Winter 2006 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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Agribusiness

Beautiful Wineries of the Wine Country by Jennifer Barry

California Wine Cluster by Michael Porter (Harvard)

Chile: The Art of Wine by Sara Matthews

Handbook of Enology: The Microbiology of Wine and Vinifications (volume 1) by Pascal Ribereau-Gayon

Handbook of Enology: The Chemistry of Wine (volume 2) by Pascal Ribereau-Gayon

Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation by Roger Horowitz

Investing in Nature: Case Studies of Land Conservation in Collaboration With Business by William Ginn

How to Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names by Diana Belluci

Planet Wine: A Grape-by-Grape Visual Guide to the Contemporary Wine World by Stuart Pigott

Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America
by Bruce Babbitt

The U.S. Wine Market: Impact Databank Review and Forecast (2005)
Wine Spectator
Provides the following data: Exclusive table wine analysis by origin, variety and color;
Consumption trends by type/origin; Comprehensive data by type and state; Volume data and trends for nearly 500 brands since 1980; Top 25 wine marketers and their brands; Retail sales expenditures by type and price segment; Exclusive price/volume scatter-graphs by company, brand and type over different time periods; Comprehensive media advertising since 1975; Extensive wine drinker demographics; Industry projections through 2015; Global wine consumption by market; Leading international wine marketers and their brands; and much more!

U.S. Wine Demographics
MKF
Published in 2001, this report provides demographic statistics, including age, gender, ethnicity, income, geographic, and education factors related to the table wine market. It includes key changes in overall U.S. demographics and suggests how these trends may affect wine consumption in the near term. Purchasing trends further illuminate how shifting consumer spending patterns, economic changes, and advertising may also affect future wine consumption. Electronic version only is available.

Grape Trends 2005
MKF
In-depth data for projected tons, pricing and bearing acres for all major grape growing regions for seven varietals – Chardonnnay, Sauvignon Blacn, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Zinfandel, and Pinot Noir. This information is a valuable resource for vineyard owners and managers, winery operations staff, winery general managers and wine industry lenders.
Excel format.

Wine Spectator Magazine
Wine Spectator
16 Issues per year.

Marketing Scales Handbook by Gorden Bruner.
4 Volumes.

Mangos, Chiles, and Truckers: The Business of Transnationalism by Robert Alvarez Jr.

Geotourism edited by Ross Dowling

Agricultural Prices and Commodity Market Analysis by John Ferris

Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption,, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States by John Soluri

 

Accounting

Company Tax Reform in the European Union by Joann Martens-Weiner

Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control: Creating a Culture of Compliance by Martin Biegelman

 

Economics

Energy and Sustainable Development in Mexico by John Moroney

Capital and Collusion: The Political Logic of Global Economic Development by Hilton Root

The Culture of the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett

We Are Poor But So Many: The Story of Self-Employed Women in India by Ela Bhatt

Income Distribution in Macroeconomic Models by Giuseppe Bertola

Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy by James Anderson

Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and its Poisonous Consequences edited by James Lardner

The Social Construction of Free Trade: The European Union, NAFTA, and MERCOSUR by Fancesco Duina

Trading Blocs: States, Firms, and Regions in the World Economy by Kerry Chase

Global Energy Shifts: Fostering Sustainability in a Turbulent Age by Bruce Podobnik

Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand and Beyond edited by Edward Younkins

Stochastic Dynamic Macroeconomics: Theory and Empirical Evidence by Gang Gong

The Green Tiger: The Costs of Ecological Decline in the Philippines by Barbara Goldoftas

Social Security and the Golden Age: An Essay on the New American Demographics by George McGovern

Understanding and Interpreting Chinese Economic Reform by Janglian Wu

Shanghaided? by Michael Chase

NAFTA Revisited: Achievements and Challenges by Gary Hufbauer

Saving Social Security: A Balanced Approach by Peter Diamond

In Search of Retirement Security: The Changing Mix of Social Insurance, Employee Benefits, and Individual Responsibility edited by Teresa Ghilarducci

Green Trading Markets: Developing the Second Wave by Peter Fusaro

Sustainable Tourism: Theory and Practice by David Weaver

Poverty and the WTO: Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda edited by Thomas Hertel

International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain by Caglar Oezden

Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy by Ian Goldin

Labor Movement: How Migration Regulates Labor Markets by Harald Bauder

 

Finance

Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in Foreign Policy by Ben Steil

Beyond Wall Street by David Rubenstein

Carnival on Wall Street: Global Financial Markets in the 1990s by Jane Hughes

Cashing in on Wall Street's Ten Greatest Myths by Richard Lackey

Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry by John Kador

Day Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit From Market Swings by Kathy Lien

Governing the Modern Corporation: Capital Markets, Corporate Control and Economic Performance by Roy C. Smith

Banking in the Great Northern Territory: An Illustrated History by George Slade

The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution by Herbert Hovenkamp

Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance by Vinh Q. Tran

 

Industrial Technology

Lean Enterprise Systems: Using IT for Continuous Improvement by Steve Bell

Introduction to Instrumentation, Sensors and Process Control by William Dunn

Kanban for the Supply Chain by Stephen Cimorelli

Stochastic Modeling of Manufacturing Systems

Managing Cybersecurity Resources: A Cost-Benefit Analysis by Lawrence Gordon

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Critical Considerations for Manufacturers

RFID and Beyond: Growing YOur Business Through Real World Awareness by Claus Heinrich

RFID and Contactless Smart Card Applications by Dominique Paret

The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns by George Wybenga

Fantastic Folders and Exceptional Envelopes: A Designer's Guide to Custom Carriers that Open Conversations and Seal Deals by Patricia Belyea

Manufacturing Systems by George Chryssolouris

 

Management

Management Extra - Series
Includes: Business Environment; Positive Working Relationships; Managing for Results; Information and Knowledge Management; Quality and Operations Management; Leading Teams; Development for High Performance; Reputation Management; Managing Yourself; Change Management; Project Management; Recruitment and Selection; Financial Management; and Facilitator's Guide.

Your Lawyer: An Owner's Manual: A Business Owner's Guide to Managing Your Lawyer by Henry Krasnow

Corporate Crime by Marshall Barron Clinard

International Business Communication by Lillian Chaney

Broken Windows, Broken Business: How the Smallest Remedies Reap the Biggest Rewards by Michael Levine

Worldwide Identity: Inspired Design From Forty Countries by Robert Peters

The Aging Workforce: Realities, Myths, and Implications for Organizations by Jerry Hedge

Creating Lean Corporations by Jeffrey Morgan

 

Marketing

Demographics USA Zip Edition (TradeDimensions)

Demographics USA County Edition (TradeDimensions)

Competitive Strategy for Media Firms: Strategic and Brand Management in Changing Media Markets by Sylvia Chan-Olmsted

Demographics: A Guide to Methods and Data Sources for Media, Business, and Government by Steve Murdock

 

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