In this volume, three respected business leaders examine fundamental issues involving American business and the economy. Michael J. Solomon, President, Warner Brothers International Television Distribution, addresses international telecommunications, describing its growth and significance and highlighting the changes to come with new technologies such as HDTV and laser disk technology. Edward E. Barr, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sun Chemical Corporation and DIC Americas, Inc., outlines an industrial strategy to help maintain America's competitive economic position and an education strategy that reworks a major preceptthe priority and purpose of educating our youth. Finally, Shelley Schwab, President, MCA TV Universal Studios, examines television in the nineties and the ramifications of new approaches to the medium, including interactive programming, video on demand, and virtual reality. The Joseph I. Lubin Memorial Lectures were established through the generosity of the late Joseph I. Lubin, a distinguished business, philanthropic, and civic leader. The lectures are presented by the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.
About the Author :
Daniel E. Diamond is Dean of the Undergraduate College, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.
Review :
"An incisive book, it should be on every obstetrician's reading list."-"Mothering",
"It is nothing short of courageous for a perinatologist to reveal that the supposed benefits of prenatal care as it's currently being delivered are unsubstantiated in medical research. Anyone who reads this book will discover the simple truth that it is women themselves, rather than their physicians or midwives, who have the power to influence their baby's well-being. Dr. Strong makes it abundantly clear there is cause to redesign the prenatal care delivery system in this country."-Lylaine Gavette, Director of Bethany Women's Healthcare and Birth Center and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Childbearing Centers
"Offers a careful regimen for change and ready-to-use advice for pregnant women and their doctors."-"Publishers Weekly",
"Over the last 20 years, the majority of U.S. women have entered prenatal care early, yet our infant mortality and preterm rates have been lagging further and further behind other developed nations. It's past time to admit that something's very wrong with this picture and it's our children and families who are suffering. Tom Strong has the courage to question whether the problem might be with the prenatal care system itself and challenges the medical establishment and all of us to face and address this profound perinatal crisis in the America."-Dr. Greg R. Alexander, Professor and Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"What makes this book important is its comprehensiveness, its general readability, and the fact that it has been written by a practicing obstetrician rather than a health services researcher or an academic obstetrician"-"The New England Journal of Medicine",
