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• Subtle champion

  - 2006-11-18

  From J. Davis Sir: Charlie Boss's article on the reforms of government in Oxford University is dominated by a major misconception ('Is Oxford about to get rid of its Vice-Chancellor?', 4 November). Dr Hood, he says, is a controversial figure. Yes, exactly, and intended to be so. The...

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• Walt Whitman Rostow

  - 2005-01-01

  Walt Whitman Rostow Walt Whitman Rostow (born 1916) was an educator, economist, and government official. Born in New York City on October 7, 1916, Walt Whitman Rostow was the son of Russian immigrants Victor Aaron and Lillian Helman Rostow. He attended Yale University, receiving a B.A. in 1936. Following graduation,...

  Tags: Europe, FINANCE, Government, Investment, professor, Strategy, U.S., University of Oxford, Yale University

• Sarbanes-Oxley, Corporate Governance And Operational Risk

  BNET - 2004-07-22

  The paper presents general discussion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its wider implications, with particular reference to operational risk management. The discussion concentrates upon conceptual issues: how one should define operational risk, how it can be measured, and some standard statements about operational risks which strike me as ill-conceived. In...

  Tags: Risk, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Corporate Governance, University Of Oxford, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Strategy, Security, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management

• Making Sense: Philosophy behind the headlines. - book review

  - 2003-03-01

  by Julian Baggini Oxford, England and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002); 296 pp; $26.00 cloth. in the Monty Python sketch involving a soccer match between famous Greek philosophers and German philosophers, when the whistle is blown, the overly intellectual opponents commence walking about, stroking their beards instead...

  Tags: cloth, Government, Leadership, Strategy, University of Oxford

• Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism, or Reform? (book reviews)

  - 1998-01-01

  Esposito, John L., ed. Boulder. CO: Lynne Rienner 280 pp., $55.06 cloth, $19.95 paper ISBN 155587-262-X cloth ISBN 1-55587168-2 paper Publication Date: July 1997 This is an excellent collection of papers that grew out of a conference sponsored by the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding...

  Tags: cloth, Government, Islamist, Rubin, SOFTWARE, Strategy, University of Oxford

• Rhodesians Never Die.(Brief Article)

  - 1993-06-05

  WITH "Rhodesians Never Die" (Oxford University Press; 400 pages; Pounds45 and $79), Peter Godwin and Ian Hancock have produced the best account yet of the death throes of white Rhodesia. Their lack of knowledge of other civil wars means they are unduly shocked by the way ...

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