A ghost's memoir : the making of Alfred P. Sloan's "My years with General Mot…

Includes index.The story of the ghostwriting of Alfred P. Sloan's best-selling memoir, General Motor's attempts to block the book's publication, and the author's eventual triumph over the corporation.Published in 1964, My Years with General Motors was an immediate best-seller and today is considered one of the few classic books on management. The book is the ghostwritten memoir of Alfred P. Slo…

Global biomass burning : atmospheric, climatic, and biospheric implications

The burning of biomass - forests, grasslands, and agricultural fields after the harvest - is much more widespread and extensive than previously believed; most biomass burning is thought to be initiated by humans and is on the increase. This comprehensive volume is the first to consider biomass burning as a global phenomenon and to assess its impact on the atmosphere, on climate, and on the bios…

Global E-Commerce Strategies for Small Businesses

Small companies account for a surprising one-third of U.S. exports, and their market share is growing. The Internet has played a major role in helping these companies develop an increasingly powerful international presence. Global E-Commerce Strategies for Small Businesses describes the export opportunities e-commerce holds for small-to-medium size enterprises (SMEs) all over the world. The boo…

Global environmental assessments : information and influence

A comparative analysis of global environmental assessments shows the importance of policy salience, scientific credibility, and social and political legitimacy in determining the influence of scientific assessments on global environmental policy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Global environmental diplomacy : negotiating environment agreements for the W…

Tolba had as much insight into, and influence on, the development of international environmental policy as anyone. In this book, he tells the story of the negotiations that led to a number of landmark agreements, such as the Vienna Convention on Ozone and its Montreal Protocol, the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes, and the Biodiversity Convention. The book stands as the legacy of an importa…

Global imbalances and the lessons of Bretton Woods

Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Global institutions and social knowledge : generating research at the Scripps…

This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approach reverses the traditional focus of international relations literature--which most often deals with how scientific knowledge influences institutions--and offers an original way to look at international environmental governance. After proposing a t…

Our country's flowers and how to know them ...

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The gem primer

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Special Collections copy = Buff printed wrappers. Ex libris Elvah Karshner. Hand-colored woodcut ill

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The pocket atlas of historical geography, consisting of sixteen maps

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2 p. l. 19 cm

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