Strategy has been underpinned by economic theory for thirty years. This book will explore 'alternative' perspectives with rigour and accessibility. Using case examples it will explain the models and concepts available to strategists and appraise their usefulness and relevance in today's climate.[...]

The Global eWorkbook represents an evolution in self-study materials for students. Within a rich multimedia environment it provides a wealth of resources for the learner, enabling them to continue their studies at their own pace, and in their own time.[...]

Displays the Coursebook pages whilst making all the associated multimedia assets (audio/video/ interactive activities) instantly accessible. It features a full set of tools for creating content in the Teacher's Area, and is platform independent so it can be used with any interactive whiteboard or ev[...]

Jackson Meyer is hiding a secret. He can time-travel. But he doesn't know how he does it, how to control it or what it means. When Jackson, and his girlfriend Holly, find themselves in fatal danger, Jackson panics and catapaults himself two years into his past, further than he's ever managed before,[...]

By tracking the distribution of disease and pinpointing relevant risk factors, social epidemiology reveals how social problems are intrinsically linked to the health of populations. The practice also takes into account the psychosocial, biological, and medical determinants of disease and health, enc[...]

Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College -- a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia -- made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed agains[...]

Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the[...]

Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, "When the Emperor Was Divine" is the critically acclaimed debut novel by bestselling writer Julie Otsuka - author of "The Buddha in the Attic" - in which she explores the lives of Japanese immigrants living in America during the Second World War. It is fo[...]

International expositions, with their massive assembling of exhibits and audiences, were the media events of their time. In transmitting a new culture of visibility that merged information, entertainment, and commerce, they provided a unique opportunity for the public to become aware of various soci[...]

Unlike traditional art works, installation art has no autonomous existence. It is usually created at the exhibition site, and its essence is spectator participation. Installation art originated as a radical art form presented only at alternative art spaces; its assimilation into mainstream museums a[...]

Racial minority and low-income communities often suffer disproportionate effects of urban environmental problems. Environmental justice advocates argue that these communities are on the front lines of environmental and health risks. In Noxious New York, Julie Sze analyzes the culture, politics, and [...]