The widespread adoption of information technologies (IT) characterising the recent competitive advantage scenario has been of great interest to researchers and practitioners. An important management question today is whether the anticipated economic benefits of information technology are being realised. There have been contradictory findings in the literature regarding its impact on firms'productivity. While the debate known as the “IT productivity” paradox still endures, empirical studies have not shown consistent results to clarify how IT offers benefits to the owning firms.

Project Management for Small Projects shows you how to tailor bureaucratic planning processes to a sleek minimum while still keeping your project running like a well-oiled machine.Managing projects requires time, effort, and discipline, regardless of the project size. The difference between managing larger and smaller projects is not only the amount of time, effort, and discipline but also the processes and tools. For years, this book has helped managers of small projects design scalable processes and simplified tools for immediate use in managing small projects.

En el mundo cultural del Siglo de Oro tiene lugar una fuerte resurrección de la hermandad entre pictura y poesis, que alcanza una gran difusión en un amplio abanico de alcances, formas y funciones. Por ello, la pintura -todavía más que otras artes- constituye una clave fundamental para acercarse a la poesía de Quevedo, una perspectiva de lectura que permite tanto perfilar asuntos ya trillados como descubrir algunas dimensiones novedosas.

La gran polémica de nuestro tiempo es la tensión entre figurativismo y no figurativismo pictórico. Está claro que se trata de una polémica profana en la que no entran los entendidos ni los buenos aficionados. Pero la voz de la calle, la famosa “vox populi” es un síntoma muy digno de tomarse en cuenta, no tanto por lo que dice como por la conciencia colectiva que representa.