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Book of the Week - Thurs 26/6/08

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

International business economics : a European perspective / edited by Judith Piggott and Mark Cook.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HD2844.5 .I566 2006

International business economics book jacket

About this Book
International Business Economics: A European Perspective provides students with an understanding of the international business environment from a European perspective, but also within the broader context of how Europe and European Business fits into the global economy. The text discusses the European business environment in light of changes taking place in the global economy and considers the challenges Europe is facing as the EU and EU businesses seek to maintain their position in an increasingly competitive global environment.

Subject(s):
Business Economics
International Finance
International Trade & Commerce

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 25 June 2008)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Directory of bodies [electronic resource] : mandates, membership, officers.

Measuring globalisation [electronic resource] : activities of multinationals. Volume I, Manufacturing = Mesurer la mondialisation : activités des multinationales. Volume I, Secteur manufacturier.

Measuring globalisation [electronic resource] : activities of multinationals. Volume II, Services, 2000-2004 = Mesurer la mondialisation : activités des multinationales. Volume II, Services, 2000-2004

Communication and management at work / Thomas Klikauer.

Facets of corporate identity, communication and reputation / edited by T.C. Melewar.

People management skills for technical professionals / Charlene Tribelhorn.

Conflict coaching : conflict management strategies and skills for the individual / Tricia S. Jones, Ross Brinkert.

Clearings in the forest : on the study of leadership / Nathan Harter.

Entrepreneurship, geography, and American economic growth / Zoltan J. Acs, Catherine Armington.

Entrepreneurial learning : conceptual frameworks and applications / edited by Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch.

International handbook of research on indigenous entrepreneurship / edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.

The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability / James Gustave Speth.

Negotiate your way to success [electronic resource] : 24 steps to building agreement / Steven P. Cohen.

Negotiating globally [electronic resource] : how to negotiate deals, resolve disputes, and make decisions across cultural boundaries / Jeanne M. Brett.

Leading the way : evaluating and assessing leadership programs : evaluation of existing leadership programs and assessment of the relationship between these and the attraction of women to leadership positions in rural industries / Jo Eady.

Models of enterprise-level project performance [computer file] : comparative studies of organizational form, control mode and feedback mechanisms in the construction and IT services industries / Li Liu.

Bioblogs : resumes for the 21st century / Michael Holley Smith.

Gender in management [electronic resource]

Stress buster [videorecording]

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

UQ Blended Learning Conference

Friday, June 20th, 2008

The University of Queensland TEDI (Teaching and Educational Development Institute) hosted a one day conference on Thursday 19 June 2008 on the topic of Blended Learning.

blended learning conference

The aim of this conference was “To explore how embedding the use of technology alongside more traditional face-to-face teaching can enhance the student experience.” The event was run simultaneously with its “siblings” from Calgary, Canada and Hertfordshire, UK.

If you would like to check the abstracts of the conference papers or if you wish to read more on this topic go to http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/blendedlearning/.

Or for an easy holiday read check out “Is Google making us stupid?” , an article mentioned by one of yesterday’s presenters!

Enjoy!

Book of the Week - Thurs 19/6/08

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Governing the modern corporation : capital markets, corporate control and economic performance / Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library and Online at HD2741 .S635 2006
Governing the Modern Corporation book jacket

About this Book
In Governing the Modern Corporation, Smith and Walter examine critically and comprehensively corporate governance issues before and after the bursting of the stock market bubble in 2000, focusing on the conduct of investors, intermediaries and regulators, as well as that of corporate boards. They find conflicts of interest to be heavily embedded in the system, and suggest a number of remedies to return it to the free market that all want and expect it to be. Features: Discusses the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2000) * Focuses on the totality of the free-market financial system (financial institutions, corporations and intermediaries) * Argues for a different approach to governance than federal regulation.

Subject(s):
Executive Management
Financial Economics
Accountancy

Recent titles in the library (Business Organisation and Communication, 12 June 2008)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Understanding knowledge as a commons : from theory to practice / edited by Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom.

Developing management skills : a comprehensive guide for leaders / James Carlopio Graham Andrewartha.

Managing for stakeholders : survival, reputation, and success / R. Edward Freeman, Jeffrey S. Harrison, Andrew C. Wicks.

The essential new manager’s kit / Florence Stone.

Lessons on leadership and business / Adrian Geering.

Human security & business / Benjamin K. Leisinger, Marc Probst.

Integrating quantitative and qualitative research [electronic resource] : lessons from the field / edited by Michael Bamberger.

The illusions of entrepreneurship : the costly myths that entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers live by / Scott A. Shane.

Moral markets : the critical role of values in the economy / edited by Paul J. Zak with a foreword by Michael C. Jensen.

Corporate control and enterprise reform in China [electronic resource] : an econometric analysis of block share trades / Christian Büchelhofer.

A contingency-based view of chief executive officers’ early warning behavior [electronic resource] : an empirical analysis of German medium-sized companies / Andreas Kirschamp with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Utz Schaffer.

Executive wisdom [electronic resource] : coaching and the emergence of virtuous leaders / Richard R. Kilburg.

Corporate social responsibility as an international strategy [electronic resources] / Christina Keinert.

Competence of top management teams and success of new technology-based firms [electronic resource] : a theoretical and empirical analysis concerning competencies of entrepreneurial teams and the development of their ventures / Jan Brinckmann with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Gemundun.

Please send any new title suggestions in this area to Cristina Ghiculescu at c.ghiculescu@library.uq.edu.au

Book of the Week - Thurs 12/6/08

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Succeeding like success : the affluent consumers of Asia by Yuwa Hedrick-Wong.
Singapore : John Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2007.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HF5415.33 .W66 2007

suceeding like success book cover

About this book
Covering 12 Asian markets - Japan, China, India, Australia, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India and the Philippines - the affluent consumer market is in turn analyzed in terms of two segments; the mass affluent and the rich. Their respective sizes, purchasing power and key consumption trends today and in 10 years’ time are systematically described.

Subject(s):
Market Research & Analysis
SE Asia - Economics and Development
E Asia - Economics & Development

QUOSA - new software at the library

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

The Library has purchased a site-license for the QUOSA software:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/quosa/
QUOSA logo
Advantages of QUOSA:
• Downloads multiple PDFs – FAST
• Organizes PDFs into folder trees with links back to EndNote or RefWorks
• Deep searches inside PDFs as every word of the article (not just in the title and abstract) is indexed.

QUOSA can be used when searching PubMed, Ovid Medline, Scopus and the Web of Knowledge databases. QUOSA is integrated with EndNote and RefWorks.

Download the software from http://www.quosa.com/downloads.php
and choose the subscriber version. (Suggestion - do NOT enable startup accelerator )

To learn how to use QUOSA efficiently you can:

  • Do the online tutorials from http://www.med.yale.edu/library/education/guides/feature/quosa
  • View the demo videos from http://www.quosa.com/demos.html
  • Come to a demonstration : Friday June 20th 2.30 - 3.30 in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library conference Room - level 1, building 2.
  • Enjoy!