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• Walton, C. Dale. Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century: Multipolarity and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective

  - 2008-03-22

  Walton, C. Dale. Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century: Multipolarity and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective. New York: Routledge, 2007. 160pp. $125 C. Dale Walton, PhD, is a lecturer at the University of Reading, in the United Kingdom, specializing in strategic studies and foreign policy. ...

  Tags: Nanotechnology, SECURITY, University of Reading

• Global construction trends.(For Openers: Just in from the Research Department)

  - 2008-03-01

  McGraw-Hill Construction has issued its "Key Trends in the European and U.S. Construction Marketplace SmartMarket Report," produced in partnership with the Innovative Construction Research Centre at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. Its findings are particularly relevant, given the size of the impact construction has on...

  Tags: FINANCE, McGraw-Hill Companies, University of Reading, workforce

• Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age

  - 2007-12-19

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c77891) has announced the addition of "Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age" to their offering. Computing technology is constantly evolving and changing, developing and consolidating its position as a vital component of our lives. It no longer plays a...

  Tags: Dr., Pandora, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Reading

• Direct Investment In Commercial Real Estate

  BNET - 2007-03-06

  This paper formed the basis of the keynote address to the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society conference in Melbourne. In the asset allocation process, direct real estate investment suffers from some perceived disadvantages and this paper summarises research, funded by practice, into three of these perceived disadvantages; depreciation in value,...

  Tags: Commercial Real Estate, University Of Reading, Real Estate, Asset Management, Investment, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Finance

• Getting rid of acrylamide in cereals.(News in brief)

  - 2007-03-01

  Acrylamide is considered as a probable carcinogen and is produced from foods such as potatoes, coffee, wheat and other cereals when the asparagine and sugars in them are are fried, baked or roasted. Scientists at Rothamsted Research and the University of Reading, UK are trying to...

  Tags: cereal, food, Manufacturing, University of Reading

• A University of Reading.(PERSONALIA)

  - 2007-01-01

  A University of Reading T: 0118 378 7388 professor has teamed up with Sainsbury's T: 020 7695 8451/7295 to encourage more young people to start a career in food technology after a 25 per cent drop in new recruits. Professor Christine Williams, a food A University...

  Tags: food, University of Reading

• Deregulation And Productivity Growth: A Study Of Indian Commercial Banking

  BNET - 2006-12-14

  This paper examines the impact of regulatory reform on the performance of Indian commercial banks. Using a balanced panel data set covering from the beginning of the deregulation period (1992) to the last few years (2004) and employing a DEA Data Envelopment Analysis -based Malmquist index of total factor productivity...

  Tags: Deregulation, University Of Reading, Total Factor Productivity, Regulations, Government

• University expert solves 3,000-year mystery.

  - 2006-12-11

  M2 PRESSWIRE-11 December 2006-University of Reading: University expert solves 3,000-year mysteryC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11122006 A University of Reading lecturer has over come a problem not even the ancient Egyptians, Euclid or Newton could conquer. Dr James Anderson, from...

  Tags: computer, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Reading

• A University of Reading lecture has won a prestigious risk management award.

  - 2006-12-07

  M2 PRESSWIRE-7 December 2006-University of Reading: A University of Reading lecture has won a prestigious risk management award.C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07122006 Professor Carol Alexander, Chair of Risk Management and Director of Research at the ICMA Centre business school, has won...

  Tags: FINANCE, SECURITY, Strategy, University of Reading

• The Conceptual Framework For Business Process Innovation

  BNET - 2006-11-24

  This paper outlines the conceptual framework for a research program on Business Process Innovation based on advanced Enterprise Information Systems in a global supply chain context. The paper has argued that most industrial supply chains are globally scattered and nearly every business relies on their Enterprise Information Systems ES for...

  Tags: Innovation, Business Process, Supply Chain, University Of Reading, Operational Planning, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Leadership, Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management