This codex is a comprehensive collection of important legislative documents relevant to the field of European business law. It is specifically designed for students enrolled in the Business Law I course at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, as part of the Business Economics program. Therefore, it includes only those legislative texts and excerpts that are directly or indirectly related to the course material. Nevertheless, this codex also serves as a valuable reference for anyone engaged in busi...

Translation of the author's Business plan op 1 A4.

Analyse and address organisational challenges using real world examples Service Operations Management, 5th Edition, by Robert Johnston et al. is a market-leading text on service operations management and provides a clear understanding of how service performance can be improved in organisations. This textbook applies underlying theories to the real world challenges faced by service operations managers on a daily basis, by providing a diverse range of examples and illustrations. Each chapter p...

A comprehensive introduction to Transactional Analysis theory, practice and evidence-base. It provides a step by step manual to the competencies and skills needed across the therapy process, and a guide to working with a variety of client issues.

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With the first generation of quantum computers on the horizon, understanding their impact is more relevant than ever. Luckily, you don’t need a physics degree to understand the functionality of these computers – just like you don’t need to know how a transistor works to excel in conventional it.

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The IPMA ICB4® is the international standard on competence for project, programme and portfolio managers. The competence needed for each of these domains is defined in the following competence areas: “People” (how do you interact with the people around you, and yourself); the “Practice” of our work (needed for Projects, Programmes and Portfolios); the “Perspective” of the intiatives you’re running (the context within which the initiative is run and the link to what needs to be ...

In recent times, physicists have come to appreciate information’s central role in the universe’s grand plan. That and the fact that an explicit understanding of the informational relationships involved may well be key to unlocking many of the universe’s deepest secrets. That makes the birth of both Computer and Information Science not only essential to the explosion of modern technological success, but also to our understanding of reality itself. In recognizing that, what unfolds is a s...

The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics

"For me, Code was a revelation. It was the first book about programming that spoke to me. It started with a story, and it built up, layer by layer, analogy by analogy, until I understood not just the Code, but the System. Code is a book that is as much about Systems Thinking and abstractions as it is about code and programming. Code teaches us how many unseen layers there are between the computer syst...