The notion of ‘appropriate technology’ (AT) is universally seen as emanating from the writing and activities of the economist Fritz Schumacher. In fact, the term that Schumacher himself used was ‘intermediate technology’ and derived from visits he paid to India and Burma in the late 1950s and early 1960s in his capacity as senior economist to the British National Coal Board, invited to advise t...

With the development of e-commerce, digital intermediaries have joined the value chain linking suppliers and consumers. These intermediaries add value by undertaking several roles: aggregation, facilitation, matching and providing an environment of trust for transacting parties. In the public sector, the UK Government is driving forward the introduction of electronic service delivery by local a...

Approximately 3.8 million people in the UK have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and are, as a consequence, at risk of developing micro- macrovascular disease. The rapid increase T2DM prevalence places considerable burden on secondary healthcare. New classes glucose-lowering medications (sodium-glucose co-transporter inhibitors glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists) can improve outcomes for ...

In the war between Ottomans and Safavids Dynasty, two thirds of Kurdistan area was separated from Iran, and joined the Ottoman territories. The Ottoman empire was defeated in World War I and Kurdistan was divided among Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and a small part joined the Soviet Russia, i.e. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Concerning the Kurdish governments which were established in Iran being led...

Mobilising cross-sectoral action is helpful in addressing the range of social determinants that contribute to health inequities. The South Australian Health in All Policies (SA HiAP) approach was implemented from 2007 to stimulate cross-sector policy activity to address the social determinants of health to improve population wellbeing and reduce health inequities. This paper presents selected f...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Leadership in the shaping and implementation of collaboration agendas: how things happen in a (not quite) joined-up world Journal Article How to cite: Huxham, Chris and Vangen, Siv (2000). Leadership in the shaping and implementation of collaboration agendas: how things happen in a (not quite) joined-up world.