In his long-awaited and provocative book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future-offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century. The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration ...

Jonge kinderen staan op een heel eigen wijze in de wereld. Ze zijn nieuwsgierig en vol verwondering. Door te spelen en te onderzoeken, in een actieve interactie met andere kinderen en volwassenen, verwerven ze nieuwe inzichten en vaardigheden en leren ze zichzelf en de wereld om hen heen steeds beter kennen en begrijpen.In dit boek staat de eigenheid van jonge kinderen centraal. Een eigenheid die vooral is te herkennen in de nieuwsgierigheid en verwondering die peuters en kleuters laten zien ...

See - Understand - Discuss - PracticeOperations Management makes it easy to:* identify the relevance of operations in the real-world; * understand the theory underlying the subject; * discuss and think critically about operations; * consolidate learning through practice. Aware that students taking their first module in Operations Management often have little first-hand experience of a working environment, the authors introduce all the core topics to students in a lively and engaging manner, m...

The long-awaited follow-up to the international bestsellers, Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design

Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneurs' Business Model Canvas changed the way the world creates and plans new business models. It has been used by corporations and startups and consultants around the world and is taught in hundreds of universities. After years of researching how the world's best companies develop, test, and scale new business models, the authors have produced their ...

From choosing the topic to presenting the results, the fourth edition offers a practical step-by-step guide for business students on how to conduct a successful research project.

Toegepaste wiskunde voor het hoger onderwijs deel 2 is een onmisbaar hulpmiddel voor iedere student in de sector Techniek, die de technische wiskunde wil leren begrijpen en toepassen. Ook dit deel bevat veel voorbeelden, waarmee de student de theorie leert toe te passen vanuit beschreven contexten (meestal afkomstig uit de techniek), met veel opgaven en leeropdrachten. Elk hoofdstuk bevat een aantal Maple-voorbeelden en vraagstukken, die overigens ook met een ander computeralgebrasysteem te m...

Completely updated, with a new approach to most comprehensively cover the new 2014 syllabus and including a special focus on the new concept-based learning requirement. Every topic is covered in depth, plus full assessment support drives high achievement and TOK links aligns learning to the IB philosophy.

*Major New York Times Bestseller

*More than 2.6 million copies sold

*One of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year

*Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of the year

*Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient

*Daniel Kahneman's work with Amos Tversky is the subject of Michael Lewis's best-selling The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahn...

On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since.

This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how poorly we understand these two terms. It offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternativ...

the most comprehensive guide I have ever read for solving any conceivable trying scenario!"--Julie Jansen, bestselling author of You Want Me to Work with Who? and I Don't Know What I Want, but I Know It's Not This You can't stop office madness, but you can stop the madness from getting to you.Gossipy coworkers, unmanageable managers, and cranky clients have got you pulling your hair out and gnawing your nails down to nubs. From teammates who drop the ball on deadlines to corporate bullies who...