NATO-Russia’s conflictual relationship represents one of the main elements international system, at least since end Cold War, having a significant impact in rivalry involving Great Powers, such as: United States, Russia, Germany, Britain, France and others. In fact, this intricate between Atlantic Alliance Moscow has been tainted by mistrust, mutual accusations ‘security dilemma’ situations, th...

Previous scholarship on American federalism has largely focused on the national government’s increasingly conflictual relationship with the states. While some studies have explored the rise of mandates at the state level, there has been comparatively less attention on state-local relationships. Using a new survey of mayors, we explore variations in local government attitudes towards their state...

Abstract Aims Core Surgical Training (CST) and Improving ST (IST) programmes are in flux their design controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the relative performance of a single Statutory Education Board’s (SEB) CST IST related rotation design, theme, protocol engagement. Methods Individual rotations numbering 181 were analysed prospectively over six-years (2014 2020). Primary outcome meas...

This chapter critically reflects on the deceptively simple relationship between language and survey response—a.k.a., the language-opinion connection. It discusses what survey researchers actually know about this link, paying close attention to challenges involving conceptualization, measurement, and research design. Throughout, the discussion emphasizes a core theme: Despite great advancements ...

For companies operating under unfavourable macroeconomic conditions, such as high wage / high tax countries in central Europe, innovation has become a central theme to survive. If there is one thing that has changed in innovation management during the last decade, it is the growing reliance on external sources of technology. As a consequence, a new task for purchasing arises, as firms need an u...