Cowperthwaite

The Right-wing American commentator PJ O'Rourke called Cowperthwaite "a master of simplicities".

Backdating Options, APB 25, and FAS 123 2006

The Right-wing American commentator PJ O'Rourke called Cowperthwaite "a master of simplicities".

Hong Kong’s Economic Growth: Laissez Faire or Entrepôt Trade? 2006

"You have to build flexibility into the contract so changes can be made without additional cost," explains Cowperthwaite.

Congestion charge: driving partnerships 2011

"Most outsourcing contracts include technology refreshment programmes, which means that the technology should always be up to date," says Cowperthwaite.

Congestion charge: driving partnerships 2011

In the 1960s, as Finance Secretary John Cowperthwaite was refashioning Hong Kong as a laboratory for laissez-faire economic policies, planners in both Labour and Tory governments were busy trying to pick winners in British industry.

Beijing's Hong Kong Problem 2011

Paul Cowperthwaite, head of contracted services for congestion charging and traffic enforcement at TfL, warns that keeping up to date with technological developments can lead to an increase in costs and, therefore, outsourcing agreements must be flexible enough to adapt.

Congestion charge: driving partnerships 2011

However, Cowperthwaite says the caveat that performance targets must be realistic to be effective – if they are too stringent, they can actually lead to an increase in costs.

Congestion charge: driving partnerships 2011

As Eric Cowperthwaite , Providence Health & Services' chief information-security officer, put it: "Doctors have been taught that they are the ultimate arbiter of what happens in their sphere of influence."

Health-Care Industry: Heal Thyself M. Eric Johnson 2011

Under Cowperthwaite, who died earlier this year, big projects were built by the private sector or not at all.

Hong Kong: Roll Over, Adam Smith 2007

Cowperthwaite believed that government should concern itself with only minimal intervention on behalf of the most needy, and should not interfere in business.

Backdating Options, APB 25, and FAS 123 2006