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- Relocation: How Far Can Trade Unions Go To Prevent Businesses Going Elsewhere For Cheap Labour?
- Opportunities for European businesses to take advantage of the cheaper labour available in the EU accession states were challenged recently in the European Court Of Justice ECJ by a landmark case. International Transport Workers Federation and another v Viking Line demonstrated the conflict between two fundamental rights enshrined in EU...
- White papers 2008-02-04
- The Role of 'Emotional Intelligence' In Business
- To reach the top in the vast majority of organisations, you need powerful people skills, whether you work in technology, finance or sales. People in IT often concentrate instead on getting technical or industry-specific qualifications, and are then thrust into managerial and leadership roles without the right skills. "Success" is...
- White papers 2007-09-13
- What a Performance!
- IBM's Global Human Capital study has confirmed what most HR managers already knew: effective performance management is integral to healthy organisations. Providing opportunities for promotion and performance feedback is closely linked to lower levels of organisational turnover - and plays a key role in talent management, organisational productivity and, ultimately,...
- White papers 2005-10-18
- Gold Rush
- Although they serve vastly different functions, two recently completed GSA leased buildings share a common characteristic. They were initially designed to meet Silver-level requirements of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED rating program. But in each case, the developer raised the bar. One of...
- White papers 2004-11-01
- New Shade of Federalism
- In recent years, sustainable design has become a primary component of design excellence in GSA projects. Since 2003, the GSA has required all its buildings to receive certification (or, better still, a Silver rating) through the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED green-building rating program. This article describes how the Federal...
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Ready for Takeoff
- Green building is booming. Intelligent buildings continue to evolve. U.S. Green Building Council is very specific on a matter, allowing LEED credits in several different areas through the creative use of building automation. This article is a primer on those credits, as well as a look at how building automation...
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Beyond Borderline
- About 200 miles southeast of Calgary along Interstate 15, the Port of Entry facility in Sweet Grass, Mont., and Coutts, Alta., is one of the busiest border crossing stations in North America, processing 1.3 million travelers and 413,000 commercial shipments each year. To meet programmatic and sustainability goals, GSA and...
- White papers 2004-11-01
- All Fired Up
- This paper describes the utilization of clean-agent fire suppression systems according to their requirements at different places. When it comes to specifying clean-agent fire suppression systems in sensitive environments such as computer rooms or museums, engineers today face a smorgasbord of chemical options. It's no secret that FM-200 and Inergen...
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Balancing Active and Passive Fire Protection Balance
- The United States and Canada have the worst fire death rate of all industrialized countries for which we have comparable data, according to a study conducted by United States Fire Administration USFA. A strong controversy has developed among fire-protection, building-design and construction interests over the past several years on the...
- White papers 2004-02-17
- White Paper on Sustainability
- Sustainable development is the most vibrant and powerful force to impact the building design and construction field in more than a decade. In this white paper, the editors of Building Design & Construction offer a brief history of green building; present the results of a specially commissioned survey of our...
- White papers 2003-11-14
- What Next for the Sustainability Movement
- In just one decade, "sustainability" has grown from a concept that had almost no credibility, to one that has captured the imagination of forward-thinking building owners, developers, Federal and state agencies, school officials, colleges and universities, architects, engineers, and contractors. Over the next few years, LEED will embrace commercial interiors...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Information Technology Insights: IBM Targets the Chemical Industry
- Still the number one information technology company in the world, IBM has shifted away from being simply product-focused to a solution-based business, which is represented in IBM's core strategy - e-business on demand. The e-business on demand concept, which was officially introduced to the marketplace last October, is the cornerstone...
- White papers 2003-05-26
- Design-Build and M/E Systems: Some Legal Concerns
- Most studies of design-build project delivery have focused on entire projects, but even in traditional projects there are specialty subcontractors who deliver portions of projects via design-build. This practice is increasingly common in the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire-protection trades. There are advantages: Construction of the system can be fast-tracked...
- White papers 2001-06-01
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- Charterhouse swots up on Reed's business
- Charterhouse, the private equity owner of the Times Educational Supplement TES, has emerged as a possible bidder in the 1.25bn race for New Scientist publisher Reed Business Information RBI. UBS, the bank advising RBI parent Reed Elsevier, is expected to send out an information memorandum by mid-May....
- Articles 2008-05-04
- 24/7 Real Media Partners with Four Major Publishers to Launch BBN, the Largest Business to Business Online Advertising Network
- Cygnus Business Media, Nielsen Business Media, Reed Business Information and McGraw-Hill Join 24/7's New Network to Give Advertisers Greater Reach Across More Vertical Markets NEW YORK -- 24/7 Real Media, Inc., the leading global digital marketing company, today announced a partnership with four major publishers to create BBN,...
- Articles 2008-04-21
- Reed rises on hopes of private equity B2B deal
- MARKET REPORT Credit Suisse cheered up investors in Reed Elsevier yesterday after saying that, contrary to reports of "cooling interest ... private equity is intently interested" in buying the company's business-to-business arm. The FTSE 100-listed publisher announced its intention to sell its Reed Business...
- Articles 2008-04-11
- States Fret Over XM/Sirius Merger (Broadcasting and Cable)
- Attorneys general from 11 states asked FCC Chairman Kevin Martin last week to closely examine the Justice Department's decision not to challenge the XM/Sirius satellite radio merger on antitrust grounds. "The combination of these companies will result in a single corporation controlling access to...
- Articles 2008-03-31
- FX, NBC Universal in $100M Film Deal (Broadcasting and Cable)
- FX and NBC Universal struck a deal to bring nearly all of Universal Pictures' 2008 movies to the cable network. The deal, estimated to be worth about $100 million, will give FX the basic-cable rights to 15 films after the pay window, including The...
- Articles 2008-03-31
- JP aviation directories acquired by Flight
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Reed Business Information UK RBI UK has announced that it has acquired the JP Airline-Fleets directory to add to its Flight portfolio. The company acquired, on 19 March, both the annual JP Airline-Fleets directory from Bucher & Co, a partnership...
- Articles 2008-03-28
- Flight acquires JP aviation directories.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 March 2008-RBI UK: Flight acquires JP aviation directoriesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28032008 The JP Airline-Fleets directory, one of the best known brands in the aviation world, has been acquired by Reed Business Information UK RBI UK to...
- Articles 2008-03-28
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