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Five to ten years form now the majority of all advertising, including TV, radio, print, and outdoor advertising, will be bought through digitla automated trading systems. Imagine a world where people only watch ads they want to watch at moments that suit them, rather than ads we want them to watch at moments that suit us. How would your brand and advertising strategy change? Which of the things you do now would no longer work? Which assets and skills do you lack? Would your job still exist? A...

Remember these new rules of the game:The selection criteria for tomorrow’s talent couldscarcely be more different than the ones used today.Selection based primarily on credentials, skills andknowledge will no longer suffice.It is essential that you come to know your potentialhires – who they are and what motivates them.Executive recruiter, columnist and author Ralf Knegtmansoffers nine essential steps companies need to follow toselect tomorrow’s top talent. He builds on his wealth ofhan...

Wim Daniëls vertelt het verhaal van het Nederlands, van "Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan" tot "Hun hebben het gedaan". Hij schetst het ontstaan en de geschiedenis van het Nederlands tegen de achtergrond van een steeds veranderende politieke en maatschappelijke context en blikt ook even vooruit.

Verkrijgbaar in vier talen: Nederlands, Frans, Duits en Engels

De ideale introductie tot onze taal voor uw buitenlandse relaties.

Ever wondered ...

Ever wondered what it would take to write a book, travel the world, or start your own company? These would all be considered dreams for some, and daily activities for others.

Millennials are considered the next leaders of the world. But how do millennials become those leaders? What is necessary for this generation to find their roles and dreams in life?

Well ...

Welcome to the wonderful ramblings of a millennial high on life. The goal of this book is to help you pursue you...

John the Baptist who became Jesus the Christ

For two thousand years John the Baptist has been seen as the one who first predicted the coming of the Messiah and then recognized Jesus as "the Lamb of God" at his baptism in the Jordan River.

John the Baptist, however, was not merely the herald of Jesus. He was Jesus. He became a Christos, an anointed one, after his process of God-realization, symbolized by his baptism in the Jordan.

He became the very Messiah for whom the Jews had waited so lon...

The famous 'Silk Roads' have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas. But how far back can we trace such interaction? Increasing evidence suggests considerable time-depth for Trans-Eurasian exchange, with the expanding urban networks of the Bronze Age at times anticipating later caravan routes. Tying the Threads of Eurasia app...

There is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800-500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. Mostly imports from Central Europe, these objects are found brought together in varying configurations in cremation burials generally known as chieftains' graves or princely burials. In terms of grave goods they resemble the Fürstengräber of the Hallstatt Culture of Central Europe, with famous Dutch and Belgian examples b...

Reframing Luchino Visconti: Film and Art gives new and unique insights into the roots of the visual vocabulary of one of Italy's most reputed film authors. It meticulously researches Visconti's appropriation of European art in his set and costume design, from pictorial citations and the archaeology of the set to the use of portraits and pictorial references in costume design. Yet it also investigates Visconti's cinematography in combination with his mise-en-scène in terms of staging, framing...