Archive for June, 2008

Journal Citation Report 2008

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

We are happy and proud to report that on June 2008, ISI/SCI released their 2007 Journal Citation Reports, reporting journal impact factors for the worlds’ most important scholarly journals.
The MIS Quarterly, The Academy of Management Journal, and The Academy of Management Review, IESE Library titles situated in the 3rd better positions in importance, within the [...]

Best Business Books of the Year

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The article contains a list of the top ten best business books of 2007 according to “BusinessWeek” magazine. Books include ” In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India” by Edward Luce, “Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia” by Joe Studwell, and “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures [...]

The oil, gas and consumable fuels segment was the industries most lucrative in 2007

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Datamonitor finishes recently publishing a profile of the Energy industry in the World. The energy industry consists of the oil, gas, coal and consumable fuel, and the energy equipment & services industries. This report includes: Executive summary; Market overview; Market value; Market segmentation; Market share; Competitive landscape; Leading companies in the industry; and Market forecasts.
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GEM Global 2007 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship Launched

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The GEM Global 2007 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship by I. Elaine Allen, Amanda Elam, Nan Langowitz, and Monica Dean was launched on May 1, 2008 in New York City.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a not-for-profit academic research consortium that has as its goal making high quality international research data on entrepreneurial activity readily [...]

How important is having a mentor for an entrepreneur?

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Financial Times has published online this week an interesting article by Alicia Clegg about mentoring in business, and the relationship between mentors and mentees. It includes special advises about sensible precautions that will make mentoring work.
The article is available from the Financial Times website

Managing People in a Changing World

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The biannual publication from PricewaterhouseCoopers “Managing People in a Changing World” shows how companies can plot levels of engagement for an entire work force by looking at data relating to resignation levels, absence rates, employee attitudes, training hours per full-time employee (FTE), performance related pay and incidence of grievance.
Companies now have the tools to establish [...]

The Academy of Management Annals

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

The Academy of Management is proud to announce the inaugural volume of the Academy of Management Annals. This exciting new series follows one guiding principle: The advancement of knowledge is possible only by conducting a thorough examination of what is known and unknown in a given field. Such assessments can be accomplished through comprehensive, critical [...]

Blogs are growing in marketing plans

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

The article Blogging: A new play in your marketing game plan, and wrote by Tanuja Singh, Liza Veron-Jackson, Joe Cullinane in the lastest number of Business Horizons discusses blogs within the context of creating this new, more enduring relationship with the customer. Blogs are discussed within the framework of Web 2.0, the next generation of [...]

Eurostat statistical yearbook 2008

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Eurostat yearbook 2008 presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europe. It is freely available from the Eurostat website.
Most data cover the period 1996-2006 and some indicators are provided for other countries such as candidate countries to the European Union, members of EFTA, Japan or the USA (subject to availability). With just over 500 [...]

100 Best Workplaces in Europe 2008

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

The 2008 List of the Best Workplaces in Europe is produced by the Great Place to Work Institute Europe and published by the Financial Times.
The List of the Best Workplaces in Europe is based on 15 national Best Workplaces studies carried out in Europe. Participants in all countries are evaluated with the same methodology and [...]