Category Archives: Business

New on the Reading Shelf

All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results / Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. Free Press, 2012. To have any hope of succeeding as a manager, you need to get your people all … Continue reading

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Trending Topics – November, 2012

GENERata’s monthly Trending Topics graph gives you a quick picture of topics that are trending in the latest additions to the SD-Cite database. You can also link to lists of titles under each month’s top five topics. Click here for … Continue reading

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The Journal Updater

The Journal Updater Linked tables of contents for journals received during the week ending 04-12-2012, from IISD’s Research Library. Alliance Magazine Volume 17 Number 4, December 2012 Ambio Volume 41 Number 8, December 2012 The Economist Nov. 24, 2012 The Economist – The … Continue reading

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Private Empire: ExxonMobile and American Power / Steve Coll. Penguin Press, 2012. In Private Empire Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are … Continue reading

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+2 IISD Library-New Additions this Week

New materials on sustainable development research, knowledge, and innovation are continually being added to IISD’s library collection. Some of the topics of this week’s new additions include economics, climate change, economics, disaster management, RIO+20, & public-private partnership. More… Many of … Continue reading

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+2 IISD Library-New Additions this Week

New materials on sustainable development research, knowledge, and innovation are continually being added to IISD’s library collection. Some of the topics of this week’s new additions include economics, climate change, water, innovations, biodiversity, biofuels, global warming & REDD+. More… Many … Continue reading

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