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On February 12, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Managing Risk in International Business"
by Ephraim Clark and Bernard Marois
(International Thomson Business Press: London)
[HG 4027.5 .C584 1996]
"This is a comprehensive guide to the major sources of risk encountered in activities such as importing, exporting, borrowing, lending and investing in new markets. It provides managers with an understanding of both traditional and advanced new risk measurement techniques borrowed from modern portfolio and option pricing theory.
The first part of the book defines and analyzes economic, financial, political and currency risk. Parts two and three explain how these risks are assessed and managed to enable strategic decisions to be made. The emphasis throughout is on practical applications and experience using case studies and topical examples such as the Mexican peso crisis of 1994."
"Field Casework"
by Lisa K. Gundry and Aaron A. Buchko
(Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA)
[HD 69 .C6 G853 1996]
"This monograph addresses the common questions and concerns that students engaging in consulting projects for small and startup businesses have. Offering practical and direct guidance, this informative text supports and directs the reader from the initial project assignment and client meeting to the closing presentation and exit meeting. Primary chapters are devoted to establishing client relationships, conducting the information search, maintaining a cohesive student consulting team, and developing recommendations for the client business. A unique feature of the book is the incorporation of student reactions, responses and advice in each chapter. Information about the role of the Small Business Administration, and Small Business Institutes, confidentiality, and ethical considerations is included in two appendices."
"Interest Rates and Budget Deficits"
by Kanhaya Gupta and Bakhtiar Moazzami
(Routledge: London)
[HJ 2043 .G86 1996]
"Does fear of higher inflation lead to higher interest rates? For the past decade, rising interest rates have dominated economic headlines. It now seems that the persistently low rates of the 1970s have given way to persistently high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. This book explores this phenomenon and discusses various aspects of interest rates across a range of developed countries. In particular, the authors examine: the relationship between high budget deficits, debts and high interest rates; the role of inflation expectations and the Fisher hypothesis; empirical evidence from eleven advanced economies - Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the USA."
"The Changing Social Benefits in Russian Enterprises"
from OECD
(OECD: Paris)
[HD 4928 .N6 C48 1996]
"Worker compensation in the Russian Federation has traditionally included a large package of social benefits. But these are decreasing, even if they continue to be important in certain industries and regions. This book looks at the restructuring of the ownership, management and function of enterprise-based social assets and how employer-provided services are granted, in light of potentially desirable changes in the social protection system in the Russian federation."
Other new titles . . .
"The Character of Economic Thought, Economic Characters, and Economic Institutions"
Selected Essays by Mark Perlman
(The University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor)
[HB 34 .P423 1996]
"Between Bargaining and Politics: An Introduction to European Labor Relations"
by Hans Slomp
(Praeger: Westport, CT)
[HD 6658.5 .S59 1996]
"Policy Responses to the Globalization of American Banking"
by Peter Dombrowski
(University of Pittsburgh Press)
[HG 2569 .D65 1996]
"Trade and Investment in the 1990s: Experts Debate on Japan-U.S. Issues"
edited by Ryuzo Sato, Rama V. Ramachandran and Myra Aronson
(New York University Press: New York)
[HF 1456.5 .J3 T73 1996]
"Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia: Insiders and the State"
edited by Roman Frydman, Cheryl W. Gray and Andrzej Rapaczynski
(Central European University Press: Budapest)
[HD 2844 .C67 1996 v.2]
"Total Workplace Performance: Rethinking the Office Environment"
by Stan Aronoff and Audrey Kaplan
(WDL Publications: Ottawa, Canada)
[HF 5547 .A76 1995]
"Corporate Comeback: The Story of Renewal and Transformation at National Semiconductor"
by Robert H. Miles
(Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco)
[HD 9696 .S44 N388 1997]
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On February 13, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Foundations of International Macroeconomics"
by Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff
(The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA)
[HF 1359 .O27 1996]
"This amazingly comprehensive book provides a luicd explanation of modern macroeconomic theory and applies the theory to a wide range of international issues. For reference and classroom use, it sets a new standard in open economy macroeconomics. The use of boxes and applications in an advanced graduate text such as this is unorthodox but extremely effective."
"America's Tax Revolution How It Will Affect You"
from The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Martin A. Sullivan
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[HJ 4652 .A87 1996]
"The Tax Revolution! You've read about it in the papers and heard about it on the news. Everyone has an opinion, but no one seems to know exactly what it is. Read this accurate, unbiased summary - then ... YOU BE THE JUDGE! Has the tax revolution finally reached Congress? Will tax reform really lower your taxes, or will it cost more? Can anyone make sense of all the competing claims and plans? Which of the current proposals will best help stimulate the economy ... encourage savings ... keep inflation down? Who can you believe? How can you participate in the tax debate?"
"Forecasting Financial Markets: Exchange Rates, Interest Rates and Asset Management"
edited by Christian Dunis
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HG 4523 .F67 1996]
"Today's financial markets are characterized by a large number of participants, with different appetites for risk, different time horizons, different motivations and reactions to unexpected news. The mathematical techniques and models used in the forecasting of financial markets have therefore grown ever more sophisticated as traders, analysts and investors seek to gain an edge on their competitors.
Written by leading international researchers and practitioners, this book focuses on three major themes of today's state of the art financial research: modeling with high frequency data, the information content of volatility markets, and applications of neural networks and genetic algorithms to financial time series."
"How to Price a Profitable Company"
by Paul Baron
(amacom: New York)
[HG 4028 .V3 B22 1996]
"This book provides expert strategies for setting the sale or purchase of a profitable, closely held company in today's volatile marketplace. With seasoned business broker Paul Baron as your guide, you will learn everything you need to know about pricing, including: techniques used by 23 of the most successful buyers in America; pros and cons of leveraged buyout pricing strategies; reasons some companies do not sell; traditional or IRS methods of pricing a business; different types of buyers and sellers; discounted cash flow techniques and how they work; the seven kinds of prices and how to determine which are most important to you; and much more."
Other new titles . . .
"The Technological Competitiveness of Japanese Multinationals: The European Dimension"
by Robert Pearce and Marina Papanastassiou
(The University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor)
[HD 2907 .P4 1996]
"Expatriate Management: New Ideas for International Business"
edited by Jan Selmer
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HF 5549.5 .E45 E97 1995]
"Home to Work: Motherhood and the Politics of Industrial Homework in the United States"
by Eileen Boris
(Cambridge University Press)
[HD 2336 .U5 B67 1994]
"Is Bank Lending Important for the Transmission of Monetary Policy?"
edited by Joe Peek and Eric S. Rosengren
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
[HG 540 .I8 1995]
"The Will to Lead: Managing with Courage and Conviction in the Age of Uncertainity"
by Neil Snyder and Angela Clontz
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HD 57.7 .S692 1997]
"Inequality in the Workplace: Underemployment among Mexicans, African Americans, and Whites"
by Jose M. Soltero
(Garland Publishing: New York)
[HD 5709.2 .U6 S65 1996]
"The Empowerment Manual"
by Terry Wilson
(Grower: Aldershot, UK)
[HD 50.5 .W55 1996]
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On February 13, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"International Business"
by Roger Bennett
(Pitman Publishing: London)
[HD 62.4 .B46 1996]
"International Business is a wide-ranging subject which incorporates theories, concepts and practices from a large number of academic fields. Accordingly, this book collects together into a single volume all the relevant essential topics, presenting them in a clear, concise and informative way. Examples of the many important matters covered in the text include: the implications of West European economic and political intergration; the prospects and problems posed by East European countries; theories of international trade, financial management and investment; national and supranational control of multinationals; competition, privatisation and deregulation of industry and trade; market entry strategies and techniques; and, international employee relations and the management of expatriate staff."
"Disability, Work and Cash Benefits"
edited by Jerry Mashaw, Virginia Reno, Richard Burkhauser and Monroe Berkowitz
(W.E. Upjohn Institute: Kalamazoo, MI)
[HD 7256 .U5 D565 1996]
"The papers in this volume are devoted to the analysis of disability, work, and cash benefits. The authors seek to understand the causes of work disability and the types of interventions that might enable individuals to remain at work, return to work, or enter the workforce for the first time, despite having chronic health conditions and impairments."
"The European Union and National Industrial Policy"
edited by Hussein Kassim and Anand Menon
(Routledge: London)
[HD 3616 .E8 E874 1996]
"The authors investigate the impact of EU initiatives on the policies traditionally pursued by the four larger members in these areas. In doing so, they shed light on how national actors have responded to the growing importance of the EU and how relationships between actors - especially governments and state-owned companies - have been affected. The contibutors use their findings to assess the impact of the EU on state autonomoy and to evaluate claims that have been made about the consequences of European integration for the member states."
"Elusive Development"
by Marshall Wolfe
(Zed Books: London)
[HD 78 .W64 1996]
"A stimulating book by an exceptionally well qualified, honest and sophisticated participant-observer in UN development programmes and debates. The author suggests that there are no general recipes other than recognizing the inevitable social tensions, contradictions and hypocrisies involved and attempting to confront them in each historical situation as humanistically as possible. His discussion of the issues is invariably clear, well informed, insightful and provocative."
Other new titles . . .
"Britain's Place in the World: A Historical Enquiry into Import Controls 1945-60"
by Alan Milward and George Brennan
(Routledge: London)
[HF 3506 .M55 1996]
"Where Is Our Responsibility?
Unions and Economic Change in the New England Textile Industry, 1879-1960"
by William F. Hartford
(University of Massachusetts Press: Amherst)
[HD 9857 .M4 H37 1996]
"Industrial Organization in the European Union:
Structure, Strategy, and the Competitive Mechanism"
by Stephen Davies and Bruce Lyons
(Clarendon Press: Oxford)
[HD 2844 .D38 1996]
"Priced To Sell: The Complete Guide to More Profitable Pricing"
by Herman Holtz
(Upstart Publishing Company: [??])
[HF 5416.5 .H65 1996]
"Macroeconomic Policy and the Future of Capitalism:
The Revenge of the Rentiers and the Threat to Prosperity"
by John Smithin
(Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK)
[HG 230.3 .S64 1996]
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On February 16, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"The Creative Trainer"
by Michael Lawlor and Peter Handley
(McGraw-Hill: London)
[HF 5549.5 .T7 L34 1996]
"This book will show new and creative approaches to training people within organizations. It is based on the principles of Accelerated Learning, previously applied to language learning. Full of unusual and innovative methods for immediate use, this book will enable trainers to make their courses more enjoyable and successful. It discusses the recent discoveries on how the two hemispheres of the brain operate, guiding trainers on how to use their ideas and techniques to enrich and empower their training programs, as well as including guidance on putting ideas into practice."
"Managing Structural Deficit Reduction"
from OECD
(OECD: Paris)
[HJ 2043 .M33 1996]
"A high budget deficit is untenable in the long term and there is general agreement that these imbalances must be reduced. However cyclical improvements are not sufficient. New measures must be taken constantly to redress the structural component of budget deficits by reducing expenses or increasing revenues.
This publication presents the results of a survey of strategies and techniques being applied in Member countries to reduce or eliminate structural deficits. It consists of a general overview of the changes which have taken place, and detailed chapters on the policies adopted by individual Member countries."
"Managing Product Development"
edited by Toshihiro Nishiguchi
(Oxford University Press: New York)
[HF 515.153 .M334 1996]
"This book brings together the work of leading international researchers in the field of product innovation and development. Competitive success between firms nearly always depends on what new products they can develop and bring to market. Some chapters examine broad issues related to the impact of information technology and the role that social factors play in the successful development of products: they also describe the ways that Japanese firms develop products internationally. Other chapters explore product development in the automobile, biotechnology, photolithographic, and textile machinery industries. The book thus provides a guide to successful product development for firms in diverse industries."
"Expanding Access to Financial Services in Latin America"
edited by Miguel Basch and Camilo Morales
(Inter-American Development Bank: Washington, DC)
[HG 187 .A2 E96 1995]
"Even though small and medium-sized businesses constitute a significant segement of the leading market in Latin America, the credit potential of these firms has long been neglected. Today, encouraging such businesses to make greater use of banking services and become more attractive borrowers is essential to expanding the region's banking industry. This monograph examines how macroeconomic conditions and adjustment processes have affected efforts to incorporate small businesses into national financial systems. Constraints include restrictive monetary policies, inflation and high interest rates, as well as the informal and under-capitalized nature of a sector traditionally excluded from access to banking services. Policy recommendations from case studies on Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay point to the importance of market-based allocation tools and a growing role of nongovernment organizations at different levels of the credit management process."
Other new titles . . .
"Marketing Nonprofit Programs and Services:
Proven and Practical Strategies to Get More Customers, Members, and Donors"
by Douglas B. Herron
(Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco)
[HF 5415 .H395 1997]
"Investment In China: A Question and Answer Guide on How to Do Business"
by Wang Yongjun
(amacom: New York)
[HG 5782 .W373 1997]
"The Strategic Heart: Using the New Science to Lead Growing Organizations"
by Michael H. Shenkman
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HD 58.9 .S49 1996]
"Reinventing the CFO: Moving from Financial Management to Strategic Management"
by Thomas Walther, Henry Johansson, John Dunleavy and Elizabeth Hjelm
(McGraw-Hill: New York)
[HG 4027.35 .R45 1997]
"Devil's Pact: Inside the World of the Teamsters Union"
by F.C. Duke Zeller
(A Birch Lane Press Book: Secaucus, NJ)
[HD 6515 .T32 I579 1996]
"The Question of Food Security in Cuban Socialism"
by Laura J. Enriquez
(University of California: Berkeley)
[HD 9014 .C92 E57 1994]
"America - Needs a Raise"
by John J. Sweeney
(Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston)
[HD 6508 .S87 1996]
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On February 18, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Poverty in Canada"
by Christopher A. Sarlo
(The Fraser Institute: Vancouver, BC)
[HC 120 .P6 S27 1996]
"In this monograph the author develops an alternative approach to defining and measuring proverty - one based on the cost of necessities. He argues persuasively that this basic needs approach gives us a more relevant and useful distinction between the poor and non-poor and permits legitimate intertemporal and international comparisons."
"Multimedia Tools for Managers"
by Bohdan Szuprowicz
(amacom: New York)
[HF 5718 .S983 1997]
"This book is a quick-start manual for readers who need to understand interactive multimedia communications and its significance to their organization's future. It discusses major concepts, explains technology basics, and provides background for knowledgeable decision making and negotiations with technicians and vendors of systems and services."
"America's Best"
by Theodore B. Kinni
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[TS 149 .K53 1996]
"This book is based on the collective lessons of 'Industry Week's' America's Best Plants award winners. The components of successful manufacturing described here are taken directly from their experiences. It is a unique reference that reveals an integrated system of success, innumerable individual solutions, a statistical profile, and a self-assessment to see how you measure up to the best. The book is also a celebration of manufacturing excellence."
"John Kenneth Galbraith"
by James Ronald Stanfield
(St. Martin's Press: New York)
[HB 119 .G33 S73 1996]
"The scope of this book is standard. The aim is to provide an intellectual portrait of John Kenneth Galbraith. He may well be the most famous economist of the last half century. Yet there is no doubt that he also represents a very obscure American institutionalist tradition. This paradox the author cannot solve for the reader. Perhaps it is merely a by-product of Galbraith's desire to augment his sales by avoiding academic notation or by exaggerating the originality of his work. Perhaps his success speaks to a desire of the public for literate relevant economics in an age of intense formalism in the profession."
Other new titles . . .
"The American Aerospace Industry: From Workshop to Global Enterprise"
by Roger E. Bilstein
(Twayne Publishers: New York)
[HD 9711.5 .U6 B55 1996]
"Computing and Communications in the Extreme:
Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications"
from the National Research Council
(National Academy Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 49 .C65 1996]
"Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior"
edited by Eric A. Hanushek and Nancy L. Maritato
(National Academy Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 7105.35 .U6 A87 1996]
"Financial Services, Globalization and Domestic Policy Change"
by William D. Coleman
(St. Martin Press: New York)
[HG 173 .C665 1996]
"Economic Interdependence and Innovative Activity: An Input-Output Analysis"
by Christian DeBresson
(Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK)
[HC 79 .T4 E252 1996]
"The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Papers in Honor of Jagdish Bhagwati"
edited by Robert Feenstra, Gene Grossman and Douglas Irwin
(The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA)
[HF 1411 .P59116 1996]
"Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Great Debate Over Tax Reform"
by Joel Slemrod and Jon Bakija
(The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA)
[HJ 4652 .S528 1996]
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On February 24, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Risky Business: Managing Employee Violence in the Workplace"
by Lynne Falkin McClure
(The Haworth Press: New York)
[HF 5549.5 .E43 M39 1996]
"This book tells in plain language the specific behaviors that indicate an employee has the potential to become violent, and it tells managers what to do - and what not to do - to prevent workplace violence. The author describes in clear detail the eight major categories of behavioral clues to violence and includes anecodotes from work settings to help managers and others identify potentially violent employees. Most importantly, she emphasizes what managers must and must not do when they see these 'clues' in an employee's behavior and how to create and maintain a work environment that is more likely to protect everyone."
"Building a Corporate Internet Strategy: The IT Manager's Guide"
by Amit K. Maitra
(VMR: New York)
[HD 30.37 .M35 1996]
"This book is an information technology (IT) manager's guide to building and maintaining a successful business site, one that fully (and securely) enhances all aspects of the enterprise - sales, marketing, customer service, human resources, finance, and more. In one concise, authoritative volume, it offers practical, proven courses of action (backed by real-life case studies) for taking the Internet for all it's worth. Using this guide, you will be able to create an Internet plan that has the full support of business managers.
From this monograph you can obtain the information you need to: realize the highest return on your Internet investment; document the costs and benefits of being online in dollars-and-cents terms; get up to speed on crucial technical issues, including Web server security, inbound data activities, restricted information access, and electronic ordering and selling; develop an efficient, farsighted corporate online policy; and, construct your own Intranet - your company's exclusive, needs-based online universe!"
"Interactive Marketing: The Future Present"
edited by Edward Forrest and Richard Mizerski
(NTC Business Books: Lincolnwood, IL)
[HF 5415.1264 .F67 1996]
"The purpose of this book is to examine the nature and scope of impact that interactive communication technologies are (and will be) having on the world of marketing and marketing communications. The editors recognize, at the outset, the impossibility of doing much more than scratching the surface. The dizzying speed of change dates "futuristic" predictions virtually as they are made. That limitation, however, helps explain why they have included the articles presented here. For while the authors describe and discuss many of the new and truly amazing technologies and applications being used today and being anticipated tomorrow, they focus on how we need to think about them. In some cases this new world of interactivity means doing things in totally new ways. In others, it doesn't. But in all instances, it means rethinking approaches and strategies and melding the best of the traditional with the new."
"Intranet Business Strategies"
by Mellanie Hills
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[HD 30.385 .H55 1997]
"This book is for business and IT managers interested in helping their companies profit from the many advantages of a private, Web-based network. It's also a complete, step-by-step guide for all those involved in planning and implementing their organization's intranet. With the help of case studies from 13 leading companies, including JCPenney, Bell Atlantic, EDS, Texas Instruments, and Turner Broadcasting, the author: analyzes the advantages, disadvantages, costs, and benefits of an intranet; helps you determine whether your company is ready for an intranet; provides you with a step-by-step plan for implementing an intranet along with detailed checklists; plus many, many more ideas."
Other new titles . . .
"Social Security in the 21st Century"
edited by Eric Kingson and James Schulz
(Oxford University Press: New York)
[HD 7125 .S59923 1997]
"Beyond the glass ceiling: Forty women whose ideas shape the modern world"
edited by Sian Griffiths
(Manchester University Press: Manchester, UK)
[HD 6054 .B49 1996]
"Measuring and Controlling Interest Rate Risk"
by Frank J. Fabozzi
(Frank J. Fabozzi Associates: New Hope, PA)
[HG 1621 .F35 1996]
"Multinationality and Firm Performance"
by Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HD 2755.5 .R5 1996]
"Economics of a Pure Gold Standard"
by Mark Skousen
(Foundation for Economic Education: Irvington-on-Hudson, NY)
[HG 297 .S56 1996]
"Trade Policy Review - Kingdom of Morocco - 1996"
from World Trade Organization
(WTO: Geneva)
[HF 1611.3 .T7 1996]
"Target Costing: The Next Frontier in Strategic Cost Management"
edited by Shahid L. Ansari and others
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago, IL)
[HD 47.35 .T37 1997]
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On February 24, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Competition and New Technology in the Electric Power Sector"
from OECD
(OECD: Paris)
[HD 9685 .A2 C73 1996]
"Growing competition in the electric power sector is reducing costs to utilities and their customers. But it may also weaken incentives for longer-term research, development and demonstration efforts that are needed to put in place cheaper, cleaner technologies for producing power in the future. This survey, prepared by experts from ten different countries reporting to the International Energy Agency's Committee on Energy Research and Technology, offers a range of current views on the key long-run RD&D needs of electric utilities and the extent to which competition will reduce utility efforts to meet these needs. It also examines measures that utilities and governments might take to ensure that needed technology development in the electric power sectors continues."
"Doing Business with Spain"
from The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain
(Kogan Page: London)
[HF 3687 .D64 1996]
"Spain has developed a thriving liberalized economy, which is now well regarded by international companies and investors. Offering exciting opportunities for foreign investment, Spanish firms are ideal partners for organizations wishing to build their positions in both the European Union and the rapidly expanding markets of Latin America. This unique book, addressed to investors, corporate executives, analysts and government officials, offers an authoritative overview of all aspects of business practice with Spain."
"A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco"
by David Selvin
(Wayne State University Press: Detroit)
[HD 5325 .L62 1934 .S35 1996]
"In the endless struggle of American workers for recognition and respect in modern industrial society, the Pacific Coast maritime strike and the San Francisco General Strikes in 1934 stand as crucial and symbolic events. The strikes released the long-simmering rage against anti-unionism that had until then shielded the nation's great industries from workers' demands. In this book the author presents a narrative history of the strikes. Unlike other labor historians who have stressed the importance of radical groups involved in the strikes, he addresses the impact on unions, owners, government, and the daily press."
"Intellectual Capital"
by Annie Brooking
(International Thomson Business Press: London)
[HD 53 .B76 1996]
"There is a new awareness in the boardroom. Across the world, major corporations are beginning to realize that their most valuable assets are intangible. They have discovered that the value of the corporation is no longer the buildings, the machinery or even the products, but customer loyalty, the ability to collaborate with business partners, intellectual property, electronic infrastructures and the innovative potential and know-how of employees. They have discovered that their greatest asset is intellectual capital.
Read this book and discover how to manage, control and record the value of the intangible assets in your business. The book provides a practical framework to audit intellectual capital in your organization - learn what it is, what it's worth and how to manage it."
Other new titles . . .
"The Sinews of War: Hard Cash and the 1890 Maritime Strike"
by Stuart Svensen
(University of New South Wales Press: Sydney, Australia)
[HD 5450 .S42 1890 S93 1995]
"Show and Sell: 133 Business Building Ways to Promote Your Trade Show Exhibit"
by Margit B. Weisgal
(amacom: New York)
[HF 5438.5 .W45 1997]
"Crisis banking in the East:
The History of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, 1853-1893"
by Stuart Muirhead
(Scolar Press: Aldershot, UK)
[HG 3288 .C47 M85 1996]
"Inequality: Radical Institutionalist Views on Race, Gender, Class and Nation"
edited by William M. Dugger
(Greenwood Press: Westport, CT)
[HB 97.7 .I53 1996]
"Institutional Investors and Corporate Goverance: Best Practices for Increasing Corporate Value"
by Carolyn Kay Brancato
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HG 4521 .B6458 1997]
"Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time"
by Amos Elon
(Viking: New York)
[HG 1552 .R82 E46 1996]
"Mission Critical: The 7 Strategic Traps that Derail Even the Smartest Companies"
by Joseph C. Picken and Gregory G. Dess
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HD 30.28 .P44 1997]
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On February 27, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Competitive Governments: An Economic Theory of Politics and Public Finance"
by Albert Breton
(Cambridge University Press)
[HJ 131 .B74 1996]
"This monograph explores in a systematic way the hypothesis that governments are internally competitive, that they are competitive in their relations with one another and in their relations with other institutions in society that, like them, supply consuming households with goods and services. The author contends that competition not only serves to bring the political system to an equilibrium but that it also leads to a revelation of the households' true demand functions for publicly provided goods and services and to the molding of a link between the quantities and the qualities demanded and supplied and the taxprices paid for these goods and services. In the real world where information is costly, the links may not be first-best, but they will be efficient if competition is vigorous."
"Financial Development Policy and Growth"
by Jean-Claude Berthelemy and Aristomene Varoudakis
(OECD: Paris)
[HG 173 .B49 1996]
"This book provides conclusive evidence, using econometric techniques and country case studies, that the relationship between financial development and overall economic growth is reciprocal. By aligning these two factors, the authors identify four "convergence clubs", groups of economies heading for different growth regimes. Identifing the category into which a country falls can help policy makers devise the most beneficial policies to avoid the poverty trap and resume a growth trajectory. The study concludes that these policies must include the creation of an appropriate macroeconomic environment for developing the financial sector and building stable institutions."
"Manager's Survival Guide:
How to Avoid the 750 Most Common Mistakes in Dealing with People"
by Allan Krieff
(Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
[HF 5549.5 .C6 K748 1996]
"Dealing with employees, customers, and vendors isn't always easy - but saying the wrong thing could cost your company a valuable account . . . or you your career. This text gives you the tips, tools, and techniques for avoiding 750 communication mistakes people make on the job every day. You'll see how to correct or avoid these mistakes with 'practical solutions' successfully used by business people who learned them the hard way - through experience. Experience that can now work for you! Here's practical advice for communicating effectively in such areas as training and evaluation . . . hiring and firing . . . customer complaints . . . interviewing errors (on both sides of the desk) . . . and sales presentations."
"Corporate Culture - Team Culture: Removing the Hidden Barriers to Team Success"
by Jacalyn Sherriton and James L. Stern
(amacom: New York)
[HD 66 .S486 1997]
"This book gives every CEO a clear and concise blueprint for building a successful organization. It's an interesting read, full of succinct examples and distinct models that offer clear direction on making any business a more productive, effective, and pleasant place to work."
Other new titles . . .
"Growth, the Environment and the Distribution of Incomes: Essays by a Skeptical Optimist"
by Wilfred Beckerman
(Edward Elgar: Aldershot, UK)
[HD 75.6 .B43 1995]
"Best Practice Benchmarking: An International Perspective"
by Sylvia Codling
(Gulf Publishing: Houston, TX)
[HD 62.15 .C565 1996]
"Industrial Constructions: The Sources of German Industrial Power"
by Gary Herrigel
(Cambridge University Press)
[HD 2329 .H47 1996]
"An Introduction to the Economics of Information: Incentives and Contracts"
by Ines Macho-Stadler and J. David Perez-Castrillo
(Oxford University Press)
[HB 133 .M33 1997]
"Technology's Harvest: Feeding a Growing World Population"
by Robert Multhaup and Gunther Eschenbrenner
(Gulf Publishing: Houston, TX)
[HD 9483 .U54 M18 1996]
"Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story"
by Donald E. Wolf
(University of Oklahoma Press: Norman)
[HD 9517 .U54 S539 1996]
"Managing Global Operations: Cultural and Technical Success Factors"
by Scott T. Young and Winter Nie
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HD 62.4 .Y678 1996]
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On March 3, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Roger Dawson's Secrets of Power Negotiating"
by Roger Dawson
(Career Press: Hawthorne, NJ)
[HD 58.6 .D39 1995]
"You have probably heard that the objective of a negotiation is to create a win-win solution. Power Negotiating takes a different position. Power Negotiating teaches you how to win at the negotiating table, but leave the other person feeling that he or she won. The author will teach you how to do this and do it in such a way that the other side permanently feels that they won."
"Corporate Therapy and Consulting"
by Len Sperry
(Brunner/Mazel: New York)
[HF 5548.8 .S6258 1996]
"Mental health professionals are increasingly having to consult with various kinds of organizations - a result of changes wrought by managed care, corporate downsizing, and expanding technology. Given these new realities, this book serves as an indispensable guide for translating clinical skills into an organizational setting.
The author has crafted a book that introduces these new realities and helps clinicians negotiate their way to a successful practice by interacting in a corporate setting. It includes a thorough analysis of contemporary economic and societal trends, the different kinds of responses to them, and the role corporate therapy and consultation plays in promoting a viable work environment - no matter what the external variables. The text provides a clear, cogent description of the hierarchy of intervention processes from contracting, assessing, and planning to effecting meaningful organization change."
"Group Model Building: Facilitating Team Learning Using System Dynamics"
by Jac A.M. Vennix
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HD 30.23 .V47 1996]
"This book is about increasing team performance. If focuses on building system dynamics models when tacking a mix of interrelated strategic problems to enhance team learning, foster consensus, and create commitment. The book is intended to be applied in the organizations of today. As the "command and control" organization evolves into one of decision-making teams, so these teams have become the critical building blocks upon which the performance of the organization depends. The team members face an increased complexity of decision making with the interrelation of several strategic problems.
What this means is that people have different views of the situation and will define problems differently. However, research shows that this can in fact be very productive if and when people learn from each other in order to build a shared perspective. Learning in this way might prove to be the only sustainable competitive advantage for organizations in the future."
"Family Business: Human Dilemmas in the Family Firm"
by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
(International Thomson Business Press: London)
[HD 62.25 .K48 1996]
"In this monograph the author shows how understanding the dynamics of the family business will improve its survival rate. The book delves into the motives, ideals, drives and resistances of the people who make up the family business, and explores the difficulties involved in establishing a balance between family and business life."
Other new titles . . .
"Capitalizing on the Global Workforce: A Strategic Guide to Expatriate Management"
by Michael Schell and Charlene Marmer Solomon
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HF 5549.5 .E45 S34 1997]
"Managing the Information Ecology:
A Collaborative Approach to Information Technology Management"
by Bruce W. Hasenyager
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HD 30.213 .H37 1996]
"The Digital Estate: Strategies for Competing, Surviving, and Thriving in an Internetworked World"
by Chuck Martin
(McGraw-Hill: New York)
[HD 30.37 .M368 1997]
"Strictly Business: Walter Carpenter at Du Pont and General Motors"
by Charles W. Cheape
(The Johns Hopkins University Press: Balitmore)
[HD 9651.95 .C37 C48 1995]
"Competing Through Technology and Manufacturing:
A Study of the Indian Commercial Vehicles Industry"
by Sanjay Kathuria
(Oxford University Press: Bombay)
[HD 9710 .I42 K38 1996]
"The Rain on Macy's Parade: How Greed, Ambition, and Folly Ruined America's Greatest Store"
by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
(Random House: New York)
[HF 5465 .U6 M36 1996]
"Privatization and Capital Market Development: Strategies to Promote Economic Growth"
by Michael P. McLindon
(Praeger: Westport, CT)
[HG 4523 .M35 1996]
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On March 6, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"The Industrial Craftsworker: Skill, Managerial Strategies and Workplace Relationships"
by Peter Cook
(Mansell: London)
[HD 8039 .A82 G734 1996]
"This is a study of industrial craftsworkers and their skills, and also a study of two important linked sets of relationships: between craftsworkers and other industrial workers, and between craftsworkers and managers. Because of their skill and all its implications, craftsworkers are both collaborators and antagonists within each relationship. They are an important dynamic force in technological and organizational development in industry, owing to their apparently contradictory positions and behaviour in relation to managers and other workers.
At the heart of this book are two historically based case studies of automobile factory workers in the United States and Britain, providing new insights into craftsworkers' behaviour and relationships with other workers and with managers and their workplace strategies."
"Transforming Organizations Through Groupware"
edited by Peter Lloyd and Roger Whitehead
(Springer: London)
[HD 66 .T73 1996]
"Lotus Notes is one of the most successful and versatile groupware products on the market today and is used widely in both large and small organizations. This book contains a selection of carefully chosen case studies which illustrate the implementational, organizational and commercial consequences of using Lotus Notes. These case studies have been chosen for their international appeal and, unlike other books on Lotus Notes, concentrate on the added value that can be gained by using Notes - rather than on the technical aspects of how to make the software work."
"Effective Benchmarking - Learning from the Best"
by Mohamed Zairi
(Chapman and Hall: London)
[HD 62.15 .Z35 1996]
"Benchmarking has truly revolutionized the culture of businesses in the West and the way in which organizations are structured and managed. This book provides the reader with inside knowledge about the application and workability of the concept of benchmarking in different industrial contexts. It takes a practical approach, including case studies in benchmarking applications from a cross-section of industry and commerce, and promotes state-of-the-art thinking and innovation through the use of benchmarking."
"International Trade Policy"
by Nigel Grimwade
(Routledge: London)
[HF 1411 .G719 1996]
"The last decade has been witness to far-reaching and significant developments in international trade policy. At the multilateral level of trade these have included the conclusion of the Urugary Round of trade negotiations and the creation of the World Trade Organization. At the regional level this liberalism has been paralleled by the expansion and development of regional trading blocs. This monograph provides extensive, in-depth coverage of the theoretical and policy considerations, both old and new, which underlie these developments. The topics covered include: key theoretical and policy issues; the issues which govern many current trade disputes; the central issues involved in setting up regional trading areas; trade-related investment measures and the developing world; and the future agenda of multilateral trade negotiations."
Other new titles . . .
"Codes of Conduct: Behavioral Research into Business Ethics"
edited by David M. Messick and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
(Russell Sage Foundation: New York)
[HF 5387 .C6 1996]
"Leadership is Common Sense"
by Herman Cain
(Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York)
[HD 57.7 .C35 1997]
"Integrative Life Planning: Critical Tasks for Career Development and Changing Life Patterns"
by L. Sunny Hansen
(Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, CA)
[HF 5549.5 .C35 H363 1997]
"Foreign Investment and Political Conflict in Developing Countries"
by John M. Rothgeb, Jr.
(Praeger: Westport, CT)
[HG 5993 .R668 1996]
"Capacity Measure and Improvement:
A Manager's Guide to Evaluating and Optimizing Capacity Productivity"
by Thomas Klammer
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HD 69 .C3 K483 1996]
"Transforming Corporate Leadership"
by Patrick Mileham and Keith Spacie
(Putman Publishing: London)
[HD 57.7 .M55 1996]
"Beyond Reengineering:
How the Process-Centered Organization Is Changing Our Work and Our Lives."
by Michael Hammer
(HarperBusiness: New York)
[HD 58.87 .H36 1996]
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On March 13, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Corporate Strategy and Business Planning"
by Roger Bennett
(Pitman Publishing: London)
[HD 2741 .B46 1996]
"Strategic management is a difficult and even contentious subject with a voluminous literature and much disagreement among those actice in the field. This book attempts to unravel the complexities of current debates on strategic processes and seeks to present and explain the concepts, techniques, frameworks and methodologies of strategic management and business planning in a useful, straightforward and understandable way.
It gives all the essential information needed to identify central issues in strategic management and planning and to determine the best approaches to strategic problems at the corporate, functional and operational levels. It establishes that the study of strategic management develops analytical abilities, conceptual skills, sensitivity to the wider business environment, understanding of conventional (and not so conventional) management theories, decision making potential, and awareness of the importance of people in facilitating the introduction of change."
"Mathematics of Financial Derivatives"
by Salih N. Neftci
(Academic Press: San Diego)
[HG 6024 .A3 N44 1996]
"Using an intuitive, systemic approach to the material, the author introduces the mathematics underlying the pricing of derivatives. The interest in dynamic pricing models is increasing due to their applicability to practical situations. With the freeing of exchange, interest rates, and capital controls, the markets for derivative products have matured, and pricing models have become more accurate. This book fills the needs of professionals, Ph.D. students, and advanced MBA students who are specifically interested in these financial products."
"Modelling Stock Market Volatility"
edited by Peter E. Rossi
(Academic Press: San Diego)
[HG 4636 .M63 1996]
"This essay collection focuses on the relationship between continuous time models and Autoregressive Conditionally Heteroskedastic (ARCH) models and applications. This monograph provides new insights about the links between these two models and new work on practical estimation methods for continuous time models. Featuring the pioneering scholarship of Daniel Nelson, the text presents research about the discrete time model, continuous time limits and optimal filtering of ARCH models, and the specification and estimation of continuous time processes."
"Manager's Portable Answer Book"
by George Fuller
(Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
[HD 31 .F8377 1996]
"The scope of the coverage in this book is broad. You will find valuable tips on coping with all aspects of change, ranging from the introduction of new policies to managing in a global environment. Beyond this, there are valuable pointers on how to get the most out of the internal resources of your company and dealing with the external sources such as customers, suppliers, consultants, and others."
Other new titles . . .
"Survival by Association: Supply Management Landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean"
by Barbara M. Welch
(McGill-Queen's University Press: Montreal)
[HD 9259 .B3 C45 1996]
"Interest-Rate Options Models:
Understanding, Analysing and Using Models for Exotic Interest-Rate Options"
by Riccardo Rebonato
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HG 6024.5 .R43 1996]
"Fair Employment Strategies in Human Resource Management"
edited by Richard S. Barrett
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HD 4903.5 .U6 F35 1996]
"New Arenas for Violence: Homicide in the American Workplace"
by Michael D. Kelleher
(Praeger: Westport, CT)
[HF 5549.5 .E43 K45 1996]
"The Trouble with Prosperity:
The Loss of Fear, the Rise of Speculation, and the Risk to American Savings"
by James Grant
(Times Books: New York)
[HB 3743 .G73 1996]
"Evolution, Games, and Economic Behaviour"
by Fernando Vega-Redondo
(Oxford University Press)
[HB 144 .V436 1996]
"The Energy Crisis: Unresolved Issues and Enduring Legacies"
edited by David Lewis Feldman
(The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore)
[HD 9502 .U52 E485 1996]
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On March 19, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Strategic Decision Making: Multiobjective Decision Analysis with Spreadsheets"
by Craig W. Kirkwood
(Duxbury Press: Belmont, CA)
[HD 30.28 .K57 1997]
"This book will help you acquire the analytic and quantitative analysis skills needed to make strategically critical decisions in the business world. The author focuses on practical, tested approaches based on sound decision making principles. These approaches have been applied to management decisions for over two decades, and now you can apply them yourself without having to learn complex theory or master specialized software. An abundance of practical applications and problem solving activities clarifies the subject and builds decision making skills. And while you don't need to learn complex theory to use these methods, the theory is there should you wish to pursue it.
To help you understand how to analyze decisions with multiple objectives while using spreadsheets, the author introduces concepts through clear explanations and Microsoft Excel instructions. Examples and exercises focus on such strategic applications as new product development, computer system selection, corporate goal setting, facility site selection, production planning, procurement strategies, research and development portfolio selection, and product improvement budget allocation."
"Gender, Power and Organisation: A Psychological Perspective"
by Paula Nicolson
(Routledge: London)
[HD 6054 .N53 1996]
"Women in western society have entered the workplace in increasing numbers only since the 1950s, and this entry has been rapid. This monograph is an examination of the psychological impact of the work setting on professional women, which has become a major site of gender politics over the last twenty years. This text, however, is not primarily about the political and social challenge of inequality of numbers, but about the psychological consequences of this gender imbalance for senior and middle ranking women in management and the professions."
"The Financial Times: Guide to Using the Financial Pages"
by Romesh Vaitilingam
(Pitman Publishing: London)
[HG 5432 .V35 1996]
"This bestselling guide explains where and when to find the information you need and how to make the best use of the comprehensive range of financial and economic statistics available. Now in its third edition it is even more authoritative and invaluable than before. Completely revised and updated, with the latest versions of Financial Times charts, tables and diagrams, it has been expanded to include: the latest financial information - including the fledgling index and the Alternative Investment Market, international equities and derivatives markets, and key international sources of information, how to use electronic information - including the Internet, and key investment ratios and how to read between the lines."
"Information Technology Outlook - 1994"
from OECD
(OECD: Paris)
[HD 9696 .C6 I543 1994]
"This is a general compilation of internationally comparable data and commentary on the information technology sector, concentrating upon the OECD countries. Using data from both private sector and governmental sources, this publication reviews the most recent developments in the markets for hardware, software and computer services as well as the underlying trends of the 1980s and the role played by the IT producing sector in the production, investment, international trade and R&D of OECD countries. The publication also examines national support programmes for IT development, patents and standardisation, as well as legal provisions for information systems security and privacy protection. It attempts to provide key facts and figures on the latest developments in the OECD economy's most dynamic key sector."
Other new titles . . .
"A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cyle Guide to Personal Investing"
by Burton G. Malkiel
(W.W. Norton and Company: New York)
[HG 4521 .M284 1996]
"Market Timing Models:
Constructing, Implementing, and Optimizing a Market Timing-Based Investment Strategy"
by Richard Anderson
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HG 4529 .A63 1997]
"Rosso on Fund Raising: Lessons from a Master's Lifetime Experience"
by Henry A. Rosso
(Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco)
[HG 177 .R674 1996]
"The Roadway Story"
by Philip Cantelon and Kenneth Durr
(Montrose Press: Rockville, MD)
[HD 9710.35 .U64 R63 1996]
"Hidden Champions: Lessons from 500 of the World's Best Unknown Companies"
by Hermann Simon
(Harvard Business School Press: Boston)
[HF 5386 .S54 1996]
"Counselling for Managers"
by Nigel MacLennan
(Gower: Aldershot, UK)
[HF 5549.5 .C8 M26 1996]
"Languages of Labor and Gender: Female Factory Work in Germany, 1850 - 1914"
by Kathleen Canning
(Cornell University Press; Ithaca, NY)
[HD 6150 .N67 C36 1996]
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"The Consumer Society"
edited by Neva Goodwin, Frank Ackerman and David Kiron
(Island Press: Washington, DC)
[HF 5415.33 .U6 C66 1997]
"This text provides brief summaries of the most important and influential writings on the economic, environmental, ethical, and social implications of a comsumer society and consumer lifestyles. It is an essential guide to the field and will interest anyone concerned with the deeper implications of consumerisum. It is the second volume in the "Frontier Issues in Economic Thought" series, which provides surveys of the most significant writings in emergent areas of economics."
"Efficiency in European Banking"
by Philip Molyneux, Yener Altunbas and Edward Gardener
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HG 1616 .C6 M65 1996]
"Cost and revenue efficiencies are critical driving forces in the modern banking environment. New technologies, financial innovations and greater competition have forced banks to focus attention on managing costs and revenues in an increasingly efficient manner. This text provides the first extensive analysis of the motives, measurement and role of efficiency in European banking markets."
"Flexible Work"
by Edna Murphy
(Director Books: Hertfordshire, UK)
[HD 5109.2 .E85 M87 1996]
"Many companies and organizations are beginning to recognise that there is a strong business case for changing the way people work. Technology (e-mail, fax, the Internet, affordable PCs) has made it realistic and possible, the need to retain specialist and scarce skills demand it, and the need to respond fast and flexibly to market changes has made it necessary. Companies are therefore implementing flexitime, job-sharing, teleworking and 'virtual office' solutions. This book is a practical introduction to the issues involved in flexible working, and to how to implement flexibility throughout the workplace."
"Understanding NAFTA: Mexico, Free Trade and the New North America"
by William A. Orme, Jr.
(University of Texas Press: Austin)
[HF 1746 .O75 1996]
"The best, most balanced picture of the NAFTA issue yet to appear . . . . the author has covered Latin America as a Journalist for 15 years, for the 'Economist' and the 'Journal of Commerce' as well as the 'Washington Post' . . . . He makes the case, firmly and clearly, that NAFTA isn't about a little cross-border turbulence at the beginning; it's about the integration of yet another brawny adolescent economy into a growing world."
Other new titles . . .
"International Standards Desk Reference: Your Passport to the World Markets [ISO 9000,
CE Mark, QS-9000, SSM, ISO 14000, Q 9000, American, European, and Global Standards Systems]"
by Amy Zuckerman
(amacom: New York)
[HF 1416 .Z78 1996]
"The Management of a Multicultural Workforce"
by Monir H. Tayeb
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HF 5549.5 .M5 T39 1996]
"Affirmative Action: The Pros and Cons of Policy and Practice"
by Richard Tomasson, Faye Crosby and Sharon Herzberger
(American University Press: Washington, D.C.)
[HF 5549.5 .A34 T66 1996]
"Why Change Doesn't Work: Why Initiatives Go Wrong and How to Try Again and Succeed"
by Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley
(Peterson's: Princeton, NJ)
[HD 58.8 .R62 1996]
"The Future of Leadership: Riding the Corporate Rapids into the 21st century"
by Randall White, Philip Hodgson and Stuart Crainer
(Pitman Publishing: London)
[HD 57.7 .W5 1996]
"M&A: The Practical Guide to Doing the Deal"
by Jeffery Hooke
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[HG 4028 .M4 H66 1997]
"Having It All/Having Enough: How to Create a Career/Family Balance That Works for You"
by Deborah Lee
(amacom: New York)
[HD 4904.25 .L44 1997]
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"Effective Writing: A Handbook for Accountants"
by Claire Arevalo May
(Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
[PE 1116 .A3 A8 1984]
"Whether you are a student in accounting or an experienced practitioner, this text can help you improve your writing skills. As part of your professional library, this book is also a useful desk reference and self-study manual. This guides you through all the stages of the writing process: initial planning, including analysis of audience and purpose; organizing the material; writing the rough draft; and revising for effective style and grammar. The book includes chapters on letters, memorandums, reports, and other formats used by accountants in practice."
"Manufacturing and Business Excellence: Strategies, Techniques and Technology"
by Ian Warnock
(Prentice Hall: London)
[HD 62.15 .W37 1996]
"A comprehensive reference for senior management and their production and technical managers who need to understand the advanced manufacturing techniques that are contributing to the wealth of world class companies. With a structure allowing easy use as a reference work, the book is practical, down-to-earth and comprehensive, highly illustrated with real-life examples from a range of industry sectors. It has two crucial themes. First, use of change strategies, the book examines the need for change, providing a step-by-step guide to reviewing your business. It then offers practical solutions to the problems of manageing change, with tools and techniques to implement in the organization. Second, leverage of appropriate technology and systems, the book puts the use of technology in perspective, critically examining the use of enabling technologies for competitive manufacture, such as simulation and expert systems, MRP2 and make or finish to order."
"Global Monetary Economics"
by Emil-Maria Claassen
(Oxford University Press)
[HG 3881 .C565 1996]
"Traditional textbooks on international monetary economics are concerned with the issues of exchange rates, balance of payments, and internal and external adjustment mechanisms. This book also addresses these issues, but it stresses the fact that, for the last twenty years, the world economy has been operating under a regime of floating exchange rates. Therefore, a greater emphasis is placed upon exchange rates than is traditionally the case."
"Ethical Dimensions of International Management"
by Stephen J. Carroll and Martin J. Gannon
(Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA)
[HD 62.4 .C365 1997]
"Examining the relationship of national-cultural differences to ethical behavior, this book helps the reader begin to understand the subtleties and nuances of ethical practices across nations. This innovative work uses short vignettes to illustrate each of its points while comparing and analyzing the primary influences on ethical behavior such as parenting, education, law, organizational cultures, and human resources management. Special features of the book include an extensive review and summary of relevant research literature, extensive coverage of a variety of different nationalities and cultures, and a direct comparison between Japan and United States. Each chapter begins with several short cases and ends with helpful discussion questions. The book concludes with an analysis of the degree to which ethical systems of different nations may converge or diverge in coming years."
Other new titles . . .
"Maintaining Energy Security in a Global Context"
by William Martin, Ryukichi Imai, and Helga Steeg
(The Trilateral Commission: New York)
[HD 9502 .A2 M3515 1996]
"Beyond Customer Satisfaction to Customer Loyalty: The Key to Greater Profitability"
by Keki Bhote
(AMA Management Briefing: New York)
[HF 5415.5 .B486 1996]
"Tug of War: Today's Global Currency Crisis"
by Paul Erdman
(St. Martin's Press: New York)
[HG 3851 .E673 1996]
"Antimarket Economics: Blind Logic, Better Science, and the Diversity of Economic Competition"
by Roger Mann
(Praeger: Westport, CT)
[HB 131 .M36 1996]
"The Condition of Britain: Essays on Frederick Engels"
edited by John Lea and Geoff Pilling
(Pluto Press: East Haven, CT)
[HD 8391 .C585 1996]
"21st Century Corporate Board"
by Ralph Ward
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[HD 2745 .W375 1997]
"Managing Business Processes: BPR and Beyond"
edited by Colin Armistead and Philip Rowland
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HD 58.87 .M365 1996]
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On April 1, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Strategic Alliances: Managing the Supply Chain"
by Tim Underhill
(PennWell Books: Tulsa, OK)
[HD 69 .S8 U52 1996]
"Strategic alliance is one of the latest concepts on the business and industry fronts for achieving maximum operating efficiency and profitability. It entails a joint effort by companies linked together in the supply chain to reduce the cost of acquisition and posssession of goods and services for the benefit of both parties. This book focuses on alliances that involve supply chain partners: the customer, the supplier, and manufacturer. The author takes a realistic look at how these alliances work, basing the information on actual industry successes and failures. He looks at how companies have taken existing customer/supplier relationships or built new ones and moved these relationships from transactional-focused interactions into total cost-focused alliances."
"Corporate Politics and the Internet"
by James E. Gaskin
(Prentice Hall PTR: Upper Saddle River, NJ)
[HD 30.37 .G37 1997]
"In this text a leading network consultant shows you exactly how to lead your company through today's new jungle of Internet-related legal, ethical and personnel decisions. Discover how to make sure you're well-positioned to handle the inevitable debates about your Internet presence. Learn how to successfully implement an Acceptable Use Policy that will significantly reduce your risks of liability to discrimination, harassment and copyright infringement lawsuits. Whether you're a Webmaster, network administrator, IS professional, senior manager, marketer, or lawyer, you need to know how to protect your organization's interests in the revolutionary Internet environment."
"Investor's Business Daily Guide to the Markets"
from the editors of Investor's Business Daily
(John Wiley & Sons: New York)
[HG 4910 .I54 1996]
"This is a clear, concise, innovative, and authoritative guide that provides you with the information you need to make important investment decisions with confidence. Whether you're a new or experienced investor, you'll learn a great deal from this book. What a pleasure it is to discover a book that tells it like it is with no hidden agendas. It's sure to pay you dividends and capital gains again and again in the years ahead."
"Tough Calls: Selling Strategies to Win Over Your Most Difficult Customers"
by Josh Gordon
(amacom: New York)
[HF 5438.25 .G667 1997]
"If you haven't noticed, most book on selling concern the behavior of salespeople. This book does the oppsite; it focuses on the behavior of your clients first and recommends selling approaches directed toward that behavior."
Other new titles . . .
"Achieving Accountability in Business and Government:
Managing for Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Economy"
by D.R. Sheldon
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HF 5668.25 .S5 1996]
"Flying High: The Story of Boeing and the Rise of the Jetliner Industry"
by Eugene Rodgers
(The Atlantic Monthly Press: New York)
[HD 9711 .U63 B6365 1996]
"The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development"
by M.D. Rosenau, A. Griffin, G.A. Castellion, and N.F. Anschuetz
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[HF 5415.153 .P35 1996]
"Just-In-Time Accounting: How to Decrease Costs and Increase Efficiency"
by Steven M. Bragg
(John Wiley and Sons: New York)
[HF 5686 .M3 B68 1996]
"Leadership and the Job of the Executive"
by Jeffrey A. Barach and D. Reed Eckhardt
(Quorum Books: Westport, CT)
[HD 57.7 .B366 1996]
"Troubled Industries: Confronting Economic Change in Japan"
by Robert M. Uriu
(Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY)
[HD 3616 .J33 U74 1996]
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On April 2, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Brazil in the 21st Century"
by Jaime Rotstein
(Espaco e Tempo: Rio de Janeiro)
[HD 9502 .B72 R6813 1996]
"If there is one word that is repeated in the four corners of the world, that word is undoubtedly "globalization." Customs, habits, and consumer preferences have become standardized. The same solutions are offered for different problems. Today, our planet is our laboratory, and one of the most controversial concepts within this new reality is "sustainable development". In this book the author calls our attention to different approaches to the energy issue in Brazil. In his view, the country should no longer follow the models imposed from outside; rather, it must begin to seek its own road in the use of clean and renewable energy. The struggle to defend his ideas began when the author was a member of the Brazilian National Energy Commission. There, he ardently defended the National Fuel Alcohol Program. His struggle continues in his presentation here, with compelling arguments on hydroeletric power, natural gas, solar energy, and the problems of housing, public transportation, science and technology, environmental management, and a new start on development."
"Violence on the Job"
edited by Gary R. VandenBos and Elizabeth Q. Bulatao
(American Psychological Association: Washington, DC)
[HF 5549.5 .E43 V546 1996]
"Homicide is now the second most common cause of death in the U.S. workplace. This monograph is part of the effort to promote scientific investigation and broaden public awareness of the growing problem of workplace violence. Contributing authors analyze the problem and describe the most recent violence prevention and response programs for the modern workplace. Covered are programs instituted in advance of corporate downsizing, programs designed to respond to violence in health-care settings, and the employee assistance program used by the U.S. Postal Service."
"Leading Economic Controversies of 1996"
edited by Edwin Mansfield
(W.W. Norton and Company: New York)
[HC 106.82 .L4 1996]
"This text is a carefully selected collection of thirty brief articles and speeches by influential economists and policy makers. The selections are grouped into ten topical categories, each preceded by a brief introduction and followed by numerous questions for analysis. This 1996 edition features completely new sections on welfare reform, economic growth, antitrust policy, and fiscal reform. Designed especially for use in principles courses, the book will spark classroom discussion and student interest on some of the most hotly debated contemporary economic issues of the day."
"Visual Merchandising and Store Design - Workbook"
by Greg M. Gorman
(ST Publications: Cincinnati, OH)
[HF 5429 .G67 1996]
"The purpose of this workbook is to introduce the concept of store design from a design direction. It is intended for students and store owners. It allows the reader to fully understand all aspects of the retail store requirements and how they all have an effect on the final product, the store.
The only way to start a store design concept is to fully understand the merchandise. Once that is defined, it is time to focus on the customer, location demographically as well as specific location and overall store identity or image. Once defined, the real fun begins with adding great merchandising or what the author calls 'Visual Excitement.' The visual excitement is what supports and in many situations becomes the store image and identity which the customer is exposed to from a total shopping environment experience."
Other new titles . . .
"Cocoa Pioneer Fronts since 1800: The Role of Smallholders, Planters and Merchants"
edited by William Gervase Clarence-Smith
(St. Martin's Press: New York)
[HD 9200 .A2 C568 1996]
"Reinventing Electric Utilities: Competition, Citizen Action and Clean Power"
by Ed Smeloff and Peter Asmus
(Island Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 9685 .U5 S55 1997]
"Who Owns the Sun? People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy"
by Daniel M. Berman and John T. O'Connor
(Chelsea Green Publishing Co.: White River Junction, VT)
[HD 9681 .U62 B47 1996]
"Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within"
by Robert E. Quinn
(Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Franciso)
[HD 58.8 .Q56 1996]
"Breaking Free: A Prescription for Personal and Organizational Change"
by David M. Noer
(Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Franciso)
[HD 58.8 .N63 1997]
"Single World, Divided Nations? International Trade and OECD Labor Markets"
by Robert Z. Lawrence
(Brookings Institution Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 5710.7 .L393 1996]
"Institutions for Enviromental Aid: Pitfalls and Promise"
edited by Robert O. Keohane and Marc A. Levy
(The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA)
[HD 75.6 .I573 1996]
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On April 6, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library has obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Seven Methods for Transforming Corporate Data into Business Intelligence"
by Vasant Dhar and Roger Stein
(Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ)
[HD 30.213 .D493 1997]
"Organizations now have the opportunity to make themselves dramatically more intelligent. How? Through 'knowledge intensive' decision support methods, data warehousing, and data mining. This is the first book to cover these new approaches in depth, for both the business decision maker and the technologist. The authors stand at the forefront of this revolution as leading practitioners of AI in the financial services industry. They present highly visual, easy-to-understand, and up-to-date coverage of: all major AI techniques, including genetic algorithms, neural networks, rule-based systems, fuzzy logic, case-based systems, and machine learning algorithms; OLAP and data warehousing; A practical methodology and criteria for selecting the most appropriate tool for each business challenge - with checklists of key organizational and technical issues to be considered; plus much more ... "
"The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment"
edited by Marvin H. Kosters
(The AEI Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 4918 .E37 1996]
"In its proposal to increase the minimum wage, the Clinton administration and some scholars have claimed that employment would not be adversely affected. Other research supports the widespread consensus among economists that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs. In this study, leading proponents of both views discuss the strengths and weaknesses of those arguments."
"Forfaiting for Exporters: Practical Solutions for Global Trade Finance"
by Andy Ripley
(International Thomson Business Press: London)
[HG 3753 .R56 1996]
"What is forfaiting and how important is its role within global trade finance? These and many other questions are answered in this authoritative handbook on forfaiting. Written by an experienced market practitioner, the book should be required reading for all exporters and finance providers who are looking at how the forfaiting market can help boost profitable trade with less developed economies and emerging markets. Key features include: background and history; the mechanics of forfaiting transactions; discounting methods; assesing the risk; accounting, legal and tax issues; forfaiting in practice; and, the future of the market."
"Building the Corporate Intranet"
by Steve Guengerich, Douglas Graham, Mitra Miller and Skipper McDonald
(Wiley Computer Publishing: New York)
[HD 30.385 .G83 1997]
"This book was designed to get you quickly up and running with all of the guidance and skills you need to plan and build a flexible, cost-effective, easy-to-manage corporate Intranet. Not just another HTML or Web site authoring book, but a book that walks you through a unique 12-step program designed specifically with Intranets in mind."
Other new titles . . .
"Mass Production, the Stock Market Crash, and the Great Depression:
The Macroeconomics of Electrification"
by Bernard C. Beaudreau
(Greenwood Press: Westport, CT)
[HD 2329 .B4 1996]
"Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary Policy in China 1000-1700"
by Richard Von Glahn
(University of California Press: Berkeley)
[HG 1282 .V66 1996]
"Growth, Unemployment, Distribution and Government:
Essays on Current Economic Issues"
by Vani K. Borooah
(St. Martin's Press: New York)
[HD 82 .B5774 1996]
"Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six Strategic Principles for Managers"
by Mark McNeilly
(Oxford University Press: New York)
[HD 30.28 .M3857 1996]
"The Complete Guide to Performance Appraisal"
by Dick Grote
(amacom: New York)
[HF 5549.5 .R3 G64 1996]
"Deciphering the Market: Principles of Chart Reading and Trading Stocks, Commodities and Currencies"
by J.M.W. Tadion
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HG 4529 .T32 1996]
"The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History"
by David Hacket Fischer
(Oxford University Press: New York)
[HB 231 .F48 1996]
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On April 8, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"The Service Economy: A Geographical Approach"
by Sven Illeris
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HD 9980.5 .I5 1996]
"Services dominate the modern economy. This controversial and important book reviews research into the development and future of the service economy. The author synthesises not only English language research on the nature and function of services, but also introduces the lessor known but equally important work done on services by researchers in other lanugages which often reaches surprising and challenging conclusions. While the emphasis is on producer servicies in the western world, due consideration is also given to the role and signifiance of personal and household services which have been frequently ignored in the literature. The approach adopted is geographical and macro-economic and among the topics discussed are the nature and classification of service activities, the role and importance of services in the overall economy and the increasing importance of services in regional development and international trade."
"Work It Out: Clues for Solving People Problems at Work"
by Sandra Krebs Hirsh
(Davis-Black Publishing: Palo Alto, CA)
[HD 42 .H57 1996]
"Whether you're a consultant, manager, team member, or an individual contributor, this book offers a clear understanding of how personality differences play out in the world of work, with practical suggestions for overcoming these differences to obtain enhanced performance. This book is highly recommended to all those interested in harnessing the power of differences for their organization or their team."
"Beyond the Next Wave: Imagining the Next Generation of Customers"
by Glen Peters
(Pitman Publishing: London)
[HD 30.28 .P48 1996]
"A corporate perspective on the future has never been more vital. The reward for success: market dominance. The price of failure; market oblivion. Is your present company thinking more about the future than the past, or even the present? Get to the next generation of customers before your competitors. Imagine a science which wouuld allow you to anticipate what your customers will be like in five, ten or twenty years' time. Imagine a science that would help you to consider whole new groups of customers for products and services not yet in existence. Impossible? This science exists. It is called Scenario Planning. It gives you a management perspective on the future; a valuable insight into the markets, customers and opportunities of tomorrow. This book combines the latest management technique of scenario planning with a compelling vision of the business environment of the future; giving you an insightful understanding of the drivers of change."
"The Politics of Management Knowledge"
edited by Stewart Clegg and Gill Palmer
(Sage Publications: London)
[HD 30.55 .P65 1996]
"The notion that management knowledge is universal, culture-neutral, readily transferable to any country or situation, has come under mounting challenge. This text goes beyond such "broad-brush" assertions to explore in detail the relations between management knowledge, power and practice in a world where globalization highlights, rather than obscures, the locally specific character of many management recipes.
The book recognizes the political nature of management knowledge, as a discourse produced from, and reproducing, power processes within and between organizations. This theme underpins discussion of the ways in which management ideas and practices 'produce' managers of a particular kind - 'man of enterprise', bureaucrat, heroic leader. Critical examinations of certain current management theories - lean production, excellence, entrepreneurship - illuminate the myriad modes in which relations of power intermingle with relations of knowledge."
Other new titles . . .
"Japanese Business into the 21st Century"
by Osamu Katayama
(Athlone: London)
[HD 30.28 .K374 1996]
"Economic Restructing of the Former Soviet Bloc: The Case of Housing"
edited by Raymond J. Struyk
(The Urban Institute Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 7332.9 .A3 E27 1996]
"A Holy Alliance? The Church and the Left in Costa Rica 1932-1948"
by Eugene D. Miller
(M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, NY)
[HD 8136 .M55 1996]
"The American Corporation Today"
edited by Carl Kaysen
(Oxford University Press: New York)
[HD 2785 .K34 1996]
"How to Give a Terrific Presentation"
by Karen Kalish
(amacom: New York)
[HF 5718.22 .K35 1997]
"Trade Policy Review - Zambia 1996"
from World Trade Organization
(WTO: Geneva)
[HF 1613.6 .T7 1996]
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On April 9, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Firm Objectives, Controls and Organization:
The Use of Information and the Transfer of Knowledge within the Firm"
by Gunnar Eliasson
(Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht: The Netherlands)
[HD 30.2 .E44 1996]
"The actual organization and use of information systems in the U.S., European and Japanese firms are investigated and compared with the theoretical conclusion. Finally, following the experimental evolution of the information products over the past twenty years, the results indicate that information and communication firms are now beginning to offer the kind of business information systems the analysis predicted."
"Antisocial Behavior in Organizations"
by Robert Giacalone and Jerald Green
(Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA)
[HF 5549.5 .E43 A58 1997]
"This intriguing volume provides an understanding of the various forms of antisocial behavior in the workplace and how they can be identified and managed - if not prevented altogether. This monograph includes an analysis of the role of frustration in antisocial behavior and discusses issues such as employee revenge, aggression, lying, theft, and sabotage. Whistle-blowing, litigation, and filing claims are also explored as types of behavior that may be considered antisocial even though their stated goal is perhaps prosocial. The book concludes by making connections between antisocial behavior and organizational climate - addressing the need for modification in the workplace to reduce antisocial behavior."
"Watching the Watchers: Corporate Governance for the 21st Century"
by Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow
(Blackwell Business: Cambridge, MA)
[HD 2745 .M66 1996]
"What is corporate goverance? It is the relationship among various participants in determining the direction and performance of corporations. The primary participants are (1) the shareholders, (2) the management (led by the chief executive officer), and (3) the board of directors. In this book, the authors will devote a chapter to each leg of this corporate "tripod." Other participants include the employees, customers, suppliers, creditors, and the community. Their interests and impact are reflected in this book as well."
"Exchange Rate Parity for Trade and Development: Theory, Tests, and Case Studies"
by Pan A. Yotopoulos
(Cambridge University Press)
[HG 3877 .Y68 1996]
"This monograph extends recent theories of incomplete markets to investigate empirically the appropriate balance between market and state in trade relations between developed and developing countries. The author concludes that government intervention in foreign exchange and trade is necessary in developing countries in the early stages of development and inevitably decreases as development progresses. More specifically, free currency markets are shown to have an inherent distortion that leads underdeveloped countries to systematically misallocate resources. Rationing the foreign exchanges prevents a "soft-currency distortion" that commonly afflicts developing countries and can turn comparative-advantage trade into competitive-devaluation trade, with severe losses of income and welfare. It is found that the level of underdevelopment narrowly circumscribes and conditions the extent to which free-market, free-trade, laissez-faire policies can be beneficial to developing countries, which is contrary to the mainstream policy paradigm as currently applied."
Other new titles . . .
"The Economics of Financial Markets"
by Hendrik S. Houthakker and Peter J. Williamson
(Oxford University Press: New York)
[HG 4523 .H68 1996]
"Rethinking Careers Education and Guidance: Theory, Policy and Practice"
by A.G. Watts, Bill Law, John Killeen, Jennifer M. Kidd and Ruth Hawthorn
(Routledge: London)
[HF 5382.5 .G7 R47 1996]
"On Great Service: A Framework for Action"
by Leonard L. Berry
(The Free Press: New York)
[HF 5415.5 .B483 1995]
"A Living Wage for the Forgotten Man: The Quest for Fair Labor Standards 1933-1941"
by George E. Paulsen
(Associated University Press: Cranbury, NJ)
[HD 8072 .P312 1996]
"Designing for Change: A Practical Guide to Business Transformation"
by Colin Bainbridge
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, UK)
[HD 58.8 .B35 1996]
"Behavioral Norms, Technological Progress, and Economic Dynamics:
Studies in Schumpeterian Economics"
edited by Ernst Helmstadter and Mark Perlman
(University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor)
[HB 97.3 .B44 1996]
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On April 15, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"Complete Manual for Recuiting, Hiring, and Retaining Quality Employees"
by Joseph D. Levesque
(Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
[HF 5549 .L4625 1996]
"This text has been written for the person responsible for any or all aspects of the hiring process. It provides you with a comprehensive, concise, and easily understood approach to carrying out all hiring activities in a successive fashion, from job descriptions to initial employment training and performance monitoring. Therefore, the 'Manual' represents a complete hiring system since it provides you with all of the steps that should be followed during each phase of the hiring process, detailed guidance and samples of job descriptions, policies, forms, job ads, testing aids, hiring letters, and training plans, and it will enable you to better understand the laws that apply to various aspects of the hiring process and learn how to comply with them and thereby avoid potential complications."
"Escape from the Market: Negotiating Work in Lancashire"
by Michael Huberman
(Cambridge University Press)
[HD 8039 .T42 G755 1996]
"At the outset of the industrial revolution, the Lancashire labor market was a model of thoroughgoing competition. Wages adjusted quickly and smoothly to changes in the demand for and supply of labor. Within two generations, however, workers and firms had retreated from the market. Instead of busting wages, firms paid fixed rates; instead of breaking ties on short notice, workers sought longer-term associations. Social norms - doing the right thing - protected and preserved the new labor-market arrangements. This book explains the causes and effects of changes in the labor market in the context of new developments in labor economics and new research in social and economic history."
"Total Business Design"
by Neil Farmer and Bob Lankester
(John Wiley and Sons: Chichester: UK)
[HD 58.8 .F368 1996]
"The premise behind this book is extremely simple and very fundamental. It is that executives and other business 'influencers' should be trained as professional business 'designers' and change managers, working in 'learning' organizations. The authors argue that a new, much more professional, cadre of business people will arise from this process. These people will be confident enough to recognise that the primary role of new managers is to get the 'design' of the business right, and that all major business success and failure flows primarily from this design. No longer will uncertain executives hide behind management consultants. Indeed, the management consultancy industry will undergo major change, as their clients acquire business design skills and create a very different corporate world."
"The Evolution of International Business"
by Geoffrey Jones
(Routledge: London)
[HD 2755.5 .J67 1996]
"This book surveys how international business has developed over the past two hundred years. It conveys the complexities and dynamism of this area of business, as well as providing an overview of the evolution of international business from its nineteenth century origins until the present day."
Other new titles . . .
"Event Trading: Profiting from Economic Reports and Short-Term Market Inefficiencies"
by Ben Warwick
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HG 6024 .U6 W367 1996]
"Leveraging Knowledge: The 17-Day Program for a Learning Organization"
by Patrick J. Thurbin
(FT Pitman Publishing: London)
[HD 58.8 .T48 1995]
"Black-Scholes and Beyond: Option Pricing Models"
by Neil A. Chriss
(Irwin Professional Publishing: Chicago)
[HG 6024 .A3 C495 1997]
"The Indebted Society: Anatomy of an Ongoing Disaster"
by James Medoff and Andrew Harless
(Little, Brown and Company: Boston)
[HG 3711 .U6 M43 1996]
"The Transfromation of Management"
by Mike Davidson
(Butterworth-Heinemann: Boston)
[HD 31 .D247 1996]
"Customer-Reponsive Management: The Flexible Advantage"
by Frank W. Davis, Jr. and Karl B. Manrodt
(Blackwell Business: Cambridge, MA)
[HF 5415.5 .D384 1996]
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On April 16, 1997, the staff of the Springs Business Library obtained the following monographs for your reading enjoyment:
"The Politics of Affirmative Action: 'Women', Equality and Category Politics"
by Carol Lee Bacchi
(Sage Publications: London)
[HF 5549.5 .A34 B32 1996]
"This is an important addition to current feminist debates concerning the feasibility and dangers of working through a category 'women', and concerning the nature of reforms aimed at increasing the representation of women. It will be essential reading for feminist theorists, political theorists and social policy analysts, and also of interest to readers in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and human geography."
"Team Toyota: Transplanting the Toyota Culture to the Camry Plant in Kentucky"
by Terry L. Besser
(State University of New York Press)
[HD 6956 .A82 U63 1996]
"In this text the author presents the results of an in-depth study of Toyota's assembly plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. Based on employee interviews, analyses of company publications, newspaper accounts, interaction with company employees and attendance at company events over a five year period, this book documents how Toyota is replicating its style of management and its team culture in its Kentucky plant. This book is one of the few books about Japanese organizations that incorporates the perspectives of both nonmanagement and management employess."
"Environmental and Safety Auditing: Program Strategies for Legal, International, and Financial Issues"
by Unhee Kim
(Lewis Publishers: Boca Raton, FL)
[HD 30.255 .K56 1997]
"This is a complete and concise guide to creating and managing a successful environmental audit program. It provides step-by-step, systematic guidance on setting up an audit program for nearly every major component of environmental concern, from air standards to workplace safety, and from effluent discharge to waste handling and disposal."
"The Retailer's Guide to Loss Prevention and Security"
by Donald J. Horan
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL)
[HF 5429.27 .H57 1997]
"This is an introduction to retail security and risk management. It covers the basic principles, the various techniques and technologies that are available, and the retailer's interaction with police authorities, courts, and the law in general. No other recent book exists on this subject."
Other new titles . . .
"Does Training for the Disadvantaged Work? Evidence from the National JTPA Study"
an Abt Associates Study
(The Urban Institute Press: Washington, DC)
[HD 5715.2 .I558 1996]
"What Price Alliance? Black Radicals Confront White Labor 1918-1938"
by Keith P. Griffler
(Garland Publishing: New York)
[HD 6490 .R22 U647 1995]
"Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity"
by John Kao
(HarperBusiness: New York)
[HD 53 .K359 1996]
"Beyond the Broker State: Federal Policies toward Small Business, 1936-1961"
by Jonathan J. Bean
(The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill)
[HD 2346 .U5 B343 1996]
"Trade, Markets and Welfare"
by Kelvin Lancaster
(Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK)
[HB 241 .L355 1996]
"No Hands: The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn Bicycle Company - An American Institution"
by Judith Crown and Glenn Coleman
(Henry Holt and Company: New York)
[HD 9993 .B544 S393 1996]
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