The market for business knowledge is booming, as companies looking to improve their performance pour billions of dollars into training programs, consultants, and executive education. Why, then, are there so many gaps between what firms know they should do and what they actually do? Why do so many co[...]
The best organisations have the best talent...Financial incentives drive company performance...Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management "wisdom" isn't wise at all--but, instead, flawed knowledge based on "best practices" t[...]
The world is chiral. Most of the molecules in it are chiral, and asymmetric synthesis is an important means by which enantiopure chiral molecules may be obtained for study and sale. Using examples from the literature of asymmetric synthesis, this book presents a detailed analysis of the factors that[...]
Jeffrey Waybright's name appears first on the earlier ed.
Correctional psychiatry has received increasing recognition as an area of practice with unique skills and knowledge. The Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry brings together American and international experts to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. Students and psychiatric residents [...]
The product of a unique collaboration between California State University system and Benjamin Cummings, Biology Labs On-Line allows readers to learn biological principles by designing and conducting simulated experiments online at www.biologylabsonline.com. The labs are available for sale separate[...]
Arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Dachau, Robert Antelme recovered his freedom a year later when Francois Mitterand, visiting the camp in an official capacity, recognized the dying Antelme and had him spirited to Paris. Antelme's story of his experiences in Germany--his only book--indelibly ma[...]
This up-to-date standard reference is a must have for every mariner's bookshelf. Compiled by Captain Jeffrey Monroe, Master Mariner and Director of the Dept of Ports and Transportation for Portland, Maine, and Captain Robert Stewart, Ph. D., Chair of the Business Administration Dept at the Californi[...]
The BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Musculoskeletal Imaging is a brand new addition to the range of BSAVA Manuals and, together with its forthcoming sister manuals on Thoracic and Abdominal Imaging, builds on the classic BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging.
The manual is ext[...]
The Visual Guide to Elliott Wave Trading is an in-depth, easy-to-use guide to trading the financial markets with the Elliott Wave Principle. In many ways this book picks up where Frost & Prechter's classic Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior left off, which makes it "required reading[...]
"Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease", by Drs. Robert Wyllie and Jeffrey S. Hyams provides the comprehensive reference you need to treat GI diseases in children. Review the latest developments in the field and get up-to-date clinical information on hot topics like polyps, capsule endoscopy,[...]
Health systems are everywhere expected to meet increasing public and political demands for accessible, high-quality care. Policy-makers, managers, and clinicians use their best efforts to improve efficiency, safety, quality, and economic viability. One solution has been to mimic approaches that have[...]
A collection of essays which raise issues and concerns about the claims of late twentieth century Christian apologists who accept the resurrection of Jesus Christ as historical fact.[...]
Complete summary of Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton's book: "e;The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action"e;.This summary of the ideas from Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton's book "e;The Knowing-Doing Gap"e;raises a crucial question: why do elements such[...]
Contemporary Outdoor and Landscape Photography.