J Van: 339 books
Corporate Venturing
Organizing for Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Large organizations can struggle to keep up with today's fast-changing market and technological developments. However, an increasing number of businesses now engage in corporate venturing as a way to enhance their innovation process. This book fills the gap in management literature by providing a...
by C. Dekker, H. Soly, J. H. van Stuijvenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Volume VIII of Acta Historiae Neerlandicae again presents studies on the history of the Low Countries which it is hoped will be of interest to foreign scholars. The intention has been to deal with a fairly long period, and many differing aspects, of the subject. So institutional, political, economic,...
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Vom Machtkampf der Kulturkonzerne um das Urheberrecht. Eine Streitschrift
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Welches System könnte - besser als das bestehende Urheberrecht - die Interessen zahlreicher Künstler ebenso wahren wie die der Allgemeinheit an einer gemeinfreien, öffentlichen Sphäre von Kreativität und Wissen?Diesen Fragen gehen die Autoren nach und plädieren in ihrem Buch für radikale Lösungen:...
by Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Eneasz Brodski
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Edward Bryant influenced a generation of readers and writers.
Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence includes stories by Connie Willis, Steve Rasnic Tem, Kevin J. Anderson, Gary Jonas, Lucy Taylor, Bruce Holland Rogers, and many more! Over the years Ed Bryant influenced many writers. In this...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
Missional Church in Perspective, The (The Missional Network)
Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
In this book, two leading ministry experts place the missional church conversation in historical perspective and offer fresh insights for its further development. They begin by providing a helpful review of the genesis of the missional church and offering an insightful critique of the Gospel and Our...
Essentials of Corporate Communication
Implementing Practices for Effective Reputation Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
This lively and engaging new book addresses a topical and important area of study. Helping readers not only to understand, but also to apply, the most important theoretical notions on identity, identification, reputation and corporate branding, it illustrates how communicating with a company’s key...
Philosophy of Technology
An Introduction for Technology and Business Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Philosophy of Technology: An introduction for technology and business students is an accessible guide to technology’s changes , their ubiquitousness, and the many questions these raise. Designed for those with no philosophical background in mind, it is ideal for technology and engineering students...
The Frontier of Patriotism
Alberta and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and...
by J. W. Van Ooijen, J. Jansen
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Genetic linkage maps are an increasingly important tool in both fundamental and applied research, enabling the study and deployment of genes that determine important biological traits. This concise introduction to genetic mapping in species with disomic inheritance enables life science graduate students...
Transparency in Global Environmental Governance
Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
A critical assessment of whether transparency is a broadly transformative force in global environmental governance or plays a more limited role.
Transparency—openness, secured through greater availability of information—is increasingly seen as part of the solution to a complex array of...
The American Civil War on Film and TV
Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...
Landscapes of Origin in the Americas
Creation Narratives Linking Ancient Places and Present Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Landscape is a powerful factor in the operation of memory because of the associations narrators make between the local landscape and the events of the stories they tell. Ancestors and mythological events often become fixed in a specific landscape and act as timeless reference points.
In conventional...
Does Education Have a Future?
The Political Economy of Social and Educational Inequalities in European Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume has been prepared in the framework of Project 1: "Educating Man for the 21st Century" of Plan Europe 2000, sponsored by the European Cultural Foundation. While most of the studies launched under this Project deal with specific aspects or levels of education the present volume...