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Books Added in September 2008

HA 31.3 .G45 2007
Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models. Andrew Gelman and Jennifer Hill. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

HC 79 .C6 B353 2008
Does ethics have a chance in a world of consumers? Zygmunt Bauman. Harvard University Press, 2008.

HC 79 .E5 B7595 2008
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to save civilization. Lester R. Brown. W. W. Norton, 2008.

HC 79 .I55 L48 2008
Groundswell: Winning in a world transformed by social technologies. Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Harvard Business Press, 2008.

HD 30.255 .M35 2008
True green @ work: 100 ways you can make the environment your business. Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin. National Geographic Society, 2008.

HD 30.3 .P55 2008
Bridging the gaps: How to transfer knowledge in today's multigenerational workplace. Diane Piktialis and Kent A. Greenes. Conference Board, 2008.

HD 60 .H388 2007
Capitalism at the crossroads: Aligning business, earth, and humanity. Stuart L. Hart. Wharton School Publishing, 2007.

HD 66 .V58 2007
Virtuality and virtualization. Proceedings of the International Federation of Information Processing Working Groups 8.2 on Information Systems and Organizations and 9.5 on Virtuality and Society, July 29-31, 2007, Portland, Oregon, USA. Springer, 2007.

HD 4904.25 .W7345 2008
Work less, live more? Critical analysis of the work-life boundary. Christopher Warhurst, Doris Ruth Eikhof and Axel Haunschild, editors. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

HF 5381 .E94 2007
Making a living while making a difference: Conscious careers for an era of interdependence. Melissa Everett. New Society Publishers, 2007.

Y 4.F 49/20:110-100 - Documents, Floor 2
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights: Providing new protections for consumers: Hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

Y 4.J 89/1:110-69 - Documents, Floor 2
Mandatory binding arbitration agreements: Are they fair for consumers? Hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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HC 79 .C3 R63 2008
Accounting for infrastructure regulation: An introduction. Martin Rodriguez Pardina, Richard Schlirf Rapti, and Eric Groom. World Bank, 2008.

KFI 1679.3 .P76 2007
Property Tax Extension Limitation Law: Technical manual. Illinois Department of Revenue, 2007.

Y 1.1/8:110-606 - Documents, Floor 2
Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008: Report (to accompany H.R. 5720). United States Congress. House Committee on Ways and Means. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

Y 1.1/8:110-731 - Documents, Floor 2
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6275) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes: Report (to accompany H. Res. 1297). United States Congress. House Committee on Rules. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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Development Economics

HC 244 .Z9I52 U65 2008
Unleashing prosperity: Productivity growth in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Asad Alam ... [et al.]. World Bank, 2008.

HC 340.5 .L54 2008
Improving the business environment in Latvia: The impact of FIAS assistance. Sanda Liepina, Jacqueline Collidge, and Lars Grava. World Bank, 2008.

HD 75 .C65 2008
Companion to development studies. Vandana Desai and Robert B. Potter, editors. Hodder Education, 2008.

HD 75.9 .U85 2008
Using training to build capacity for development: An evaluation of the World Bank's project-based and WBI training. World Bank Independent Evaluation Group. World Bank, 2008.

HD 82 .G754 2007
Growth divergences: Explaining differences in economic performance. Jose? Antonio Ocampo, Jomo K.S. and Rob Vos, editors. Zed Books, 2007.

HD 966 .C66 2007
Conflicts over land & water in Africa. Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard & Espen Sjaastad, editors. Michigan State University Press; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.

HD 966 .L35 2008
Land and sustainable development in Africa. Kojo Sebastian Amanor and Sam Moyo, editors. Zed Books; distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

HD 5713.3 .T69 2007
Towards full and decent employment. Jose Antonio Ocampo and Jomo K.S., editors. Zed Books; published in association with the United Nations, 2007.

HD 5837 .A6 F69 2008
Working out of poverty: Job creation and the quality of growth in Africa. Louise Fox and Melissa Sekkel Gaal. World Bank, 2008.

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HB 72 .G38 2008
On philosophy, politics, and economics. Gerald F. Gaus. Thompson Wadsworth, 2008.

HB 615 .E437 2007
Entrepreneurship and the experience economy. Daniel Hjorth and Monika Kostera, editors. Copenhagen Business School Press; distributed by Marston Book Services, 2007.

HD 87 .N49 2006
New economic geography: Effects and policy implications: A symposium. Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2006.

Y 4.F 49/20:110-93- Documents, Floor 2
Monetary policy and the state of the economy: Hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on Financial Services. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

Y 4.F 49/20:110-94 - Documents, Floor 2
Foreign government investment in the U.S. economy and financial sector: Joint hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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HG 173 .C566 2007
Risk management technology in financial services: Risk control, stress testing, models, and IT systems and structures. Dimitris N. Chorafas. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.

HG 1725 .R63 2008
Why are there so many banking crises? The politics and policy of bank regulation. Jean-Charles Rochet. Princeton University Press, 2008.

HG 3881 .T58 2006
Towards a cognitive mode in global finance: The governance of a knowledge-based financial system. Torsten Strulik and Helmut Willke, editors. Campus Verlag; distributed by University of Chicago Press, 2006.

HG 4529.5 .K38 2008
Standard & Poor's guide to the perfect portfolio: Five steps to allocate your assets and ensure a lifetime of wealth. Michael Kaye. Mcgraw-Hill, 2008.

HG 6024 .U6 M9 2008
My word is my bond: Voices from inside the Chicago Board of Trade. Interviews by Arlene Michlin Bronstein. Wiley, 2008.

Y 4.F 49/20:110-94 - Documents, Floor 2
Foreign government investment in the U.S. economy and financial sector: Joint hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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HD 7125 .G465 2008
When I'm sixty-four: The plot against pensions and the plan to save them. Teresa Ghilarducci. Princeton University Press, 2008.

HD 7125 .L68 2008
While America aged: How pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis. Roger Lowenstein. Penguin Press, 2008.

HD 8526.5 .F536 2007
Soviet workers and late Stalinism: Labour and the restoration of the Stalinist system after World War II. Donald Filtzer. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

HF 5549.5 .J63 E84 2006
2006 job satisfaction: Survey report. Evren Esen. Society for Human Resource Management, 2006.

KF 3369.3 .L39 2008
Labor law in a nutshell. Douglas L. Leslie. Thomson/West, 2008.

Y 4.J 89/1:110-69 - Documents, Floor 2
Mandatory binding arbitration agreements: Are they fair for consumers? Hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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HG 8054.5 .W54 2006
Foundations of risk management and insurance. Charles M. Nyce. American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2006.

HG 8059 .C64 2005
Commercial liability risk management and insurance. Donald S. Malecki, Arthur L. Flitner, and Jerome Trupin. American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2005.

HG 8059 .F55 2007
Commercial insurance. Arthur L. Flitner, Jerome Trupin, and Martin J. Frappolli. American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty, Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2007.

HG 8059 .P756 2007
Property and liability risk control. Martin J. Frappolli, Coordinating author. American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2007.

HG 8076 .O47 2006
Finance for risk management and insurance professionals. James M. Olsen. American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2006.

HG 9396 .E37 2008
Economic burden of providing health insurance: How much worse off are small firms? Christine Eibner. RAND Corporation, 2008.

KF 1164 .P67 2005
Legal environment of insurance. Karen Porter. American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, 2005.

Y 4.F 49/20:110-88 - Documents, Floor 2
Homeowners' insurance crisis and its impact on communities, homeowners, and the economy: Hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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International Business

HC 415.3 .G76 2008
Growing beyond oil: Productivity, performance, and progress in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Bart van Ark ... [et al.]; with the Gulf Investment Corporation. Conference Board, 2008.

HD 2365 .L34 2008
Offshore outsourcing of IT work: Client and supplier perspectives. Mary C. Lacity and Joseph W. Rottman. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

HD 2910 .C65 2007
Doing business in China for dummies. Robert Collins and Carson Block. Wiley, 2007.

HD 9199 .C82 L84 2008
Fair trade and a global commodity: Coffee in Costa Rica. Peter Luetchford. Pluto Press, 2008.

HD 9502 .R82 G65 2008
Petrostate: Putin, power, and the new Russia. Marshall I. Goldman. Oxford University Press, 2008.

HF 352 .B47 2008
Splendid exchange: How trade shaped the world. William J. Bernstein. Atlantic Monthly Press; distributed by Publishers Group West, 2008.

HF 1385 .W76 2007
WTO after Hong Kong: Progress in, and prospects for, the Doha Development Agenda. Donna Lee and Rorden Wilkinson, editors. Routledge, 2007.

HF 1414 .S73578 2008
Staying competitive in the global economy: Compendium of studies on global value chains. OECD, 2008.

HG 3881 .T58 2006
Towards a cognitive mode in global finance: The governance of a knowledge-based financial system. Torsten Strulik and Helmut Willke, editors. Campus Verlag; distributed by University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Y 4.F 49/20:110-94 - Documents, Floor 2
Foreign government investment in the U.S. economy and financial sector: Joint hearing. United States Congress. House Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

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HD 30.2 .K63726 2008
Knowledge management in practice: Connections and context. T. Kanti Srikantaiah and Michael E.D. Koenig, editors. Information Today, 2008.

HD 58.8 .A6778 2007
Leaders in transition: The tensions at work as new leaders take charge. Gilles Amado and Richard Elsner. Karnac, 2007.

HD 59.2 .A95 2008
Strategic reputation management: Towards company of good. Pekka Aula and Saku Mantere. Routledge, 2008.

HD 69 .P75 K472 2006
Project management: Case studies. Harold Kerzner. Wiley, 2006.

HF 5549.5 .B84 L65 2007
Bullying in the workplace: Reversing a culture. Joy Longo. Center for American Nurses, 2007.

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HF 5415.32 .F687 2007
Explaining consumer choice. Gordon R. Foxall. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

L 2.46/3:C 96/ - Documents, Floor 4
Customer service guide. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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HB 615 .E437 2007
Entrepreneurship and the experience economy. Daniel Hjorth and Monika Kostera, editors. Copenhagen Business School Press; distributed by Marston Book Services, 2007.

HB 615 .R49 2007
Entrepreneurship in the United States: The future is now. Paul Davidson Reynolds. Springer, 2007.

HD 62.7 .S528 2007
Start fast, start right: 12 strategies to maximize your business from the start. Andrew J. Sherman. Kaplan, 2007.

HD 2346 .U5 A87 2008
Assessment of the SBIR program at the National Science Foundation. Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program; Policy and Global Affairs, Charles W. Wessner, editor. National Academies Press, 2008.

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HD 9199 .C82 L84 2008
Fair trade and a global commodity: Coffee in Costa Rica. Peter Luetchford. Pluto Press, 2008.

HD 9696.2 .U64 M5336 2008
Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era. Mary Jo Foley. Wiley, 2008.

HD 9999 .H362 O25 2007
Object of labor: Art, cloth, and cultural production. Joan Livingstone and John Ploof, editors; designed by Ann Tyler. School of the Art Institute of Chicago Press; MIT Press, 2007.

HE 5611 .P38 2007
Automobile politics: Ecology and cultural political economy. Matthew Paterson. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

HE 7631 .S29 2008
Convergence: User expectations, communications enablers and business opportunities. Christian Saxtoft. Wiley, 2008

HE 9797.4 .E3 A95 2008
Aviation infrastructure performance: A study in comparative political economy. Clifford Winston and Gines de Rus, editors. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.

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