Business Information Alert articles from February 2006

Business Information Alert archives from February 2006

Company research and the effect of new international accounting standards: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): part 1: the background.
February 1, 2006... Business information professionals who frequently research international companies, especially European-listed companies, will have noticed a new set of initials--IFRS--now being commonly used in financial statements. If you research annual...

From the editor.(Editorial)
February 1, 2006... From her teaching in the U.S., Sylvia James discovered there was very little understanding among business information professionals about the new accounting standards that are now being globally adopted by listed and large companies. These...

Instant messaging--it's great ... but!(News and Trends)
February 1, 2006... Are you into Instant Messaging (IM)? Consumer and enterprise IM users numbered 300 million in 2005. * Many libraries have been employing IM for several years with good results. Why are we embracing IM so enthusiastically? Mostly it's...

Dictionary of Investment Terms.(Book review)
February 1, 2006... Dictionary of Investment Terms Catharyn Martz. 2005. Thomson Learning/Texere. Hardcover. 400p). ISBN: 0-324-20352-7. $24.95. First-time author Catharyn Martz, a long-time broker, offers an adequate, no-frills investment dictionary in...

Making Knowledge Visible: Communicating Knowledge Through Information Products.
February 1, 2006... Making Knowledge Visible: Communicating Knowledge Through Information Products Elizabeth Orna. 2005. Gower/Ashgate Publishing. Softcover. 212p. ISBN: 0-566-08563-1. $59.95. I wish I had liked this book more. It had all the signs of...

Business to Business Marketing Research.
February 1, 2006... Business to Business Marketing Research 2d ed. Martin P. Block & Tamara S. Block. 2005. Thomson Learning/Texere. Hardcover with CD-ROM. 288p. ISBN: 0-324-22230-0. $69.95. Authors Martin and Tamara Block offer a new edition of their...

Public Sector Information in the Digital Age: Between Markets, Public Management, and Citizens' Rights.(Book review)
February 1, 2006... Public Sector Information in the Digital Age: Between Markets, Public Management, and Citizens' Rights Georg Aichholzer & Herbert Burkert, eds. 2005. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Hardcover. 360p. ISBN: 1-84376-383-4. $120. Public...