Business Information Alert articles from November 2005

Business Information Alert archives from November 2005

You better watch out, you better not cry! Supply chain management strategies and sources.
November 1, 2005... What more appropriate season to talk about supply chains than when we're about to benefit from the most sophisticated global supply chain manager of all, Santa? Facing a 24-hour deadline when deliveries simply cannot be delayed and must be...

From the editor.(Editorial)
November 1, 2005... In the spirit of the season, Susan Hahn takes us on a journey to the North Pole as she tells you about supply chain management (SCM). We loved her humorous approach to this important topic. She covers the main issues involved in SCM and gives...

Rumors and bloomers.(News and Trends)
November 1, 2005... Now that the Dow Jones sell-out stories have simmered down, other rumors are heating up. Is Google buying Reuters? Neither party has commented. Google is demonstrating that it is on a buying spree, however. Some analysts see a China acquisition...

E-books.(News and Trends)
November 1, 2005... Google's stalled e-book project has finally taken off to great public excitement. The search engine company is now scanning the entire collections of Stanford and Harvard Universities and the University of Michigan, as well as public-domain...

Warning.(News and Trends)
November 1, 2005... Here are some sites to avoid unless you are strong willed enough to resist becoming addicted. LibraryThing is no doubt the coolest thing yet. You can catalog your personal library with style and grace (it even automatically displays your book...

The B list: best business books.
November 1, 2005... While reading about the Financial Times award for the best business books of 2005, I had the idea to put together a list of the best business books based on the opinions of business librarians. I posted a request on buslib asking for titles to...

Body and Soul: Profits with Principles.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Body and Soul: Profits with Principles Anita Roddick. 1992. Random House of Canada. Softcover. 256p. ISBN: 0091752922. Not available new, listed on Barnes & Noble Used Books for under $5. When it was published, this was the most...

Business as Unusual: My Entrepreneurial Journey, Profits with Principles.
November 1, 2005... Business as Unusual: My Entrepreneurial Journey, Profits with Principles Anita Roddick. 2005. Anita Roddick Press. Hardcover. 295p. ISBN: 0954395956. $12.95. Roddick is a woman who is passionate about business, believes that passion...

Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work.
November 1, 2005... Business Class: Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work Jacqueline Whitmore. 2005. St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. 192p. ISBN: 0312338090. $19.95. In an age of incivility, it's hard to think of a more useful gift for recent college...

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond. 2005. Viking Press. Hardcover. 575p. ISBN: 06700033375. $29.95. Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel was an insightful book that made me see the world...

End of the Line: The Rise and Fall of AT&T.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... End of the Line: The Rise and Fall of AT&T Leslie Cauley. 2005. Free Press. 320p. ISBN: 0-7432-5025-7. $25. For over 100 years, AT&T has been a towering, iconic figure in U.S. corporate history, but as USA Today telecom writer, Leslie...

Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,173 Thoughts on the Business of Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,173 Thoughts on the Business of Life Ted Goodman. 1997. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. 992p. $40. I just love reading quotes. I have a huge collection, personally, of business quotes and one of...

The One Minute Manager: Increase Productivity, Profits and Your Own Prosperity.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... The One Minute Manager Increase Productivity, Profits and Your Own Prosperity Kenneth Blanchard. 1992. William Morrow. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688014291. $19.95. Although this is an old book, I was recently at a meeting where a new member...

Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs Ron Hira & Anil Hira. 2005. AMACOM. 256p. ISBN: 0-8144-0868-0. $22. If there is one word that terrifies American workers today, it's...

The Tipping Point.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell. 2000. Little Brown. Hardcover. 279p. ISBN: 0316316962. $25.95. This book, although not specifically focused on business or management, has themes and information that translate over to the work and...

Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, and David Wessels). 2005. Wiley. Hardcover. ISBN: 0471702188. $85. This book was originally written by Tom Copeland many years...

The Disaster Recovery Handbook: A Step-by-Step Plan to Ensure Business Continuity and Protect Vital Operations, Facilities, and Assets.
November 1, 2005... The Disaster Recovery Handbook: A Step-by-Step Plan to Ensure Business Continuity and Protect Vital Operations, Facilities, and Assets Michael Wallace & Lawrence Webber. 2004. AMACOM Books. Hardcover with CD-ROM. 416p. ISBN: 0-8144-7240-0....

Regionalism in Global Trade.
November 1, 2005... Regionalism in Global Trade Dilip K. Das. 2004. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Hardcover. 221p. ISBN: 1-84376-817-8. $100. This book's objective, namely to "address the regionalism of world trade against a background of advancing global...

Foreign Direct Investment: Six Country Case Studies.
November 1, 2005... Foreign Direct Investment: Six Country Case Studies Yingqi Annie Wei & V.N. Balasubramanyam, eds. 2004. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Hardcover. 218p. ISBN: 1 84376-467-9. $85. This collection of six case studies on the role of foreign...

Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Management.
November 1, 2005... Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Management Charlie Karlsson, Per Flensburg & Sven-Ake Horte, eds. 2004. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Hardcover. 510p. ISBN: 1-84376-785-6. $145. The book is a compilation of papers given at a...

Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take the Elevator?
November 1, 2005... Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take the Elevator? John Capozzi. 1995. Villard Books. OP [buy from a used bookseller]. ISBN: 067933899. This book contains some entertaining stories, particularly about the business of...