The global Millennial generation is 4.1 billion strong, and the spread of data networks is empowering them to build radically new kinds of organizations adapted to a...

(Woodhead Publishing Limited) Provides an authoritative guide to they key issues in dealing with food intolerance within the food industry. Text explains key terminology and the mechanisms of food intolerance, key issues for those trying to minimize the amount of allergens in food, current labeling requirements and international sources of...

In The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than...

Often computers are viewed as machines that run algorithms. This view of computers covers a vast range of devices, from simple computers that perform limited and specific computations (for example, a computer found in a wristwatch) to supercomputers, which are groups of computers linked together in homogeneous and heterogeneous clusters and...

Recent surveys confirm that whilst most managers acknowledge the importance of innovation, the majority are dissatisfied with the management of innovation in their organizations.1 In fact the performance of innovation varies significantly between different sectors, and between firms in the same sector, suggesting that both structural and...

Function and disease of the pituitary gland have long been at the center of research interest. Based on a recent meeting held at Iguazu Falls, Argentina, this volume of Frontiers of Hormone Research highlights scientifically exciting and clinically relevant areas in this fast-developing filed. Renowned specialists and experts from Latin and...

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science in the Middle Ages from the North Atlantic to the Indus Valley. Medieval science was once universally dismissed as non-existent - and sometimes it still is. This volume reveals the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in...