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Mar
14
Clean Capitalism Report 2010
Posted by: Christina Sylka | 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 […]
Apr
6
April – Company rankings
Posted by: Christina Sylka | 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 […]
Mar
26
March: Two new books about Toyota
Posted by: Christina Sylka | 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 […]
Aug
28
New and Trial Databases – August 2009
Posted by: Lindsay Ure | 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, […]
New Books- The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel.
- Designing the best work-from-home you : how to work remotely (but not all the time) / Vennessa McConkey.
- How to work from home and actually get sh*t done : 50 tips for leaders and professionals to work remotely and outperform the office / Cynthia D. Spraggs.
- Subprime attention crisis : advertising and the time bomb at the heart of the Internet / Tim Hwang.
- Effortless : make it easier to do what matters most / Greg McKeown.
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