We would like to remind you that the Library will be closed during the Easter Holidays and the blog will be on hiatus until April 6. We will be back, however, after the holidays with an array of new topics and interesting news. Happy Holidays!
The World Economic Forum, in cooperation with INSEAD, has just launched “The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010” under the theme “ICT for Sustainability.” The report explores the many and diverse links between ICT and sustainability, in all its dimensions.
It also study highlights the key role of ICTs as an enabler of a more economically, environmentally [...]
When it comes to patenting technology and making money from it, the top 10 companies in Forbes’ latest ranking of the Most Innovative U.S. Companies – IBM, Microsoft, Intel, General Electric, Cisco Systems, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Hewlett Packard and Micron Technology – are hard to beat.
The patent system, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, is [...]
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group, (BCG) has released a new report, “Stimulating Economies through Fostering Talent Mobility”. The study highlights best practices from governments and companies that successfully address talent shortages, and outlines recommendations for improving workforce skills and attracting highly-skilled employees.
Despite high unemployment, the global economy has entered [...]
The Library has expanded its FAQs section with a new service called “How-to”, a knowledge database that allows users to find fast, expert answers to business research questions as well as library-related ones.
Here are just a couple examples of the FAQs:
Where can I find current or historical betas for companies and industries?
How can I access [...]
The spring issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review contains an interesting article about the contribution of entrepreneurship to society, entitled “All Entrepreneurship is Social.”
The article’s author, Carl Schramm, points out that over the past decade the term social entrepreneur has become a fashionable way of describing individuals and organizations that, in their attempts at [...]
The World Bank has just launched “Africa Development Indicators 2010”. The report includes an annual essay drawing on ADI indicators titled “Silent and Lethal: How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa’s Development Efforts”. This year, the focus is on “quiet corruption” which is pervasive and widespread across Africa and is having a disproportionate effect on the poor, [...]
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The United Nations Human Settlement Program, UN-Habitat, has just published its report “State of the World Cities 2010/2011: Bridging the Urban Divide.” The study investigates the challenges facing our rapidly urbanizing population and examines the social, economic, cultural and political drivers of urban poverty and deprivation.
The report highlights the unprecedented challenges which urbanization throws at [...]
The Ethisphere Institute has announced its World’s Most Ethical Companies list which highlights 100 organizations leading the way in promoting ethical business standards. The companies featured include General Electric Co., Google, L’ORÉAL, Nike and Ford Motor Company.
The methodology for the World’s Most Ethical ranking includes reviewing codes of ethics, litigation, and regulatory infraction histories; evaluating [...]
