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In 1956 Allison and Rogers published A Catalogue of Catholic Books in English Printed Abroad Secretly in England, 1558-1640. Known simply as A & R, it is the standard listing of the clandestine vernacular output of English Catholics during that period. Now, after more than thirty years work, Allison...

The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico. The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...

This book critically analyzes the portrayals of Black women in current reality television. Audiences are presented with a multitude of images of Black women fighting, arguing, and cursing at one another in this manufactured world of reality television. This perpetuation of negative, insidious racial...

Thelma describes the personal woundedness that almost devastated her. She explains her addiction to prescribed medications that put her into a zombie-like state. She identified herself with the biblical account of the woman with a bent-over condition (Luke 13:1017) with gut-wrenching truth as she...

A one-stop Desk Reference, for Biomedical Engineers involved in the ever expanding and very fast moving area; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the biomedical engineering...

A step-by-step shamanic guide to navigating the non-ordinary realms, locating lost soul fragments, and reintegrating them • Explains how the soul is a form of sacred energy that can escape when someone experiences trauma or stressful situations • Explores how to work with the 5 Mesoamerican...

Knowledge Coupling discusses the premises upon which the coupling of knowledge to every action is based in the practice of medicine, as well as why these premises must change. In concrete terms, the volume explores the methods of structuring and using medical knowledge and medical records that enables...

One of the most important questions of our previous common volumes about affective, schizoaffective, and schizophrenic disorders was the question of what connects and what separates psychotic disorders (Marneros and Tsuang, Schizo­ affective Psychoses, Springer-Verlag, 1986; Marneros and Tsuang Affective...

Plant health covers topics such as the safe handling and movement of germplasm and seed, as well as the range of biotic threats faced by crops and the ways they can be managed to optimise yields and ensure safety and quality in crop production. These threats include viral, bacterial and fungal diseases...

The biologic effects of radiation on normal tissues and tumors represent a complex area for investigation. These effects are of far-reaching consequence to the diagnostic radiologist and the radiation oncologist having a significant impact not only in concepts relative to radiation protection but...

La corruzione non è solo un volgare passaggio di denaro di mano in mano e neanche solo la violazione delle regole ma è piuttosto lo strutturarsi di un certo tipo di influenza all`interno di una dinamica di influenze, con la straordinaria crescita dell`"industria della lobby" e l`asservimento...

El tomo IV de Materia Administrativa y Contencioso-Administrativa, tercero de los tomos de Materias específicas, desarrolla en 20 temas la materia administrativa y contencioso-administrativa, dentro de la cual figuran temas de Derecho administrativo, temas de Derecho procesal contencioso-administrativo...

El objetivo del libro es proporcionar un amplio panorama sobre los grupos de interés en España y, por lo tanto, contribuir al conocimiento de un tema tan complejo como la toma de decisiones en las Instituciones Públicas y los actores intervinientes. La transparencia en la actuación de las Administraciones...

☆亞馬遜年度10****大好書 ☆《公司》雜誌好評推薦 ** ** 應用破壞性創新的思維架構，有系統檢視產業訊號 分辨機會與衝擊，預測賽局的變化方向 五大產業深入解析，見證產業創新的策略演進 避免落入看不見顛覆、看不懂趨勢的敗部循環   市場冒出新服務，只是曇花一現、無法長久的噱頭，還是即將顛覆市場的新勢力？ 新技術出現，是機會還是威脅？誰會受害、誰將得利？又將如何改變產業的發展？許多破壞性創新一開始都非常不起眼，該如何判斷後續衝擊？   判斷趨勢，需要有系統的思考架構 ** ** 克里斯汀生是全球最受推崇的創新大師，他的破壞性創新理論是《經濟學人》評為有史以來最重要的六大管理著作之一，尤其當今無一產業不面臨被科技顛覆的威脅。   本書是克里斯汀生以破壞性創新理論為觀察環境與思考策略的架構，從外而內，幫助經理人及早辨識出新技術的衝擊方向，預測產業變化，選定企業在未來競爭中的最有利位置，分為三大部分：   辨識產業變化跡象：知道該注意什麼，就能在即將改變產業的企業崛起之前，看出端倪。 評估競爭戰役：攻擊者與在位者的近身肉搏戰，誰的勝算高？ 影響交戰結果的策略選擇：掌握把賽局扳向對自己有利的方法，對抗挑戰者。   同時以教育、航空、半導體、醫療保健與電信產業為例，深入分析破壞力量如何改變產業、攻擊者如何掐住在位企業的咽喉，透過實際的案例，幫助每個企業思考什麼是威脅？什麼是機會？什麼創新是沒有用？如何在產業成長中掌握商機？   即使沒有受過產業訓練的經理人，也可以應用這套架構，更清晰的思考創新，見微知著，擬定策略。   華碩電腦董事長...