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With expanding globalisation, international enterprises exercise a growing influence on work culture in countries where they operate. Several dimensional frameworks exist to compare country cultures in a quantitative manner. The same is true for organisational cultures. Yet, until now, the paradigm has been that the two types of culture need to be measured by different frameworks. For years, this paradigm has been an obstacle for comparing wor...

The creative and cultural industries sector is a fast-expanding and economically strong one. Within the recent economic crisis the Cultural and Creative Industries are gaining interest. The European Commission is dedicated to unlock its full potential. The European model makes a distinction between 'cultural' and 'creative' industries. The 'cultural sector' covers non-industrial sectors producing non-reproducible goods and services aimed at be...

Music plays a fascinating role in courting and flirting in human cultures. The power of music to enhance social cohesion, to stimulate people to synchronize their rhythms, to sway, to dance, to get into a trance, or indeed, to experience sexual excitement, has led to numerous different traditions of music and dance in the service of seduction or sexual education. This book examines a wide range of such practices: from the dancing and singing...

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Because international trade drives today's political, economic, and financial infrastructures, its momentum has largely drowned out warnings about the limited resources of the planet. This book raises public awareness about these limited resources with writings by leading scholars that provide an up-to-date and forceful analysis of how the global community can move toward a sustainable and equitable world. Taking a multicultural and multidisci...

The "plinths" of the city are the ground floors that negotiate between the inside and the outside, between the public and the private: this is the city at eye level. Plinths are extremely important for the urban experience, which in turn is an important driver for the urban economy. The plinths might cover only 10% of the building, but determine 90% of the experience. While walking, you consciously and subconsciously examine the immediate eye-...

This book is a must-read for anyone contemplating to invest in innovation of contemporary elderly care institutions and nursing homes. It presents compelling arguments as to why a citizens' senior restaurant is such a powerful medium to enrich a senior citizen's mind, heart and soul. In its twelve chapters, lavishly illustrated with vivid colour photographs, you will learn about the important role citizens' senior restaurant can play as a plac...

Integrated coastal management is unquestionably important, but it's extremely difficult in practice because it requires skills derived from various disciplines. In order to succeed, coastal managers must overcome disciplinary boundaries and construct a holistic vision that is both practical and unique to their profession. This manual provides university teachers with a three-module course to train professional coastal managers. As many student...

With "iLobby.eu, " Caroline De Cock draws on extensive firsthand experience to present a thorough guide to lobbying the European Union using both traditional methods and social media tools. This practical handbook includes an introduction to lobbying, with tips and anecdotes, recommendations for the use of social media, comprehensive indices, and detailed examples of best and worst practices.

Art isn't always art. Or, at least, it doesn't always start out that way: many older objects that we now consider, and display, as art began life as simple utilitarian items. Today, however, most art is created as such and doesn't need to undergo any functional change to take on the role--yet even those objects may have roots in older, utilitarian techniques and practices. In "The Animal Substitute, " Efting Dijkstra reveals those lingering li...

Dit boek presenteert meer dan 100 wapens uit de periode van 1100 tot 1550 in het Koninklijk Nederlands Legermuseum. Technische beschrijvingen en commentaren gaan in op vorm, materiaal, constructie, datering en tactisch gebruik. Ieder wapen is geïllustreerd met foto's. Tekeningen verduidelijken terminologie, constructie en gebruik.Jan Piet Puype (1939) is onafhankelijk onderzoeker. Tot 2004 was hij hoofdconservator in het Koninklijk Nederlands ...

In recent years, experts in geriatric care have increasingly promoted the use of reminiscence museums, collections of period objects that are used to help senior citizens draw on old memories in order to recall and talk about their past. "Hands Off Not an Option" is a practical guide to making and using such collections, showing how to establish and fill out a museum and illustrating the ways it can be used within senior care facilities and wi...

Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but in the age of the Internet, twenty-four-hour news programs of varying reliability, and ever-more incendiary talk radio, the crop of rumors, bombshells, and shadowy secrets seems more extensive and potent than ever. "How to Escape from the Diabolic Triangle?" dives into those collective delusions to show what they mean to us as individuals and what role they play in society. Looking closely at n...

In recent years, it has become clear that the integration of Islam into the political and social framework of European societies will be crucial to the successful future of the region. This volume steps back from the often heated debates over the issue to view it in a wider context, through historical and comparative analyses of the integration of religious minorities in the Netherlands and France. In addition, it broadens the scope of the que...

In recent years, Muslim communities in Europe and throughout the West have come under increasingly virulent criticism, blamed for everything from terrorism to breakdowns of social cohesion and ideas of national identity. In response, the Gulen Movement, inspired by the teachings of Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen, has organized volunteers to use dialogue and education as ways to bridge the divide of misunderstanding that separates Musli...

Females are the focus of many significant works by Rembrandt, from mythological heroines to street vendors. Nonetheless, the female image has been an underappreciated aspect of Rembrandt studies. This book examines how Rembrandt's portrayals of women reflect his intense dialogue with pictorial tradition and the cultural climate of seventeenth-century Netherlands. In this intriguing study of Rembrandt's artistic development, Gilboa reveals the ...

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