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Global Business Citizenship

By Donna J. Wood, Jeanne M. Logsdon, Patsy G. Lewellyn

Call# HD62.4 .G535 2006

"This practical and engaging book provides a coherent approach to global business responsibility and ethics based on the latest research, theory, and practice. The authors incorporate numerous interesting and current real world examples to support the argument that corporations need to--and can--identify and implement processes that foster ethical conduct, ensure basic human rights, protect the natural environment, and enhance social justice wherever businesses operate around the globe. Global Business Citizenship combines elements of political theory, stakeholder relationships, business ethics, corporate social performance, accountability and measurement, and organizational change. Its practical approach encompasses "best practices" in stakeholder management, experiments in applying corporate values to local conditions, and social environmental auditing and reporting. Focusing on the strategic alignment and change management process for implementing business citizenship principles and practices, it is an essential supplement for any course concerned with ethics and social responsibility in today's global business climate." ?-Buy.com

Metals as Biomaterials

By Jef A. Helson, H. Jürgen Breme (ed.)

Call# R857 .M37 M48 1998

"Disc[ribes] characteristics of specific metals & alloys, incl. corrosion, machining, coating, adhesion, biocompatibility. " ?-Barnes & Noble

Nanotubes and Nanofibers

By Yury Gogotsi

Call# TA418.9 .N35 N3577 2006

"With carbon nanotubes at the nexus of nanomaterials research over the last few years, Nanotubes and Nanofibers provides a look at cutting-edge developments in carbon and inorganic nanotubes, nanofibers, and their properties. The book features contributions from well-known pioneers of continuous nanofibers, carbon nanotube research, inorganic nanotubes and commercialization. It offers a well-rounded perspective on the advances leading to improved nanomaterial properties for a range of new devices and applications including electronic devices, structural composites, hydrogen and gas storage, electrodes in electrochemical energy-storage systems, sorbents, and filters." ?-Book Price 24

Handbook of Polymer Composites for Engineers

Edited By Leonard Hollaway

Call# REF TA418.9 .C6 H3425 1994

"This book dispels much of the mystery of composites and introduces the engineer to fibres and polymer matrices which are the components of the polymer composites for structural engineering. The authors also provide a simple guide, in tabular form, to the principal fabrication techniques and simple design formulae and methods for structural composites systems and connections. Case studies are included." ?-A.B.E. Marketing

Handbook of Plastic Processes

By Charles A. Harper

Call# TP1130 .H355 2006

"Handbook of Plastic Processing fully covers each of the plastic processes used to convert plastic raw materials into finished product forms. Chapters present practical, applications oriented, information, data, and guidelines on the equipment, processes, and materials used in this processing method. In addition to coverage of well-established processes like thermoforming, injection molding, and extrusion, a chapter on nanotechnology is included." ?-Barnes & Noble

The Licensing Business Handbook

By Karen Raugust

Call# HF5429.255 .R38 2004

"A comprehensive business guide for licensors, licensees and their agents." ?-Barnes & Noble

Textiles in Trust

By Ksynia Marko

Call# TS1449 .T46 1995

"Textiles in Trust" ?-Archetype Publications

Recent Advances and Novel Approaches in Macromolecule Metal Complexes

By Rolando Barbucci, F. Ciardelli, & Giacomo Ruggeri

Call# QD380 .M328 no.235

"This volume contains papers derived from the majority of the invited lectures and a comparable number of contributed papers which provide a good coverage of the main topics discussed during the 11th Macromolecular-Metal Complexes Symposium (MMC-11) held in Tirrenia (Pisa) in Sptember 2005 with IUPAC Sponsorship (Macromolecular Division). The collected papers regard indeed: metal nanoparticles in macromolecular systems for information technology, optoelectronic and energy conversion, polymer supported and embedded metal complexes for catalysis, polyelectrolytes, metal containing membranes, systems for molecular recognition, and nanocomposites. Also environmental applications in heavy metal recovery and biopolymers-metal systems for diagnostics and materials (leather tanning) are described." ?-Amazon

My Likeness Taken Daguerreian Portraits In America

By Joan L. Severa

Call# GT610 .S4223 2005

"Severa examines daguereotypes of American women and some children and men for what can be learned about American fashion in the 1840s and '50s." ?-Barnes & Noble

Service Orient or Be Doomed! How Service Orientation Will Change Your Business

By Ronald Schmelzer

Call# HD30.213 .B58 2006

"Service Orient or Be Doomed! is the first book aimed at regular businesspeople that helps businesses become more agile by offering technological, process, and cultural changes to the ways companies build and leverage information technology. Through conversational, occasionally irreverent, frequently humorous, and intelligent discussion, the book illustrates how to organize a business and its processes using a new, service-oriented approach." ?-Barnes & Noble

Horizons in Polymer Research

By Robert K. Bregg

Call# QD281 .P6 H67 2005

"Polymers are substances containing a large number of structural units joined by the same type of linkage. These substances often form into a chain-like structure. Starch, cellulose, and rubber all possess polymeric properties. Today, the polymer industry has grown to be larger than the aluminium, copper and steel industries combined. Polymers already have a range of applications that far exceeds that of any other class of material available to man. Current applications extend from adhesives, coatings, foams, and packaging materials to textile and industrial fibres, elastomers, and structural plastics. Polymers are also used for most composites, electronic devices, biomedical devices, optical devices, and precursors for many newly developed high-tech ceramics. This new book presents leading-edge research in this rapidly-changing and evolving field." ?-Gazelle Book Services Limited

Polymeric Foams Technology and Science of Polymeric Foams

By Shau-Tarng Lee, Natarajan S. Ramesh, Chul B. Park

Call# TP1183 .F6 L44 2007

"Written by experienced and accomplished leaders in the field, this critical work provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, technologies, applications, and recent developments of polymeric foams. The authors first outline the basic principles and fundamental foaming mechanisms, covering thermodynamics, kinetics, and the basics of blowing agents and foam formation. Foaming technologies and product applications then become the focus, with explanations of structure-property relationships, processing methods, and general types of foams. The book concludes with chapters on recent developments in composite and biodegradable foams that illustrate how to tailor processing to meet application needs." ?-Barnes and Noble

The Naga of Burma

By Jamie Saul

Call# DS528.2 .N33 S38 2005

"The result of over 30 years of research and fieldwork by the author on the Naga people of far western Burma, a loosely related, fiercely independent group of tribes that practised headhunting until well into the 20th century. This work traces their origins, and examines their social structures, religion and ritual, and architecture among others." ?-Paddyfield

Borderless Business Managing the Far-Flung Enterprise

By Clarence J. Mann, Klaus Gotz

Call# HD62.4 .B67 2006

"From extending successful brands into exotic new markets to tapping talent in "virtual" teams to building ultra-complex supplier and distributor networks, today's executives and managers must consider the international implications of every decision they make. Certainly, globalization has its detractors, but for business leaders, the issue is not to debate the merits of globalization but to learn how to thrive in the global marketplace. In Borderless Business the authors tackle every major dimension of business--from marketing to human resource management to supply chains to accounting and finance--and demonstrate how they play out in a global context. Each chapter describes the new skills and competencies that managers must master in order to lead their companies in this environment. Featuring current data and dozens of case examples and applications from around the world, Borderless Business will serve as a practical handbook for executives and managers and an indispensable text for students of international business." ?-Barnes and Noble