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Published in 1998. In the past year the 300 largest global companies increased their research budgets by an average of 12 per cent. Governments now measure how technologically advanced they are as they worry about their trade balances and unemployment. Many public sector organizations, for example hospitals, universities and welfare agencies, are struggling to keep up with the rate of technological progress. The selections in this book provide a number of insights on how private firms can be more innovative and public sector organizations can keep up with rapid technological change. They emphasize both radical and incremental innovations and both product and process innovation. In particular the advanced manufacturing technologies so central to Piore and Sabel's'Second Industrial Divide'receive a great deal of attention. Finally, the consequences of innovation are the focus of the last section.

This Handbook is a timely compilation dedicated to exploring a rare diversity of perspectives and content on the development, successes, reforms and challenges within China's contemporary welfare system. It showcases an extensive introduction and 20 original chapters by leading and emerging area specialists who explore a century of welfare provision from the Nationalist era, up to and concentrating on economic reform and marketisation (1978 to the present). Organised around five key concerns (social security and welfare; emerging issues and actors, including gender issues, NGOs, and philanthropy; gaps; and future challenges, such as population ageing and environmental pressures) chapters draw on original case-based research from diverse disciplines and perspectives, engage existing literature and further key debates. Key historical insights into welfare provision in the Chinese context serve as a starting point with the remaining chapters combining a review of the literature with original case studies. The book offers novel empirical research and includes topics often not discussed in the literature on welfare in China, including: mental health, highly educated rural-to-urban migrants, NGOs as welfare providers, China's overseas welfare aid, environmental challenges and welfare, amongst others. This comprehensive and multidisciplinary Handbook will be of immense value to researchers and scholars in the fields of China Studies, social policy, the welfare state, politics and related areas. Accessible to a non-specialist audience interested in China's welfare development and welfare states more broadly, it will also serve as a useful resource for undergraduates.Contributors Include: E. Baum, M. Blaxland, O. Bruun, B. Carrillo, J. Chen, S. Cook, X.-y. Dong, T.D. DuBois, M.W. Frazier, K.R. Fisher, R. Hasmath, T. Hesketh, J. Hood, J.Y.J. Hsu, H. Jia, E. Jeffreys, P.I. Kadetz, B. Li, Y. Li, J. Liu, S.-h. Liu, Y. Liu, A.W. MacDonald, A. Saich, X. Shang, D.J. Solinger, K. Suda, Y. Zeng, J. Zhao, Z. Zhao

The must-have statistics guide for students of health services Statistics for Health Care Management and Administration is a unique and invaluable resource for students of health care administration and public health. The book introduces students to statistics within the context of health care, focusing on the major data and analysis techniques used in the field. All hands-on instruction makes use of Excel, the most common spreadsheet software that is ubiquitous in the workplace. This new third edition has been completely retooled, with new content on proportions, ANOVA, linear regression, chi-squares, and more, Step-by-step instructions in the latest version of Excel and numerous annotated screen shots make examples easy to follow and understand. Familiarity with statistical methods is essential for health services professionals and researchers, who must understand how to acquire, handle, and analyze data. This book not only helps students develop the necessary data analysis skills, but it also boosts familiarity with important software that employers will be looking for. Learn the basics of statistics in the context of Excel Understand how to acquire data and display it for analysis Master various tests including probability, regression, and more Turn test results into usable information with proper analysis Statistics for Health Care Management and Administration gets students off to a great start by introducing statistics in the workplace context from the very beginning.

Geleitwort In der Vergangenheit ist eine Reihe von Fällen zu beobachten, in denen junge Unternehmen sich in einem Markt zu etablieren vermochten, obwohl es theoretisch etablierte Konkurrenz gab, die das neue Geschäft gleichermaßen erfolgreich zu gestalten in der Lage waren. So hat sich im Online-Buchmarkt ein Unternehmen wie Amazon etabliert und durchgesetzt, obwohl Border's oder Barnes and Nobles bereits im Buchmarkt sehr aktiv waren und nur ein paralleles Online-Geschäft benötigt hätten. So hat sich im deutschen Markt für Online- Auktionen ein junges und kleines Unternehmen namens alando z. B. gegenüber Bertelsmann mit ihrer Plattform andsold. de durchgesetzt und wurde letztlich zu ebay Deutschland, obwohl man Bertelsmann deutlich mehr Erfahrung und Ressourcen zugesprochen hat. Ressourcen spielen scheinbar nur eine untergeordnete Rolle bei der Durchsetzung in neuen und innovativen Bereichen. Mindestens so wichtig, wenn nicht sogar wichtiger, scheint ein „unternehmerischer Geist“ zu sein. Deshalb sind große und etablierte Unternehmen zunehmend dazu übergegangen, unternehmerische Persönlichkeit zu suchen und das unternehmerische Verhalten im eigenen Unternehmen zu fördern. Diese Tendenz schlägt sich allgemein als „Corporate Entrepreneurship“ in der Diskussion nieder. Dabei wurde erkannt, dass ein solches unternehmerisches Verhalten nicht von alleine bei Mitarbeitern vorhanden ist. Vielmehr muss das Management ein solches Verhalten in geeigneter Weise zu fördern verstehen. Wie das allerdings zu machen ist, darüber herrscht in der Praxis durchaus noch Unklarheit. Genau an dieser Stelle setzt die vorliegende Arbeit von Ralf Schmelter an.

Statistics for Health Care Professionals Statistics for Health Care Professionals: Working with Excel (second edition) is written in a clear, easily followed style keyed to the powerful statistical tool, Microsoft Excel 2007. It introduces the use of statistics applicable to health administration, health policy, public health, health information management, and other professions, emphasizing the logic of probability and statistical analysis in all areas. Coverage includes data acquisition, data display, basics of probability, data distributions, confidence limits and hypothesis testing, statistical tests for categorical data, tests for related and unrelated data, analysis of variance, simple linear regression, multiple regression, and analysis with a dichotomous categorical dependent variable. A glossary and section-by-section review questions round out this uniquely comprehensive and accessible text. Praise for Statistics for Health Care Professionals'By using Excel to explain how to conduct a statistical analysis, students will thoroughly grasp not only the mechanics of statistics but the underlying rationale for statistical reasoning.'—James V. Porto, PhD, MPA, Director, Executive Master's Programs, Health Policy and Administration School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil'Using Excel to teach statistics helped my understanding and makes ultimate sense when teaching statistics in the health care field.'—Scott Bankard, MPT, supervisor of acute rehabilitation services, Pitt County Memorial Hospital'Thanks to this text, my graduate students actually enjoy our health care statistics course. I am struck by how much the authors cover, how clearly they convey some normally difficult concepts, and how much they incorporate new features found in Excel 2007, all in an easily understood manner.'—David C. Burchfield, PhD, FHFMA, Associate Professor, Master's of Health Administration, The University of Memphis James E. Veney is a professor emeritus of health policy and administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught courses in research methodology, evaluation methodology, statistics, and international health systems.

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Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has responded to them.Among the changes doctors have confronted are third-party pressures from government and hospital bureaucracies, greater public knowledge, improved technology, recognition of patients'rights, and legal challenges. Blishen discusses how the doctors achieved dominance in the health field, reviews demographic changes within the profession and the larger population, examines data on the changing health status of Canadians, and charts physician supply against patient demand. He finds that the chief source of his profession's collegial strength has been the homogeneity of its membership. This homogeneity is declining with increasing numbers of women and ethnic groups in the profession and increasing specialization.Blishen offers a comprehensive, quantified overview of a profession in transition, and suggests the implications of its changes for all Canadians.

Emphasizing practical considerations in designing and carrying out primary health care programs, this is a superb introductory text for public health students. It will be of particular interest to those working with rural populations in developing countries with limited resources. Part I covers policy issues and the conceptual framework for planning, management and evaluation. Part II reviews essential methods for effective implementation, considering the economic, political, epidemiologic, demographic and other components that contribute to the assessment of health needs and resource allocation. Part III discusses specific tools and techniques in program management related to decision analysis, network analysis, survey techniques, cost-effectiveness appraisal, and much more. Comprehensive and informative, this highly practical work is the result of many years of experience in teaching and working with health care planners from around the world.