Most Popular Books by John Richards

The power of purchasers exposes the weaknesses of conventional thinking on the costs and benefits of priorities. Health policy analysts now have to develop rational criteria to support decisions in a process which may be inherently intuitive. This authoritative and practical text points the way towards clear choices in resource allocation and the implications of these choices on expenditure diverted among different health care programmes.

This book examines Petrarch''s relationship with Francesco il Vecchio da Carrara, lord of Padua, who was the poet''s host during his final years (1367-74), and for whom he started to rewrite his great work of Roman history, the "De Viris Illustribus". The exemplary purpose of this text was extended in the form of a major fresco cycle in the Sala Virorum Illustrium of the Carrara palace in Padua, the Reggia.

This highly popular introduction to strategic management has nowbeen revised to take account of the latest developments in thefield. New edition of a highly popular introduction to strategicmanagement. Provides a clear framework for understanding the issues incorporate strategy, supported by current case examples. Revised to take account of the latest development in thefield. Now features twelve new cases. Includes new chapters on issues relating to the resource-basedview of the firm, innovation, learning, and the ‘neweconomy’. Includes a new concluding chapter looking at present and futureissues in strategic management. Continues to combine the latest management concepts with andemphasis on current business applications and implementation.

The aim of this document is to raise the level of public debate on issues of national interest, such as the welfare system, by presenting diverse points of view. The themes covered in this document are: the view from the right; the social policy round; and economic change and new social policies.

Contains primary source material.

"In its "countries of focus", CIDA needs a pragmatic willingness to work with either host governments or major non-government agencies, or both, to advance primary education."--[Source inconnue].