brand owners a methodology to choose the right influencers for their brands and guides influencers to perform optimally with their fan base. Lastly, a consumer perspective is taken to the discussion to emphasize the relevance of influencer marketing in the consumer purchase decision-making process.
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Dit project richt zich op mkb-ondernemers die deelnemen aan een ondernemerscollectief in een binnenstedelijk winkelgebied en zichzelf geconfronteerd zien met een forse omzetverschuiving van offline winkelen naar online winkelen. Om tijdig en op de juiste wijze te reageren op het veranderend koopgedrag van consumenten, willen mkb-ondernemers laten onderzoeken hoe op internettechnologie gebaseerde marketing- en verkoopacties door ondernemerscollectieven kunnen bijdragen aan meer omzet voor henzelf én aan het vergroten van de consumententrekkracht en verblijfswaarde van hun winkelgebied. Het consortium wordt gevormd door de Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Universiteit Utrecht, Het Platform De Nieuwe Winkelstraat (DNWS), Stad&Co, Q&A Research & Consultancy, een mkb-ondernemer en het collectief Arnhem Winkelstad. Deelnemers zijn collectieven uit Amsterdam (drie collectieven), Arnhem, Eindhoven, Roosendaal, Wageningen en Zevenaar en per collectief telkens één of twee mkb-ondernemers. De centrale onderzoeksvraag van dit project luidt: ?Hoe kunnen ondernemerscollectieven in binnenstedelijke winkelgebieden op basis van internettechnologieën hun business model versterken waardoor de deelnemende individuele mkb-ondernemers meer omzet kunnen genereren?? Om deze vraag te kunnen beantwoorden, zijn vier deelvragen met samenhangende werkpakketten geformuleerd die door de consortiumpartners op basis van praktijkgericht onderzoek worden uitgevoerd. De nieuwe kennis die met dit project wordt gegenereerd over de opzet, inrichting en werking van collectieven in binnenstedelijke winkelgebieden en hun op internettechnologie gebaseerde interventies, is van groot belang voor de overlevingskansen van winkeliers in heel Nederland. De resultaten van de interventies die in dit project worden ontwikkeld, geïmplementeerd en getest, kunnen - na validatie - door andere collectieven worden overgenomen en ingebed in hun eigen winkelgebied. Naast state-of-the-art kennis over consumer insights, de werking van business modellen van collectieven en de effectiviteit van hun interventies, is het meest belangrijke eindproduct van het project een handboek voor ondernemerscollectieven met een concreet Plan van Aanpak voorzien van praktische tips en adviezen over hoe collectieven de verschillende onderdelen van hun business model kunnen optimaliseren. Kennisplatform De Nieuwe Winkelstraat en Stad&Co zorgen er voor dat dit handboek onder de aandacht van de collectieven komt.
The Academy for Leisure & Events has always been one of the frontrunners when it comes to the development, design and implementation of cultural tourism and creative industry business models as well as lifelong learning programmes.These programmes are attended by a variety of leisure and tourism professionals, including public authorities in leisure, culture and nature fields.The CULTURWB project addresses the need for strengthening the development of the cultural tourism industry.The experts from BUas together with the other project partners have utilised diverse research methodologies (marketing and branding, strategy business planning, digital tourism, sustainable development, strategy and action plan implementation, etc.) to develop and pilot a toolkit for Lifelong Learning courses in the field of cultural tourism and heritage. They have also designed and implemented a master’s programme in the WB countries and created an online platform for communication between stakeholders, industry leaders, managers, workforce, and academia.PartnersHochschule Heibronn, FH Joanneum Gesellschaft, World University Service - Österreichisches Komitee (WUS Austria), Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar (UNMO), University of East Sarajevo (UES), The University of Banja Luka (UBL), University of NIS (UNI), University of Montenegro (UoM), Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures (SMOC), rovincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments (PZZZSK), Tourism Organisation of Kotor Municipality (TO Kotor)
Background:Many business intelligence surveys demonstrate that Digital Realities (Virtual reality and Augmented Reality) are becoming a huge market trend in many sectors, and North America is taking the lead in this emerging domain. Tourism is no exception and the sector in Europe must innovate to get ahead of the curve of this technological revolution, but this innovation needs public support.Project partnership:In order to provide labs, startups and SMEs willing to take this unique opportunity with the most appropriate support policies, 9 partner organizations from 8 countries (FR, IT, HU, UK, NO, ES, PL, NL) decided to work together: regional and local authorities, development agencies, private non-profit association and universities.Objective of the project:Thanks to their complementary experiences and know-how, they intend to improve policies of the partner regions (structural funds and regional policies), in order to foster a tourist channeled innovation in the Digital Realities sector.Approach:All partners will work together on policy analysis tasks before exchanging their best initiatives and transferring them from one country to another. This strong cooperation will allow them to build the best conditions to foster innovation thanks to more effective structural funds policies and regional policies.Main activities & outputs:8 policy instruments are addressed, among which 7 relate to structural funds programmes. Basis for exchange of experience: Reciprocal improvement analysis and 8 study trips with peer-review of each partner’s practices. Video reportages for an effective dissemination towards other territories in Europe.Main expected results:At least 16 good practices identified. 8 targeted policy instruments improved. At least 27 staff members will transfer new capacities in their intervention fields. At least 8 involved stakeholders with increased skills and knowledge from exchange of experience. Expected 17 appearances in press and media, including at European level.