Economic Development, Eleventh Edition, presents the latest thinking in economic development with the clear and comprehensive approach that has been so well received in both the developed and developing worlds. The pace and scope of economic development continues its rapid, uneven, and sometimes unexpected evolution. This text explains the unprecedented progress that has been made in many …
“Standard Deviations shows in compelling fashion why humans are so susceptible to the misuse of statistical evidence and why this matters. I know of no other book that explains important concepts such as selection bias in such an entertaining and memorable manner.”
The Hamlyn Trust came into existence under the will of the late Miss Emma Warburton Hamlyn, of Torquay, who died in 1941 at the age of eighty. She came of an old and well- known Devon family. Her father, William Bussell Hamlyn, practised in Torquay as a solicitor for many years. She was a woman of strong character, intelligent and cultured, well versed in literature, music and art, and a lover …
This study integrated concepts from upper echelons, group process and social cognition theories to investigate how demographic diversity and group processes influence strategic consensus within the top management team (TMT), where strategic consensus is defined as the degree to which individual mental models of strategy overlap. Data from 76 high-technology firms in the United States and Ir…
Over the past decade, a large (and continually increasing) number of efforts (both research and development) have sought to investigate and exploit the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts and techniques in production management applications. In some cases, Al-based concepts have provided frameworks for making traditional Operations Research (OR) techniques more accessible and usable…
Life’s Toughest Moments will provide you with a sense of control. This period of time may seem as if you are walking through a thick fog... with no sense of direction. Your child’s doctors may have told you that the medical treatments are not going to save your child’s life. Your health care team will begin asking you questions about how you and your family would like to influence this p…
Welcome to this Economics Workbook. We hope that the book will help to make your study of the fascinating subject of economics both enjoyable and thought provoking and that it will improve your ability to analyse the economic problems faced by individuals and nations: problems that we hear about daily in the news or come across in our own lives. Studying economics can be much more rewarding…
Incarceration rates in the United States are remarkably high. Those incarcerated present an array of poor health conditions, including mental illness, addiction, and chronic disease. While incarcerated, they can face additional health challenges. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of knowledge about the quantity, quality, or outcomes of healthcare within correctional systems. The situation of pri…
Health care in America presents a fundamental paradox. The past 50 years have seen an explosion in biomedical knowledge, dramatic innovation in therapies and surgical procedures, and management of conditions that previously were fatal, with ever more exciting clinical capabilities on the horizon. Yet, American health care is falling short on basic dimensions of quality, outcomes, costs, and equ…
The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
The Institution continues to faithfully execute its mission, expressed as a mandate in the will of James Smithson, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. The Smithsonian Information Technology Plan (SITP) documents the role that information technology (IT) plays in fulfilling that mission, as well as goals and objectives defined in the Institution’s FY 2012 to FY 2016 strategic plan. …
This campus parking study was initiated as a result of the development agreement between the City of Northampton and Smith College. In that agreement, Smith recognized the need for a comprehensive approach to planning for its campus parking, both as it relates to current campus activity, and future campus programs. Other past studies by Smith, such as the Smith College Landscape Master Plan, …
In the following pages, you will find a step-by-step guide to starting up a technology company from within the University of Cambridge. However, its value goes further, as much of this guide will also be applicable to those starting up companies from other universities in the UK. The guide is the initiative of Cambridge Enterprise, of the University of Cambridge. It is based on the experiences…