The Real Leading Practice

Loss Leading as an Exploitative Practice

Loss Leading pricing is often referred to as an advertising strategy which allows retailers to attract consumers by subsidizing some products and make profits from other items; in this way, below-cost pricing may improve consumer welfare by compensating consumers for their lack of information. This paper shows that large retailers can instead use loss leading as an exploitative device at the de...

Hospitality and service: leading real change.

A patient's decision to recommend a health care organization and the patient's loyalty scores are largely determined by the interaction patients and their families have with the nurses. Hospitality is how the delivery of that product makes the person feel and is a dialogue that requires the server to be "on the guest's side" throughout the experience. The challenge for health care is to help ou...

Real Quantiier Elimination in Practice

We give a survey of three implemented real quantiier elimination methods: partial cylindrical algebraic decomposition, virtual substitution of test terms, and a combination of Grr obner basis computations with multivariate real root counting. We examine the scope of these implementations for applications in various elds of science, engineering, and economics.

Almost a Legend – John Fry, Leading Reformer of General Practice

The title of this book would suggest that the reader would need to be in London and have a strong pair of walking boots at the ready. However while the book does provide a walking guide, it also makes an excellent read in its own right. This is because the author provides a fascinating insight into the historical development of healthcare which is relevant not only in London but in the country ...

Leading The Ignorant: Can Ignorance Eliminate The Free Riding Problem?