Fall 2005 Business Books Orders

The following books were recently ordered by the Business Librarian in coordination with the Kennedy Library. The list is arranged by Subject Area. Search PolyCAT to check a title's status. Please note that if a title is not in PolyCAT it may indicate that a record has not been created yet - try checking again in a few days.

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Titles By Area

Agribusiness Accounting Economics Finance
Industrial Technology Management Marketing  

 

Agribusiness

Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Facts, Policy Analysis, and Applications by Mohan Munashinghe

Strategic Countryside Management by Guy Garrod

Adams Fact Book 2005: Beverage Alcohol State Facts and Regulations by Adams Beverage Group

Wine Business Insider: The Leading Source for Analysis of the Wine Industry (Weekly reports on production, sales, bulk wine and grape proces, and top stories) by Adams Beverage Group

Geography of Immigrant Labor Markets by Virginia Parks

Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense by John Ikerd

Alcoholic Beverages Packaging by T. Wainwright

Thirsty Work: Love Wine, Drink Better by Matt Skinner

 

Accounting

Creative Cash Flow Reporting: Uncovering Sustainable Financial Performance by Charles Mulford

Inventory Accounting: A Comprehensive Guide by Steven Bragg

The Business Tax Return Handbook by Jack Zuckerman

Excel Advanced Report Development by Timothy Zapawa

 

Economics

Profiting From Peace: Managing the Resource Dimension of Civil War by Heiko Nitzschke

Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations by Sophie Meunier

Competition and Growth: Reconciling Theory and Evidence by Phillippe Aghion

The Great Debate on Banking Reform: Nelson Aldrich and the Origins of the Fed by Elmus Wicker

The Macroeconomics of Imperfect Competition and Nonclearing Markets: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach by Jean-Pascal Benassy

Arab Political Demography by Onn Winckler

Americanization of the European Economy: A Compact Survey of American Economic Influence in Europe Since the 1880s by Harm Schroeter

China: An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance by World Bank

The New Left: How American Politics Work Today by Steven Malanga

Economic Growth in Latin America an the Caribbean: Stylized Facts, Explanations, and Forecasts by Norma Loayza

Bosnia and Herzegovina : Post-Conflict Reconstruction and the Transition to a Market Economy : An OED Evaluation of World Bank Support by World Bank

Global Taiwan : Building Competitive Strengths in a New International Economy

United States Foreign Oil Policy Since World War I: For Profits and Security by Stephen Randall

Ageing and Pension Reform Around the World: Evidence From Eleven Countries

The Fourth Branch: The Federal Reserve's Unlikely Rise to Power and Influence by Bernard Shull

It's Legal But it Ain 't Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries (University of Michigan)

U.S. Direct Investment in China by K.C. Fung

Globalization and Law: Trade, Rights, War by Adam Gearey

The Future of the Global Economic Organizations : An Evaluation of Criticisms Leveled at the IMF, the Multilateral Development Banks, and the WTO by John W. Head

Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (Oxford University Press)

When Economies Change Hands : A Survey of Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Markets of Europe from the Balkans to the Baltic States by Leo Paul Dana

Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2005: Meeting the Long Run Challenge by Alics Rivlin

Child Labor and Human Rights: Making Children Matter edited by Burns Weston

The New Emerging Japanese Economy: Opportunities and Strategies for World Business by Panos Mourdoukoutas

The Collapse of Globalism: And the Reinvention of the World by John Ralston Saul

Productivity: Information Technology and the American Growth Resurgence by Dale Jorgenson

Surviving Capitalism: How We Learned to Live With the Market and Remained Almost Human by Erik Ringmar

Making Markets for Vaccines: Ideas to Action - The Report of the Center for Global Development Advance Market Commitment Working Group by Ruth Levine

The Pro-Growth Perspective: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity by Gene Sperling

Reprogramming Japan: The High Tech Crisis Under Communitarian Capitalism by Marie Anchordoguy

Managing Labor Migration in the Twenty-First Century by Philip Martin

Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together by James Womack

Reality Check: The Distributional Impact of Privatization in Developing Countries edited by John Nellis

Privatization in the City: Successes, Failures, Lessons by Emanuel Savas

Resilient City: The Economic Impact of 9/11 edited by Howard Chernick

Technology, Institutions, and Economic Growth by Richard Nelson

Overcoming Stagnation in Aid-Dependent Countries by Nicolas Van de Walle

OECD Pensions at a Glance: Public Policies Across OECD Countries (OECD)

Latino Culture: A Dynamic Force in the Changing American Workplace by Nilda Chong

 

Finance

Asset Pricing by John Cochrane

Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons by Ed Renehan

Deals From Hell: M&A Lessons That Rise Above the Ashes by Robert Bruner

Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life by Steve Fraser

Fundamentals of Corporate Credit Analysis by Blaise Ganguin

Identifying International Financial Contagion: Progress and Challenges

Investor's Business Daily and the Making of Millionaires by David Saito-Chung

Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations That Created Modern Capital Markets (Oxford Press)

Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial Instability in Emerging Market Economies (University of Chicago)

Valuing Your Business: Strategies to Maximize the Sale Price by Frederick Lipman

Options for the Stock Investor: How to Use Options by James Bittman

The Treasury Bond Basis: An In-Depth Analysis for Hedgers, Speculators, and Arbitrageurs

Deal With Your Debt: The Right Way to Manage Your Bills and Pay Off What You Owe by Liz Pulliam Weston

The Complete Guide to Spread Trading by Keith Schap

The Euro: A Concise Introduction to European Monetary Integration by Madeleine Hosli

Partnering With Microsoft: How to Make Money in Trusted Partnerships With the Global Software Powerhouse by Ted Dinsmore and Edward O'Connor

Real Estate Market Valuation and Analysis by Joshua Kahr

Beyond the J Curve: Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds by Thomas Meyer and Pierre Yves Mathonet

New Ways for Managing Global Financial Risks: The Next Generation by Michael Hyman

Hedge Funds: Insights in Performance Measurement, Risk Analysis, and Portfolio Allocation by Greg N. Gregoriou, et al.

Timing the Market: How to Profit in the Stock Market Using the Yield Curve, Market Sentiment, and Cultural Indicators by Deborah Weir

Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts by Richard Imperiale

Getting Started in Chart Patterns by Thomas Bulkowski

Getting Started in Currency Trading by Michael Archer

Getting Started in Futures by Todd Lofton

Getting Started in Hedge Funds by Daniel A. Strachman

Getting Started in Options by Michael Thomsett

Hedge-Hogging by Barton Biggs

Quantitative Risk Management: Concepts, Techniques and Tools by Alexander McNeil

New Markets, New Strategies: Wealth-Building Habits for Intelligent Investing by Jason Trennert

Real Estate Market Valuation and Analysis by Joshua Kahr

 

Industrial Technology

Mad Technology: How East Asian Companies are Defending Their Technological Advances by Ingyu Oh

International Conference on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM 2004)

Lean Logistics: The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods by Michel Baudin

Managing Innovation: Integrating Technology, Market and Organization Change by Joe Tidd

Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management by Thomas E. Vollmann

Axiomatic Quality: Integrating Axiomatic Design With Six-Sigma Reliability and Quality Engineering by Basem El-Haik

ISO 9001:2000 For Small Business by Ray Tricker

Engineering Robust Designs With Six Sigma by John Wang

Operations Management by William Stevenson

Value Engineering: A Fast Track to Profit Improvement and Business Excellence edited by Surender Kumar, R.K. Singh, S.K. Jha

Innovating the Future Through Manufacturing edited by P. Vivekananda Shanmuganathan, K. Raja, P. Kuppan

Legal Programming: Designing Legally Compliant RFID and Software Agent Architectures for Retail Processes and Beyond by Brian Subirana

Biotechnological Inventions: Moral Restraints and Patent Law by Oliver Mills

Advanced Electronic Packaging by William Brown

Appropriate Food Packaging: Materials and Methods for Small Businesses by Peter Fellows

Lean Six Sigma Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success by Thomas Goldsby

Manufacturing Engineering and Technology by Serope Kalpakjian

Reconfigurable Distributed Control by D. Fabian Garcia Nocetti

Quality by Experimental Design by Thomas Baker

IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce, and e-Service

Fundamentals of Manufacturing Process by G.K. Lal

Why Policy Issues Networks Matter: The Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnerships by Paul Hallacher

Transforming a Sustainability Strategy Into Action: The Chemical Industry edited by Beth Beloff

The Pebble and the Avalanche: How Taking Things Apart Creates Revolutions by Moshe Yudkowsky

Innovation: Driving Product, Process, and Market Change edited by Edward Roberts

 

Management

Communication for Business and the Professions by Patricia Hayes Andrews

Complaint Management: The Heart of CRM by Bernd Stauss

Baldridge User's Guide: Organization Diagnosis, Design, and Transformation by John Latham

The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative by Stephen Denning

Communicating for Managerial Effectiveness by Phillip Clampitt

The Strategic Use of Stories in Organizational Communication and Learning by Terrence Gargiulo

Understanding Behaviors for Effective Leadership by Jon Howell

Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace by Michalle Mor-Barak

Organizational Psychology in Cross-Cultural Perspective by Colin Siverthorne

The Workforce Scorecard: Managing Human Capital to Execute Strategy (Harvard Press)

Enthusiastic Employee: What Companies Profit by Giving Workers What They Want (Wharton Publishing)

Quality by D. Summers

Quality Management: A New Era edited by Jimmy Chan

The Articulate Executive in Action: How the Best Leaders Get Things Done by Granville Toogood

Reputation Management (Management Extra)

International Cultural Tourism: Management, Implications, and Cases by Marianna Sigala

Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men -- And What To Do About It by Evelyn F. Murphy

The Hit Man's Dilemma: Or, Business, Personal, and Impersonal by Keith Hart

Startups That Work: The 10 Critical Factors That Will Make of Break a New Company by Joel Kurtzman

Economic Interdependence and Conflict in World Politics by Mark Crescenzi

Making Innovation Pay: Intellectual Property, Transactions, and Shareholder Value edited by Bruce Berman

In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions... When It Counts by Jerry Weissman

Leading With Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask by Michael Marquardt

It Takes a CEO: It's Time to Lead With Integrity by Leo Hindery, Jr.

Trust and Honesty: America's Business Culture at a Crossroad by Tamar Frankel

Corporate Integrity: A Toolkit for Managing Beyond Compliance by Donna Kennedy-Glans

Becoming a Strategic Leader by Richard Hughes

Discovering the Leader in You by Robert Lee

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company by Ram Charan

Managing Projects in Organizations by J. Davidson Frame

Kellogg on Strategy by David Dranove

The Global Market: Developing a Strategy to Manage Across Borders by John Quelch

101 Ways to Make Meetings Active by Mel Silberman

One Billion Customers: Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business With China by James McGregor

 

Marketing

Branding and Packaging by Murray Lubliner

Packaging Makeovers: Graphic Redesign for Market Change by Stacey King-Gordan

The Public Relations Handbook for Nonprofits: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide by Art Feinglass

Wake Up Your Call Center: Humanize Your Interaction Hub by Rosanne D'Ausilio

American Tradeshow Directory - Tradeshowbiz USA (Reference Book)

Trade Show and Event Marketing: Plan, Promote, and Profit by Ruth Stevens

Up Against the Retail Giants: Targeting Weakness, Gaining an Edge by A. Samli

The Visionary Package: Using Packaging to Build Effective Brands by Herbert Meyers

As Seen in Vogue: A Century of American Fashion in Advertising by Daniel Hill

SportsBusiness Journal (Weekly)

Up Against the Wal-Marts: How Your Business Can Prosper in the Shadow of the Retail Giants by Don Taylor

Winning Results With Google adWorks by Andrew Goodman

Corporate Reputation, the Brand & the Bottom Line: Powerful Proven Communication Strategies for Maximizing Value by Roger Haywood

Balanced Brand: How to Align the Stakeholder Values That Can Make or Break Your Business by John Foley

Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands by Alina Wheeler

Becoming a Category of One: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison by Joe Calloway

Hispanic Marketing: A Cultural Perspective by Felipe Korzenny

The American People: Census 2000 edited by Reynolds Farley

Export Sales and Marketing Manual (Export Institute)

Creating the Marketing Experience: New Strategies for Building Relationships With Your Target Market by Joe Marconi

Marketing Straight to the Heart: From Product to Positioning to Advertising - How Smart Companies Use the Power of Emotion to Win Loyal Customers by Barry Feig

Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning by Graham Hooley

 

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