Awarded the Literature Prize of the VCIThis comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Polymers are unique molecules and have properties different from any other class of materials. We encounter them in everyday life, not only in the form of the well-known, large-volume plastics such as PE or PP or the many other special polymers, some of which are very specifically modified but also in nature as polymeric biomolecu...

- Compleet overzicht van de kennis op het gebied van leren en ontwikkelen binnen organisaties;

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- veel aandacht voor digitaal leren en leertechnologie.

Het Handboek Leren en Ontwikkelen in Organisaties beschrijft alle aspecten van leren en ontwikkelen in organisaties: van het ontwikkelen van L&D-beleid of opleidingsjaarplannen, tot het ontwerpen en/of inkopen van allerlei leeroplossingen en het inrichten en leiden van een opleidings...

DER NEUE "EWIGE BRUNNEN": 1.200 GEDICHTE ZU ALLEN LEBENSLAGEN

Die Gedichtsammlung "Der ewige Brunnen" ist seit vielen Jahrzehnten ein Klassiker. Millionen von Leserinnen und Lesern haben hier die Welt der deutschen Lyrik entdeckt und erkundet. In diesem schier unerschöpflichen Lesebuch spiegeln sich die Lebenserfahrungen von Jahrhunderten. Jetzt erscheint es in einer Neuausgabe, in der Dirk von Petersdorff berühmte und kanonische Gedichte mit frischen Stimmen aus der Vergangenhei...

This Handbook was the first APM Body of Knowledge Approved title for the Association for Project Management. Over the course of five editions, Gower Handbook of Project Management has become the definitive desk reference for project management practitioners. The Handbook gives an introduction to, and overview of, the essential knowledge required for managing projects.

The team of expert contributors, selected to introduce the reader to the knowledge and skills required to manage projects, inc...

Na de eerste hoopgevende resultaten in de jaren zestig heeft de implantologie de afgelopen decennia een stormachtige ontwikkeling doorgemaakt. Op dit moment kunnen al heel veel prothetische problemen met implantaten worden opgelost. Hierbij speelt de algemeen practicus een cruciale rol, zelfs als hij of zij niet zelf de prothetiek uitvoert, of de implantaten aanbrengt. Het is de algemeen practicus die allereerst verantwoordelijk is voor de anamnese, de patiënt onderzoekt en hem informeert ov...

Groups are important because they measure symmetry. This text, designed for undergraduate mathematics students, provides a gentle introduction to the highlights of elementary group theory. Written in an informal style, the material is divided into short sections each of which deals with an important result or a new idea.

Throughout the book, the emphasis is placed on concrete examples, many of them geometrical in nature, so that finite rotation groups and the seventeen wallpaper groups are tr...

The most researched, documented, and comprehensive manifesto on experiential marketing. As customers take control over what, when, why, and how they buy products and services, brands face the complete breakdown and utter failure of passive marketing strategies designed more than a half-century ago. To connect with a new generation of customers, companies must embrace and deploy a new marketing mix, powered by a more effective discipline: experiences.

Experiential marketing, the use of live, f...

Despite the recent rapid growth in machine learning and predictive analytics, many of the statistical questions that are faced by researchers and practitioners still involve explaining why something is happening. Regression analysis is the best ‘swiss army knife’ we have for answering these kinds of questions.

This book is a learning resource on inferential statistics and regression analysis. It teaches how to do a wide range of statistical analyses in both R and in Python, ranging from s...

In continuous publication since 1994 and now in its sixth edition, Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA has been effective in introducing this complex field to students for more than 25 years. This textbook covers essentially every aspect of the field of molecular biotechnology, which is constantly changing and adapting in light of new advances.

This edition includes the latest techniques in DNA sequencing and genetic engineering of microbial, plant, and ani...

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds-the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovat...