Projects
Building Based on BioBased Ghent University
Not only what we can do, but especially what we want to do is what counts to tackle global and NSR challenges.
The transition to a circular economy is an important means of working on climate challenge, with the prospect of newbusiness models. Therefore, the use of biobased materials in construction (built environment, interior construction and civilengineering) offers a unique opportunity.
A number of frontrunners are aware ...
Optimising productive herb-rich grassland towards drought resistance, pollination and forage value. HOGENT
Living Lab Plastics University of Antwerp
PAVE Producing an Arthritis Value-Framework with Economic Evidence – Paving the Way for Rare Childhood Diseases KU Leuven
Arthritis in children and youth is a group of rare and ultra-rare diseases. Children of all ages suffer from joint pain, stiffness and swelling slowly destroying they joints and resulting in life-long disability. Pain, decreased mobility and severe fatigue dramatically impact the child’s everyday quality of life and the life of the entire family. The burden of arthritis is far larger than medication costs. Children suffer – miss school days, ...
Determining sample requirements for modeling and reporting (stability of) school value-added estimates: sample size, inter-school student mobility and sample heterogeneity. KU Leuven
Within the context of school accountability systems, many countries use value-added (VA)-estimates as indicators of the educational quality or effectiveness of their schools. A fundamental issue in this field is the (in)stability of VA estimates across time, i.e., the extent to which school effects persist over successive cohorts of students. VA-estimates are less stable, i.e., less reliable, especially for primary schools and for schools ...
Determining sample requirements for modeling and reporting (stability of) school value-added estimates: sample size, inter-school student mobility and sample heterogeneity KU Leuven
Determining sample requirements for modeling and reporting (stability of) school value-added estimates: sample size, inter-school student mobility and sample heterogeneity KU Leuven
Within the context of school accountability systems, many countries use value added (VA)-estimates as indicators of the educational quality or effectiveness of their schools. A fundamental issue in this field is the (in)stability of VA estimates across time, i.e., the extent to which school effects persist over successive cohorts of students. VA-estimates are less stable, i.e., less reliable, especially for primary schools and for schools ...
Value driven concept design for mechatronic product families. KU Leuven
The main innovation goal of this project is the creation of a new formal methodology and supporting tools for incremental, value driven product family design taking into account the direct & indirect costs over the product lifecycle. This methodology targets the early stage (conceptual) design phase where a lot of design choices are not yet fixed and a lot of information is still missing or uncertain. By applying this methodology, ...
Understanding the weak relationship between firm size and productivity KU Leuven
The standard economic framework predicts a positive relationship between size and productivity. If firms can pay a fixed cost to export or enter a new product market, this relationship will be even stronger. Most empirical studies, however, find only a small productivity premium for larger firms. This could be due to misallocation of resources, an active area of research, but other explanations are possible. Either the theory misses an ...