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Exploring the Boundaries of Big Data
1st Edition
By Bart van der Sloot, Dennis Broeders, Erik Schrijvers
May 31, 2016
Though the exact nature and delineation of Big Data is still unclear, it seems likely that Big Data will have an enormous impact on our daily lives. Exploring the Bounderies of Big Data serves as preparatory work for The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy's advice to the Dutch ...
Doing Good or Doing Better: Development Policies in a Globalising World
1st Edition
Edited
By Monique Kremer, Robert Went
May 20, 2009
The world is changing, and so is the unquestioning belief that development policies are always right. Instead of focusing on the rather limited notion of poverty, this book aims to deepen our understanding of the broad issue of development. What are the drivers of development? What new issues have ...
Micro-foundations for Innovation Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By E. Stam
April 22, 2008
In economics, business, and government policy, innovation policy requires the creation of new approaches based on insight in what happens in innovation processes, on the micro level of people, firms and interaction between them. In innovation policy it should also be recognized that innovation ...
Reformation of Islamic Thought: A Critical Historical Analysis
1st Edition
By Nasr Abu Zayd
April 01, 2006
Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking. Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more prominent position than they might ever have dreamt of.In Reformation of ...