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Afghanistan

Coll, Steve. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. New York: Penguin Press, 2004. (DS 371.2 .C63 2004)


Afro-American Executives

Livers, Ancella B. Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. (HD 38.25 .U6 L584 2003)

Tye, Larry. Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class. New York: Holt, 2004. (HD 8039 .R362 U68 2004)


Agriculture

Manning, Richard. Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization. New York: North Point Press, 2004. (S 419 .M29 2004)


Arab-Israeli Conflict

Horovitz, Bob. Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. (DS 119.76 .H67 2004)Kimmerling, Baruch. The Palestinian People: A History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. (DS 119.7 .K4943 2003)


Board of Directors

Carver, John. Corporate Boards That Create Value: Governing Company Performance from the Boardroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. (HD 2745 .C3722 2002)


Book Industries and Trade

Suzanne, Claudia. This Business of Books: A Complete Overview of the Industry from Concept Through Sales, 4th ed. Tustin, CA: WC Publishing, 1996. (Z 471 .S89 1996)

 

Business Ethics

Jackson, Ira A. Profits With Principles: Seven Strategies for Delivering Value with Values. New York: Doubleday, 2004. (HF 5387 .J2946 2004) Nielsen, Richard. The Politics of Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (HF 5387 .N537 1996)

Paine, Lynn Sharp. Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. (HF 5387 .P35 2003)


Business Information Services

Lanza, Sheri R. International Business Information on the Web: Searcher Magazine’s Guide to Sites and Strategies for Global Business Research. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2001. (REF HF 54.56 .L364 2001)


Capitalism

Baumol, William J. The Free Market Innovation Machine: Analyzing the Growth Miracle of Capitalism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. (HB 501 .B48 2002)


Chemical Industry

Aftalion, Fred. A History of the International Chemical Industry, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Press, 2001. (HD 9650.5 .A3813 2001)


China

Du Pont, Michael. Foreign Direct Investment in Transitional Economies: A Case Study of China and Poland. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. (HG 5782 .D8 2000)

Feigenbaum, Evan A. China’s Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. (UA 835 .F44 2003) Gilley, Bruce. China’s Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. (JQ 1516 .G55 2004)

Huang, Yasheng. Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment During the Reform Era. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (HG 5782 .H8355 2002) Lampton, David M. Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. (E 183.8 .C5 L26 2001) Luo, Yadong. Strategy, Structure, and Performance of MNCs in China. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2001) (HD 62.4 .L864 2001) McGuckin, Robert. China’s Experience with Productivity and Jobs: Benefits and Costs of Change. New York: Conference Board, 2004. (HD 9736 .C45 C45 2004)

Nyberg, Albert. Accelerating China’s Rural Transformation. Washington, DC:
World Bank, 1999. (HN 740 .Z9 C613 1999)
Panitchpakdi, Supachai. China and the WTO: Changing China, Changing World Trade. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. (HF 1385 .S87 2002) Street, Nancy Lynch. American Businesses in China : Balancing Culture and Communication. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2003. (HD 2910 .S74 2003 TRAC)

 

Commercial Statistics

Berinstein, Paula. Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast at Little or No Cost. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2003. (REF HF 1016 .B47 2003)

Competition

IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. Lausanne, Switzerland: IMD International, 2004. (REF HF 1414 .W67 2004) [Library has online subscription] Lewis, William. The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. (HC 79 I52 L49 2004)

Porter, Michael. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: Free Press, 1998. (HD 3611 .P654 1998)


Computer Crimes

Hitchcock, J.A. Net Crimes & Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering the Spammers, Swindlers, and Stalkers Who Are Targeting You Online. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2002. (HV 6773 .H575 2002)


Conservatism

Micklethwait, John. The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America. New York: Penguin Press, 2004. (JC 573.2 .U6 M53 2004)


Copyright and Electronic Data Processing

Hoffmann, Gretchen McCord. Copyright in Cyberspace: Questions and Answers for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2001. (KF 3030.1 .Z9 H64 2001)


Corporate Governance

Jackson, Ira A. Profits With Principles: Seven Strategies for Delivering Value with Values. New York: Doubleday, 2004. (HF 5387.J2946 2004)

Monks, Robert. Corporate Governance. 3rd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2004. (HD 2745 .M66 2004)


Cyprus

Dew, Philip. Doing Business with the Republic of Cyprus. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2004. (HF 3757 .Z6 D65 2004 TRAC)


Economic Conditions

Thompson, Douglas. The New Real Economy. Salt Lake City, UT: Crossroads Research Institute, 2003. (HC 106.82 .T496 2003)


Economic History

Coyle, Diane. The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. (HC 54 .C74 1998)


Electronic Information Resources

Berinstein, Paula. Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast at Little or No Cost. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2003. (REF HF 1016 .B47 2003)

Maxymuk, John. Government Online: One-Click Access to 3,400 Federal and State Websites. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, 2001. (REF ZA 5075 .M38 2001)

Rockenbach, Barbara. Ethics and Electronic Information. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2003. (Z 665 .E83 2003)


Energy

Zumerchik, John. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. (REF TK 163.25 .M33 2001 vols. 1-3)


Environmental Policy

Devine, Robert. Bush Versus the Environment. New York: Anchor Books, 2004. (GE 180 .D48 2004)


Estonia

Terterov, Marat. Doing Business with Estonia. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2003. (HF 3639.7 .Z6 D65 2003 TRAC)


Ethnopsychology

Hofstede, Geert H. Culture’s Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001. (GN 502 .H628 2001)


Etiquette

Foster, Dean Allen. The Global Etiquette Guide to Asia :Everything You Need to Know for Business and Travel Success. New York: Wiley, 2000. (BJ 1838 .F67 2000 TRAC)

Foster, Dean Allen. The Global Etiquette Guide to Europe :Everything You Need to Know for Business and Travel Success. New York: Wiley, 2000. (BJ 1838 .F673 2000 TRAC)

Hodge, Sheida. Global Smarts : the Art of Communicating and Deal Making Anywhere in the World. New York: Wiley, 2000. (HF 5389 .H63 2000 TRAC)


Export Marketing

Rohlmeier, Jeffrey. ExportIT China: Telecommunications and Information Technology Market Opportunities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration, 2003. (HF 1416.5 .R64 2003)

Quelch, John A. The Global Market : Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. (HF 1416 .G554 2004 TRAC)

Sherlock, Jim. The Handbook of International Trade : A Guide to the Principles and Practice of Export. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2004. (HF1416.6 .G7 H36 2004 TRAC)

Cook, Thomas A. Mastering Import & Export Management. New York: American Management Association, 2004. (HF 1414.4 .C665 2004 TRAC)

Finance

Farrell, Chris. Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. (HG 229 .F324 2004)


Foreign Investment

Huang, Yasheng. Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment During the Reform Era. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (HG 5782 .H8355 2002)


Foreign Relations

Guttman, Robert J. Europe in the New Century: Visions of an Emerging Superpower. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. (D 2003 .E95 2001)

Lampton, David M. Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. (E 183.8 .C5 L26 2001)


Foreign Trade Regulations

Jiménez, Guillermo. Guide to Export-import Basics. Paris, France: ICC Pub, 2003. (K 3943 .J55 2003 TRAC)


Free Trade

Moore, Mike. A World Without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade and Global Governance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (HF 1713 ,M73 2003)

Estevadeordal, Antoni. Integrating the Americas : FTAA and Beyond. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. (HC 94 .I576 2004 TRAC)

Lengyel, Miguel. Trade Policy Reforms in Latin America : Multilateral Rules and Domestic Institutions. New York: Macmillan, 2004. (HF 1480.5 .T72 2004 TRAC)


Globalization

Moore, Mike. A World Without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade and Global Governance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (HF 1713 .M73 2003)

Singer, Peter. One World: The Ethics of Globalization. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002. (JZ 1318 .S583 2002)


India

Cohen, Stephen. India: Emerging Power. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2001. (DS 480.853 .C634 2001)


Indian Civic Leaders

Edmunds, R. David. The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. (E 89 .N48 2001)


Industrial Management

English, Larry P. Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality. New York: Wiley, 1999. (HD 30.2 .E54 1999)

McCormick, Blaine. At Work with Thomas Edison: 10 Business Lessons from America’s Greatest Innovator. Irvine, CA: Entrepreneur Press, 2001. (HD 45 .M377 2001)

Walker, Danielle Medina. Doing Business Internationally : The Guide to Cross-cultural Success. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. (HD 31 .B7235 2003 TRAC)

Neef, Dale The Supply Chain Imperative. New York: American Management Association, 2004. (HD39.5 .N445 2004 TRAC)


Information Technology

Alcaly, Roger. The New Economy. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. (HC 110 .I55 A43 2003)

Rockenbach, Barbara. Ethics and Electronic Information. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2003. (Z 665 .E83 2003)

United States. Department of Commerce. Education and Training for the Information Technology Workforce: Report to Congress from the Secretary of Commerce. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, 2003. (HD 30.2 .E38 2003)

Weill, Peter. Leveraging the New Infrastructure: How Market Leaders Capitalize on Information Technology. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998. (HD 30.2 .W45 1998)


International Business Enterprises

Luo, Yadong. Strategy, Structure, and Performance of MNCs in China. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2001) (HD 62.4 .L864 2001)

Porter, Michael. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: Free Press, 1998. (HD 3611 .P654 1998)


International Finance

Soros, George. The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered. New York: Public Affairs, 1998. (HB 3722 .S67 1998)


International Relations

Purdy, Jedediah. Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. (JZ 1480 .P87 2003)

Soros, George. The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power. New York: PublicAffairs, 2004. (E 902 .S67 2004)


International Security

Crocker, Chester A. Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 1996. (JZ 5595 .M36 1996)


International Trade

Howell, Thomas. Conflict Among Nations: Trade Policies in the 1990s. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. (HF 1411 .C5765 1992)

IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. Lausanne, Switzerland: IMD International, 2004. (REF HF 1414 .W67 2004) [Library has online subscription]


Iran

Shaffer, Brenda. Partners in Need: The Strategic Relationship of Russia and Iran. Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2001. (DK 68.7 .S53 2001)


Iraq

Pollack, Kenneth. The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq. New York: Random House, 2002. (DS 79.75 .P65 2002)


Israel

Horovitz, Bob. Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. (DS 119.76 .H67 2004)


Kazakhstan

Terterov, Marat. Doing business with Kazakhstan. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2004. (HF3770.23 .Z5 D65 2004 TRAC)


Labor

Murolo, Priscilla. From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States. New York: New Press, 2001. (HD 8066 .M86 2001)

Turner, Lowell. Rekindling the Movement: Labor’s Quest for Relevance in the 21st Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001. (HD 6508 .T87 2001)


Land Tenure

Freyfogle, Eric T. The New Agrarianism: Land, Culture, and the Community of Life. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001. (HD 205 .N49 2001)


Latvia

Terterov, Marat. Doing Business with Latvia. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2003. (HF 3639.8 .Z6 D65 2003 TRAC)


Leadership

Ellsworth, Richard. Leading with Purpose: The New Corporate Realities. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. (HD 57.7 .E42 2002)

Hunter, James C. The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader. New York: Crown Business, 2004. (HD 57.7 .H878 2004)

Maxwell, John C. Developing the Leader Within You. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993. (HD 57.7 .M394 1993)


Lithuania

Terterov, Marat. Doing Business with Lithuania. Sterling, VA, 2003. (HF 3639.9 .Z6 D65 2003 TRAC)


Malta

Terterov, Marat. Doing Business with Malta. London ; Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2003. (HF 3590.5 .Z5 D65 2003 TRAC)


Manufacturing Industries

Duesterberg, Thomas J. U.S. Manufacturing: The Engine for Growth in a Global Economy. Westport, CT: 2003. (HD 9725 .U15 2003)


Mexico

Kuan, Judy S. Mexico Tax, Law, and Business Briefing. Concord, MA: 2004. (KGF 1059 .M49 2004 TRAC)


National Security

Feigenbaum, Evan A. China’s Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. (UA 835 .F44 2003)


Online Databases

Sherman, Chris. The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2001. (REF ZA 4450 .S54 2001)


Operating Systems (Computers)

Boswell, William. Inside Windows Server 2003. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2003. (QA 76.76 .O63 B6442 2003)


Organizational Change

Hesselbein, Frances. On Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal: A Leader to Leader Guide. New York: Jossey-Bass, 2002. (HD 53 .O526 2002)

Kline, Peter. Ten Steps to a Learning Organization, 2nd. ed. Marshall, NC: Great Ocean Publishers, 1998. (HD 58.8 .K58 1998)

Nadler, David A. Champions of Change: How CEOs and Their Companies Are Mastering the Skills of Radical Change. New York: Jossey-Bass, 1998. (HD 58.8 .N297 1998)


Organizational Effectiveness

Lusthaus, Charles. Organizational Assessment: A Framework for Improving Performance. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2002. (HD 58.9 .O727 2002)


Palestinian Arabs

Kimmerling, Baruch. The Palestinian People: A History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. (DS 119.7 .K4943 2003)


Power Resources

Zumerchik, John. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. (REF TK 163.25 .M33 2001 vols. 1-3)


Reference

Berinstein, Paula. Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast at Little or No Cost. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2003. (REF HF 1016 .B47 2003)

IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. Lausanne, Switzerland: IMD International, 2004. (REF HF 1414 .W67 2004) [Library has online subscription]

Lanza, Sheri R. International Business Information on the Web: Searcher Magazine’s Guide to Sites and Strategies for Global Business Research. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2001. (REF HF 54.56 .L364 2001)

Maxymuk, John. Government Online: One-Click Access to 3,400 Federal and State Websites. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, 2001. (REF ZA 5075 .M38 2001)

Sherman, Chris. The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2001. (REF ZA 4450 .S54 2001)

Zumerchik, John. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. (REF TK 163.25 .M33 2001 vols. 1-3)


Resumes

Jackson, Tom. Perfect Resume: Today’s Ultimate Job Search Tool, rev. ed.. New York: Broadway Books, 2004. (HF 5383 .J25 2004)


Retirement

Freedman, Marc. Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America. New York: Public Affairs, 1999. (HQ 1063.2 .U6 F73 1999)
Rural Conditions

Nyberg, Albert. Accelerating China’s Rural Transformation. Washington, DC:
World Bank, 1999. (HN 740 .Z9 C613 1999)


Russia

Chernoy, Lev. Economy Market The State: Measures to Revitalize Russia. New York: Pleiades Publishing, 2002. (HC 340.12 .C446 2002)

Shaffer, Brenda. Partners in Need: The Strategic Relationship of Russia and Iran. Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2001. (DK 68.7 .S53 2001)


Saudi Arabia

Champion, Daryl. The Paradoxical Kingdom: Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. (HC 415.33 .C475 2003)


Social Responsibility of Business

Jackson, Ira A. Profits with Principles: Seven Strategies for Delivering Value with Values. New York: Doubleday, 2004. (HF 5387 .J2946 2004)

Paine, Lynn Sharp. Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. (HF 5387 .P35 2003)

Zadek, Simon. Civil Corporation: The New Economy of Corporate Citizenship. Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2001. (HD 60 .Z33 2001)


Space Vehicle Accidents

United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003. (TL 795.5 .C65 vol. 1 2003) [also available on DVD]


Slovenia

Reuvid, Jonathan. Doing Business with Slovenia. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page, 2004. (HF 1578.7 .D65 2004 TRAC)


Tanzania

Szirmai, Adam. The Industrial Experience of Tanzania. New York: Palgrave, 2001. (HC 885 .I533 2001)


Technology

DeGregori, Thomas R. Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the Environment. Washington, DC: CATO Institute, 2002. (T 14.5 .D455 2002)


Telecommunications

Duesterberg, Thomas J. Competition and Deregulation in Telecommunications: The Case for a New Paradigm. Indianapolis: Hudson Institute, 1997. (HE 7781 .D83 1997)

Naughton, John. A Brief History of the Future: From Radio Days to Internet Years in a Lifetime. New York: Overlook Press, 2000. (TK 5102.2 .N38 2000)


Terrorism—United States Prevention

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Washington, DC: GPO, 2004. (HV 6432.7 .N39 2004)


Weblogs

Bausch, Paul. We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs. New York: Wiley Publishing, 2002. (TK 105.8884 .B38 2002)

Doctorow, Cory. Essential Blogging: Selecting and Using Weblog Tools. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly & Associates, 2002, (TK 5105.82 .E88 2002)

Stauffer, Todd. Blog On: The Essential Guide to Building Dynamic Weblogs. New York: McGraw, 2002. (TK 5105.89 .S73 2002)


World Politics

Barnett, Thomas P. M. The Pentagon's New Mmap : War and Peace in the twenty-first Century. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. (UA 23 .B337 2004 TRAC)


World War

Berthon, Simon. Allies at War: The Bitter Rivalry Among Churchill, Roosevelt, and De Gaulle. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001. (D 748 .B47 2001)


World Trade Organization

Lardy, Nicholas. Integrating China into the Global Economy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002. (HF 1604 .L373 2002)

Panitchpakdi, Supachai. China and the WTO: Changing China, Changing World Trade. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. (HF 1385 .S87 2002)


Periodicals

DiversityInc. New Brunswick, NJ: Diversity Media. Bimonthly. (Library has paper and online subscription.)

International Financial Statistics. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund. (Library has online subscription.)

 


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