Optimize perioperative outcomes with Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia! Dr. Joel L. Kaplan and a host of other authorities help you make the best use of the latest techniques and navigate your toughest clinical challenges. Whether you are administering anesthesia to cardiac surgery patients or to cardiac [...]
The epic story of the beginning of life on Earth from the much loved and respected naturalist, writer and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough. Spanning billions of years, First Life reveals the extraordinary story of the evolution of the first life on Earth and how it then evolved into multicellular[...]
The Second Edition of Kaplan's Urban Geography text aims to uncover the excitement and richness found in cities, while tackling the wide variety of urban challenges. This text offers a comprehensive treatment of urban geography, covering the field both as it has evolved and as it exists today and fu[...]
Addresses the developments that shape the use of structural equation modeling (SEM) in the social and behavioural sciences. Through the use of examples, this book demonstrates how SEM can provide a lens on the problems social and behavioural scientists face. It helps to understand the foundations an[...]
"The Insurgents" tells the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by Gen. David Petraeus, who plotted to revolutionize the oldest, stodgiest institution in America--the military. Working from secret documents, private emails, and interviews with more than one hundred key characters[...]
Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than one hundred key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the main insurgency is the one led at home by a new gener[...]
Bridging the gap between traditional classical statistics and a Bayesian approach, David Kaplan provides readers with the concepts and practical skills they need to apply Bayesian methodologies to their data analysis problems. Part I addresses the elements of Bayesian inference, including exchangeab[...]
?Startup communities? are popping up everywhere, from cities all over the United States like Boulder, Boston, New York, Seattle, and Omaha to countries like Iceland. These entrepreneurial ecosystems are driving innovation, new business creation, and job growth. Startup Communities documents the stra[...]
The definitive guide to the contemporary craft cocktail movement, from one of the highest-profile, most critically lauded, and influential bars in the world.
Featuring hundreds of recipes for signature Death & Co creations as well as classic drink formulas, "Death & Co" is not only a comprehens[...]
Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most [...]
Here is the book - by the recognized architects of the Balanced Scorecard - that shows how managers can use this revolutionary tool to mobilize their people to fulfill the company's mission. More than just a measurement system, the "Balanced Scorecard" is a management system that can channel the ene[...]
In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area - not with formulating strategy but with executing it, or putting their strategy into action. Owing to execution failures, companies realize just a fraction of the financia[...]
In today's business environment, strategy has never been more important. Yet research shows that most companies fail to execute strategy successfully. Behind this abysmal track record lies an undeniable fact: many companies continue to use management processes - top-down, financially driven, and tac[...]
"Strategy Maps" takes readers to the next level of precision in strategy implementation. "Strategy Maps" introduces a new tool that has evolved from Robert Kaplan and David Norton's ongoing research with hundreds of Balanced Scorecard adopters across the globe, and its premise is simple: if you can [...]
Most organisations consist of multiple business and support units, each populated by highly trained, experienced executives. But often the efforts of individual units are not coordinated, resulting in conflicts, lost opportunities, and diminished performance Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton argu[...]
Most countries implement social protection programs to help individuals manage risks such as unemployment, disability, illness, longevity or death. In many middle income countries, these are often based on a 'Bismarckian model' (named after Otto von Bismarck), where benefits are financed by contribu[...]
The concept of gender continues to be a central issue in literary and cultural studies, with a significance that crosses disciplinary boundaries and provokes lively debate. In this fully revised and updated second edition, David Glover and Cora Kaplan offer a lucid and illuminating introduction to '[...]
Microstructural characterization is usually achieved by allowing some form of probe to interact with a carefully prepared specimen. The most commonly used probes are visible light, X-ray radiation, a high-energy electron beam, or a sharp, flexible needle. These four types of probe form the basis for[...]
Complete summary of Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton's book: "e;Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes"e;.This summary of the ideas from Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton's book "e;Strategy Maps"e; shows that many business share the same problem: th[...]
Complete summary of Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton's book: "e;The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment"e;.This summary of the ideas from Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton's book "e;The Strategy-Focused Organizatio[...]
This work offers a summary in English of the book "e;THE BALANCED SCORECARD: Translating Strategy Into Action"e; by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton.In this powerful book, Kaplan and Norton reveal how to build a "e;Balanced Scorecard"e; for a business enterprise and how to use it[...]
Complete summary of Robert Kaplan and David Norton's book: "e;The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage"e;.This summary of the ideas from Robert Kaplan and David Norton's book "e;The Execution Premium"e; explains that the concept of an "e;exe[...]