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The circular economy seems to have a triple performance related to sustainable development: economic, environmental, but also social performance. It is this third dimension that this paper focuses on. The research question, “To what extent do circular economy companies in the fashion industry in Belgium generate social impact?”, was shaped following several reflections. First of all, it is important
to know that categories are created in this work, and they are based on the type of circular economy practiced (prevention, reemployment, reuse, recycling).
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the circular economy always creates a social impact. In addition to that, a deeper goal is to find similarities according to the categories mentioned earlier. To document this work, interviews were conducted with Belgian circular companies active in the fashion industry. The similarities or differences in the social impacts generated by these companies in the different categories are explained in the results analysis part of this thesis.

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Although general knowledge of disability has progressed considerably in recent years, many challenges remain and require greater attention. Among these challenges, invisible disabilities present particular challenges. Indeed, 80 per cent of disabilities are invisible, while society continues to associate disability with representations such as people in wheelchairs. This invisibility complicates the recognition of disability, which is essential if people are to obtain certain forms of assistance. What is more, this invisibility reinforces the taboo nature of disability, encouraging some people to conceal their difficulties. This invisibility also prevents those close to people with disabilities from understanding the need for support, both in their private and professional lives.
In this thesis, we first explore the existing literature on managing disability-related diversity in companies, focusing on invisible disabilities and social economy companies. We also looked at the concept of reasonable accommodation in the Belgian legislation. In addition, we looked at the difficulty of recognising disability in Belgium and the aid available as a result.
Secondly, this information was then compared with data gathered during our interviews with social economy federations, disability experts and managers of people with invisible disabilities in companies. We also compared the management of invisible disabilities between adapted work companies, other social enterprises and traditional companies.
This research has enabled us to take stock of the support given to people with invisible disabilities in companies, particularly in social enterprises. It has also led to the formulation of a number of suggestions for improving the monitoring of workers with invisible disabilities, and to a glimpse of the future.

invisible disability --- DYS-disorders --- social enterprise --- adapted work company --- integration and management of diversity in the company --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie sociale

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Today’s Development Cooperation sector has tremendously changed over the past few decades. In Belgium, a new and strengthened legislation has been set up whose main consequences on NGOs’ financial structure are analysed in the present final paper. At the European level, a list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals have been developed, which ones represent the priorities of the Development Cooperation for the coming 15 years. 

The complexity of the Belgian Development Cooperation sector is studied thanks to a detailed presentation of the different actors and the close connection between public and private financing, which is at the centre of this master thesis. 

The following question is being answered during our entire essay : “what are the effects of the private financing for Belgian university NGOs ?”. Thanks to a case study of two Belgian university NGOs, we highlight the main relevant elements which may influence these organisations whether in terms of finance, management or partnerships.

coopération au développement --- ONG --- financement privé --- financement public --- professionnalisation --- screening --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie sociale

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New technologies are part of our world. They change the way people live and industries need to adapt themselves to follow the trend in order to stay competitive. Some innovations are successes and others are failures. Technologies invade every industry and every sector, no field is left. However, some of them have more difficulties than others to adapt their structure. This is the case of the financial sector for example. Therefore, insurance companies innovate in order to stay competitive and develop new products such as the online insurance. However, this innovation does not receive the success expected.
This dissertation is inspired by a practical case encountered during an internship at Bâloise Assurances Luxembourg Company. Innovation is an important subject for insurance companies and this firm has trouble with one of their projects: the online insurance. The purpose of this thesis is to understand why the consumer does not adopt the product.
On the one hand, this dissertation tries to understand the process to adopt an innovation and highlights some factors that might affect the behavior of a consumer regarding a specific technology based on the literature review. On the other hand, the thesis aims to analyze the Goodstart product of Bâloise Assurances Luxembourg based on qualitative and quantitative analyses. Those analyses will enable the company to make some conclusions regarding the performances of its product and also the responses of the clients. The conclusion of all the tests performed will provide some recommendations to improve the product Goodstart and its adoption in order the company can profit by them.

online insurance --- technology --- innovation --- insurance --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Marketing

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Nowadays, many companies accomplish social actions in order to have a positive impact on the society. Among these actions, we find employee skilled-based volunteerism, a particular form of corporate philanthropy. It consists for the company in a free transfert of her collaborators during their working time to non-profit structures. It is on this particular emerging practice that our research work focus.

A review of the literature on this subject has been conducted and has revealed that companies use skilled-based volunteering for strategic purposes. Researchers mention that this tool is used at different strategic level of the company: at the global strategy level, at the communication strategy level, at the corporate social responsibility strategy level and at the human resources strategy level. Our research aims to analyse if this facts apply to the Belgium territory. Indeed, the belgian litterature on the subject is limited. Moreover, no real cases were conducted by researchers to affirm the strategic dimension of skilled-based voluteering.

Thus, our research focus on four case studies of belgian companies that practice employee skilled-based volunteerism. Our study was conducted through individual interviews. The following steps undertake in our research process consist in interpretating the results found in our case studies and confronting them to the hypotheses from our theoretical framework.

skilled-based volunteering --- employee skilled-based volunteerism --- volunteering --- business strategies --- corporate social responsibility --- communication --- human resources --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie sociale