Offering key insights into how to manage software development across international boundaries, this book is based on a series of case studies looking at the relationships between firms from North America, the U.K., Japan and Korea with Indian software companies. The authors analyze the multi-faceted challenges encountered in managing these Global Software Alliances (GSAs). They draw on extensive research and experience to offer constructive advice on how to manage GSAs more effectively.

Offering key insights into how to manage software development across international boundaries, this book is based on a series of case studies looking at the relationships between firms from North America, the U.K., Japan and Korea with Indian software companies. The authors analyze the multi-faceted challenges encountered in managing these Global Software Alliances (GSAs). They draw on extensive research and experience to offer constructive advice on how to manage GSAs more effectively.

A British/US spy action thriller based on the 2003 Gulf War; set in the bleak and deadly desert bordering Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

The betrayal of his fellow prisoners by a British officer in a Japanese POW camp in Hong Kong in 1941 returns to haunt the 21st Century on the streets of London. The son of one of the POWs has been murdered by a hit-and-run driver to prevent him from finding the traitor who condemmed 1,200 men to die, locked in the hold of a sinking ship while being transported as slave labour toJapan. The hit-and-run victim leaves behind a briefcase containing his research into the identity of the traitor......and a letter. A letter adressed to John Gunn, an agent in the British Intelligence Directorate....

For a "dare," two small boys climb over the wall into the Duke of Cranborne's estate in Hampshire. Both boys are armed with air guns, but what starts as a dare ends in blind terror for one of them as he stumbles in the dark across the body of a man whose head has been blown off. The man is a BID agent, and his death jeopardizes the security of a shoot organized for the prime ministers of several countries before the G20 Summit in London. John Gunn replaces the murdered agent and has to unravel a conspiracy involving nuclear weapons and drugs. From the lush grounds of the Cranborne estate in...

The concept of global health has moved on from focusing on the problems of the developing world to encompass health problems with global impact. Global health issues impact daily on local healthcare delivery and professional practice. This illuminating guide for healthcare students and practitioners introduces the major themes, challenges and debates relevant to global health that will equip the reader with the knowledge and skills required to thrive in this multi-faceted area of practice.

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Puts global health in context considering key issues including health...

A compilation of prestigious contributions from eminent thinkers in the field, this book focuses on the topic of socially responsible outsourcing (SRO). Building on the previous title in this series, Socially Responsible Outsourcing develops the concept of 'Impact Sourcing' which has gained increased commercial and academic interest over the past four years, and discusses how and why clients and providers have embraced social responsibility. Socially Responsible Outsourcing includes research frameworks, rich case studies, and an SRO agenda for the future.