The book contains all contributions to the conference „Tibetan History“ at St. Andrews University, Scotland, September 2001. Includes 25 historical photographs form 1921 out of the Charles Bell Collection, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford which have never been publiched before.
Exploring the rich tapestry of pilgrimage in Tibetan culture, the book delves into both historical and modern perspectives. It highlights myths and legends, material conditions, and textual sources while incorporating the insights of contemporary pilgrims. Additionally, it addresses the impact of political and economic factors, as well as notable biographies and recent developments within the pilgrimage tradition.
How to minimise cose and create global competitive advantage. It doesn't make sense. Around the globe many organisations outsource all or part of their sales function and enjoy significant competitive advantage by doing so. Why is it then - and research commissioned for this book has confirmed this quantitatively - that the sales function is the least likely business function to be outsourced? The way most businesses approach their sales function has remained largely stagnant. Meanwhile, other areas of business have been reinvented over and over. Where other functions - information technology and logistics, for instance - are frequently outsourced in order to access benefits including flexibility, expertise and cost savings, the sales function is more often than not kept in-house. In Death of the Salesman, we argue that this situation offers a significant potential source of competitive advantage for those firms willing to look beyond 'the way we do things around here'. The sales function is ripe for reinvention - this book shows you how this reinvention can be achieved.