Business Information Alert articles from October 2000

Business Information Alert archives from October 2000

Through the Glass Ceiling Virtually: Web Sites on Women and Business.(WWSSLINKS)(Column)
October 1, 2000... The Women's Studies Section of the Association of Research Libraries has developed and maintains web pages collectively called WSSLINKS. The purpose of WSSLINKS is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women's Studies....

From the Editor.(Alert Publications Inc.)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
October 1, 2000... After 12 years with Alert Publications, Inc., I am hanging up my editor's cap. I have been the editor of Business Information Alert from its first issue until today. Now it's time to let someone with fresh ideas and new energy take over this...

How to Succeed without Really Flying.(flight delays and airline statistics)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... They said it couldn't be done. Who but card-carrying masochists would pay exorbitant fees to jam themselves into a few square inches of airplane seating? Then, wait patiently for hours before takeoff? (Get real-time airport delay status at...

Back on the Ground.(various and web site introductions)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... Just as English is the universal language of commercial pilots, Extensible Business Report Language (XBRL) soon will be the lingua franca for global business reporting. XBRL will be used for everything from issuing financial statements to...

Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools and Techniques.(Review)
October 1, 2000... France Belanger & Dianne H. Jordan. 2000. Idea Group Publishing. 246p. ISBN 1-878289-63-2. $69.95. In the July/August issue, I reviewed another Idea Group Publishing book on the topic of distance learning. Like that volume, Evaluation and...

Risk 2000: A Country-By-Country Guide.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Kogan Page. 2000. 437p. ISBN: 0-7494-3336-1. $65. "...the rapid pace of international trade and the increasing use of new technologies mean that economic decision-makers must be able to draw on reliable information... about the situation...