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- Best of Ben - Popular Posts from the Archives
- Many months ago Breck Yuntis at Duke University asked me if I had a "Best of" list for this blog. I've been blogging since June 2004 and have posted 1,011 times. One of the problems with the reverse chronological nature of blogs is that the "best" posts aren't necessarily promoted...
- Blog posts 2007-02-03
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- Formal Book Review: The Four Hour Workweek
- From time to time I write longer book reviews on books I find particularly provocative. Previous formal book reviews have been on affirmative action, national security, the CIA and Afghanistan, atheism, the prodigious mind of David Foster Wallace, and 21st century college life according to Tom Wolfe. This review is...
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- Statistical Language Learning.(book review)(Review) (book review)
- E. CHARNIAK. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. xx + 170 pp. $25. This book has the goal of presenting the current state of the art in artificial-intelligence natural language processing. One approach to this study is through statistical modeling, utilizing information-theoretic ideas and Markov...
- Research articles 1994-12-01
- The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy.(Book Review) (book review)
- Edited by KEIMPE ALGA, JONATHAN BARNES, JAAP MANSFELD, and MALCOLM SCHOFIELD. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xix, 916. The Cambridge Histories of philosophy, extending from Thales to at present the seventeenth century, are not a formal series. Nevertheless, they have a distinctive character:...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action.(Book Review) (book review)
- By Phillip J. Cooper. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002. xiv, 301 pp. By Order of the President is an important contribution to the emerging literature on the formal instruments of presidential power. Presidency scholars are, increasingly, turning their attention toward the legal...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma. (Book Reviews).~(book review)
- The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma by Steven S. Smith and Thomas F. Remington. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2001. 180 pp. Cloth, $42.50; paper, $16.95. Smith and Remington test competing rational choice theories of legislative institutions by examining the development of formal...
- Research articles 2002-06-22
- Congressional Caucuses in National Policy Making. (book review)
- Hammond, Susan Webb Congressional Caucuses in National Policy Making Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 257 pp., $39.95, ISBN 0-8018-5682-5 Publication Date: January 1998 When she speaks of congressional caucuses, Susan Webb Hammond is...
- Research articles 1999-01-01
- When government isn't exactly government.(Book Review)
- Jonathan G. S. Koppell. 2003. The Politics of Quasi-Government: Hybrid Organizations and the Dynamics of Bureaucratic Control. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. 254 pp. This book by Jonathan Koppell, Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Management, is a welcome addition to the growing...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Governing with Judges: Constitutional Politics in Europe.(Review) (book review)
- Governing with Judges: Constitutional Politics in Europe. By ALEC STONE SWEET. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp.xiii + 232, bibljo, index. u35 cloth ISBN 0-19-829730-0; u16.99 paper ISBN 0-119-829771-8. This is a bold and provocative study of what the author regards as a...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Souls Grown Deep: African Vernacular Art of the South, Volume One. - Review - book review
- Souls Grown Deep: African Vernacular Art of the South, Volume One Tinwood Books, w/ The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library October 2000, $100.00, ISBN 0-965-37660-5 In the past, museums and commercial galleries often ignored art produced by often rurally based vernacular artists because...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- The evolving role and reputation of Arab broadcasters: shifting perceptions of reality in Iraq 'expose the futility of our journalistic faith in the truth.'.(Book Review)
- Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network That is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism Mohammed el-Nawawy and Adel Iskandar Westview Press. 240 Pages. $16 pb. One of the early acts of the new Iraqi government after receiving formal power from the United...
- Research articles 2004-12-22
- Duncan, Jason K.: Citizen or Papist?: The Politics of Anti-Catholicism in New York, 1685-1821.(Book review)
- Duncan, Jason K. Citizen or Papist?: The Politics of Anti-Catholicism in New York, 1685-1821 New York: Fordham University Press 253 pp., $70.00, ISBN 0-8232-2517-7 Publication Date: November 2005 The influence of religious attitudes in American politics continues to spark academic interest, despite increasing...
- Research articles 2006-06-22
- East Asian labor markets and the economic crisis: Impacts, responses and lessons. (New ILO Publications). (book review)
- East Asian labor markets and the economic crisis: Impacts, responses and lessons. Edited by Gordon Betcherman and Rizwanul Islam. Geneva, ILO/Washington, DC, World Bank, 2001. xiii + 492 pp. Figures, tables, boxes. 70 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-112274-3. The recent financial crisis in East and...
- Research articles 2001-06-22
- Successful Proposal Strategies for Small Business: Winning Government, Private Sector, and International Contracts. (book reviews)
- The NACM asked me to review this book from the perspective of an SBA 8a certified small minority business owner/manager, and because I have published articles on government contracting, sales automation, and procurement strategies. Our company, Iron Horse, derives most of its revenue from federal government...
- Research articles 1997-09-01
- Judgment Day at the White House: A Critical Declaration Exploring Moral Issues and the Political Use and Abuse of Religion.(Review) (book reviews)
- Fackre, Gabriel, ed. Judgment Day at the White House: A Critical Declaration Exploring Moral Issues and the Political Use and Abuse of Religion Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans 190 pp., $12.00 paper ISBN 0-8028-4671-8 paper Publication Date: 1999 Judgment Day at the White...
- Research articles 1999-09-22
- Building a Learning Organization
- The Idea in Brief As we all know, to stay ahead of competitors, companies must constantly enhance the way they do business. But more performance-improvement programs fail than succeed. That's because many managers don't realize that...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- A New Game Plan for C Players
- The Idea in Brief How to sustain a 23% annual shareholder return? Push your growth rate from 4% to 10% in one year? Triple your market capitalization in three years? Clothing retailer The Limited,...
- Articles 2008-03-10
- PrivateBancorp, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first call comes from Steven Alexopoulos – J. P. Morgan. Steven Alexopoulos – J. P. Morgan Larry, if we look at the $150 million increase in non performing assets X the share national credits, what portion of the increase is coming from the loans...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-26
- Interviewing Candidates and Making Job Offers
- A job interview has two primary objectives: First, to find out if the candidate is qualified for the job; and second, to provide the candidate with information about the position and the company. To ensure the right person is hired, it's essential that all candidates have the same opportunities to...
- Articles 2007-11-28
- Conducting a 360-degree Appraisal
- A 360-degree appraisal surveys and collects the views of all the appraised employee's colleagues, including the manager, peers, direct reports, and, on occasion, clients. Additionally, the employee will generally rate himself, so that his views of how he impacts his colleagues can be added to the mix.There is no absolute...
- Articles 2007-09-28
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