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This book covers a gap in EU policy literature by addressing the intersection between research policy and industrial policy. It analyzes how the EU supports the competitiveness of domestic companies and the common objective of sustained (and sustainable) economic growth. An exhaustive introduction to the founding principles, institutions, and ac...

In March 1979, a prototype of a ?Compact Disc (CD) digital audio system? was publicly presented and demonstrated to an audience of about 300 journalists at Philips in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This milestone effectively marked the beginning of the digital entertainment era. In the years to follow, the CD-audio system became an astonishing worl...

This book represents the first-of-its-kind comprehensive discussion of the non-university higher education sector in Europe. Higher education throughout the world is facing rapid change. Despite the enormous attention devoted to that reality, this volume fills an important void. It describes and offers critical comparisons between the systems in...

When developmental psychologists set forth the theory that the roots of adult psychopathology could be traced to childhood experience and behavior, the idea quickly took hold. Subsequently, as significant research in this area advanced during the past decade, more sophisticated theory, more accurate research methodologies, and improved replicati...

This volume assembles an interdisciplinary team of leading academics, industry figures, policymakers and NGO's to consider the legal, ethical and social issues that are raised by innovations in nanoscience and nanotechnology. By bringing together international experts from a diverse range of fields this volume addresses the implications and impa...

Data analysis, machine learning and knowledge discovery are research areas at the intersection of computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics and statistics. They cover general methods and techniques that can be applied to a vast set of applications such as web and text mining, marketing, medicine, bioinformatics and business intellig...

Some scholars propose that the concept of market orientation needs to be extended to encompass a company?s indirect customers too. In an action-oriented perspective, this extended market orientation implies the notion of multistage marketing (MSM). For B?to?B settings, MSM entails the expanded consideration of both direct and indirect customers;...

Forget Hawaii or the Mediterranean. Soon ? very soon ? you?ll be able to add a much more exotic stamp to your passport: space. How will you get there, what will the trip be like and how much training will you need? All you need to know is right here in this guide. Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide supplies all the advice and information you n...

A new cultural-theoretical approach is used to develop a philosophy to overcome post-war traumata, or the traumatization effects that affect entire national cultures. The new aspect is the book?s study of both France and Germany in its discussion of post-war issues. The reader is given insights into the approaches France and Germany took in thei...

In Müller, Schuster, Weigels ?Klinische Untersuchungstests in Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie? findet der Leser die Verfahren, die er täglich in der Praxis benötigt. Auf die Darstellung von Tests, die eher selten angewendet werden, wurde bewusst verzichtet. Alle Verfahren sind gut verständlich beschrieben und optimal bebildert, sodass die praktis...