A unique insight for both practitioners and academics on how to achieve a 'relationship advantage'. The relationship in information technology (IT) outsourcing often determines the difference between a successful, a less successful, and a failing outsourcing deal. The authors examine five case studies (Xerox, British Aerospace, ESSO, BP, and the UK Inland Revenue), and by way of a novel client-supplier relationship framework they identify the key dimensions of an outsourcing relationship.

Readers drawn to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague, or Theo Colburn's Our Stolen Future will appreciate this work by Thomas Kerns as well. The growing epidemics of chemically induced illnesses from long-term, low-dose exposure to toxicants in both developed and developing nations are being studied by serious researchers. Questions are being raised as to how societies will deal with these new problems. Kerns's book is the first to directly address the ethical dimension of managing environmental health and ubiquitous toxicants (such as solvents, pesticides, and artificial fragrances). The work includes recent medical literature on chronic health effects from exposure to toxicants and the social costs of these disorders; relevant historic and human rights documents; recommendations for public policy and legislation; and primary obstacles faced by public health advocates. College instructors and students, victims of chemical sensitivity disorders, public health workers, scientists, and policymakers who are interested in the challenge of these emerging epidemics will find Kerns's text highly informative.

Haiti has long been known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption. Even before the 2010 earthquake destroyed much of the country, it was beset by difficulties inextricably rooted in its history of rebellion and revolution. Since gaining independence from France in 1804, following the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world, Haiti s past has been characterized by dictatorships, serious conflict, and near-constant social and political unrest, as the country struggles to define its independence and realize its promise. Haiti: The Perpetual Liberation collects 140 photographs of Haiti by Swiss photographer Thomas Kern, taken in black and white with an analogue camera over the course of twenty years of travel there. As the photographs demonstrate, the people of Haiti remain determined to realize the country s promise in the face of crushing poverty and crisis, and, behind the barrage of bad news that dominates its public image, it is a country full of hope and life. The photographs, which make up the first part of a four-part boxed set, are joined by three separate text booklets each in one of three languages: English, German, and Creole that feature texts by Kern on his work and his approach to the country, as well as two essays by Swiss journalist Georg Brunold and Haitian novelist Yanick Lahens that provide context and commentary for the images and discuss the country s people and culture, and its enduring political conflict. A powerful photographic portrait, Haiti: The Perpetual Liberation shows a different, more personal and therefore also more ordinary view of the troubled country that reaches beyond what we think we know about Haiti.

Motif ist eine Software-Umgebung zur Implementierung grafischer Benutzungsoberfl{chen. Mit Motif erstellte Applikationen enthalten alle Elemente, die eine moderne Benutzungsoberfl{che auszeichnen, wie }berlappende Windows, Dialogboxen und Men}s. Motif ist f}r UNIX und VMS erh{ltlich und hat gute Chancen, Standard f}r diese Betriebssysteme zu werden. Motif besteht aus einem Toolkit, einer Beschreibungssprache, einem Window Manager und einem Style Guide. In diesem Buch wird die Programmierung von Applikationen mit Hilfe des Motif-Toolkits beschrieben. Das Motif-Toolkit stellt Grundbausteine f}r grafische Benutzungsoberfl{chen zur Verf}gung, die sogenannten Widgets. Es baut dabei auf dem X-Window-System und den X-Toolkit-Intrinsics des MIT auf. Das Toolkit deckt aber nicht alle Aspekte einer Applikation ab. Daher werden auch die notwendigen Kenntnisse }ber X und die Intrinsics vermittelt, ohne die eine erfolgreiche Motif-Applikation nicht realisiert werden kann. Das auf die Praxis zugeschnittene Buch wendet sich an all diejenigen, die Applikationen mit grafischen Benutzungsoberfl{chen entwickeln wollen. Die Konzepte des Toolkits werden anhand realistischer Beispiele vorgestellt. Dabei werden Grund-Schemata entwickelt, die auch auf andere Motif-Applikationen anwendbar sind.