Business Information Alert articles from September 2001

Business Information Alert archives from September 2001

Intranet Content Management: Conference Report and Reflections.(conference produced by the International Quality and Productivity Center)
September 1, 2001... If you attended the Intranet Content Management Summit, sponsored by the Content Management Network, in San Francisco last April 24-25 and heard the many compliments paid to librarians, you might have been reminded of that cheerful acceptance...

From the Editor.
September 1, 2001... As I write this we are all reeling from the aftermath of the horrible terrorist attacks in the United States. While running the risk of this being a dated sentiment by the time we go to press, I cannot avoid a mention of it. The situation makes...

"DEREGS SWITCH BLAH BIZ ON TO BOFFO B.O.".
September 1, 2001... Variety might lead with "DEREGS SWITCH BLAH BIZ ON TO BOFFO B.O." The sparks started flying in 1992 when U.S. Congress passed the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) ending regulated gas and electric monopolies. Until then electric utilities were about...

Power Marketing Association.(online resources)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Wall Street likes the commodi-tization of electricity. A new business--power marketing--has the spotlight that dot-coms enjoyed last year. Power marketers sell electricity generated by utilities or independent power producers they don't own or...

The Energy Information Administration.(online resources)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy delivers an expansive database of electric power facts and statistics to your desktop. Here are a few highlights from EJA's Electric Fuel homepage, a superb...

Financial Statistics of Major Investor Owned Electric Utilities.
September 1, 2001... The site also carries the Financial Statistics of Major Investor Owned Electric Utilities and the companion Publicly Owned Electric Utilities. The fact that deregulation in the U.S. is proceeding state by state, each with unique parameters,...

Energy Expenditures as a Share of Gross Domestic Product.(Electronic Industries Alliance statistical resources)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... New EIA content this year includes "Energy Expenditures as a Share of Gross Domestic Product" and "Existing Generating Units Powered by Renewable Energy Sources at U.S. Electric Utilities by State, Company, and Plant." More detailed data on...

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... While the EIA is the best starting point, there are quite a few good specialized sites worth consulting. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory describes the various power options and serves as a gateway to...

Edison Electric Institute's.(energy issues/news section)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... For the big picture go to the Edison Electric Institute's (EEl) Energy Issues/News section. The EEl also records industry merger & acquisition activity dating back to 1988. The description includes the companies involved, transaction dates,...

Energy User News.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In the quick look-up category Energy User News ranks rates for commercial and industrial users by state and company The North American Electric Reliability Council has a glossary of terms Economagic provides a neat table of electric power use...

New York Mercantile Exchange.(electricity futures)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Electricity futures and options are traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Current quotes are online. A historic quote database is in the works. Terese Mulkern Terry is a business information specialist at the Lippincott Library of...

European Commission.(European utility competition)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The electricity situation is equality complex in Europe. Deregulation of electrical power supply took place in the U.K. about five years ago, and the European Commission formally issued a directive opening all national markets to competition in...

Organization of Economic Cooperation.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The EIA offers a library of country profiles, but the most complete library of world electric information comes from the Organization of Economic Cooperation (OECD) based in Paris. The International Energy Agency (IEA) supplies selected major...

The Electric Power Research Institute.
September 1, 2001... The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) founded in 1973, started EnergySearch, a search engine for global energy-related topics in 1997. The EnergySearch database is fast and rich in industry information not found elsewhere. Terese...

Power Finance & Risk.(Power Finance and Risk)
September 1, 2001... Serious (and moneyed) industry watchers can get Power Finance & Risk, a weekly newsletter from Institutional Investor Magazine. The Internet publication covers international power auctions and asset sales; corporate strategies; a statistical...

PricewaterhouseCoopers.
September 1, 2001... PricewaterhouseCoopers is a quality source of European power articles and surveys, such as Electri cite Sans Frontieres, their annual survey of over 100 industry leaders in Europe. Terese Mulkern Terry is a business information specialist...

The Global Power Directory.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Global Power Directory connects to homepages of power delivery, power generation, and power marketing enterprises Business.com also has a good international electric utility directory. Terese Mulkern Terry is a business information...

The New York Times and the Financial Times.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Two media grande dames, the New York Times and the Financial Times, have agreed to publish a limited number of each other's articles on their web sites. They can post up to 10 articles at a time from each other's business, technology, and...

Penn World Table.
September 1, 2001... The updated Penn World Table is now available. The previous version was released in 1995. The new table contains data on 30 economic and business variables for about 165 countries for the years 1950-92. It's free, fast, and easy to use. The...

No Nonsense Guide to Doing Business in Japan.(Review)
September 1, 2001... 2d ed. John Woronoff. 2001. Palgrave. Hardcover. 179p. ISBN: 0-333-80437-6. $65. The main purpose of this book is to prepare business professionals to re-enter the current Japanese marketplace. It is a good review for people who have...

Knowledge Management and Business Model Innovation.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Yogesh Malhotra ed. 2001. Idea Group Publishing. Hardcover. 453p. ISBN: 1-878289-98-5. $149.95. This is the second book for Idea Group Publishing on which Yogesh Malhotra has served as both editor and contributor. The first book he did for...

The OPL Sourcebook: A Guide for Solo and Small Libraries.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Judith A. Siess. 2001. Information Today, Inc. Hardcover. 371p. ISBN 1-57387-111-7. $39.50. In this, her second book for solo librarians, Judith Siess lives up to the label that Guy St. Clair once gave her--provocateur. I had never before...

Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches.(Review)
September 1, 2001... John E. Prescott & Stephen H Miller, eds. 2001. Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. John & Sons, Inc. Hardcover. 288p. ISBN: 0-471-40178-1. $39.95. There is no lack of information available to competitive intelligence (CI)...