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• Archbishop is honoured

  - 2008-01-11

  THE Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams today received an honorary degree from Durham University. He was made a doctor of divinity and was the third major public figure to be honoured by the college this week. Yesterday Durham University graduates Prof John Barrow, a cosmologist at Cambridge...

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• Strategic Roadmapping: A Workshop-based Approach for Identifying and Exploring Strategic Issues and Opportunities

  - 2007-03-01

  Abstract: Roadmapping has become one of the most widely used approaches for supporting innovation and strategy, at both firm and sector levels. A key benefit is the communication associated with the development and dissemination of roadmaps, particularly for aligning technology and commercial perspectives. This article presents a workshop-based method for...

  Tags: Leadership, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, technology, University of Cambridge, workshop

• British scientist wins Templeton Prize

  - 2006-04-04

  Briton John Barrow, a University of Cambridge cosmologist and mathematician whose work explores the relationship between life and the universe, as well as the nature and limits of human understanding, has won the 2006 Templeton Prize. At 53, Barrow is one of the youngest winners of the $1.4 million...

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• Mears, Natalie: Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms.(Book review)

  - 2006-03-22

  Mears, Natalie Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 311 pp., $85.00. ISBN 0-521-819922-9 Publication Date: December 2005 In recent years books that range from Carole Levin's The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics...

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• Joan Rector McGlockton

  - 2005-11-21

  Joan Rector McGlockton, senior vice president for corporate affairs and compliance for Gaithersburg, Md.-based Sodexho USA, was recently named as a 2006 Foundation Fellow by the International Women's Forum Leadership Foundation. She will receive ongoing leadership training and customized educational programs at Harvard Business School and at Cambridge University's Judge...

  Tags: compliance, Harvard Business School, Judge, Leadership, Maryland, University of Cambridge, women

• Sergio F. Martínez, Geografía de las prácticas científicas.(Reseña de libro)

  - 2005-11-01

  Sergio E Martínez, Geografía de las prácticas científicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas-UNAM, México, 2003, 206 pp. En una crítica de la teoría de las prácticas científicas planteada por Andrew Pickering, Stephen Turner (1999) señala que, en cualquier campo de estudio, sea en la...

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• Assessing The Significance Of Production: A Firm Perspective And Regional Implications

  BNET - 2005-06-27

  This paper focuses on the role of production operations within firms and regions. It is found that whilst there is increasing pressure for firms to offshore and outsource their activities, there is only a poor understanding of the longer-term implications of these movements in theory and practice. Definitions and conceptualisations...

  Tags: Implication, University Of Cambridge, Production, Outsourcing, Strategy, Productivity, Leadership, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management

• Assessing the Significance of Production; a Firm Perspective and Regional Implications

  BNET - 2005-04-06

  This paper focuses on the role of production operations within firms and regions. It is found that whilst there is increasing pressure for firms to offshore and outsource their activities, there is only a poor understanding of the longer-term implications of these movements in theory and practice. Definitions and conceptualisations...

  Tags: Implication, University Of Cambridge, Production, Outsourcing, Strategy, Productivity, Leadership, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management

• Books received/Livres recus

  - 2005-03-22

  BROWN, Marvin T., Corporate Integrity: Rethinking Organizational Ethics and Leadership, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 272 p. BRUNET, Luc et Andre SAVOIE, La face cachee de l'organisation. Groupes, cliques et clans, Montreal, QC : Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2003, 157 p. CHANDLER, Jr., Alfred...

  Tags: Books, Leadership, NETWORKING, SECURITY, University of Cambridge

• Cambridge University Press starts "Int. Journal of Law in Context"

  - 2004-10-17

  Cambridge University Press (CUP; New York; Cambridge, UK) has begun the publication of the International Journal of Law in Context, a new monthly title designed to be a forum for interdisciplinary legal studies and to offer "intellectual space" for critical research. For institutions, an annual subscription costs $231 in print,...

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