De machine waarmee ASML opklom tot marktleider in chipproductie-apparatuur werd op het Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium bedacht. Ook de chiptechnologie van NXP vindt zijn wortels op dit researchlab, net als de compact disc, Philips' meest succesvolle product. Maar er waren ook debacles. Het lukte Natlab'ers en hun collega's van de industrie bijvoorbeeld niet om de beeldbuis nieuw leven in te blazen.

De techniekjournalisten Paul van Gerven en René Raaijmakers stellen de compact disc, chips,...

Jessica Stockholder has long broken down theboundaries between painting, sculpture, andarchitecture to explore the body in social andcultural space - using found objects intertwinedwith profusions of vivid colours. This revised,updated edition spotlights the extraordinaryevolution of her career, and examines the pivotalrole she has played in shaping some of the mostfundamental ideas around which contemporarysculpture and painting revolve today.

HUMAN CAPITAL

IN THE FITNESS and ACTIVE LEISURE SECTOR

Human capital is defined in multiple ways, for example the skills the labour force possesses and is regarded as a resource or asset. In most definitions it encompasses the notion that there are investments in people (e.g. education, training, development), and that these investments increase an individual's productivity, as well as the collective productivity and uniqueness of a company or group of people.

The fitness sector has grown tre...