Albert Edward Whitford (1906–2002)

Whitford and Zeitlin

In incisive and well-informed papers Herrigel and Whitford and Zeitlin defend the pragmatic collaborations/learning-by-monitoring (PC or LBM) view of customer– supplier relations against rival interpretations, but point to defects in the argument that may be related to fundamental limitations in the whole approach. Herrigel argues that whereas LBM suggests that customer–supplier relations will ...

Edward.

Number 1901 ( JUNE 2000 ) CONSUMER CITY By Edward L . Glaeser , Jed Kolko and Albert Saiz JUNE 2000

Urban economics has traditionally viewed cities as having advantages in production and disadvantages in consumption. We argue that the role of urban density in facilitating consumption is extremely important and understudied. As firms become more mobile, the success of cities hinges more and more on cities' role as centers of consumption. Empirically, we find that high amenity cities have grown...

Incidence and outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia in Inkosi Albert Luthuli and King Edward VIII Hospital surgical intensive care units

Background. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common causes of hospital morbidity and mortality, but has been poorly studied in the South African context. Objective. To evaluate the incidence and outcome of VAP in the intensive care units (ICUs) of two major centres in the Durban metropolitan area. Methods. The study was conducted over a period of 6 months with all intuba...

Albert Fry