In this updated and expanded second edition of her popular guidebook, Searcher columnist Irene E. McDermott once again exhorts her fellow reference librarians to don their pith helmets and follow her fearlessly into the Web jungle. She presents new and improved troubleshooting tips and advice, Web resources for answering reference questions, and strategies for managing information and keeping c…

Accounting and finance have a language of their own with a variety of statements and techniques that can mystify non-accounting colleagues. This new edition, like its predecessors, is written primarily for those non-financial students and managers who need to know about finance and accounting in any organization. The aim is to cut through as much of the jargon as possible and explain the variou…

The Leadership Crash Course was first released in 2000. In the eight years preceding that, I had researched and written two books ? one on leadership, the other on large-scale change in organizations. During that time, a common theme emerged in my conversations with clients, readers and colleagues, whether they were CEOs or Chief Finance Officers of globe-straddling businesses, mid-level manage…

This book offers an analysis of the relationship among collective bargaining, firm competitiveness, and employment protection/creation in the United States. The contributors offer an overview of the systemic perspectives of collective bargaining, then follow with four instructive case studies that provide insights into the process of collective bargaining and its current status in the evolving …

This is an undergraduate textbook on the basic aspects of personal savings and investing with a balanced mix of mathematical rigor and economic intuition. It uses routine financial calculations as the motivation and basis for tools of elementary real analysis rather than taking the latter as given. Proofs using induction, recurrence relations and proofs by contradiction are covered. Inequalitie…

Managerial Leadership provides a four-tiered approach that helps professionals from all walks of life develop strong management and leadership skills. Top leadership models and frameworks, tools for assessing leadership strengths, techniques for handling change and growth, and more make this book a veritable learning laboratory.

This volume offers unique and timely insights on the state of online news, exploring the issues surrounding this convergence of print and electronic platforms, and the public's response to it. It provides an overview of online newspapers, including current trends and legal issues and covering issues of credibility and perceptions by online news users. The heart of the book is formed by empirica…

The global negotiations over climate change involved over 180 countries and innumerable observers and other participants, addressing enormously complex and economically vital issues with conflicting agendas. For the UN to create an effective and well-supported international regime required enormous and very skilful organization. Using the metaphor of a theatrical production, this book shows how…

The microfinance revolution, begun with independent initiatives in Latin America and South Asia starting in the 1970s, has so far allowed 65 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy insurance. This comprehensive survey of microfinance seeks to bridge the gap in the existing literature on microfinance between academic economists and…

Innovation. Businesses want it. Individuals crave it. Organizations strive for it. But what does it take, really, to innovate? If you are looking for a theoretical framework and long exposition discussing the pros and cons of various business methodologies, then you have come to the wrong place. But if you want entertaining, real-world, tried-andtrue examples of amazing business innovations, th…