The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of the nature and importance of innovation and the strategies and practices that can be used to improve organizational benefits from innovation. Innovation is centrally important for business and national competi[...]
Athanasius of Alexandria (c.295-373) is one of the greatest and most controversial figures of early Christian history. His life spanned the period of fundamental change for the Roman Empire and the Christian Church that followed the conversion of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman empe[...]
This text focuses on the practical aspects of crystal structure analysis and provides the necessary conceptual framework for understanding and applying the technique. Many worked examples, problems with answers, and illustrations are included throughout to reinforce the material presented. Significa[...]
Over the course of the last millennium in Tibet, some tantric yogins have taken on norm-overturning modes of behavior, including provoking others to violence, publicly consuming filth, having sex, and dressing in human remains. While these individuals were called "mad," their apparent mental unwelln[...]
India today looms large globally, where it hardly loomed at all twenty years ago. It is likely to be a key global actor throughout the twenty-first century and could well emerge soon as one of the top five global powers. Does the Elephant Dance? seeks to survey the main features of Indian foreign [...]
Packed with over 600 high quality illustrations, this practical handbook covers both the key principles of thoracic imaging, including the relevant principles, dose considerations, and radiological signs and their meaning, and the different pulmonary diseases.[...]
Political methodology has changed dramatically over the past thirty years, and many new methods and techniques have been developed. Both the Political Methodology Society and the Qualitative/Multi-Methods Section of the American Political Science Association have engaged in ongoing research and trai[...]
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and[...]
Is the party over? Parties are the central institutions of representative democracy, but critics increasingly claim that parties are failing to perform their democratic functions. This book assembles unprecedented cross-national evidence to assess how parties link the individual citizen to the forma[...]
Oxford Handbooks Clinical Tutor Study Cards are a new, innovative, and versatile aid to revision from the publishers of the famous Oxford Handbooks. Following the same portable format, each card covers a discrete topic, enabling students to revise in bite-sized chunks quickly and safely whilst on th[...]
The Oxford Textbook of Medicine: Infection is selected from the infection section of the renowned Oxford Textbook of Medicine, Fifth Edition. The book is an authoritative resource on infectious diseases. Comprehensive in its coverage and beautifully illustrated in full colour, it is an essential gu[...]
India today matters, and thus its foreign policy matters at the global level. Drawing primarily and extensively on a wide range of Indian views, Malone seeks to explain what issues and partners most command Indian attention and why, and what shape its foreign policy could (and sometimes should) take[...]
This article-by-article commentary sheds light on the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Rules which govern a wide range of arbitrations, including the Iran-US Claims Tribunal and NAFTA disputes. The new edition takes full account of the revised Rules adopted in 2010 and features ma[...]
In The Formation of the Hebrew Bible David Carr rethinks both the methods and historical orientation points for research into the growth of the Hebrew Bible into its present form. Building on his prior work, Writing on the Tablet of the Heart (Oxford, 2005), he explores both the possibilities and li[...]
Dr. W. Edwards Deming, the legendary master of managing for quality whose techniques helped propel Japan into its postwar economic boom, delivered his management message in the form of four-day seminars. Now you can experience the wisdom of his seminars with this unique book. Reviewed in detail by D[...]
Authoritative and substantiveâ yet accessibleâArt Past, Art Present, 6th edition looks at the historical and cultural contexts of art works and architecture around the world from prehistoric times to the 20th century. The authors recognized the need for an easy-to-use format that is accessible[...]
Examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 5/e provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary psychology, and applies them to empirical research on the human mind. Content topics are lo[...]
The Philosophy of Software is a critical introduction to the subject of code and software, and develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. The book has been written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background and pr[...]