Dit liber amicorum werd samengesteld ter gelegenheid van het afscheid van Jaap Spier op 4 maart 2016 als hoogleraar aansprakelijkheidsverzekering in vergelijkend perspectief. Als zodanig was hij sinds 1999 verbonden aan de Universiteit Maastricht. Deze Spier-bundel staat in het teken van #De agenda van het aansprakelijkheidsrecht#, omdat Jaap Spier deze niet alleen in zijn #normale# werk als A-G bij de Hoge Raad maar zeker ook als zeer betrokken wetenschapper, zowel in nationaal als in inter...

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Deel I: Sterschemas en het onderhoud

Dit deel is sterk geïnspireerd door de boeken en artikelen van Kimball. Sterschemas staan hierin centraal. Behandeld worden de verschillende soorten dimensietabellen. Verder uiteraard de manieren waarop historie in de dimensies kan worden aangepakt.

In het hoofdstuk 'het pletten van een ster' introduceren we het zogenaamde OASI concept (One Attribute Set Interface). Aan de hand hiervan komen we tot de conclusie dat sterschema’s in principe technische co...

The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far more interesting--as revealed in this new history.

In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. For centuries, key records remained h...

The purpose of economic evaluation is to inform decisions intended to improve healthcare. The new edition of Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes equips the reader with the necessary tools and understanding required to undertake evaluations by providing an outline of key principles and a 'tool kit' based on the authors' own experiences of undertaking economic evaluations. Building on the strength of the previous edition, the accessible writing style ensures the text i...

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks, values, tools and assumptions and - using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world - their implications for practice. The text sets out three contrasting 'logics' for management - performance, professionalism and polit...

Do I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.)Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races.

North Africa has been a vital crossroads throughout history, serving as a connection between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Paradoxically, however, the region's historical significance has been chronically underestimated. In a book that may lead scholars to reimagine the concept of Western civilization, incorporating the role North African peoples played in shaping "the West," Phillip Naylor describes a locale whose transcultural heritage serves as a crucial hinge, politically, economically, and s...

Governance Networks in the Public Sector presents a comprehensive study of governance networks and the management of complexities in network settings. Public, private and non-profit organizations are increasingly faced with complex, wicked problems when making decisions, developing policies or delivering services in the public sector. These activities take place in networks of interdependent actors guided by diverging and sometimes conflicting perceptions and strategies.

As a result these net...