Dulcinea Media, Inc. -- Uncluttering the Web Research Databases: International Development Research Centre The databases collection of the IDRC Library is a resource intended to support the research activities of IDRC research teams. Contact your IDRC Program Officer for access. The full range of specialized library services available to IDRC funded researchers is described in Research Resources for IDRC Projects. Conditions of Use: These resources are governed by license agreements which restrict use to IDRC sponsored researchers and partners for the purposes of IDRC funded projects and research. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that he or she uses these products only for individual, noncommercial use without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information. Academic Search Complete A full text database delivering a multidisciplinary collection of scholarly journals. AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the U.S. Business Source Premier CAB Abstracts Econlit
KAUST | Research | Research Centers | Introduction Research Centers are the primary research units at KAUST. The Centers are strategic and focus on topical areas that drive research projects toward achieving their goals. The KAUST Research Centers will focus on: A typical Research Center at KAUST consists of 8-10 members of faculty, 40-50 graduate students, research scientists and engineers, postdoctoral researchers, visiting researchers (including resident and visiting scientists from industry) and administrative and technical staff. Special Centers and Field Stations The Center for Marine and Oceanic Research jointly with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The KAUST Museum The KAUST Museum will curate special collections of digital and physical artifacts that highlight the role Islam has played in scientific innovation and discovery.
How to Find Anything Online: Become an Internet Research Expert Einstein once said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” The same could be said of intelligence. What they don’t tell you is that the “smart” people of the world are, in most cases, just better at researching and learning things than everyone else. But researching is a learned skill, not something you’re born with. And while some people might be predisposed to learn things more easily than others, it’s generally not enough to make a measurable difference. By learning how to research, you can quickly and fairly easily become knowledgeable about just about anything. It’s all there, online, for free. Start with Wikipedia Whenever you try to learn something new on the Internet, start with Wikipedia. The main reason to start with Wikipedia is that it gives a good overview of most topics. Sure, any given page is bound to have some inaccuracies (as is the case on most user-generated websites), but most of the content is generally reliable. Move on to Google Go Multimedia
Free Institutional Research – World Beta – Engineering Targeted While I use Hedge Fund Letters for my hedge commentary fix, I was wondering a little about where to go for the best free institutional research published online. I’m thinking in the vein of GMO, Hussman, PIMCO, Research Affiliates, etc. I’m going to start a list below, feel free to make some comments and I’ll add as they come in. Only requirement is the author(s) have to be institutional money managers: Hussman Research Affiliates First Quadrant (I really liked this currency paper) Buffett Letters Munger Letters Bridgewater Arrowstreet Capital Reed Conner SSgA FundAdvice EuroPacific O’Shaughnessy and here Reed, Connor, Birdwell Howard Marks (Oaktree) The LCM Perspective from Lotsoff Capital Management Martin Capital Western Asset Pzena PanAgora Gluskin Sheff
11 Competitive Intelligence Tools for SMBs | Small Business Tren It’s not stalking. It’s research. It’s you doing research on your competitors to help you stay up-to-date on what they’re doing so you know which direction you should go. Here’s a list of 11 tools that can help you track your competitors movements on the Web and give you actionable information that you can use. Google Alerts Google Alerts are great little inventions because they allow you track virtually anything and have it delivered either to your email or RSS. Twitter Follow your competitors on Twitter. Twitter Search Create RSS feeds or Save Twitter Searches to track important keywords, competitors’ Twitter user names, and product names (yours and theirs). Bit.ly If you’re using Twitter, you’re probably already familiar with bit.ly. Yahoo Site Explorer Knowing that links are an essential part of getting your site to rank, Yahoo Site Explorer can show you WHO is linking to your competitors, as well as who’s linking to you. SEO for Firefox Quarkbase SocialMention This is a pretty neat tool.
Following the (M&A) Example of Others Learning what other companies did to acquire firms in developing economies may help U.S. companies be more successful in their own M&A efforts. Bottom Line: Acquiring a company in an emerging market carries a considerable amount of risk for U.S. firms. But carefully watching the decisions and outcomes of other companies leads to substantially better postmerger performance for acquiring firms. Following in another firm’s footsteps doesn’t usually make for an effective business plan. But as the world’s economies continue their steady march toward integration, a new study finds that U.S. companies can better plan and execute mergers in developing markets by monitoring other firms’ previous acquisitions in the same countries. Cross-border M&A activity in developing countries represents an ideal lens through which to examine whether firms can benefit by learning from others, the authors note. Valuable information can flow from one firm or industry to another through a variety of channels.
Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World "The nature of work is changing. People’s relationship with work is changing. The changes to society will be vast" by @gapingvoid We are on the eve of 2015! We are already feeling the impact of each of these, and it will increasingly become even more palpable. "A crucial question for understanding the future of work is predicting what people will actually do with this unprecedented level of connectivity, content and productive possibilities. This has wide-ranging implication on learning and the future of work. How do we as L&D tackle this? "How do we re-imagine the workplace such that organizations become platforms for individuals to come together to collaborate, and innovate, and deliver services and products that are valued?" L&D definitely has a role to play in this metamorphosis albeit in a different avatar. Right now, we do not have a defined roadmap to reinvent ourselves to re-imagine the future of workplace learning. There are no users, learners, or managers of learning. 2. 3. 4.
Guide To Developing Company Culture — Culturevist - Company and Customer Communities Create a list of things it's okay for people to do. Example at UK Government Digital Service (GDS). Build an internal company culture network. Discover and join forces with other Culturevists in your company for inspiration or support. Create a company culture handbook to let people know how you work together. Have a ceremony and/or rituals for new joiners. Interview people outside the office environment. e.g. over barbecue with family, example at Zappos, or over dinner, example at Mailchimp. Take collective action, a bit like a flash mob. Celebrate people's birthdays, work anniversaries, and new jobs in a thoughtful way. Create a mutual mentoring scheme / skills-share marketplace: people list what they can teach others, and what they'd like to learn from others. Create a celebration bell. Let others be able to see which prospect/customer relationships we're looking to build, in case others can help us. Ask people what they'd like to work on, in case you can help make it happen.
The nature of mindsets – Benefit Mindset – Medium Mindsets shape the lives we lead, the actions we take and the future possibilities of the shared world we live in. In this primer, we provide an overview of what mindsets are, why they matter and a summary of the 3 basic mindset archetypes. We also share a range of practices you can use to more consciously choose your mindset. What is a Mindset? “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” — Mahatma Gandhi Eight principles can be used to describe the underlying nature of mindsets. 1) Mindsets are unique to everyone No two are the same. 2) Mindsets are created by our experiences They are constructed using judgements and theories about our lived experiences. 3) Mindsets are imperfect models of reality They are over-simplified representations about the way the world works. 4) Mindsets govern our actions 5) Mindsets create our shared world