Return of the state?

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Check out the new article from WBS academic Don Nordberg:

Return of the state? The G20, the financial crisis and power in the world economy

Published in the April issue of Review of Political Economy.  

To read the full article go to Library Search and do an 'Articles & more' quick search for Nordberg return of the state G20

 

Datastream Q&A

Do you need help using Datastream?

Thomson Reuters are holding online Q&A sessions to answer your Datastream queries:

• Thursday 3rd May 2012 - 10am
• Tuesday 15th May 2012 - 3pm

How does it work?

Using interactive Adobe e-training sessions, specialist trainers are able to answer all your data questions. You don't need to have Datastream in front of you, and there is no need to join a conference call

What do you need to do?

To sign up, email knowledge.networkUKI@thomsonreuters.com stating the date, time and product session (i.e. Datastream) as well as your University email address.

Thomson Reuters will then email you with login details for the 1 hour session

New HRM journal added to library collection

26/3/2012

Strategic HR Review journal is now available via the Emerald Management eJournals database. This is in response to several requests from HRM students and staff.

The latest issue plus previous issues from Volume 4, Issue 1 2004 are available which are all the issues available in an electronic format.

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New e-books

 Find these new e-books on Library Search:

• Understanding cross-cultural management­  / Marie-Joëlle Browaeys, Roger Price- 2nd ed.

• Reclaiming development­ : an alternative economic policy manual / Ha-Joon Chang and Ilene Grabel

• The political economy of development­ : ­ the World Bank, neoliberalism and development research / ­edited by Kate Bayliss, Ben Fine and Elisa Van Waeyenberge

• The business of investment banking­ :­ a comprehensive overview /­K. Thomas Liaw 3rd ed.

• Essentials of business law­ / Ewan MacIntyre 3rd ed.

• Cross-cultural marketing­ : theory, practice and relevance / Dawn Burton

• Corporate strategy­  / Richard Lynch 4th ed.

• Socialnomics­ : how social media transforms the way we live and do business  /­ Erik Qualman

• Differentiate or die­ : survival in our era of killer competition  / Jack Trout, with Steve Rivkin 2nd ed.

• Managers not MBAs­ : a hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development / Henry Mintzberg
   
• Human resource management­ : a contemporary approach /­ edited by Julie Beardwell and Tim Claydon 6th ed.

• Human resource management in Europe­ : evidence of convergence? / edited by Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Michael Morley

• The new strategic brand management­ : advanced insights and strategic thinking /­ Jean-Noël Kapferer 5th ed.

• Business law and practice­. ‑  ­2011/12 [ed.] /­ Alexis Marvrikakis