In The Netherlands, particularly in the Wageningen region, many requirements for a concentration of plant biotechnology firms were met. Ample scientific knowledge of plants and of biotechnology was available, thanks to the presence of Wageningen University and Research Centre. And Dutch...

The focus of this article is organizational learning in Dutch governmental agencies in relation to evaluation studies of the Court of Audit. A theory is developed in which the impact of evaluation is related to institutional conditions, such as - formal arrangements and normative frameworks....

Some questions in the study of public administration are difficult to answer on the basis of field research. A field of inquiry may be absent, as in the case of research that seeks to explore future outcomes of present policies, or of policies that are still being developed. Another example is...

Duitsland is gespecialiseerd in de productie van hoogwaardige machines, apparaten en auto's; Nederland in landbouwproducten, fossiele brandstoffen en halffabricaten. Dat traditionele beeld is aan bijstelling toe. De laatste decennia is het verschil in ‘productiepakket' kleiner geworden. Dit...

Exploration of economic connections between the Netherlands and Germany, in particular between the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands and Niedersachsen and Nordrhein-Wesfalen in Germany. Examined are cross-border living and working (including migration and commuting), internationalization...