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• Books received.(Bibliography)

  - 2007-07-01

  Artha: Meaning. By Jonardon Ganeri. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. ix + 258. Hardcover Rs 920.00. Buddhism in the Public Square: Reorienting Global Interdependence. By Peter D. Hershock. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. x + 229. Price not...

  Tags: Albany, Books, Leadership, London, University of Oxford

• Books received/Livres recus

  - 2006-06-22

  Almond, Phil et Anthony Ferner, editors, American Multinationals in Europe. Managing Employment Relations across National Borders, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, 346 p. Belanger, Laurent et Jean Mercier, Auteurs et textes classiques de la theorie des organisations, Quebec, Presses de l'Universite Laval PUL, 2006, 575 p B.-Turcotte, Marie-France...

  Tags: Books, Borders Books & Music, Cornell University, DES, Globalization, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Black History Month

  - 2006-02-01

  It's Black History Month and there is no better time than now to celebrate how far we've come and to gain knowledge of how far we have to go. Here is a list of books, old and new, that reflects on both the past and present. BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER:...

  Tags: Books, Strategy, Thompson, University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2005-12-18

  Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession by John Peter-Pham, New York, Oxford University press, 368 pp 2004 Unfortunately the timing of this book was less than serendipitous. Nevertheless Pham gives us a Vatican insider's look at papal succession-and papal politics. Mary Magdalene: A...

  Tags: Books, church, Leadership, Strategy, succession, University of Oxford

• Behind the judges and their courts

  - 2005-11-03

  The announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the death of Justice William Rehnquist, the naming of John Roberts as new chief justice and the controversy surrounding President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers, then Samuel Alito, to replace O'Connor may inspire some readers to delve more deeply into...

  Tags: Books, CAREER, University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2005-09-01

  ADNETT, NICK, and STEPHEN HARDY. The European Social Model: Modernisation or Evolution? Chelten-2005. Pp. 244. Cloth $95.00. AGELL, JONAS, MICHAEL KEEN, and ALFONS J. WEICHENREIDER, eds. Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 228. Cloth $35.00. AGLIETTA, MICHEL, and ANTOINE REBERIOUX. Corporate Governance Adrift:...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, Innovation, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poverty, Princeton University, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Books received since April 2005

  - 2005-08-01

  Ietto-Gillies, Grazia, Transnational Corporations and International Production (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2005), xii+252 pages. Megginson, William L., The Financial Economics of Privatization (Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 2005), x+522 pages. Moran, Theodore H. and Gerald T. West, eds., International Political Risk Management: Looking to the Future (Washington,...

  Tags: Books, FINANCE, University of Oxford, World Bank

• Books received

  - 2005-03-01

  AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. Africa in the Global Trading System: African Development Report 2004. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 337. Paper $29.95. ALESINA, ALBERTO, and EDWARD L. GLAESER. Fighting Poverty in the U.S. and Europe: A World of Difference. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 264. Cloth...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard, Strategy, U.K., University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Books received.(Book Review)

  - 2004-10-01

  Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Approaches to Dzogchen Practice in Jigme Lingpa's Longchen Nyingtig. By Sam van Schaik. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004. Pp. xvi + 386. Paper $29.95. Chinese Characteristics. By Arthur H. Smith, introduction by Lydia Liu. Norwalk:...

  Tags: Albany, Books, Boston, University of Oxford, Zen

• Books received

  - 2004-09-01

  31NETWORK. India Infrastructure Report 2004: Ensuring Value for Money. New York: Oxford University press, 2004. Pp. 347. Paper $35.00. ADAMS, WALTER, and JAMES W. BROCK. The Bigness Complex: Industry, Labor, and Government in the American Economy. 2d ed. Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004. Pp. 380. Paper $24.95....

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poverty, Princeton University, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford