Ford Library

Having problems renewing your items from your online library account because you are graduating? Please call the Ford Library (660-7875) or email the Ford Library Circulation Manager and we can renew them for you.

Take part in the Fuqua Book Exchange
April 6th – May 15th

Donate your gently-used books starting Monday, April 6th

Recycle* books to other students, staff, or the library. Bring a book, take a book. Free.

Bring any type of books, not just business texts. Books will be housed in a special book case in the Career section, at the back of the Ford Library.

* Any books left over will be donated to the Durham Public Library Book Sale.

Ford Library would like to invite you to attend the inaugural Duke India Business Forum, which is being held on Sunday, March 22nd at the Fuqua School of Business.

Below please find just some of the new, exciting titles that Ford Library has on India and business. Please browse the library for even more choices. Click on the titles to place a hold or check availability.

India

• Winning in the Indian Market: Understanding the Transformation of Consumer India By Rama Bijapurkar
• Doing Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow’s Most Exciting Market By Gunjan Bagla
• Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India – The World’s Fastest Growing Market By William Nobrega
• Living and Working in India: The Complete Practical Guide to Expatriate Life in the Sub Continent By Kris Rao
• Strategic Corporate Communication: A Global Approach for Doing Business in the New India By Paul A. Argenti
• India’s Century: The Age of Entrepreneurship in the World’s Biggest Democracy By Kamal Nath
• India’s Global Wealth Club: The Stunning Rise of Its Billionaires and the Secrets of Their Success By Geoff Hiscock
• India Arriving: How this Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business By Rafiq Dassani
• An American’s Guide to Doing Business in India: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Indian Market By Eugene Makar
• Doing Business in India and Understanding Pitfalls By Subodh Gupta
• Planet India: How the Fastest Growing Democracy is Changing America and the World [Audiobook]
• The Story of India [DVD]
• The World of Philosophy: The Philosophies of India [Audiobook]

Here are Ford Library’s hours of operation during Winter Break.

• Thursday & Friday, December 18th & 19th, 8am to 10pm
• Saturday & Sunday, December 20th & 21st, 12 noon – 4pm
• Monday & Tuesday, December 22nd & 23rd, 8am – 5pm
• Wednesday, December 24th – Sunday, December 28th, Closed
• Monday & Tuesday, December 29th & 30th, 8am – 5pm
• Wednesday – Sunday, December 31st – January 4th, Closed
• Monday – Wednesday, January 5th – 7th, 8am – 8pm
• Thursday & Friday, January 8th & 9th, 8am to 10pm
• Saturday & Sunday, January 10th & 11th, 12 noon – 4pm
• Monday & Tuesday, January 12th & 13th, 8am – 8pm
• Wednesday, January 14th regular semester/term hours resume

Interested in Learning more about Dubai?

Additional items can be found by browsing our special feature sections at the front of the library. Click on any of the links below to check availability or place a hold.

Dubai, UAE:

• Dubai and Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States By Aamir A. Rehman
• Doing Business with the United Arab Emirates: A Guide to Investment Opportunities and Business Practice Edited by Anthony Shoult
• Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times by by Margaret K. Nydell
• How to Succeed in the Gulf: Living and Working in an Arab Culture by Patrick Macdonald
• Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking and Finance by Ioannis Akkizidis and Sunil Kumar Khandelwal
• Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success By Christopher M. Davidson
• Dubai Encounter by Lara Dunston and Terry Carter
• Time Out Dubai, Abu Dhabi & the UAE by Time Out Guides Ltd

Dubai DVDs and Audiobooks:

• The Essentials of the Islamic Faith by M. Fethullah Gulen; read by Lee Crooks. Audiobook
• 60 minutes — Dubai, Inc. by CBS Broadcasting Inc.; Steve Kroft; produced by Harry A. Radcliffe, II. Academic DVD
• Dubai by Vista Point; distributed by Travelvideostore.com Academic DVD
• United Arab Emirates by Vista Point; distributed by Travelvideostore.com Academic DVD
• The Qur’an by Bruce Lawrence Audiobook

Have travel plans for Thanksgiving?

Ford Library has recently added a number of new audiobook titles. Check out a few to listen to during your trip. Click on a title to see if the audiobook is available. There are many more choices in our extensive audiobook section and in our special feature areas.

• When Markets Collide by Mohamed A. El-Erian
• The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need A Green Revolution
• The First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America’s Energy Future by David Bach
• Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism  by Kevin Phillips
• The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy by David M. Smick

Are you ready for Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 17th-23rd)?

Ford Library is here to help.

Check out these great titles on entrepreneurship and start-ups. Click on the link to check availability or to place a hold.

Entrepreneurship Guides:

• New venture management: The entrepreneur’s roadmap By Donald F. Kuratko, Jeffrey S. Hornsby
• The one minute entrepreneur By Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson,and Ethan Willis Audiobook
• The entrepreneur’s guide to writing business plans and proposals By K. Dennis Chambers
• Technology ventures: From idea to enterprise By Richard C. Dorf, Thomas H. Byers
• New venture creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st century By Jeffry A. Timmons and Stephen Spinelli, Jr.
• How to get to the top: Business lessons learned at the dinner table By Jeffrey J. Fox Audiobook

Start-ups and New Business Ventures:

• Start your own business: The only startup book you’ll ever need By Rieva Lesonsky
• Own it: The law & business guide to launching a new business through innovation, exclusivity and relevance By Jon M. Garon
• Campus CEO: The student entrepreneur’s guide to launching a multimillion-dollar business By Randal Pinkett

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Interested in learning more about Russia?

How about the United Kingdoms or global opportunities in Europe?

Hopefully everyone took the opportunity to hear yesterday’s Distinguished Speaker, Arkady Dvorkovich, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. But if you missed it or you are just interested in learning more about Russia please see the list of books, audiobooks, and DVDs on Russia below.

Also included here are items for another global partnership country, the United Kingdoms.

Additional items on Russia, United Kingdom, Dubai, India, and China can be found by browsing our special feature sections at the front of the library. Click on any of the links below to check availability or place a hold.

Russia:

• Russia and the Soviet Union By Ralph Raico Audiobook
• Doing Business with Russia: A Guide to Investment Opportunities and Business Practice Edited by Dr. Marat Terterov
• Globalisation in China, India, and Russia : emergence of national groups and global strategies of firms Edited by Jean-Francois Huchet, Xavier Richet, Joel Ruet
• Russia, Land of the Tsars (Partisan Pictures for the History Channel) Academic DVD
• Commanding Heights:The Battle for the World Economy (An Invision Productions Limited production)

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Ford Library presents a new database based on the widely popular series Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands: The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More Than Sixty Countries.

This new database also includes Dun & Bradstreet’s Guide to Doing Business Around the World and articles written for publications like Industry Week and American Way Magazine, as well as the 2008 World Holiday and Time Zone Guide for over 100 countries.

Connect to Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands

E-books on Culture, Business Etiquette, and Global Business Practices: (These e-books are available through the Duke online catalog via NetLibrary.)

• Managing Complexity in Global Organizations (IMD Executive Development Series): Drawing together insights from across the expert faculty, Managing Complexity in the Global Organization presents IMD’s framework on how to understand complexity and its four key drivers (diversity; interdependence; ambiguity and flux), along with solutions on specific issues in a variety of functions, industries and markets. The focus is on providing practical solutions based on real-life examples.

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Even during summer break Ford Library keeps adding new books to our collection. Come check out our New Book and New Audiobook sections for even more great choices. (Click on any of the titles below to check availability or to place a hold.)

Fun Summer Reading:

• The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need by Daniel H. Pink, art by Rob Ten Pas
• Beyond Bullsh*t: Straight Talk at Work by Samuel A Culbert
• Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day – And What You Can Do About It by Bob Sullivan
• The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You by Mark Buchanan
• The Future of the Internet (and How to Stop It) by Jonathan Zittrain

Happiness, Health, and Work:

• What Happy Companies Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better by Dan Baker, Cathy Greenberg, and Collins Hemingway
• How: Why ‘HOW’ We Do Anything Means Everything…in Business (and in Life) by Dov Seidman
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
• Doubt is their product: how Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health by David Michaels
• Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don’t Act) Responsibly by Howard Gardner
• One Foot Out the Door: How to Combat the Psychological Recession That’s Alienating Employees and Hurting American Business by Judith M. Bardwick

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