Background:
Transport and its links to health and health inequalities suggest that it is important to assess both the direct and unintended indirect health and related impacts of transport initiatives and policies. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) provides a framework to assess the possible health impacts of interventions such as transport. Policymakers and practitioners need [...]

I believe that something extremely important will be happening in Australia as a result of their national franchise inquiry.

Something that will rock the industry, all-around the world.

I have no insider information nor any special plans. What I think or do is laughably unimportant. Don’t ask me to show a basis for this hunch because I [...]

Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei speaks to Zhang Lijia, journalist and author of the new book Socialism is Great. Zhang worked as a teenager in a Nanjing factory which produced missiles designed to reach North America, participated in the Tiananmen Square protests and subsequently became a journalist.
To read a sample chapter of the book, click here.
Related [...]

Lionel Hutz of The Simpsons
If I had to choose the second concept that was critical to know in the study of franchising, it would be This one.
HINT: If they’re talking about protecting franchisees and not talking about credence goods, they’re all hat and no cattle [all show and no go].
Some goods and services, by their [...]

In soccer, it’s axiomatic that controlling midfield is critical to success. The team that controls midfield dictates the pace of play, gives its forwards and defenders more time to set up their plays and breaks up attacks by the opposing team’s front line.
In business, it’s not fashionable to concentrate on midfield. Focus, we [...]

The signs of an imminent recession are all around us. The spillover from the subprime mortgage crisis is weakening both consumer confidence and the consumer spending–much of it on credit–that has been buoying the US economy.
Companies should bear eight factors in mind when making their marketing plans for 2008 and 2009:
1. Research the customer. [...]

Published:
April 14, 2008

Author:
Martha Lagace

If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend.
Testing—due in no small part to the resistance it meets in some cubicles—is [...]