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« November 2007 | Main | January 2008 »December 21, 2007Final Blog of 2007This is the final blog of the year for Jackson Library. Our Library is now closed for the Winter Break, and will reopen January 3, 2008. We wish you all a pleasant holiday season, however you choose to spend it, and a prosperous and healthy new year.
.......................................................................... December 19, 2007Two Top BooksWe are pleased to report that two books by GSB Faculty were listed on the CIO Insight Ten Best Books of 2007 list. What Were They Thinking? by Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer and The No Asshole Rule by Professor Robert Sutton were both recognized. Congratulations to Jeff and Bob! Also on the list, Competing on Analytics -- just mentioned yesterday on this blog as suggested holiday reading.
.......................................................................... Huff is Hot"That a 57-year-old divorced Greek immigrant would become the reigning queen of online political chat might come as a surprise to the legions of teens and twentysomethings who frequent forums on the web known as blogs. But that's exactly what Arianna Huffington did." So begins 'The Blogger', the cover story for Worth magazine December 2007. Two years ago Huffington launched a blog for political wonks; it is now one of the hottest sites on the Internet. Her Huffington Post, founded in 2005, attracts 3.5 million visitors daily. Read this fascinating interview with Huffington, at the Jackson Library periodicals display.
.......................................................................... December 18, 2007Holiday ReadingLooking to curl up on the couch with a glass of eggnog and some holiday reading? Can't help with the nog, but permit us to suggest some books, from our display racks in the Library. McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire by Jeffrey Rothfeder recounts the history of Edward McIlhenny, ruined Southern businessman who after the Civil War founded a dynasty, and the brand-name now known worldwide; What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch by Stephen H. Baum and Dave Conti traces winning elements in Mr Welch, son of a railroad conductor, and draws lessons for businesspeople everywhere; Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning by Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris, argues that the frontier for using data has shifted dramatically, and that analytics can help separate your firm from the pack in today's world; John C. Knapp's Leaders on Ethics: Real World Perspectives on Today's Business Challenges features first-hand presentations by CEOs and executives given to their peers at a forum on professional ethics; The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? by Leslie Bennetts, arguing that combining work and family really is the best choice for most women (and that it's doable), and America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again, where Harvard professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter challenges Americans to recommit themselves to pursuing equality and opportunity by preserving open minds, open markets and open borders.
.......................................................................... December 17, 2007Give me your rich, energetic, huddled masses yearning to shopFirst of all my apologies to Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) who wrote "The New Colossus" a sonnet by written in 1883 and, in 1903, engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the Statue of Liberty. My blog today is inspired by her sonnet in that I read an article from the New York Times (of course), talking about the influx of today's Europeans coming to New York to shop! It seems that since the dollar is so weak and the Euro is strong, New York is the place to shop because you can get so much for your money. My how things change.
.......................................................................... December 14, 2007Learning to LeadRan across the Fall 2007 issue of Leader to Leader magazine in the Library. For those interested in cultivating leadership skills, it offers an array of interesting articles and tips. This issue, for example, includes "The Higher Plane of Leadership" by Ken (One Minute Manager) Blanchard and corporate executive Mark Miller, "No Excuses Leadership", an excerpt from GSB Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer's recent book What Were They Thinking?, "10 Questions to Stellar Communication" by consultant Dianna Booher, "The Influential Leader' by Jack Stahl, former President of Coca-Cola and CEO of Revlon, and more.
.......................................................................... Cleaning UpAccording to Jeff Lipton, Managing Director of North American CleanTech Investment Banking for Jefferies & Co., clean technologies is experiencing an investment boom as it moves into mainstream business sectors. The overall performance of 'cleantech' IPOs has been positive, with the only the biofuel sector underperforming. Read the complete story -- "Cleaning Up in CleanTech" -- in the Library, Fall 2007 issue of AlwaysON. Also in the issue is the GoingGreen 100 Top Companies list.
.......................................................................... December 13, 2007Of Tainted Toys and Imperiled Environments'Made in China: From Tiananmen to Tainted Toys' is the focus of the latest issue of New Perspectives Quarterly. The Fall 2007 issue is now on the current periodical racks in Jackson Library. Included are articles '"Made in China" Label Won't Survive Without Rule of Law' with Minxin Pei, author of China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy, 'Chinese Hacking Signals Age of Info Warfare' with former Director of the National Security Agency Bobby Ray Inman, 'Brangelina vs. Chinese Mercantilism in Africa' with former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake, 'Pakistan at a Crossroads' with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, 'Countdown to War With Iran' with former U.S. chief negotiator on Middle East peace issues Dennis Ross, 'Is America on Course to Fall Like Rome?' with U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, and 'The End of Darwinian Evolution' with renowned scientist Freeman Dyson. In addition, a section highlights 'The 11th Hour', a documentary directed by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and features comments by world thinkers such as Stephen Hawking, Paul Hawken, Paolo Soleri, James Woolsey, Mikhail Gorbachev and others. Come to the Library to learn more.
.......................................................................... December 11, 2007How much is that Christmas song in the window?There's an article in Billboard magazine posted in November on the sales of Christmas music. I won't say Christmas albums because it will date me! So I'll say unit sales of Christmas music. Happy Holidays!
.......................................................................... Murdoch on WSJAs many in the business world know the Wall Street Journal Online is one of the few newspapers which continues to be subscriber driven. However, now that Rupert Murdoch (NewsCorp) bought out the newspaper from the Bancroft family it seems like there might be a chance that non-subscribers might get a chance to have access to content. Murdoch stated in an interview with The Telegraph entitled Murdoch takes on FT with free online WSJ that the free access, advertising model would bring in more revenue for the paper.
.......................................................................... December 5, 2007Innovate JapanJapan has launched a program called “Innovation 25” with the goal to innovate Japan with an extensive long term plan extending to 2025 and beyond. In the September 17 issue of Red Herring dedicated to Japan, an article entitled Country Makeover take a look at the many initiatives the country is taking to make this work from dramatically increasing the number of foreign students at Japanese Universities to increasing investment in science and technology. The goal is to create a second wave of opening up Japan to the world.
.......................................................................... December 4, 2007If the shoe fitsTired of looking for the perfect shoe. Well there are companies that will customize a pair of shoes just for you. While customized sneakers are available on many athletic shoe Web sites, fashion shoes are harder, although not impossible, to find. For women there is Tupli, started three years ago by two women who were leaving careers in banking. “This is ideal for the woman who can imagine the perfect shoe but can’t find it,” said Kathy Myczowski, 34. She went into the individual shoe design business with Tamara Chubinidze, 26, who is from the Republic of Georgia, where such shoemaking is more prevalent and where Tupli’s shoes are made. Read more about it.
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