The information revolution has made for a radically more fluid knowledge environment, and the growth of venture capital has created inexorable pressure towards fast commercialisation of technologies. Companies that don't use the technologies they develop are likely to lose them.

A guide to managing creativity in a business environment. It demonstrates how to boost morale, productivity and consumer satisfaction - while having fun in the process.

A work that examines the reasons for Britain's rise and fall as a dominant sea power, from the Tudors. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', it suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth.

War cannot be controlled in future without an understanding of its past. These essays analyse war, its strategic characteristics and its political and social functions, over the past five centuries.

The twentieth century is often described as a century of total war, ranging from the two World Wars to countless civil wars and terrorist conflicts. As the century draws to a close, Stephen J. Cimbala wonders how the nature of warfare has changed over the years. His starting point is a simple observation by Carl von Clausewitz, the great Prussian philosopher of war, that wars are inseparable ...

The second edition of this classic work comments on the role of logistics in warfare.