Companies which can demonstrate successful business performance accept that information is a valuable asset in contributing to that success. That is the conclusion reached in "Information and Business Performance" which presents the results of research into the relationship between effective information systems and business performance. It sheds new light on the complex relationships between the role of information in business and successful performance, and should be required reading for anyone working in this field.

Birds show bewildering diversity in their life histories, mating systems and risk of extinction. Why, for example, are fairy-wrens so sexually promiscuous while swans show life long monogamy? This fascinating book is a comprehensive re-appraisal of avian diversity, and is the most extensive application of modern comparative methods yet undertaken. "I think this is a marvellous book - the most exciting I have read for a long time... A terrific text for both final year undergraduates and for graduate courses, as well as required reading for academics working in the field." Professor Nick Davies, University of Cambridge