Business Information Alert articles from July 2004

Business Information Alert archives from July 2004

The challenges of researching Pan-Asian company information: Pan-Asian company sources.
July 1, 2004... This is the second article in which I cover the problems and practicalities of doing business information projects requiring research into companies in Asia. I will review Pan-Asian company information sources and tell you how well they meet...

From the Editor.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... In this issue, Sylvia James continues her series on understanding and finding Asian company information. The first article was on the corporate structures in the Pan-Asian region and also about several Pan-Asian business organizations that can...

Outsourcing--what they don't say.(News and Trends)
July 1, 2004... Outsourcing? It's an old story for Business Information Alert readers. And now hyper headlines about BPO (business process outsourcing) have spilled over onto general news pages. It has even become a key political campaign issue. The newspapers...

Investigating Corporate Fraud.(Business Ethics)
July 1, 2004... Michael J. Comer. 2003. Gower/Ashgate Publishing. Hardcover. 264p. ISBN: 0-566-08531-3. $109.95. Contrary to popular belief, fraud happens to good companies and to effective managers. Each day, businesses, companies, and corporations of...

Net Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet.(Library Management)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... Marylaine Block, ed. 2003. Information Today, Inc. Hardcover. 380p. ISBN: 1-57387-171-0. $39.50. Marylaine Block, a frequent speaker at library conferences and publisher of Exlibris e-zine, has compiled an anthology of articles that offer...

Strategic Management: Formulation, Implementation, and Control in a Dynamic Environment.(Management)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... Abbass F. Alkhafaji. 2003. The Haworth Press, Inc. Softcover. 317p. ISBN: 0-7890-1810-1. $39.95. Commonsense would suggest that to succeed, much less to possess a competitive advantage in today's business environment, a company should have...