Trial access to the complete collection of Palgrave ebooks

Posted by: | November 26, 2010 | Comments Off on Trial access to the complete collection of Palgrave ebooks

Library users have unlimited trial access from now until December 15th to over 4, 500 electronic titles currently published by Palgrave MacMillan. Visit http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1687/ to explore the complete collection. Palgrave MacMillan publishes textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works  in eight subject areas: Business & Management Economics & Finance History Language & Linguistics Literature & […]

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 […]

December – New Books

Posted by: | December 10, 2009 | Comments Off on December – New Books

The following books on sustainable business topics are available at the David Lam Library: Strategy for sustainability : a business manifesto (Harvard Business Press, 2009) The necessary revolution : how individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world (Doubleday, 2008) Start your own green business : your step-by-step guide to success (Entrepreneur […]

November – E-Books: we’re getting closer and closer

Posted by: | November 20, 2009 | Comments Off on November – E-Books: we’re getting closer and closer

We have been spending more of our book budgets on e-books lately. Rising campus enrolments make space in short supply, and prompt libraries such as David Lam to send their older, less-used collections to the Automated Storage Retrieval Unit in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, in order to free up space for learning activities. […]

November – New Books

Posted by: | November 20, 2009 | Comments Off on November – New Books

Learning with Cases A practical guide to learning using the case method, aimed at those who are new to this method. Written by faculty members at the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Also available at the Robson Square Library. Teaching for Critical Thinking A practical guide for  educators, on how […]

October – New Books

Posted by: | October 30, 2009 | Comments Off on October – New Books

Building design strategy : using design to achieve key business objectives.  Intelligence gathered from  international CEOs and presidents of major design firms, brand managers, and professors of design is combined with case studies from companies like Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, Microsoft and Target to illustrate how design relates to corporate strategy.

New Books

Posted by: | August 28, 2009 | Comments Off on New Books

Looking beyond profit : small shareholders and the values imperative.  Author Peggy Chiu argues that financial risk and return are not the only factors affecting the investment behaviour of small shareholders.  She lays a theoretical and empirical framework which asserts that personal values strongly influence the decisions about the types of investments these shareholders make and in […]

New Books – July 10, 2009

Posted by: | July 10, 2009 | Comments Off on New Books – July 10, 2009

New books on the financial crisis at the David Lam Library Bamber, Bill et al. Bear trap:  the fall of Bear Stearns and the panic of 2008, HB 3722 B36 2008 Cohan, William D. House of cards:  a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, HG 4930.5 C64 2009. Lewis, Michael M. Panic:  […]

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