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|  | New Global Leaders by De Vries Manfred F.R. Kets, Elizabeth Florent-Treacy, Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Description not available.A revealing glimpse into the lives and philosophies of three of today's highly respected and renowned business leaders offers readers insight into the values and practices required of global leaders in a modern world economy. 12,500 first printing. AUTHOR: De Vries Manfred F.R. Kets, Elizabeth Florent-Treacy, Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business 
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 | The Diabetic's Brand Name Food Exchange Handbook by Andrea Barrett, Clara M. Schneider
For the millions of diabetics and others who must follow a food exchange diet. Using the revised American Diabetes Association exchanges, this highly acclaimed book opens supermarket shelves . . . to anyone who must follow a Food Exchange diet .--Journal of the American Dietetic Association. AUTHOR: Andrea Barrett, Clara M. Schneider
PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Why Am I Always Broke by Albert Ellis
Why Am I Always Broke? shows readers how we program ourselves to spend too much or too little money. Using the cognitive, emotive, and behavioral techniques of rational-emotive therapy (RET), readers will learn how to change the self-defeating conscious and unconscious philosophies that lead them to spend inappropriately. AUTHOR: Albert Ellis
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Class Acts by Letitia Baldridge, Mary Mitchell
Description not available.Describes how business success is directly linked to good manners and provides guidance on such topics as communication, e-mail and the Internet, public speaking, wardrobe, gifts, tipping, conducting meetings, and office romance. AUTHOR: Letitia Baldridge, Mary Mitchell
PUBLISHER: Evans, M. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
As their father, a displaced king, dies, Meliara and her older brother, Branaric, swear that they will protect the people of the kingdom from the evil usurper-king. In order to completely fill their promise, they must also protect the forest where the magical Hill Folk live because, if the forests are destroyed, the Hill Folk will also die. Will Meliara and Branaric be able to uphold the promise they made to their father? AUTHOR: Sherwood Smith
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's
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 | Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy by Keith E. Maskus
Over the past 15 years, intellectual property rights (IPRs) - patents, copyrights & trademarks - have moved from an arcane area of legal analysis & a policy backwater to the forefront of global economic policymaking. In the 1990s dozens of countries unilaterally strengthened their laws & regulations in this area & many others are poised to do likewise. At the multilateral level, the successful conclusion of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) in the World Trade Organization elevates the protection & enforcement of IPRs to the level of solemn international commitment. The new IPR system comes with both benefits & costs. Stronger IPRs protection should increase incentives for innovation & raise returns to international technology transfer. However, it also could raise the costs of acquiring new technology & products, shifting the golbal terms of trade in favor of technology producers & against technology transfer. However, it also could raise the cost of acquiring new technology & products, shifting the global terms of trade in favor of technology producers & against technology consumers. In this context, the new regime raises international economic policy questions that evoke impassioned & exaggerated claims from both advocates & opponents of IPRs, particularly concerning sensitive issues such as patent protection of pharmaceuticals & biotechnological inventions & copyright protection for internet transactions. In the first comprehensive economic assessment of the effects of stronger international IPRs, Keith E. Maskus examines these competing claims through an analysis of the economic effects of extended international protection & partial harmonization of IPRs. He presents findings on the potential effects of stronger global IPRs, including likely impacts on foreign direct investment, technology transfer & pricing under enhances market power. The results bear directly on several important policy questions, including the con AUTHOR: Keith E. Maskus
PUBLISHER: Institute for International Economics
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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