Clean Capitalism Report 2010

Posted by: | March 14, 2011 | Comments Off on Clean Capitalism Report 2010

The Clean Capitalism Report 2010 is now available for UBC researchers interested in Canadian corporate social responsibility to explore in both online and print form. This important 150 page report on environmental, social and governance practices of Canada’s largest companies is based on the results of a quantitative research project conducted by Corporate Knights and the Delphi Group for the Globe and Mail’s […]

April – Company rankings

Posted by: | April 6, 2010 | Comments Off on April – Company rankings

Where you can you find out which companies are the fastest growing, best to work for, largest in size, and top in their fields? Many different sources produce these kind of lists annually:  Forbes’ Lists  Fortune’s Lists Inc 500 (fastest growing private companies in the U.S.) Canadian Business’s Profit 100 BC Business’s Best Companies to Work For in […]

March: Two new books about Toyota

Posted by: | March 26, 2010 | Comments Off on March: Two new books about Toyota

The David Lam Library has just received two new books about Toyota’s human resources practices. Jeffrey Liker and Michael Hoseus’s Toyota Culture: the Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way examines how Toyota selects, develops, and motivates its people. Mike Rother’s Toyota Kata :Managing People for Improvement Adaptiveness, and Superior Results draws on on six […]

New and Trial Databases – August 2009

Posted by: | August 28, 2009 | Comments Off on New and Trial Databases – August 2009

New Databases UBC Library now provides access to the MINT Global and ORBIS databases from Bureau van Dijk. MINT Global (for student users) MINT Global provides information on over 50,000 publicly-traded companies and 5 million private companies from around the world. MINT GLOBAL gives access to a wide variety of high quality information covering companies, […]

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