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Business collection (New York, N.Y.) Case studies from the multinational marketplace Entrepreneurs on the edge Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy Great courses (DVD) South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Thinking big Ultimate media librarian collection You're the boss, starting and running your own businessFilter By Authors
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Business collection (New York, N.Y.) Case studies from the multinational marketplace Entrepreneurs on the edge Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy Great courses (DVD) South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Thinking big Ultimate media librarian collection You're the boss, starting and running your own businessSummary: In Ghana, olive baboons are ransacking crops and terrorizing villagers; in Namibia, a once-rich fishing ground is struggling to recover while toxic fumes explode from the ocean depths; in Puerto Rico, futuristic sub-sea fish farms are floating far from shore; and off the coast of Canada, migratory salmon are a part of a radical farming experiment. What do these seemingly unrelated scenarios...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This episode of The Green Interview features Alexandra Morton, a citizen scientist who has worked as an outspoken advocate for conserving and protecting marine species on Canada's west coast. In 2009, Morton launched and won a legal challenge in the British Columbia Supreme Court that forced the provincial government to hand over fish-farm management to the federal government. In 2011, she took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: "Understanding investments" helps you to do just that. In 24 lectures, it introduces the fundamentals of investing to those new to the subject while broadening and deepening the knowledge of more experienced investors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 UNDSummary: Despite the low-wage, low-prestige reputation of the typical "McJob," a McDonald's franchise owner often manages budgets and income in the millions of dollars. This CNBC program looks at the history and working philosophy behind the world's largest food-service corporation, featuring a number of interviews and concise case studies. An operations manager runs six Connecticut restaurants and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Which part of a company has the most impact on product design? On employee training? On forming relationships with customers? This business case study addresses those questions by examining the needs, strategies, and goals of a major corporation's departments. Going behind the scenes at Holden, a thriving General Motors subsidiary, the program features interviews with managers and directors in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A detailed and revealing case study, this CNBC program guides viewers through the corporate dimensions of the world's largest passenger jet fleet. Students will witness high-level management maneuvers undertaken behind the closed doors of executive suites. Several rarely discussed aspects of the airline industry are addressed-chief among them, how a labor-management conflict is sorted out and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Contents: Disc 1. Investment decisions and goals -- A framework for investing -- Mistakes investors make -- The characteristics of security returns -- The theory of efficient markets -- Evidence on efficient markets -- Disc 2. Valuation formulas -- Bond pricing -- The term structure of interest rates -- The risks in bonds -- Quantifying interest rate risk -- Value creation and stock prices -- Disc 3....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 ADVCall number: DVD 332.6 ADV
Summary: Hungry consumers in America and abroad are losing their appetite for the world's largest fast food company. Is McDonald's a brand on the verge of collapse, or can it be revitalized? This program strives to find out, as Harvard Business School's David Upton, Philip Morris litigator John Banzhaf, BBC business editor Jeff Randall, and neuroscientist Ann Kelley cite fat- and sugar-laden foods,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this Peabody Award-winning program, CNBC's David Faber scrutinizes Wal-Mart as he seeks to understand how the company has ascended to the heights of power it has come to occupy-and whether this juggernaut can continue to succeed in the face of increased opposition. Given unprecedented access, Faber takes viewers from an annual managers' meeting that resembles an evangelical revival to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Satterfield, Jason M.
Summary: "Explore the methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and learn why it is successful and how it can be of value in your life." -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 COGSummary: Anthropologist Helen Fisher describes love as a universal human drive - stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than even the will to live. In this TEDTalk, Fischer explains the evolution of love, its biochemical foundations, its social importance, and more. Says Scientific American: “In hands as skilled and sensitive as Fisher’s, scientific analysis of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions, but she may be best known as an expert on romantic love. Her beautifully penned books - including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love - lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion. In this TEDTalk, Fisher describes how she and her research team took MRIs of people in love - as well as people who had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Just as the industrial revolution changed the way people work, so has the rise of digital technology-leading to the radical reorganization of business models and workplaces, as well as the geographical redistribution of labor and services. This program inquires into 21st-century work paradigms, presenting commentary from scholars and business leaders about what it means to be an employee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program examines the urgent need-not only in the U.S. but across the world-for sustainable energy; it also illustrates how new power production methods are becoming a reality. Alternative energy trendsetters are featured, including Time magazine "Hero for the Planet" Geoffrey Ballard, who explains his hydrogen fuel cell innovations. Evergreen Solar vice president Mark Farber describes his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: CNBC's Becky Quick travels with iconic billionaire Warren Buffett during a business trip to China and South Korea. Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Next Door-Going Global provides an inside look at the whirlwind tour, showcases Buffett's views on investing and wealth management, and offers a succinct case study of his first international acquisition, Iscar Metalworking. In an extended interview...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Rocky Mountain Institute founder Amory Lovins, ranked as one of the 2009 Time 100, believes in the plausibility of a U.S. that harnesses automotive and architectural efficiencies to free itself from the tyranny of oil-and, while the country is at it, from the dirty yoke of coal, as well. In this program, Lovins and his enthusiastic supporters square off against Robert Bryce, editor of Energy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Since prehistoric times, the preservation of food has played an essential role in human survival-providing the stability and cultural traditions needed to create societies. This program looks at motivations and methods for preserving and processing food, how these take shape in various cultures, and the health considerations which present-day food suppliers and vendors must take into account....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Building a loyal customer base is vital to the success of any new business - but competing for attention in a world bombarded with advertising may be a young company’s most daunting challenge. Packed with advice from experienced entrepreneurs, this video highlights smart ways to generate recognition for a start-up business and drive traffic to it. Viewers learn the necessity of researching a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: With hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide, a net worth in the billions, and a dozen brands, General Motors is at the center of the political debate over globalization, the environment, and the future of the U.S. economy. In this program, GM President and CEO Rick Wagoner talks with BBC Chief Washington Correspondent Matt Frei. Topics under discussion include America's unending love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What lies behind the dramatic spike in oil and gas prices of recent years? What role have American oil companies played in it? And what do American economists and business leaders expect down the road? This CNBC Original documentary follows the flow of oil-from drill site to supertanker to refinery, then finally to the gas tank-while addressing economic and geopolitical issues associated with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Matt McNeil's online startup, Sign-Up.to, offers small and midsize businesses Web-based software to create, launch, and track permission-based e-mail and text message campaigns-and the results so far have been fabulous. But the 23-year-old entrepreneur and his hard-charging team must build on their initial success very, very quickly if they are to outpace their competition. This program tracks...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Although it is a crucial aspect of modern food technology, quality control may also be the biggest challenge for any food-producing company. This program identifies quality standards that exist in various parts of the world, explores ways of measuring and monitoring quality, and looks at who is responsible for QC within a large food manufacturer. Students are introduced to HACCP and GMP systems...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: When oil conglomerate Shell stunned investors by announcing a 20 percent reduction in its proven reserves, pensions and portfolios suffered around the world. This program reveals a pattern of exaggeration and cover-up at the company's top level-specifically involving the former chairman and head of production. An unflinching analysis of a failure in business ethics, Shell Shock raises complex...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Global conglomerate ArcelorMittal not only dominates the world steel market-it also serves as an eye-opening case study for those interested in corporate mergers and acquisitions. This program explores the history of the company and the career of its most prominent owner, Indian-born entrepreneur Lakshmi Mittal. Although Mittal himself avoids media attention, several company insiders and key...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009