Jan Brinckmann's Books

Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Concerning Competencies of Entrepreneurial Teams and the Development of Their Ventures

By: Jan Brinckmann

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Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Concerning Competencies of Entrepreneurial Teams and the Development of Their Ventures

By: Jan Brinckmann

Jan Brinckmann analyzes how competencies of founders of new technology-based firms affect the development of their ventures. The research is grounded in competence-related literature and combines insights from entrepreneurship and management research.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3835055038

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Einstürzende Neubauten's Kollaps

By: Melle Jan Kromhout,Jan Nieuwenhuis

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Einstürzende Neubauten's Kollaps

By: Melle Jan Kromhout,Jan Nieuwenhuis

Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West-Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the day it was released. The book explores the contexts, themes and influences that shaped Kollaps. It describes the early days of Einstürzende Neubauten in West-Berlin, their infamous live performances and guerilla style recording tactics, and the scrap metal banging, piercing guitar noise and evocative lyricism that went on to inspire generations of fans. Most significantly, it explores the desire and deep sense of belonging that is expressed by what Nick Cave called the 'incredibly mournful, haunting' nature of this music. The beginning of a 40-year career, this first burst of energy remains their purest statement.

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129

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501387529

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9781501387524

Governance of Ventures

The Role of Venture Boards, Entrepreneurs and Investors in Entrepreneurial Value Creation

By: Michael Hilb,Manuel Hess,Bijan Khezri,Hermann Arnold,Sebastian D. Becker,Thomas Duebendorfer,Menno Van Dijk,Thomas Sieber,Jan Sedlacek,Jan Paul Grollé,Rico J. Baldegger,Dietmar Grichnik

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Governance of Ventures

The Role of Venture Boards, Entrepreneurs and Investors in Entrepreneurial Value Creation

By: Michael Hilb,Manuel Hess,Bijan Khezri,Hermann Arnold,Sebastian D. Becker,Thomas Duebendorfer,Menno Van Dijk,Thomas Sieber,Jan Sedlacek,Jan Paul Grollé,Rico J. Baldegger,Dietmar Grichnik

In times of disruption, venturing becomes a key source of value creation. As new opportunities emerge and existing models fade, entrepreneurs, corporates and investors are eager to explore and exploit those opportunities. Venture governance, i. e. defining, implementing and following a fit-for-purpose model to provide direction and control in the best interest of all stakeholders, plays a crucial role in enabling and ensuring entrepreneurial value creation. This book presents twelve perspectives on the governance of ventures, bringing together viewpoints from both practitioners and academics. It provides practical insights, introduces new perspectives and invites the reader - whether a member of a venture board, an entrepreneur or an investor - to reflect on their own approaches to venture governance.

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Haupt Verlag

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3258481652

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9783258481654

So You Want to Sing Jazz

A Guide for Professionals

By: Jan Shapiro

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So You Want to Sing Jazz

A Guide for Professionals

By: Jan Shapiro

Since the 1930s and ̕40s, jazz has stood tall in American popular music, drawing into its embrace not only great horn players, percussionists, guitarists, bassists, and pianists, but also some of the greatest singers in America’s musical history. Jazz has laid the groundwork for important innovations in modern singing, opening up entirely new ways of delivering songs through what would eventually become jazz standards—songs that formed the basis of the American Songbook. In So You Want to Sing Jazz, singer and professor of voice Jan Shapiro gives a guided tour through the art and science of the jazz vocal style. Throughout, Shapiro hones in on what makes jazz singing distinctive, suggesting along the way how other types of singers can make use of jazz. She looks at such key matters in jazz singing as the role of improvisation, the place of specific singers who influenced and even defined vocal jazz as we know it today, and the unique way in which jazz incorporates vibrato, conversational delivery, rhythmic phrasing, and melodic embellishment and improvisation. The book includes guest-authored chapters by singing voice researchers Dr. Scott McCoy and Dr. Wendy LeBorgne. In So You Want to Sing Jazz, singers and voice teachers finally have the go-to resource they need for singing vocal jazz. The So You Want to Sing seriesis produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing Jazz features online supplemental material on the NATS website. Please visit www.nats.org to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442229365

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Buried Alive

The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

By: Jan Bondeson

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Buried Alive

The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

By: Jan Bondeson

During the 1800s, stories filled medical journals as well as fiction (Poe's "The Premature Burial") of people being buried before they actually died. Canvassing medical records of the time, the author presents an engrossing and witty history of the fear and facts of being buried alive. Illustrations.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039332222X

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9780393322224

The Politics of Literature in Nazi Germany

Books in the Media Dictatorship

By: Jan-Pieter Barbian

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The Politics of Literature in Nazi Germany

Books in the Media Dictatorship

By: Jan-Pieter Barbian

This is the most comprehensive account to date of literary politics in Nazi Germany and of the institutions, organizations and people who controlled German literature during the Third Reich. Barbian details a media dictatorship-involving the persecution and control of writers, publishers and libraries, but also voluntary assimilation and pre-emptive self-censorship-that began almost immediately under the National Socialists, leading to authors' forced declarations of loyalty, literary propaganda, censorship, and book burnings. Special attention is given to Nazi regulation of the publishing industry and command over all forms of publication and dissemination, from the most presitigious publishing houses to the smallest municipal and school libraries. Barbian also shows that, although the Nazis censored books not in line with Party aims, many publishers and writers took advantage of loopholes in their system of control. Supporting his work with exhaustive research of original sources, Barbian describes a society in which everybody who was not openly opposed to it, participated in the system, whether as a writer, an editor, or even as an ordinary visitor to a library.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441168141

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9781441168146

Organic Contaminants in Riverine and Groundwater Systems

Aspects of the Anthropogenic Contribution

By: Jan Schwarzbauer

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Organic Contaminants in Riverine and Groundwater Systems

Aspects of the Anthropogenic Contribution

By: Jan Schwarzbauer

This book reviews a selection of organic-geochemical investigations, dealing with the characterization and environmental behaviour of organic contaminations of German river and groundwater systems. Topics include comprehensive non-target screening as well as isotope analysis of contaminants in water and sediments, detailed characterisation of bound residues, recording riverine pollution histories and an extensive application of the anthropogenic marker approach.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540311726

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9783540311720

Max Euwe's Best Games

The Fifth World Chess Champion (1935-’37)

By: Jan Timman

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Max Euwe's Best Games

The Fifth World Chess Champion (1935-’37)

By: Jan Timman

World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American grandmaster Reuben Fine once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this gap. And it couldn't have been written by anyone else than Euwe's successor in Dutch chess – Jan Timman, World Champion finalist and arguably one of the leading chess analysts of our time. This book offers eighty of Max Euwe's games annotated with great clarity, starting in his early twenties when he worked his way to the world top, up until his late seventies when he was still a force to be reckoned with. It is incredible how high Euwe's level of play was for over fifty years – and how attractive his attacking style was. Timman made many discoveries in Euwe's best and most famous games but has also unearthed several lesser-known brilliancies. Some interesting paradoxes are addressed along the line. For example, although he was an amateur almost his entire life, Euwe was better versed in opening theory than most of his top-level opponents. Although he was the underdog, he beat the mighty Alexander Alekhine in an epic World Championship Match in 1935. At 52, he could still beat top players like Geller and Najdorf with fantastic attacking play in the Zürich Candidates Tournament. And when he was over seventy, he was still highly dangerous for the new upcoming Dutch generation. This game collection of an often underrated World Champion, analysed by top grandmaster Jan Timman, is a must-have for anyone interested in World Championship chess.

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New In Chess

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908333659X

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9789083336596

Public Sector Employment Regimes

Transformations of the State as an Employer

By: Karin Gottschall,Bernhard Kittel,Kendra Briken,Jan-Ocko Heuer,Sylvia Hils,Sebastian Streb,Markus Tepe

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Public Sector Employment Regimes

Transformations of the State as an Employer

By: Karin Gottschall,Bernhard Kittel,Kendra Briken,Jan-Ocko Heuer,Sylvia Hils,Sebastian Streb,Markus Tepe

This book explores the extent to which a transformation of public employment regimes has taken place in four Western countries, and the factors influencing the pathways of reform. It demonstrates how public employment regimes have unravelled in different domains of public service, contesting the idea that the state remains a 'model' employer.

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1137313110

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Living Cities

A Case for Urbanism and Guidelines for Re-urbanization

By: Jan Tanghe

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Living Cities

A Case for Urbanism and Guidelines for Re-urbanization

By: Jan Tanghe

This book aims to demonstrate the new awareness concerning the urban environment in Europe. The authors believe that the unlimited outward expansion of our cities must be halted and that we should strive for "inner growth" within urban centres, and for a more human approach to city development. Contact between city dwellers should be encouraged to reduce the isolation of those living in sprawling communities and to remedy the evils resulting from the dispersion of urban functions. To achieve this the book puts forward a number of planning and design criteria which would solve more satisfactorily the problems of housing and living conditions in cities.

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Elsevier

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1483285731

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9781483285733

Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions

with an Emphasis on the Sahelian Countries

By: Henk Breman,Jan-Joost Kessler

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Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions

with an Emphasis on the Sahelian Countries

By: Henk Breman,Jan-Joost Kessler

This book provides a quantitative analysis of the role of woody plants in semi-arid regions, for the aSSessment of their benefits in agrosylvopastoralland-use systems with productive and sus tainability objectives. The insights presented and conclusions drawn allow the additional benefits of woody plants for specific climatic and physical site conditions and land-use systems to be estimated. The Sahel and Sudan zones in West Africa, on which the book focusses, represent resource-poor conditions, whose ecological dynamics have been relatively well studied. The role of woody plants in this region, as assessed in this book, is extrapolated to other semi-arid regions, leading to general conclusions on agroforestry's potential as an option for sustainable land use in semi-arid regions. The origins of this book go back to 1982, when the Club du Sahel requested that available data on woody plants in the Sahel region be synthesised, to provide basic information to enable better attention to be given to woody plants in rural development programmes. We are grateful to the Club du Sahel for this challenge. Various people contributed to studies used in this book. The preliminary inventory of the data available was made by Frits Ohler; later his work was continued by Franciska Dekker.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642792073

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9783642792076

Crop Protection in Medieval Agriculture

Studies in pre-modern organic agriculture

By: Jan C. Zadoks

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Crop Protection in Medieval Agriculture

Studies in pre-modern organic agriculture

By: Jan C. Zadoks

Mediterranean and West European pre-modern agriculture (agriculture before 1600) was by necessity ‘organic agriculture’. Crop protection is part and parcel of this agriculture, with weed control in the forefront. Crop protection is embedded in the medieval agronomy text books but specialised sections do occur. Weeds, insects and diseases are described but identification in modern terms is not easy. The pre-modern ‘Crop Portfolio’ is well filled, certainly in the Mediterranean area. The medieval ‘Pest Portfolio’ differs from the modern one because agriculture then was a Low External Input Agriculture, and because the proportion of cultivated to non-cultivated land was drastically lower than today. The pre-modern ‘Control Portfolio’ is surprisingly rich, both in preventive and interventive measures. Prevention was by risk management, intensive tillage, and careful storage. Intervention was mechanical and chemical. Chemical intervention used natural substances such as sulphur, pitch, and ‘botanicals’. Some fifty plant species are mentioned in a crop protection context. Though application methods look rather modern they are typically low-tech. Among them are seed disinfection, spraying, dusting, fumigation, grease banding, wound care, and hand-picking but also scarification, now outdated. The reality of pest outbreaks and other damages is explored as to frequency, intensity, and extent. Information on the practical use of the recommended treatments is scanty. If applied, their effectiveness remains enigmatic. Three medieval agronomists are at the heart of this book, but historical developments in crop protection from early Punic, Greek, and Roman authors to the first modern author are outlined. The readership of these writers was the privileged class of landowners but hints pointing to the exchange of ideas between them and the common peasant were found. Consideration is given to the pre-modern reasoning in matters of crop protection. Comparison of pre-modern crop protection and its counterpart in modern organic agriculture is difficult because of drastic changes in the relation between crop areas and non-crop areas, and because of the great difference in yield levels then and now, with several associated differences.

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Sidestone Press

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9088901872

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9789088901874

Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Concerning Competencies of Entrepreneurial Teams and the Development of Their Ventures

By: Jan Brinckmann

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Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Concerning Competencies of Entrepreneurial Teams and the Development of Their Ventures

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Book's by Jan Brinckmann

Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

Einstürzende Neubauten's Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten's Kollaps

Governance of Ventures

Governance of Ventures

So You Want to Sing Jazz

So You Want to Sing Jazz

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

The Politics of Literature in Nazi Germany

The Politics of Literature in Nazi Germany

Organic Contaminants in Riverine and Groundwater Systems

Organic Contaminants in Riverine and Groundwater Systems

Max Euwe's Best Games

Max Euwe's Best Games

Public Sector Employment Regimes

Public Sector Employment Regimes

Living Cities

Living Cities

Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions

Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions

Crop Protection in Medieval Agriculture

Crop Protection in Medieval Agriculture

Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology-Based Firms

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