I alliances are widely recognized as critical to product innovation, particularly in hightechnology markets. Many new product development (NPD) alliances tend to be asymmetric, that is, they are formed between a larger firm and a smaller firm. As is the case with alliances in general, asymmetric alliances also typically result in changes in the shareholder values of the partner firms. Are the c...

The CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR 141716A abolished the inhibition of Ca2+ currents by the agonist WIN 55,212-2. However, SR 141716A alone increased Ca2+ currents, with an EC50 of 32 nM, in neurons that had been microinjected with CB1 cRNA. For an antagonist to elicit an effect, some receptors must be tonically active. Evidence for tonically active CB1 receptors was seen as enhanced to...

The physicians, hospitals, and particularly the sponsors of “Safety of Contemporary Percutaneous Peripheral Arterial Interventions in the Elderly: Insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium Peripheral Vascular Intervention Registry” are to be congratulated for their innovative, forward-looking efforts to improve the quality of care for lower-extremity periphe...

This article argues that there is nothing inherently bad about power over others – it depends on how used; in many ways does not have to be a zero-sum game; and perspectives strategies for transforming from below, vital as they are, should distract the potentials transformations above. Power can used empower. requires changes mindsets behaviour, with actions like convening, catalysing, facilita...