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Baker Library Core Collection 2/15/07 Baker Library Core Collection 2/15/07 1 Baker Library Core Collection - 2/15/07 TITLE AUTHOR DISPLAY CALL_NO Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA / Mary Jackson and Mike Staunton. Jackson, Mary, 1936- HG173 .J24 2001 "You can't enlarge the pie" : six barriers to effective government / Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron, Katherine Shonk. Bazerman, Max H. JK468.P64 B39 2001 100 billion allowance : accessing the global teen market / Elissa Moses. Moses, Elissa. HF5415.32 .M673 2000 20/20 foresight : crafting strategy in an uncertain world / Hugh Courtney. Courtney, Hugh, 1963- HD30.28 .C6965 2001 21 irrefutable laws of leadership : follow them and people will follow you / John C. Maxwell. Maxwell, John C., 1947- HD57.7 .M3937 1998 22 immutable laws of branding : how to build a product or service into a world-class brand / Al Ries and Laura Ries. Ries, Al. HD69.B7 R537 1998 25 investment classics : insights from the greatest investment books of all time / Leo Gough. Gough, Leo. HG4521 .G663 1998 29 leadership secrets from Jack Welch / by Robert Slater. Slater, Robert, 1943- HD57.7 .S568 2003 3-D negotiation : powerful tools to change the game in your most important deals / David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius. Lax, David A. HD58.6 .L388 2006 360 degree brand in Asia : creating more effective marketing communications / by Mark Blair, Richard Armstrong, Mike Murphy. Blair, Mark. HF5415.123 .B555 2003 45 effective ways for hiring smart! : how to predict winners and losers in the incredibly expensive people-reading game / by Pierre Mornell ; designed by Kit Hinrichs ; illustrations by Regan Dunnick. Mornell, Pierre. HF5549.5.S38 M673 2003 86 percent solution : how to succeed in the biggest market opportunity of the next 50 years / Vijay Mahajan and Kamini Banga, with Robert Gunther. Mahajan, Vijay. HF1416 .M23 2005 8th habit : from effectiveness to greatness / Stephen R. Covey. Covey, Stephen R. BF637.S4 C685 2004 ABC of action learning / Reg Revans. Revans, Reginald W., 1907- HD30.4 .R484 1998 AMA handbook of e-learning : effective design, implementation, and technology solutions / edited by George M. Piskurich. HF5549.5.T7 A496 2003 ASTD training and development handbook : a guide to human resource development / Robert L. Craig, editor in chief. HF5549.5.T7 T6648 1996 Absolute returns : the risk and opportunities of hedge fund investing / Alexander M. Ineichen. Ineichen, Alexander M. HG4530 .I446 2003 Accounting : text and cases / Robert N. Anthony, David F. Hawkins, Kenneth A. Merchant. Anthony, Robert N. (Robert Newto HF5635 .A69 2004 2 Accounting : text and cases / Robert N. Anthony, David F. Hawkins, Kenneth A. Merchant. Anthony, Robert N. (Robert Newto HF5635 .A69 2007 Accounting ethics / Ronald F. Duska and Brenda Shay Duska. Duska, Ronald F., 1937- HF5625.15 .D87 2003 Adam Smith's marketplace of life / James R. Otteson. Otteson, James R. HB501 .O824 2002 Administrative behavior : a study of decision-making processes in administrative organizations / Herbert A. Simon. Simon, Herbert Alexander, 1916- HD31 .S55 1997 Advanced accounting / Floyd A. Beams ... [et al.]. HF5635 .B41517 2003 Advanced accounting / Floyd A. Beams ... [et al.]. HF5635 .B41517 2006 Advanced brand management : from vision to valuation / Paul Temporal. Temporal, Paul. HD69.B7 T448 2002 Advanced fixed income analytics / Wesley Phoa, with contributions from Michael Shearer. Phoa, Wesley. HG4650 .P485 1998 Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA / Mary Jackson and Mike Staunton. Jackson, Mary, 1936- HG173 .J24 2001 Advanced private equity term sheets and Series A documents / Joseph W. Bartlett, Ross Barrett, Michael Butler. Bartlett, Joseph W., 1933- KF1439 .B374 2003 Advances in behavioral finance / Richard H. Thaler, editor. HG4515.15 .A38 1993 Adventure capitalist : the ultimate road trip / Jim Rogers. Rogers, Jim, 1942- HG4521 .R684 2003 Advertising : principles & practice / William Wells, John Burnett, Sandra Morarity. Wells, William, 1926- HF5823 .W455 2003 Affirmative action around the world : an empirical study / Thomas Sowell. Sowell, Thomas, 1930- HF5549.5.A34 S685 2004 After the new economy / Doug Henwood. Henwood, Doug. HC106.83 .H46 2003 Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk / Peter L. Bernstein. Bernstein, Peter L. HD61 .B466 1996 Age of access : the new culture of hypercapitalism, where all of life is a paid-for experience / Jeremy Rifkin. Rifkin, Jeremy. HF5548.32 .R54 2000 Age of manufactures, 1700-1820 : industry, innovation, and work in Britain / Maxine Berg. Berg, Maxine, 1950- HD9720.5 .B47 1994 Age of unreason / Charles Handy ; foreword by Warren Bennis. Handy, Charles B. HD58.8 .H362 1989 Ahead of the curve : a commonsense guide to forecasting business and market cycles / Joseph H. Ellis. Ellis, Joseph (Joseph H.) HB3730 .E55 2005 Air passenger routes in hub and spoke networks / Wei Song. Song, Wei, 1963- HE9803.A4 S66 2003 Airline survival kit : breaking out of the zero profit game / Nawal K. Taneja. Taneja, Nawal K. HE9776 .T358 2003 Alexander Hamilton / Ron Chernow. Chernow, Ron. E302.6.H2 C48 2004 Aligning the stars : how to succeed when professionals drive results / Jay W. Lorsch, Thomas J. Tierney. Lorsch, Jay William. HD62.65 .L67 2002 Alignment : using the balanced scorecard to create corporate synergies / Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton. Kaplan, Robert S. HD30.28 .K3543 2006 All about hedge funds : the easy way to get started / by Robert A. Jaeger. Jaeger, Robert A. HG4530 .J33 2003 3 All is clouded by desire : global banking, money laundering, and international organized crime / Alan A. Block and Constance A. Weaver. Block, Alan A. HV6768 .B56 2004 All the right moves : a guide to crafting breakthrough strategy / Constantinos C. Markides. Markides, Constantinos. HD30.28 .M3536 2000 Alliance advantage : the art of creating value through partnering / Yves L. Doz, Gary Hamel. Doz, Yves L. HD69.S8 D69 1998 Alliance competence : maximizing the value of your partnerships / Robert E. Spekman, Lynn A. Isabella, Thomas C. MacAvoy. Spekman, Robert E. HD69.S8 S67 2000 Alliance revolution : the new shape of business rivalry / Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. HD69.S8 G66 1996 America's game : the epic story of how pro football captured a nation / Michael MacCambridge. MacCambridge, Michael, 1963- GV954 .M32 2004 America's nonprofit sector : a primer / Lester M. Salamon. Salamon, Lester M. HV91 .S23 1999 American business, 1920-2000 : how it worked / Thomas K. McCraw. McCraw, Thomas K. HC106.82 .M39 2000 American government : institutions and policies / James Q. Wilson, John J. DiIulio, Jr. Wilson, James Q. JK274 .W67 1995 Americans, an economic record / Stanley Lebergott. Lebergott, Stanley. HC103 .L33 1984 Analysis and use of financial statements / Gerald I. White, Ashwinpaul C. Sondhi, Dov Fried. White, Gerald I. HF5681.B2 W4678 2003 Analysis for financial management / Robert C. Higgins Higgins, Robert C. HG4026 .H496 2007 Analysis for financial management / Robert C. Higgins. Higgins, Robert C. HG4026 .H496 2001 Analysis of financial statements / Leopold A. Bernstein, John J. Wild. Bernstein, Leopold A. HF5681.B2 B462 2000 Analysis of structured securities : precise risk measurement and capital allocation / Sylvain Raynes and Ann Rutledge. Raynes, Sylvain. HG4521 .R34 2003 Andy Grove : the life and times of an American / Richard S. Tedlow. Tedlow, Richard S. HD9696.S44 T588 2006 Angel financing : how to find and invest in private equity / Gerald A. Benjamin and Joel Margulis. Benjamin, Gerald A. HG4751 .B46 2000 Angel investing : matching start-up funds with start-up companies--the guide for entrepreneurs, individual investors, and venture capitalists / Mark Van Osnabrugge, Robert J. Robinson. Van Osnabrugge, Mark, 1972- HG4027.6 .V36 2000 Applied linear statistical models / John Neter ... [et al.]. QA278.2 .A66 1996 Applied longitudinal data analysis : modeling change and event occurrence / Judith B. Singer, John B. Willett. Singer, Judith D. H62 .S47755 2003 Applied mergers and acquisitions / Robert F. Bruner. Bruner, Robert F., 1949- HD2746.5 .B783 2004 Applied statistics and the SAS programming language / Ronald P. Cody, Jeffrey K. Smith. Cody, Ronald P. QA276.4 .C53 1997 Arc of ambition : defining the leadership journey / James Champy, Nitin Nohria. Champy, James, 1942- HD57.7 .C43 2000 Art and science of negotiation / Howard Raiffa. Raiffa, Howard, 1924- BF637.N4 R34 1982 4 Art of M&A : a merger acquisition buyout guide / Stanley Foster Reed, Alexandra Reed Lajoux. Reed, Stanley Foster. HD2746.5 .R44 1999 Art of case analysis : a guide to the diagnosis of business situations / Robert Ronstadt. Ronstadt, Robert, 1942- HD30.4 .R659 Art of case analysis : or, how to improve your college performance by developing better classroom discussion skills, better writing skills, better 'blue book' testing skills, better team skills, better numbers skills, and better presentation skills / Robe Ronstadt, Robert, 1942- HF1118 .R66 1993 Art of deception : controlling the human element of security / Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon ; [foreword by Steve Wozniak]. Mitnick, Kevin D. (Kevin David), 19QA76.9.A25 M58 2002 Art of innovation : lessons in creativity from IDEO, America's leading design firm / Tom Kelley, with Jonathan Littman. Kelley, Tom, 1955- HD53 .K454 2001 Art of leadership / George Manning, Kent Curtis. Manning, George, 1957- BF637.L4 M36 2003 Art of the start : the time-tested, battle-hardened guide for anyone starting anything / Guy Kawasaki. Kawasaki, Guy, 1954- HD62.5 .K38
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