Arabic collections online
Free digital library which aims to provide full-text access to Arabic language books from the collections of American University of Beirut, Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University and Princeton University. Topics will include history, business and science. On campus this works better in Firefox. The URL is http://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/
The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?
A recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies revealed the backgrounds of over of 1,000 high earning individuals.
Women on boards
Women on Boards Third Annual Report released This 3rd annual report into women on boards shows progress in achieving the target of target of 25% of women on all FTSE100 board by 2015. Cranfield University publish Female FTSE annual reports giving data and analysis on female members of FTSE boards. All issues from 2005 onwards can be downloaded […]
Vlearn
Vlearn A free access site for business and management students. It has inspiring talks from business leaders covering leadership management topics including business ethics, change management includes videos and blog entries. Hosted at University of Central Lancashire
BPS Occupational Digest
A new blog and email produced by the British Psychological Society, Users can get RSS feeds or sign up to receive regular research updates covering psychology in the workplace. This includes organisational psychology and HR related issues such as workplace conflict & decision making: http://bps-occupational-digest.blogspot.co.uk/
Bloomberg: Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance/Corporate Social Reponsibility
ESG (or CSR) has been topical over the last five years. Several studies from asset managers have shown that companies committed to transparency in the reporting of environmental, social and corporate governance aims outperform their peers. Bloomberg’s ESG data, equity screening and backtesting functions verify these findings. Find case studies using the function FFM on […]
Sweatshops
Following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh- would you pay more for ethical production? Depressingly, a Huff/Post YouGov poll of American shoppers found little awareness about the incident or sources of their clothing. This paper from 2005 found that despite their stated support for free trade coffee consumers often purchased other cheaper brands. Find further economics working […]
Bloomberg guide on corporate governance
With the 2013 annual general meeting season underway, attention is being given to corporate governance issues, with companies taking an increasingly proactive role in engaging with their shareholders and improving communications. Bloomberg functions provide transparency and help users analyze issues such as executive pay and diversity. You can find case studies using the function FFM […]
Top 100 gay-friendly employers
Stonewall releases 2013 list of top 100 gay-friendly employers Find out who heads the list and the criteria used by downloading the analysis from the website: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_work/stonewall_top_100_employers/default.asp On a related theme in the USA, the first Municipal Equality Index (MEI), a rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law has just been released by the […]
Britain’s 50 New Radicals
The Observer and NESTA have published a list of people and organisations that they believe are changing the UK for the better. Many are community organisations or activists. View the full list by location. Each entry has a profile and link to website. http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/britains_new_radicals
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