This paper assesses variations in the cost of primary hip replacement between and within nine member states of the European Union (EU). It also compares the cost of service with public-payer reimbursements. To do so, data on cost and reimbursement were surveyed at the micro-level in 42 hospitals in

The major premise of this book is that leadership really does matter in business. In fact, the authors contend that effective leadership contributes directly and substantially to the bottom line. The authors make a strong case for the notion that leaders at all levels, and from all functional perspe

## Abstract Most companies feel intense pressure from global competition. Low offshore labor rates make moving offshore a tempting strategy. But many firms don't consider all the factors success demands before making the leap. And they don't try to improve a process before deciding to go offshore.

## Abstract Synergy is a frequently used word that's not so easy to define. It's more than two or more people or ideas getting along; it's when some particular combination equals more than the sum of the parts—for example, when 1 + 1 = 3 ( or even more). This article describes how the principles of

## Abstract Unhappy with the quality of your products or services? Then realize that your processes are perfectly designed to produce the results you're experiencing today. __© 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.__

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PIONEERING ROLE and consistent leadership in the field of creativity for more than a half century, Dr. Sidney J. Parnes was inducted into the American Creativity Association's Hall of Fame on April 2, 2004. Earlier, the Innovation Network recognized him with a Lifetime Achievem

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A (k, 1)-coloring of a graph is a vertex-coloring with k colors such that each vertex is permitted at most 1 neighbor of the same color. We show that every planar graph has at least c n distinct (4, 1)-colorings, where c is constant and ≈ 1.466 satisfies 3 = 2 +1. On the other hand for any >0, we gi

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## Abstract There is no widely accepted definition of a small state. Most previous definitions have been based upon arbitrarily chosen cut‐off values of selected criteria. The present study attempts to categorize the size of 190 states according to population, land area and total income. An initial

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