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NEW ARRIVALS

1. Global IT Outsourcing 4. Database Systems 3. SAP ABAP: Questions

and Answers

2. SAP ABAP: Handbook

5. Library Classification

Trends in the 21st

Century

6. Numeric Data Services

and Sources for the

General

7. Engaging First-Year

Students in Meaningful

Library Research

8. Information Literacy

9. Berkeley's Principles of

Human Knowledge

10. Destiny or Free Will 11. Psychology in Action 12. Understanding

Psychology

13. Critical Thinking Skills 14. In Thy Seed 15. Religions of South

Asia

16. Islam and the Moral

Economy

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17. Made to Stick 18. Balkanisation and

Political Economy of

Pakistan

19. Indo-Pak Conflicts Ripe

to Resolve?

20. Hot, Flat, and

Crowded

21. Economics 22. Financial CrisisLaw 23. Islam and Mammon 24. Microeconometrics of

Banking

25. Microeconomics of

Banking Company Law

26. Mutual Funds 27. Options, Futures, and

other Derivatives

28. Offshoring

Information Technology

and Practice

29. Introduction to

Company Law

30. Contract Law 31. What is Riba? 32. Strategic Technology

Management

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33. Engineering and

Technology Management

34. Careers In and Out of

Organizations

35. How to Read a

Financial Report

36. Virtual Manufacturing

37. Fundamentals of

Corporate Finance

38. Business Finance 39. The Handbook of

Financing Growth 40. Finance

41. Financial Management 42. Strategic Financial

Management

43. Entrepreneurial

Finance

44. Mergers, Acquisitions,

and Corporate

Restructurings

45. The Handbook of

High-Performance Virtual

Teams

46. Management

Fundamentals and

Information

47. Management

Information Systems

48. Handbook of Global

and Multicultural

Negotiation

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49. Trust 50. Intercultural

Communication in the

Global Workplace

51. Corporate Finance 52. Supply Chain

Excellence

53. Global Marketing 56. Pakistan: A Hard

Country

55. Bhutto and the

breakup of Pakistan

54. Nation, Territory, and

Globalization in Pakistan

58. Pashtun Migrants in

the Northern Areas of

Pakistan

57. Thirty Years on the

North-West Frontier

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Title: Global IT Outsourcing: Software Development across Borders

Author/Editor: Sahay, Sundeep

Imprint: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Subject: Computer software-Development-Management

Location: 005.068 S19 - [available at main campus]

Offering key insights into how to manage software development across international boundaries, this book is based on a series of case studies looking at the relationships between firms from North America, the U.K., Japan and Korea with Indian software companies. The authors analyze the multi-faceted challenges encountered in managing these Global Software Alliances (GSAs). They draw on extensive research and experience to offer constructive advice on how to manage GSAs more effectively.

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Title: SAP ABAP: Handbook

Author/Editor: Inc., Kogent Learning Solutions Inc.

Imprint: Jones And Bartlett Publishers, 2011

Subject: ABAP/4 (Computer program language)

Location: 005.133 K822 - [available at city campus]

Designed as a comprehensive reference for programmers and SAP users or as review for certification, SAP ABAP Handbook includes all the major concepts related to ABAP programming. With an easy-to-follow writing style, it begins with an explanation of the SAP ERP system and progresses to the architecture of SAP R/3 to SAP ERP ECC 6.0. A complete glossary of terms is included to help the reader understand the myriad terms and programming issues associated with this language. Topics covered: Dialogs; ABAP dictionary; Error messages; Programming in the ABAP Editor; Busines Add-Ins; SAPscript; Internal tables; Accessing data in a SAP system; Modularization techniques and more

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Title: SAP ABAP: Questions and Answers

Author/Editor: Kogent Learning Solutions Inc.

Imprint: Jones And Bartlett Publishers, 2010

Subject: ABAP/4 (Computer program language)


Designed as an introduction to the basics of ABAP or as a quick certification review, this book guides the reader through the intricacies of this programming language used by SAP components and applications (e.g., R/3, NetWeaver, etc.). It is currently positioned, alongside the more recently introduced Java, as the language for programming SAP's Web Application Server, part of its NetWeaver platform for building business applications. The question and answer format provides the reader with all of the details to pass certification exams in a step-by-step, easy to read, method of instruction.

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Title: Database Systems: The Complete Book, 2nd ed.

Author/Editor: Ullman, Jeffrey D.

Imprint: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009

Subject: Database-Management

Location: 005.74 G165 - [available at city campus]

Database Systems: The Complete Book is ideal for Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior and graduate levels in Computer Science departments. A basic understanding of algebraic expressions and laws, logic, basic data structure, OOP concepts, and programming environments is implied. Written by well-known computer scientists, this introduction to database systems offers a comprehensive approach, focusing on database design, database use, and implementation of database applications and database management systems.

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Title: Library Classification Trends in the 21st Century

Author/Editor: Kumbhar, Rajendra

Imprint: Chandos Publishing, 2012

Subject: Library-Classification, 21st

Century

Location: 025.4 K96 - [available at main campus]

This book traces development in and around library classification as reported in literature published in the first decade of the 21st century. It reviews literature published on various aspects of library classification including modern applications of classification such as internet resource discovery, automatic book classification, text categorization, modern manifestations of classification such as taxonomies, folksonomies and ontologies and interoperable systems enabling crosswalk. The book also features classification education and an exploration of relevant topics.

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Title: Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian

Author/Editor: Kellam, Lynda M.


Subject: Electronic information science, Reference services

Location: 025.52 K28 - [available at main campus]

The proliferation of online access to social science statistical and numeric data sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau's American FactFinder, has lead to an increased interest in supporting these sources in academic libraries. Many large libraries have been able to devote staff to data services for years. Recently smaller academic libraries have recognized the need to provide numeric data services and support. This guidebook serves as a primer to developing and supporting social science statistical and numeric data sources in the academic library. It provides strategies for the establishment of data services and offers short descriptions of the essential sources of free and commercial social science statistical and numeric data. Finally, it discusses the future of numeric data services, including the integration of statistics and data into library instruction and the use of Web 2.0 tools to visualize data.

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Title:

Engaging First-Year Students in Meaningful Library Research: A practical guide for teaching faculty

Author/Editor: Flaspohler, Molly R.


Subject: Electronic resources, Library science

Location: 025.567 F615 - [available at main campus]

Aimed at teaching professionals working with first-year students at institutions of higher learning, this book provides practical advice and specific strategies for integrating contemporary information literacy competencies into courses intended for novice researchers. The book has two main goals: to discuss the necessity and value of incorporating information literacy into first-year curricula; and to provide a variety of practical, targeted strategies for doing so. The author will introduce and encourage teaching that follows a process-driven, constructivist framework as a way of engaging first-year students in library work that is interesting, meaningful and disciplinarily relevant.

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Title: Information Literacy: Infiltrating the agenda, challenging minds

Author/Editor: Walton, Geoff ed.


Subject: Information literacy

Location: 028.707 W173 - [available at main campus]

This book focuses on important information literacy debates, with contributions from the many of the main experts in the field. It reflects on the ideas and practical considerations in the field. This book takes the reader on a journey across the contemporary information landscape guided by academics and practitioners who are experts in navigating this ever changing terrain.

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Title: Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge: A Reader's Guide

Author/Editor: Richmond, Alasdair

Imprint: Continuum, 2009

Subject: Knowledge, Theory of, Idealism

Location: 121 R414 - [available at both campuses]

This titel offers an introduction to Berkeley's seminal text, a key text in the history of philosophy that is very widely studied at undergraduate level."Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge" is a key text in the history of British Empiricism and 18th - century thought. As a free-standing systematic exposition of Berkeley's ideas, this is a hugely important and influential text, central to any undergraduate's study of the history of philosophy.In "Berkeley's 'Principles of Human Knowledge': A Reader's Guide", Alasdair Richmond provides a clear and accessible introduction to Berkeley's seminal text, offering guidance on: philosophical and historical context; key themes; reading the text; and, reception and influence and further reading."Continuum Reader's Guides" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to key texts in literature and philosophy.

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Title: Destiny or Free Will: The Human Paradox

Author/Editor: Salahuddin, S.V.

Imprint: Paramount Publishing Enterprise, 2009

Subject: Destiny, Human kind

Location: 129 S31 - [available at both campuses]

Our belief in God springs from the very essence of Divine ordinances. They are as much laws in the strictest sense of the word as the laws which regulate the movements of the celestial bodies. But the will of God is not an arbitrary will: it is an educating will to be obeyed by the scholar in his fields of learning as by the devotee in his cell. Men within the limited sphere of his existence is absolute master of his conduct. He is responsible for his actions and for the use and misuse of his powers with which he has been endowed. He may rise or fall according to his own inclination. There is supreme assistance for him when he seeks Divine help and guidance.

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Title: Psychology in Action, 9th ed.

Author/Editor: Huffman, Karen

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Subject: Pschology

Location: 150 H872 - [available at both campuses]

Covering all the major concepts and theories while still presenting the exciting and practical applications of psychology is a challenge. In order to meet this challenge, Huffman presents a fully integrated package that sets the stage for a perfectly choreographed learning experience. It includes a pedagogical system that makes psychology easier to learn. Readers will also find a robust suite of multimedia learning resources, including animations, interactive exercises, simulations and virtual experiments, and brief video clips. Psychologists can use the ninth edition as a reference for the theories and concepts.

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Title: Understanding Psychology, 10th ed.

Author/Editor: Feldman, Robert S.

Imprint: McGraw-Hill, 2011

Subject: Psychology-Textbooks

Location: 150 F33 - [available at both campuses]

Bob Feldman's "Understanding Psychology" guides students through Introductory Psychology concepts in an accessible manner, bringing comprehension of difficult material into the grasp of all students - because when students understand psychology, they learn psychology. The thoroughly revised tenth edition integrates a variety of elements that foster students' understanding of psychology and its impact on their everyday lives, including a new Neuroscience In Your Life feature, alerts to key topics, and study skills for specific concepts. This text also provides instructors with a fully integrated supplements package to objectively gauge their students' mastery of psychology's key principles and concepts and to create dynamic lectures.

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Title: Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument, 2nd ed.

Author/Editor: Cottrell, Stella

Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Subject: Argument

Location: 168 C825 - [available at both campuses]

The second edition of this leading guide helps students to develop reflective thinking skills, improve their critical analysis and construct arguments more effectively. Written by Stella Cottrell, leader in the field with over 1/2 million book sales to date, this text breaks down a complex subject into easily understood blocks, providing easy-to-follow, step-by-step explanations and practice activities to develop understanding and practise your skills at each stage. Essential for students who are mystified by tutor comments such as 'more critical analysis needed', this is an invaluable tool for anyone wishing to develop advanced skills in this area and learn to apply them to tasks such as reading, writing and note-taking.

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Title: In Thy Seed: Judaism, Christianity, Islam: addressing some key issues, rev. ed.

Author/Editor: Abdul Malik, Sheikh


Subject: Religion

Location: 200 M29 - [available at both campuses]

How was the Bible composed? What does it comprise of? Who wrote the Old and New Testaments? When and where? What are some of their core issues? Do any of these merit fresh examination? Is it possible to read some of the texts differently? Are there any alternative interpretations?

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Title: Religions of South Asia: Unity in Diversity, 2nd rev. ed.

Author/Editor: Zaman, Gul Afroz


Subject: South-Asia-Religion

Location: 200.954 Z1 - [available at both campuses]

All religions are meant to provide a code of conduct which will ensure safety, security, peace and harmony in their respective societies. History shows that this did not always happen. Conflicts within the religion and between the religions have occurred on numerous occasions. At present most conflicts in the world are religion based. Religions of south asia can be divided into two categories those that are indigenous such as Hinduism and those that are imported such as Islam. Over a period of time both the indigenous and the imported religions have attained a permanent status in the sub continent we have therefore briefly covered both the categories.

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Title: Islam and the Moral Economy: The Challenge of Capitalism

Author/Editor: Tripp, Charles


Subject: Islam-Economic aspects

Location: 297.273 T73 - [available at both campuses]

How do modern Muslims adapt their traditions to engage with today's world? Charles Tripp's erudite and incisive book considers one of the most significant challenges faced by Muslims over the last sixty years: the challenge of capitalism. By reference to the works of noted Muslim scholars, the author shows how, faced by this challenge, these intellectuals devised a range of strategies which have enabled Muslims to remain true to their faith, whilst engaging effectively with a world not of their own making. The work is framed around the development of their ideas on Islamic socialism, economics and the rationale for Islamic banking. While some Muslims have resorted to confrontation or insularity to cope with the challenges of modernity, most have aspired to innovation and ingenuity in the search for compromise and interaction with global capitalism in the twenty-first century.

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Title: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Author/Editor: Heath, Chip

Imprint: Random House, 2008

Subject: Social psychology

Location: 302.13 H34 - [available at both campuses]

Focusing on successful marketing campaigns and undying urban legends, this book is written for anyone who strives to craft messages that are memorable and lasting.

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Title: Balkanisation and Political Economy of Pakistan, rev. ed.

Author/Editor: Nazar, Yousuf

Imprint: National News Agency, 2011

Subject: Political leaders-Pakistan

Location: 324.22 N236 - [available at main campus]

The book is a unique and holistic analysis of Pakistan’s crises in the context of its recent history, Army, its elites and their relationship with Islamic fundamentalists and the United States. Yousuf Nazar, a fomer Citigroup executive and leading economic commentator of Pakistan argues that the US failure in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s own policy of using militants as a policy tool helped fuel an insurgency that destabilised former President Musharraf’s regime and could lead to a bigger catastrophe in the future. Regional, political and economic polarisation combined with debilitated state structures has reached a point where Balkanisation - and not Talibanisation - is the real threat facing Pakistan.

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Title: Indo-Pak Conflicts Ripe to Resolve

Author/Editor: Zeb, Rizwan.

Imprint: Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2005

Subject: Conflict resolution, India-Pakistan

Location: 327.170954 Z1 - [available at main campus]

Numerous changes have taken place inside Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has organized a successful election for the state legislative assembly. This book looks at the India Pakistan conflicts and at the peace process through the prism of various ripeness theories.

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Title:

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why the World needs a Green Revolution - And how we can renew our Global Future

Author/Editor: Friedman, Thomas L

Imprint: Allen Lane, 2008

Subject: Environmental policy-United States

Location: 320.5 F913 - [available at both campuses]

The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy - both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all who are concerned about the state of the world in the global future. Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy - which he calls Geo-Greenism - is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating; it is what we need to make us all healthier richer more innovative more productive and more secure. As in The World Is Flat he explains a new era - the Energy-Climate era - through an illuminating account of recent events.

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Title: Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies, 18th ed.

Author/Editor: McConnell, Campbell R.

Imprint: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009

Subject: Economics

Location: 330 M11 - [available at both campuses]

Economics by van Rensburg, McConnell and Brue is an adaptation of the USA's market leading text, designed specifically for Southern African students. Taking the core principles of Economics, the author weaves regionally specific content and examples throughout to help bring relevance and application to the main theories. Combining Southern African content with a straightforward and accessible writing style, this book promises to help promote understanding of economics for all students.

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Title: Financial Crisis: Causes, context and consequences

Author/Editor: Buckley, Adrian

Imprint: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011

Subject: Global financial crisis (2008-2009)

Location: 330.909511 B855 - [available at both campuses]

A fascinating close-up analysis of the causes of the 2007/8 financial crisis and its consequences - Financial Crisis places the world of finance under the microscope, bringing together evidence of the involvement of banks, governments and regulators. it questions some of its most dangerous and dubious practices witnessed whilst searching For The answer To The question: + What really caused the financial crisis? Financial Crisis Offers a timeline of events, giving an accessible overview of the crisis - its prelude, its unfolding and its aftermath. Focuses upon how the seeds of the crisis were sown and how they grew. Highlights government responses To The crisis, and banking practices and failures from around the world. Includes exhibits and original press cuttings, providing a relevant context To The story and an aid to understanding.

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Title: Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism, 2004

Author/Editor: Kuran, Timur

Imprint: Princeton University Press, 2004

Subject: Economics-Islamic countries, Economics-Religious aspects-Islam

Location: 330.917 K95 - [available at both campuses]

The doctrine of 'Islamic economics' entered debates over the social role of Islam in the mid-twentieth century. Since then it has pursued the goal of restructuring economies according to perceived Islamic teachings. Beyond its most visible practical achievement - the establishment of Islamic banks meant to avoid interest - it has promoted Islamic norms of economic behavior and founded redistribution systems modeled after early Islamic fiscal practices. In this bold and timely critique, Timur Kuran argues that the doctrine of Islamic economics is simplistic, incoherent, and largely irrelevant to present economic challenges. Observing that few Muslims take it seriously, he also finds that its practical applications have had no discernible effects on efficiency, growth, or poverty reduction.

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Title: Microeconometrics of Banking: Methods, Applications, and Results

Author/Editor: Degryse, Hans

Imprint: Oxford University Press, 2009

Subject: Banks & Banking-Econometric models

Location: 332.1 D363 - [available at both campuses]

This book provides a compendium to the empirical work investigating the hypotheses generated by recent banking theory. Such a compendium is overdue. Since the publication of the The Microeconomics of Banking by Xavier Freixas and Jean Charles Rochet, work in empirical banking has further blossomed, not only in sheer volume but also in the variety of questions being tackled, datasets becoming available, and methodologies being introduced. This book follows the structure in Freixas and Rochet's book and arranges the relevant methodologies, applications, and results according to each of their original chapters in order to have a coherent synthesis between available theory and supporting empirics.

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Title: Microeconomics of Banking, 2nd ed.

Author/Editor: Freixas, Xavier Finance

Imprint: The MIT Press, 2008

Subject: Banks and banking, Finance-Mathematical models

Location: 332.1 F87 - [available at both campuses]

"This second edition covers the recent dramatic developments in academic research on the microeconomics of banking, with a focus on four important topics: the theory of two-sided markets and its implications for the payment card industry; "nonprice competition" and its effect on the competition-stability tradeoff and the entry of new banks; the transmission of monetary policy and the effect on the functioning of the credit market of capital requirements for banks; and the theoretical foundations of banking regulation, which have been clarified, although recent developments in risk modeling have not yet led to a significant parallel development of economic modeling."

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Title: Mutual Funds: Products and Services

Author/Editor: Finance, Indian Institute of Banking &

Imprint: Taxmann Publications, 2010

Subject: Mutual funds

Location: 332.6327 I1 - [available at both campuses]

This book is a fine exposition on the mutual fund industry written by an experienced faculty from an acclaimed Capital Market Institute in the country. The coverage encompasses the concept, role, formation and organisation of mutual funds, besides touching upon accounting and valuation, investment management, development of model portfolios and unit holders’ protection. The book forms part of the course material provided by Indian Institute of Banking & Finance to the candidates appearing for the paper on “Mutual Fund - Products & Services” under their Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Advising (PGDFA) examination. Eminent experts under the guidance of Dr. S.A. Dave, former chairman of UTI, have designed the course.

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Title: Options, Futures, and other Derivatives: Global Edition, 8th ed.

Author/Editor: Hull, John C.

Imprint: Pearson, 2012

Subject: Derivatives securities

Location: 332.64 H86 - [available at both campuses]

For undergraduate and graduate courses in derivatives, options and futures, financial engineering, financial mathematics, and risk management. Bridge the gap between theory and practice. This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States. Designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, this introductory text on the futures and options markets is ideal for those with a limited background in mathematics. The eighth edition has been updated and improved-featuring a new chapter on securitization and the credit crisis, and increased discussion on the way commodity prices are modeled and commodity derivatives valued.

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Title: Offshoring Information Technology: Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce

Author/Editor: Carmel, Erran


Subject: Computer software-Development-Management, Information technology-Management

Location: 338.470 C21 - [available at main campus]

The decision to source software development to an overseas firm (offshoring) is looked at frequently in simple economic terms - it's cheaper, and skilled labor is easier to find. In practice, however, offshoring is fraught with difficulties. As well as the considerable challenge of controlling projects at a distance, there are differences in culture, language, business methods, politics, and many other issues to contend with. Nevertheless, as many firms have discovered, the benefits of getting it right are too great to ignore. This book explains everything you need to know to put offshoring into practice, avoid the pitfalls, and develop effective working relationships. It covers a comprehensive range of the important offshoring issues: from ROI to strategy, from SLA to culture, from country comparisons to provider marketing. Written for CTOs, CIOs, consultants, and other IT executives, this book is also an excellent introduction to sourcing for business students.

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Title: Introduction to Company Law, 2nd ed.

Author/Editor: Davies, Paul


Subject: Corporation law-Great Britain

Location: 346.4106 D286 - [available at main campus]

Written by one of the foremost experts in the area, Paul Davies' Introduction to Company Law provides a comprehensive conceptual introduction, giving readers a clear framework with which to navigate the intricacies of company law. The five core features of company law - separate legal personality, limited liability, centralized management, shareholder control, and transferability of shares - are clearly laid out and examined, then these features are used to provide an organisation structure for the conduct of business. It also discusses legal strategies that can be used to deal with arising problems, the regulation of relationships between the parties, and the trade-offs that have been made in British company law to address some of the conflicting issues that have arisen.

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Title: Contract Law: Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters, 9th ed.

Author/Editor: Mckendrick, Ewan

Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Subject: Contracts

Location: 346.4202 M11 - [available at both campuses]

McKendrick explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law, introducing the current debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discussing some of the wider controversies surrounding basic doctrines.

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Title: What is Riba?

Author/Editor: Suhail, Iqbal Ahmad Khan

Imprint: Pharos Media & Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2005

Subject: Interest (Islamic law)

Location: 346.54 S36 - [available at main campus]

A number of works deal with the issue of riba (usury) in Islam, but none of them is as comprehensive as this work which first appeared in 1936. This new edited version, together with Arabic and English translations, has been brought out in order to enrich the debate on this vital issue.

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Title:

Strategic Technology Management: Building Bridges between Sciences, Engineering and Business Management, 2nd ed.

Author/Editor: Tesar, George ed.

Imprint: Imperial College Press, 2008

Subject: Research, industrial-Economic aspects

Location: 608.0688 T28 - [available at city campus]

Two recent major trends in today's complex and competitive high technology global society have underscored the importance for a textbook on strategic technology management. The first is the desire of major global corporations and high technology firms to hire graduates who are able to understand engineering and science, and make sound strategic business decisions. The second is the increasing interest among engineering and science students to take courses in business management. This invaluable book attempts to bridge business and scientific management practices so as to foster better understanding between the two entities. The second edition is updated with interesting case studies on biomedical and renewable technologies.

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Title: Engineering and Technology Management: Tools and Applications, 2002

Author/Editor: Dhillon, B. S.

Imprint: Artech House, 2002

Subject: Technology-Management, Engineering-Management

Location: 620.0068 D11 - [available at city campus]

This text aims to provide engineers with an understanding of contemporary management concepts and their applications in a technical organization. It covers: product selection and management; engineering design and product costing; concurrent engineering; value management; configuration management; risk management; re-engineering strategies and benefits; managing creativity and innovation; information technology management; and software management. There are a large number of solved examples highlighted throughout the text. This book is intended for use by: professional engineers; technology managers; senior-level undergraduate and graduate students; and instructors of engineering / technology management.

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Title: Careers In and Out of Organizations

Author/Editor: Hall, Douglas T.

Imprint: Sage Publications, 2002

Subject: Career development

Location: 650.14 H143 - [available at main campus]

Careers In and Out of Organizations provides an overview of the changing context of careers and describes the role of interpersonal relationships as influences on development of a person's identity and learning. The author examines the nature of the new career contract and the different approaches that have been taken to studying career decision making. He explores how career choices are made, the developmental stages people pass through during the course of their working lives in organizations, and the factors related to career effectiveness including integrating career and personal life.

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Title: How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing vital signs out of the numbers, 7th ed.

Author/Editor: Tracy, John A.


Subject: Finance statements

Location: 657.3 T67 - [available at both campuses]

Financial reports provide vital information to investors, lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial report seem to be written in a foreign language that only accountants can understand. This Seventh Edition of How to Read a Financial Report breaks through the language barrier, clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to financial reports. The book helps you get a sure-handed grip on the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any business.

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Title: Virtual Manufacturing

Author/Editor: Raouf, Abdul

Imprint: Springer, 2011

Subject: Manufacturing processes-Computer simulation, Engineering-(Computer)


This text aims to provide engineers with an understanding of contemporary management concepts and their applications in a technical organization. It covers: product selection and management; engineering design and product costing; concurrent engineering; value management; configuration management; risk management; re-engineering strategies and benefits; managing creativity and innovation; information technology management; and software management. There are a large number of solved examples highlighted throughout the text. This book is intended for use by: professional engineers; technology managers; senior-level undergraduate and graduate students; and instructors of engineering / technology management.

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Title: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 7th ed.

Author/Editor: Brealey, Richard A.

Imprint: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2012

Subject: Finance-Management


Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, by Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Alan J. Marcus, has been applauded for its modern approach and interesting examples. Professors praise the authors' well-organized and thoughtful writing style and their clear exposition of what many students consider difficult material. The authors accomplish this without sacrificing an up-to-date, technically correct treatment of core topic areas. Since this author team is known for their outstanding research, teaching efforts, and market-leading finance textbooks, it's no surprise that they have created an innovative and market-driven revision that is more student friendly than ever. Every chapter has been reviewed and revised to reflect the current environment in corporate finance.

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Title: Business Finance: Theory and Practice, 9th ed.

Author/Editor: McLaney, Eddie

Imprint: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011

Subject: Business enterprises-Finance


Taking a user-friendly approach, McLaney's Business Finance explores the type of investments a business should make and how they should be financed. The text successfully blends the theoretical, analytical and practical aspects of finance and investments. The new edition has a real world flavour, exploring the theories surrounding financial decision making and relating these theories to what happens in the real business world.

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Title: The Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions, 2nd ed.

Author/Editor: Marks, Kenneth H.


Subject: Small business-Finance-Handbook, manuals, etc.


An important update to one of the most popular books on financing growth This is a comprehensive guide for emerging growth and middle market companies--as well as their leaders and advisors--on financing strategies, sources, and transactions. Updated in full, this valuable resource presents the tools needed to analyze and determine a financing strategy with a holistic approach in the context of the overall strategic plan.

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Title: Finance

Author/Editor: Bodie, Zvi

Imprint: Prentice Hall, 2000

Subject: Finance


A true introduction to the field of finance, with a broader scope and greater emphasis on general principles than most existing introductory texts. This text incorporates all areas of finance, including investments and personal finance which are typically left out of other text books (that focus exclusively on corporate finance). Can be offered with WebCT essentials.

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Title: Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 13th ed.

Author/Editor: Brigham, Eugene F.

Imprint: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2011

Subject: Financial management

Location: 658.15 B76f - [available at both campuses]

This text is not only the ideal choice for today's introductory MBA course, but also serves as a complete reference tool for students throughout their academic and business careers. Integrated practice using "Thomson One-Business School Edition" gives students hands-on experience with the same research tool Wall Street professionals use daily. The book's comprehensive support, including best-selling "Aplia Finance" for homework management and numerous online resources, helps you establish the strong financial foundation and skills students need for long-term business success.

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Title: Strategic Financial Management: Applications of Corporate Finance

Author/Editor: Weston, J. Fred

Imprint: Thomson South-Western, 2008

Subject: Corporations-Finance


Successful financial management begins with a solid understanding of the organization's strategic goals and objectives as well as its day-to-day business practices. Based in sound financial theory and journal literature augmented by common business policies, STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: APPLICATIONS OF CORPORATE FINANCE gives you the essential tools, techniques, and concepts you need in order to understand financial management from a strategic and operational perspective.

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Title: Entrepreneurial Finance, 4th ed.

Author/Editor: Leach, J. Chris


Subject: Entrepreneurship, Business enterprises-Finance

Location: 658.15224 L465 - [available at both campuses]

Learn to master today's most effective corporate finance tools and techniques for successful entrepreneurial ventures with Leach/Melicher's ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE, 4E. This reader-friendly edition closely follows a "life cycle of the firm" as it introduces the theories, knowledge, and financial tools any entrepreneur needs to start, build, and eventually harvest a successful business venture. Readers focus on sound financial management practices, such as how and where to obtain financial capital, the stages of financing, business cash flow models, and strategic positioning. Readers even gain important insights into effectively interacting with the financial institutions and regulatory agencies that are central to financing ventures.

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Title: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings, 5th ed.

Author/Editor: Gaughan, Patrick A.


Subject: Consolidation and merger of corporations

Location: 658.16 G23 - [available at both campuses]

Modern restructuring techniques for a global business landscape Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings, Fifth Edition carefully analyzes the strategies and motives that inspire M&As, the laws and rules that govern the field, as well as the offensive and defensive techniques of hostile acquisitions.* Incorporates updated research, graphs, and case studies on the private equity market, ethics, legal frameworks, and corporate governance* Expanded and updated chapters on corporate governance, joint ventures and strategic alliances and valuation* Expanded global treatment of the field of M&A* Shows business managers and financial executives how corporate restructuring can be used successfully in any company*

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Title: The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams: A Toolkit for Collaborating Across Boundaries

Author/Editor: Nemiro, Jill ed.

Imprint: Jossey-Bass, 2008

Subject: Virtual work teams-Management-Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Location: 658.4022 N344 - [available at both campuses]

The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams is an essential resource for leaders, virtual team members, and work group leaders. The editors provide a proved framework based on five principles for working collaboratively across boundaries of time, space, and culture. Written by experts in the field, the contributors offer practical suggestions and tools for virtual team who need to assess their current level of effectiveness and develop strategies for improvement. This important resource also contains an array of illustrative cases as well as practical tools for designing, implementing, and maintaining effective virtual work.

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Title: Management Fundamentals and Information Systems

Author/Editor: Madan, Sushila

Imprint: Taxmann Publications, 2011

Subject: Information services-Management

Location: 658.4038 M26 - [available at main campus]

Comprehensive coverage of the following topics : The Process of Management Information System Concepts Functional and other Information Systems Enterprise Systems System Development Process information System Security Information Systems Control Techniques

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Title: Management Information Systems, 10th ed

Author/Editor: O'Brien, James A.

Imprint: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2011

Subject: Management information systems

Location: 658.4038 O6 - [available at both campuses]

This is the benchmark text for the syllabus organized by technology taught from a managerial perspective. O'Brien defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve performance. Real world cases finalize the explanation.

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Title: Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation

Author/Editor: Moore, Christopher W.

Imprint: Jossey-Bass, 2010

Subject: Negotiation in business, Cultural relations


Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation provides advice and strategies for effective cross-cultural negotiations. Written from a multicultural perspective, this guidebook explores cross-cultural communication for problem solving and negotiations. This resource includes real-life stories and examples compiled from over thirty years of domestic and global experience from both authors, including Chris Moore, a well-known international negotiator and best selling author.

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Title: Trust: The Secret Weapon of Effective Business Leaders

Author/Editor: Bloomgarden, Kathy

Imprint: St. Martin's Press, 2007

Subject: Leadership, Executive-Training, Organizational effectiveness


TRUST: The Secret Weapon of Effective Business Leaders taps into a powerful current in American business - the importance of trust in a business's corporate strategy. In today's environment, leaders who add the most value to their companies tend to make decisions based not on short-term financial goals, but on strongly-held values. They develop a reservoir of trust among their key stakeholders and use it to speak frankly as challenges arise. These leaders are inspired by an adherence to principles that form, for each of them, a platform of rock-solid values they will not violate.

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Title: Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace, 4th ed.

Author/Editor: Varner, Iris

Imprint: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co, 2011

Subject: Communication in management-Social aspects

Location: 658.45 V42 - [available at both campuses]

Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace, 4/e by Beamer and Varner addresses the issues of culture and communication within the context of international business. The text provides examples of how cultural values and practices impact business communication. The authors explore the relationships among the cultural environments of the firm and the structure of the firm. They examine how companies and individuals communicate, and concentrate on the underlying cultural reasons for behavior. This approach helps readers develop an ability to work successfully within an environment of cultural diversity both at home and abroad.

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Title: Corporate Finance: Linking theory to what companies do, 3rd ed.

Author/Editor: Megginson, William L.


Subject: Corporations-Finance

Location: 658.5 G75 - [available at main campus]

This business-focused, accessible text is more relevant than ever as award-winning author and nationally acclaimed finance researcher John Graham of Duke University, joins master-teacher Scott Smart and international business expert Bill Megginson to help bridge the gap between academic rigor and corporate finance practices. This edition integrates the latest from Duke University's CFO Global Business Outlook, a quarterly survey of financial executives that gauges business outlook and topical economic issues. The authors have refined this practical, accessible text to correspond with the way you teach your MBA-level course. Engaging examples, meaningful cases, and practical exercises reflect how changing events and recent financial crises relate to established finance principles.

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Title: Supply Chain Excellence: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement using the SCOR Model, 3rd ed.

Author/Editor: Bolstorff, Peter

Imprint: Amacom, 2012

Subject: Supply chain management

Location: 658.7 B63 - [available at main campus]

To keep your sales, manufacturing, distribution, and inventory moving in perfect synchronization, you need a flawless, repeatable supply chain improvement approach that maximizes process efficiency, eliminates dysfunction, and aligns disparate organizations-globally. Supply Chain Excellence, ahead of the curve in its original edition, again breaks new ground with a highly compressed timeline for using the SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) framework to plan and execute supply chain improvement. In addition to the value chain processes of DCOR and CCOR, the book is now adapted for use in an SAP environment, in global enterprises, and by small businesses.

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Title: Global Marketing, 4th ed.

Author/Editor: Keegan, Warren J.

Imprint: Pearson, 2011

Subject: Marketing

Location: 658.8 K24g - [available at both campuses]

Global Marketing, 4e, draws students into the excitement, challenges, and controversies of global marketing. Its paperback format gives adopters flexibility while ensuring the total cost to students is reasonable. The fourth edition is packed with new chapter opening vignettes, end-of-chapter cases (50% new!), and new coverage including more on global digital marketing (Ch 17) and CRM (Ch 6).

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Title: Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan: Traversing the margins

Author/Editor: Haines, Chad

Imprint: Routledge, 2012

Subject: Pakistan-Boundaries

Location: 911.5491 H127 - [available at main campus]

The Karakoram Highway was constructed by the Pakistani state in the 1970s as a major development project that furthered the national interest and solidified state control over the disputed region of northern Pakistan. Focusing on this highway, this book provides a unique analysis of the links between space, travel and history in the formation of the Pakistani nation-state. The book discusses how the highway was a symbol for an imagined national identity, and goes on to look at how it offered Pakistan a pre-Partition history and a fixed territory, by providing a historical link to the Silk Route and a contemporary geographical linkage to Central Asia.

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Title: Bhutto and the Breakup of Pakistan

Author/Editor: Yunus, Mohammed


Subject: Pakistan, 1971-Bhutto

Location: 954.905 Y92 - [available at main campus]

The bifurcation of Pakistan resulting in the emergence of Bangladesh in December 1970 was a decisive and irreversible event in the short history of Pakistan that has received much academic and journalistic attention. It was a painful time for the people of Pakistan who were rudely awakened from a dream. Slowly the gloom lifted in what is Pakistan today as the unsavoury facts and reasons for the disaster came to light. The author watched the country slip through the fingers of its people from a sensitive spot in the government of those days.

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Title: Pakistan: A Hard Country

Author/Editor: Lieven, Anatol

Imprint: Allen Lane, 2011

Subject: Political science-Pakistan, Social history

Location: 954.9105 L626 - [available at main campus]

This work is based on a profound and sophisticated analysis of Pakistan's history and its social, religious and political structures. Lieven has interviewed hundreds of Pakistanis at every level of society, from leading politicians and soldiers to village mullahs and rickshaw drivers. In particular, his examination of the roots of popular sympathy for the Taleban in Pakistan draws on the testimony of people whose views are rarely consulted by Western analysts.

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Title: Thirty Years on the North-West Frontier: Recollections of a Frontiersman

Author/Editor: Mallam, Leslie


Subject: North-West-Frontier

Location: 954.9112 M29 - [available at main campus]

The work, which went unpublished owing to Curzon’s assumption of the Viceroyalty of India, is crucial for an understanding of one of the most well known players of the Great Game, especially as Viceroy of India. It is reproduced here in its entirety, with attendant graphs and tables, and an introduction by Dhara Anjaria.

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Title: Pashtun Migrants In The Northern Areas Of Pakistan

Author/Editor: Weinreich, Matthias

Imprint: A & C Black, 2009

Subject: North-West-Pakistan, Frontier


It investigates how Pashto speakers communicated with each other and with members of their respective Shina-, Khowar-, Balti- and Burushaski- speaking host communities, focussing in particular on cross-dialectal communication and language shift. The book also aims to define how the trends related to Pashtun migration to the Northern Areas in the mid 1990s could develop in the near future.Interwoven with this analysis are childhood memories and life stories recounted by the Pashto speakers interviewed by the author.

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