This series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation.

The book contains a selection of papers on business clusters in its multiple perspectives. It has evolved from the research symposium organized by the The Society for Global Business and Economic Development (SGBED), an international group of academicians, at Dubai during January 2009. It begins with an introduction to the concept of clusters, and then examines their link to a host of strategic issues, such as their nexus to competitive advantage, their performance vis-a-vis their competitors who are not similarly agglomerated, and the challenges in measuring the performance of clusters. Regional economic clusters have serious policy implications. Governments, local as well as national, have used clusters as the unit for investment and infrastructure upgrading policies. It focuses on the normative aspects as well as practices and provides pointers on how public policies can help the development and growth of regional economic clusters. With numerous examples and cases from a host countries such as Dubai, Mexico, Spain and Karnataka (India), the book is a must read for all students of business strategy.

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read the material themselves.

The book contains a selection of papers on business clusters in its multiple perspectives. It has evolved from the research symposium organized by the The Society for Global Business and Economic Development (SGBED), an international group of academicians, at Dubai during January 2009. It begins with an introduction to the concept of clusters, and then examines their link to a host of strategic issues, such as their nexus to competitive advantage, their performance vis-?-vis their competitors who are not similarly agglomerated, and the challenges in measuring the performance of clusters. Regional economic clusters have serious policy implications. Governments, local as well as national, have used clusters as the unit for investment and infrastructure upgrading policies. It focuses on the normative aspects as well as practices and provides pointers on how public policies can help the development and growth of regional economic clusters. With numerous examples and cases from a host countries such as Dubai, Mexico, Spain and Karnataka (India), the book is a must read for all students of business strategy.

PROVOKING THOUGHTS IN POETRYTHIS PRICELESS BOOK OF POETRY IS SIMPLE A POETICAL MASTERPIECE. THE AUTHOR "MIKE THORPE" SKILLFULLY BLENDS LIFE'S ISSUES AND REALITIES WITHIN HIS ART AND DELIVERS EACH POEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT EACH READER WILL IDENTIFY, CONNECT AND BE FULLY SATISFIED. MICHAEL'S BELIEF THAT POETRY IS ENTERTAINING, POETRY IS THERAPEUTIC, POETRY IS HEALING, POETRY CAN CONNECT MIND AND SOUL THROUGH ART IS SURELY ILLUSTRATED IN THIS BOOK AS HE BUNDLES VARIOUS POEMS TOGETHER IN ONE REFRESHINLY APPETIZING AND FILLING POT OF RHYMES. MICHAEL THORPE WAS BORN ON THE TINY CARRIBEAN ISLAND OF JAMAICA. HE GREW UP WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS AN AVID LOVER OF POETRY. INFLUENCE LARGELY BY HIS GRANDMOTHER PLUS ARMED WITH RAW TALENT, MICHAEL AT THE VERY TENDER AGE OF FIVE, BEGAN RECITING AT CHURCH AND SCHOOL FUNCTIONS.ALTHOUGH THIS IS MICHAEL'S FIRST COMPLETE PUBLISHED WORK MIKE HAS ALWAYS CLUNG TO HIS POETIC ROOTS POETRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS FIRST LOVE. HIS MOTTO REMAINS, POETRY SOOTHES AND HEALS. IN THIS BOOK "PROVOKING THOUGHTS IN POETRY" MICHAEL DELIVERS A COLLECTION OF POETRY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. THE AUTHOR'S ABILITY TO BRING TODAY'S REALITY AND ISSUES TOGETHER IN AN ARTISTIC, YET SIMPLE WAY IS CERTAINLY QUITE PHENOMENAL. HIS INFECTIOUS STYLE WILL HELP YOU FIND NEW LOVE FOR POETRY, OR FALL IN LOVE WITH IT ALL OVER AGAIN.