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Product Description: English summary: The Chinese philosopher, translator, and professor He Lin (1902-1992) was one of the most important Chinese intellectuals of the 20th century and is considered as one of the co-founders of the school of Neo-Confucianism (xin ru xue), which continues to be an important, ""conservative,"" school of thought within China...read more

Product Description: Advances in Polymer Science enjoys a longstanding tradition and good reputation in its community. Each volume is dedicated to a current topic, and each review critically surveys one aspect of that topic, to place it within the context of the volume...read more

Product Description: Marco Polo Scotland: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Experience all of Scotland's attractions with this up-to-date and authoritative guide, complete with 'Best Of' recommendations. You'll discover great hotels, restaurants, night spots and other trendy places to go; there are also tips for those on a budget plus ideas for shopping, travelling with children and sports and activities...read more

Product Description: Marco Polo Edinburgh:the Travel Guide with Insider TipsExperience all of Edinburgh's attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun and feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination - that's what Marco Polo Guides are all about...read more

Product Description: Fur manche wohl uberraschend: Die alteste katholische Pfarrei des Zurcher Oberlands ist noch keine 150 Jahre alt! Die Zurcher Regierung hatte mit der Durchsetzung der Reformation die katholische Konfession im ganzen Herrschaftsgebiet verboten...read more

Product Description: Increasing environmental concerns demand interdisciplinary approaches enabling engineers, natural scientists, economists and computer scientists to work together. Information technology is vital to all scientists involved in environmental engineering, covering modeling and simulation, information systems, formal methods and data processing techniques, tools and measurement techniques...read more

Product Description: The Computers and Games (CG) series began in 1998 with the objective of showcasing new developments in arti?cial intelligence (AI) research that used games as the experimental test-bed. The ?rst two CG conferences were held at Hamamatsu,Japan(1998,2000)...read more

Supply chain management has gained wide importance for companies that produce goods or services. Though it is well understood that shifting from the single company to the whole supply chain triggers the need for reorganization and reengineering, strategic management or organizational theories have not yet been incorporated in supply chain management. This volume addresses the intersection between organizational theory, strategic management and supply chain management. Within the 23 chapters of the book,  35 authors show how new concepts help companies and their suppliers and customers to coordinate efficiently the partners in a supply chain. The concepts and methodologies presented are illustrated with case studies from various industries and logistical services.

Product Description: Zu den Institutionen der Bundesrepublik, die in den letzten Jahren in den Streit der Meinungen geraten sind, gehbrt nicht zuletzt das Parlament. 1m Zentrum der Kritik steht dabei - unter dem Stichwort von der "Entmachtung des Parlaments" - seine angeblich mangelhafte Fahigkeit, demokratisch legitimierte Entscheidungen hervor zubringen...read more