Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an argument for taking the long view of the retention and preservation of inactive medical records. Design/methodology/approach – Using the theoretical framework of Actor-Network Theory, the author examines medical records, and especially...

This paper highlights the importance of natural resource concentration and ethnic group regional concentration for ethnic conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat points) is identified. The theory predicts war to be more...