Real-time location systems (RTLS) can be implemented in aged care for monitoring persons with wandering behaviour and asset management. RTLS can help retrieve personal items and assistive technologies that when lost or misplaced may have serious financial, economic and practical implications. Various ethical questions arise during the design and implementation phases of RTLS. This study investigates the perspectives of various stakeholders on ethical questions regarding the use of RTLS for asset management in nursing homes. Three focus group sessions were conducted concerning the needs and wishes of (1) care professionals; (2) residents and their relatives; and (3) researchers and representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The sessions were transcribed and analysed through a process of open, axial and selective coding. Ethical perspectives concerned the design of the system, the possibilities and functionalities of tracking, monitoring in general and the user-friendliness of the system. In addition, ethical concerns were expressed about security and responsibilities. The ethical perspectives differed per focus group. Aspects of privacy, the benefit of reduced search times, trust, responsibility, security and well-being were raised. The main focus of the carers and residents was on a reduced burden and privacy, whereas the SMEs stressed the potential for improving products and services. Original article at MDPI: https://doi.org/10.3390/info9040080
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Valuation judgement bias has been a research topic for several years due to its proclaimed effect on valuation accuracy. However, little is known on the emphasis of literature on judgement bias, with regard to, for instance, research methodologies, research context and robustness of research evidence. A synthesis of available research will establish consistency in the current knowledge base on valuer judgement, identify future research opportunities and support decision-making policy by educational and regulatory stakeholders how to cope with judgement bias. This article therefore, provides a systematic review of empirical research on real estate valuer judgement over the last 30 years. Based on a number of inclusion and exclusion criteria, we have systematically analysed 32 relevant papers on valuation judgement bias. Although we find some consistency in evidence, we also find the underlying research to be biased; the methodology adopted is dominated by a quantitative approach; research context is skewed by timing and origination; and research evidence seems fragmented and needs replication. In order to obtain a deeper understanding of valuation judgement processes and thus extend the current knowledge base, we advocate more use of qualitative research methods and scholars to adopt an interpretative paradigm when studying judgement behaviour.
Door de toegenomen concurrentie tussen winkelgebieden is een effectieve marketing cruciaal om de gunst van de consument te winnen. Internet en social media kunnen daarin een belangrijke rol spelen. Toch maken veel winkelcentra nog geen of onvoldoende gebruik van deze marketingkanalen, terwijl zij een positieve uitwerking kunnen hebben op de consumentenbinding en omzet.
Supermarkets are essential urban household amenities, providing daily products, and for their social role in communities. Contrary to many other countries, including nearby ones, the Netherlands have a balanced distribution of supermarkets across villages and urban neighbourhoods. However, spatial supermarket patterns, are subject to influential developments. First, due to economies of scale, there is a tendency for supermarkets to increase their catchment areas and to disappear from peripheral villages. Second, supermarkets are now mainly located in residential areas, although the urban periphery appears to be attractive for the retail sector, perhaps including the rise of hypermarkets. Third, today, online grocery shopping is still lagging far behind on other online shopping products, but a breaks through will dilute population support for in-store supermarkets and can lead to dramatic ‘game changer’ shifts with major spatial and social effects. These three important trends will reinforce each other. Consequences are of natural community meeting places at the expense of social cohesion; reduced accessibility for daily products, leading to more travel, often by car; increasing delivery flows; real estate vacancies, and increasing suburban demand increase for retail and logistics. Expected changes in supermarket patterns require understanding, but academic literature on OGS is still scarce, and does hardly address household behaviour in changing spatial constellations. We develop likely spatial supermarket patterns, and model the consequences for travel demand, social cohesion and real estate demand, as well as the distribution between online and in-store grocery shopping, by developing a stated preference experiment, among Dutch households.
De innovatiewerkplaats Healthy Workplace (HWP) richt zich op het verbeteren van de werkomgeving door middel van praktijkgericht onderzoek en ontwerpoplossingen. Vanuit het lectoraat Facility Management van de Hanze, werkt HWP samen met kennis- en onderwijsinstellingen, overheden en het bedrijfsleven om de gezondheid, betrokkenheid, tevredenheid en productiviteit van werknemers te verbeteren, rekening houdend met de behoeften van de organisatie en het individu. HWP streeft naar een betere aansluiting tussen de ruimte en organisatie in kantoren. Dit doen we door vragen uit de beroepspraktijk te koppelen aan praktijkgericht onderzoek van onze senior-onderzoekers, onderzoekers, docenten en studenten, onder meer in architectuur, bewegingswetenschappen, facility management, fysiotherapie, gezondheidspsychologie, installatietechniek, kunsten en vastgoed. Onze multidisciplinaire aanpak zorgt ervoor dat oplossingen niet alleen theoretisch en empirisch uitstekend onderbouwd zijn, maar ook praktisch toepasbaar. Door de goede samenwerking met onze partners, genereert HWP ontwerpoplossingen die kantoororganisaties helpen om beter te functioneren en de fysieke, mentale en sociale gezondheid van medewerkers te verbeteren.
