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Farmer, huntsman and one‐time business entrepreneur, John King would seem to typify the capitalist figure. But behind his current chairmanship of Babcock and Wilcox—the £126m engineering and contracting group —lies a diverse (and sometimes stormy) career which began as a social experiment in a depressed Yorkshire mining area. Ken Gooding reports.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the UK. Black men are in a higher prostate cancer risk group possibly due to inherent genetic factors. The purpose of this paper is to introduce PROstate Cancer Evaluation and Education (PROCEE), an innovative serious game aimed at providing prostate cancer information and risk evaluation to black African-Caribbean men.

PROCEE has been carefully co-designed with prostate cancer experts, prostate cancer patients and members of the black African-Caribbean community in order to ensure that it meets the real needs and expectations of the target audience.

During the co-design process, the users defined an easy to use and entertaining game which can effectively raise awareness, inform users about prostate cancer and their risk, and encourage symptomatic men to seek medical attention in a timely manner.

During focus group evaluations, users embraced the game and emphasised that it can potentially have a positive impact on changing user behaviour among high risk men who are experiencing symptoms and who are reluctant to visit their doctor.

An entirely new gear lubricant announced by Shell‐Mex and B.P. known as Shell Tivela Compound A, makes it possible, for the first time, to seal industrial gearboxes for the whole of their effective life. The compound was developed in cooperation with Shell Research Ltd. and David Brown Gear Industries Ltd. who are now offering adaptable Radicon speed reducers that are sealed for life.

This year it is estimated that we in tills country will spend £330 million on toys, according to David Brown, general manager of British Lego. Traditionally the sale of toys has been conducted through the specialist toy retailer. Over the past thirty years or so, others have encroached on this lucrative market. What guarantee has the toy specialist, or any specialist trader for that matter, that manufacturers and distributors will treat them fairly, in the light of their low budgets, off‐centre sites and small stock rooms? Will the specialist suffer at peak seasons because delivery to large general retail outlets will take priority over his slower sales outlet?

A special machine tool had to be evolved by the David Brown Automobile Gear Division, Hudders‐field, in order to cut the elliptical gears, illustrated in FIG. 1, eight pairs of which are used in the flying control mechanism of each Bristol Britannia. Each gear is just under 2½ in. in diameter, with 71 teeth of 30 d.p. on each ½ in. outer face. There is a difference of 0·14 in. between the major and minor axes. The inner serrations serve to match the centres which are themselves eccentric in that they are bored ½ in. off centre.

This study highlights the impact of attaining and incorporating knowledge and building relationships with other firms in US apparel production.

Producers of apparel and sewn products operating within a US state form the sample for this mixed methods exploration. Study 1 involves a qualitative analysis of the producers highlighting knowledge in interorganizational discussions. Study 2 quantitatively measures responses from 38 producing firms. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used to measure associations, and simple slopes were computed to examine interactions.

The knowledge exchanged, according to participants in study 1, was limited, thus warranting further examination. Results from study 2 revealed strong associations among knowledge absorptive capacity, social interaction and people-oriented culture with network ties. A two-way interaction effect was found for absorptive capacity and social interaction, indicating association between social interaction and network ties was more positive at higher levels of absorption capacity and vice versa.

Findings provide theoretical and applied support for building network ties. This research operationalizes complicated-to-measure constructs critical to the empirical measurement of junctions from two theoretical frameworks, in the context of a specific industry. Though acceptable for exploratory research, additional work is needed to refine reliability measures and to examine a national sample.

This study links elements of social capital- and knowledge-based views of the firm necessary for reviving US apparel production. Broader outcomes from this research include job creation providing support and growth in the US sewn apparel and goods industry that will drive US economy.