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Shakespeare's Sonnet CXI and John Davies of Hereford's Microcosmos: Lines in Shakespeare's Sonnet CXI bear a strong resemblance to lines in John Davies of Hereford's Microcosmos (1603). In the sonnet Shakespeare's Poet persona blames Fortune for making him reliant on 'public means which public manners breeds'. It has been widely supposed that Shakespeare is alluding to his career as...; Tags: English, Francis, II, James, John, King, Literature, Oxford University Press, William; Research articles 2007-01-01
Otis Chandler: Literary Networking: Otis Chandler is the founder of Goodreads.com, a social networking site for book lovers. Chandler talks about the benefits of his site above others that feature similar content and his own personal experiences with Goodreads.com.; Tags: Otis Chandler, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, goodreads.com, literature, social networking, Site; Videos 2008-04-24
Useful Commute: Moral Lessons in Literature: What can Sir Thomas More and Sophocles teach tomorrowâ€™s business leaders? Harvard Business School's Sandra Sucher explains how she uses great literature to teach moral leadership. by BNET staff; Tags: BNET staff, Management, Leadership, Literature; Blog posts 2008-01-07
The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature: The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature. Ed. by DAVID LOEWENSTEIN and JANEL MUELLER. Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 2002. xi+1038 pp. 100[pounds sterling]; $140. ISBN 0-521-63156-4. In this handsome volume, editors David Loewenstein and Janel Mueller aim to provide 'basic information about [ ......; Tags: Cambridge University Press, David, Literature; Research articles 2006-01-01
Approaching Business Angels: A "business angel," also known as an "angel investor," is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business, typically an equity investment. Angels rarely make loans or outright grants. Business angels most often support individual entrepreneurs and brand-new ventures, although they can assist any venture in need. The term...; Tags: Literature, Business, BNET Editorial, Business Structures, Venture, Appellation, Management, Finance, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, Business Angel, Compatibility, Angel, accountant, venture capital, equity investment, medical device, partnership, equity, financial, financing, bank, stock, Internet; Articles 2007-10-10

Book Notes.: American Jewish Life The Body of Brooklyn, by David Lazar. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2003. 163 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-87745-845-6. These essays offer a recollection of the author's Brooklyn upbringing in the 1960s and 1970s. His immigrant Jewish...; Tags: American, David, English, God, Hebrew, History, Holocaust, Jews, Judaism, Literature, Madison, Oxford University Press, Palestinian, Politics, Press, S., Smith, University of Wisconsin; Research articles 2004-09-22
Manual to miscellany: stages in the commercial copying of vernacular literature in England: ABSTRACT The origins of the commercial book trade in England can be traced back as far as the mid-thirteenth century, when professional scriveners began to copy Anglo-Norman romances and works of pastoral instruction, such as Grosseteste's Chasteau d'amour and William of Waddington's Manuel de peches. These texts often circulated...; Tags: A., Anglo-Norman, C., Early, English, G., Gray, J., La, Lincoln, Literature, M., Marie, Medieval, Microsoft Corp., Oxford, Oxford University Press, Robert, Taylor, Virgin, Walter, William, York; Research articles 2003-01-01
ANCRENE WISSE: A MODERN LAY PERSON'S GUIDE TO A MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS TEXT: This paper is, in part, an account of a personal journey; I approached the study of Ancrene Wisse from a training in modern literature and philosophy via study of feminist critical study. How was a late twentieth century feminist agnostic to deal with a thirteenth century text written initially for...; Tags: A., Caroline Walker Bynum, David, English, God, J., Literature, Medieval, Nicholas, Oxford University Press, Wallace, Watson; Research articles 2002-07-01
English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Reniassance: English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. By RACHEL POLONSKY. Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 1998. xii + 249 pp. 45 [pounds sterling].The 'barbaric renaissance', the paradoxical title of the first part of this provocative and insightful two-part study, is a key...; Tags: Cambridge University Press, English, Literature, Russian; Research articles 2001-01-01
A Literature Review: Investigations Into The Impact of Leadership Styles And Management Strategies: This paper attempts to draw connections between the extensive literature on management and leadership in schools and the research on Information Communication Technology ICT integration. Studies show the problematic relationship of management and leadership practice with meaningful ICT integration (MacDonald 2006). The paper will distinguish transformative ICT integration from other...; Tags: Strategy, Literature, Leadership Style, Integration, University Of South Australia, Leadership, Management; White papers 2007-01-24
Mentoring In Context: In last few decades, mentoring has been identified, often uncritically, as an overwhelmingly positive workplace learning activity for men, women and minority groups in a variety of organisational settings such as schools, universities, hospitals, corporations, and government departments. This paper begins by exploring what is understood by mentoring, the functions...; Tags: Literature, Queensland University Of Technology, Gender And Diversity, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2005-12-09
Entrepreneurship Capital: Determinants And Impact: The literature focusing on the geography of entrepreneurship has developed some-thing of a schizophrenic approach. On the one hand is a series of studies, which have tried to identify characteristics specific to particular regions that account for inter-spatial variations in entrepreneurship. On the other hand is a literature that has...; Tags: Entrepreneurial, Literature, Entrepreneurship, Management; White papers 2004-08-01
Advancing Economic Research On The Free And Open Source Software Mode Of Production: Early contributions to the academic literature on free/libre and open source software (F/LOSS) movements have been directed primarily at identifying the motivations that account for the sustained and often intensive involvement of many people in this non-contractual and unremunerated productive activity. This issue has been particularly prominent in economists' contributions...; Tags: Literature, Stanford University, Motivation, F/OSS, Leadership, Open Source, Management; White papers 2004-11-01
Safety Culture: A Review of the Literature: This paper reviews the literature on safety culture, focussing particularly on research carried out from 1998 onwards. The objectives of this paper are to review the main features of safety culture and safety climate within the existing academic and applied literature, and to explore the links between safety culture and...; Tags: Culture, Literature, Crown, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2003-03-14
The Impact of Human Capital and Human Capital Investments on Company Performance Evidence From Literature and European Survey Results: This paper consists of a literature review and an analysis of an existing database on Human Resource Management HRM the Cranet survey. It focuses on research that connects human capital with the firm and asks whether education, skills/competence and training have any impact on company performance. The main results may...; Tags: Literature, Performance, Investment, Training, European Training Village, Human Capital, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resource Management (HRM), Human Resources; White papers 2005-04-06
Effective Use Of Medical Literature: All personal injury cases involve medicine and law. The law is applied to the facts to determine the person responsible for causing injury to the plaintiff. Principles of medicine determine the nature and extent of the injury, as well as the causal relationship to the negligent conduct. In every PI...; Tags: Literature, Health Care, Litigation, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; White papers 2003-01-01
Trade and the Environment: An Economic Literature Survey: This document attempts to organize and summarize the major developments of the trade and environment literature observed during the last ten years. Both the major theoretical and empirical contributions are presented and discussed. This includes an overview of the different methods economists have used to describe the environmental externalities, and...; Tags: Literature, Environment, Survey, Gustavo AnrÃquez; White papers 2002-09-20
Possibility or Utopia? Consumer Choice in Health Care: A Literature Review: The literature reviews the scientific literature on consumer choice in health care. The purpose of this literature review is to explore models of consumer choice and their effects, with an eye towards identifying options for further exploration in the project. The literature review tried to find evidence for effects of...; Tags: Literature, UTOPIA, Health Care, Consumer Choice, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; White papers 2004-03-01
A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants Especially Relevant to Alaska: This paper is a review of the literature on oil spill dispersants published from 1997 to January 2002. As in the literature before this time-period, it was found that results are often contradictory from one study to another. The paper identifies and summarizes recent advances in dispersant effectiveness, toxicity, and...; Tags: Crude Oil, Literature, Review, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens; White papers 2002-03-01
Operational Hedging: A Review With Discussion: Motivated by the increasing prevalence of operational hedging in corporate-level risk management programs, this paper provides an extensive overview and synthesis of the existing literature on operational hedging. In particular, the paper focuses on the treatment of operational hedging in the operations management literature. The paper then explores how the...; Tags: Literature, Risk Management, INSEAD, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Management; White papers 2004-01-01