Products that Last starts where most books on product development end. This new edition (first self-published by the TU Delft) contains new examples and insights from recent publications. From the perspective of designers and entrepreneurs, once a product has been designed, produced and sold, it disappears beyond the newness horizon. They are little aware of the opportunities that exist in the next product universe, where money is made from products in use, as well as from a product’s after...

A must have for product design students!

Are designers still making drawings by hand? Isn’t it more advanced to use a computer in this computer era? Some may think sketching is a disappearing skill, but if you ever enter a design studio, you will find out differently. Studios still make sketches and drawings by hand and in most cases, quite a lot of them. They are an integral part of the decision-making process, used in the early stages of design, in brainstorming sessions, in the phase of ...

Anyone who wants to understand the dicisions businesses take and how these affect their shareholders needs to study (some level of) corporate finance. But most textbooks are too technical and too specialist for most people's needs.

This book is written for undergraduate students, especially in non-financial business related disciplines. Studying it will offer you a solid grasp of the key concepts of corporate finance without having to deal with all the intricacies discussed in the standard te...

The Eighty Years War explores the military puzzle of the Dutch Republic. When a revolt broke out in the Low Countries against the rule of the King of Spain, no one could foresee that it would ultimately lead to the partition of the provinces.

Only the northern provinces succeeded in holding their own militarily. They formed an independent republic that was increasingly able to withstand the might of Spain. How did they do it? To answer that question this study examines the operations of the in...

In de wereld om ons heen vallen organisaties om en is er veel ontwrichting. Als we echter allemaal ons werk doen in de wereld en anderen ondersteunen om hún verschil te maken, dan vullen we ons deel in bij het helpen creëren van een wereld die wél werkt. Daar hebben we een nieuwe set vaardigheden en instrumenten voor nodig en bredere capaciteiten voor bewustzijn en perceptie.

Volgens Seale moeten we verder kijken dan de geijkte op kennis en onderzoek gebaseerde methodes en leren meer ontd...

Politicians employ a wide range of strategies to achieve their goals - and language is one of them. What impact does their language have on us, on their opponents, on the public opinion?

If language matters, then the interesting question naturally arises how politicians use language to their advantage? How do they use it to convince us of the truth of their views? These questions take us into the world of political framing, which has attracted a lot of attention in recent times and forms the...

An accessible introduction to ecological science, with nearly one-hundred events and developments explained. Features quotes from leading ecologists, scientists, philosophers and politicians, including Charles Darwin and Eugene Odum.

An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies and religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the development of classical Greek literature, the interaction of cultures in the Hellenistic world, the p...

Developed from celebrated Harvard statistics lectures, Introduction to Probability provides essential language and toolsfor understanding statistics, randomness, and uncertainty. The book explores a wide variety of applications and examples, ranging from coincidences and paradoxes to Google PageRank and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Additional application areas explored include genetics, medicine, computer science, and information theory.

The authors present the material in an accessible s...

Cambridge Business qualifications are internationally recognised business qualifications which demonstrate an ability to use English in professional contexts. As a Cambridge English examination, it is used as a suitable entry requirement by academic institutions and for recruitment by international companies. Cambridge English Qualifications are designed so that each exam builds on the skills developed at the previous level.Now in a new edition, Success with Business (formerly Success with BE...