Examines how and why some major UK purchaser and supplier organizations have increasingly sought to become partners. Drawing on detailed case studies of Rank Xerox, Hoover, ICL and British Rail discusses the dynamics of partnership sourcing, and analyses and exemplifies the costs and benefits to...

Advancements in our understanding of the causes and correlates of disease mean that we are now able to estimate an individual's level of risk. This, and the ever-increasing need for healthcare interventions to be cost-effective, has led to calls for the introduction of risk-based screening....