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Leading on the World's stage: HAWKS or Doves: You decide!

Think Big... but maybe not like that!

Think big and kick ass in business and life by Donald Trump, Hail Caesar!
Call Number: HF5386 .T778
ISBN: 9780061547836
Publication Date: 2007
"These strategies are proven and attested to by those who've learned to think BIG from Donald Trump and found success in their own lives even when the world seems to be against them." - Publisher

Think Big: Reboot!

Big think strategy : how to leverage bold ideas and leave small thinking behind by Bernd Schmitt
Call Number: HD53 .S3596
ISBN: 9781422103210
Publication Date: 2007
"Business leaders need bold strategies to stay relevant and win. Traditional approaches to strategic planning based on safe, low-risk methods that produce predictable results do not equip businesses with the tools necessary for creating lasting impact. Companies must be willing to open themselves up to approaching strategy from a creative perspective. To create several systematic methodologies for creative problem solving in the development and execution of corporate strategy, Dr. Bernd H. Schmitt utilizes research in psychology and marketing and his experiences in music, fashion, telecom, financial services, and travel . He reveals how to bring bold thinking into your business by sourcing big ideas and executing them creatively." - Publisher
Think big, start small, move fast
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1639295828
Publication Date: 2022
"This essential must-have guide shows you how to: Inspire and ignite trailblazing innovation in your workplace, Design a new business model that's creative, collaborative, and sustainable, Apply the traditional scientific method to the latest innovations in "design thinking", Build a customized toolkit of the best practices, project portfolios, and strategies, Increase your innovation capacity--and watch how quickly you succeed." - Publisher
Think bigger : developing a successful big data strategy for your business by Van Rijmenam, Mark
Call Number: HD30.2 .V3647
ISBN: 9780814434154
Publication Date: 2014
"Every day, an increasing amount of our movements, transactions, and choices are becoming digitized and stored up into what has become known as "big data"--revolutionizing the way we do business today. And it's all there for your company to strategically utilize for giant profits! But where to begin? Think Bigger provides a roadmap for organizations looking to develop a profitable big data strategy. Sharing best practices from companies that have implemented a big data strategy including Walmart, InterContinental Hotel Group, Walt Disney, and Shell, this must-have resource for any business not wanting to fall far behind the competition covers the most important big data trends affecting organizations, as well as crucial types of analyses. Big data is changing the way businesses--and even governments--are operated and managed. And now, you too can revolutionize your business by learning how to properly employ the vast amount of digitalized information that is already available to you." - Publisher

How do I use this library thing?

If you like watching stuff, than you are in luck, because I have created a fabulous audio and visual experience just for you! While it may not have the same look and feel as the movie theatre experience, you will definitely get your money's worth, and you may learn something along the way. (Honk if you learned something today!)

Get on the fast track to earning your Library Smarts Micro-Credential! (not a real credential)

Library Collection Intro in Detail

"Must-sees" for the Advanced Library Smarts Micro-Credential!

Market Area Facts... at the tips of your fingers

Gather political, economic, social, environmental data and intelligence on the world's market stages using the online library collections.

Company Information Sources

Take a virtual tour of the library's company information sources.

Industry Information Sources

You guessed it! A title that needs no introduction...

The Virtual Shelf!

Global business: an economic, social, and environmental perspective by Asgary, Nader H.
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9781648023446
Publication Date: 2021
"This new edition of Global business incorporates global business issues related to COVID-19, the economic and social injustice of BIPOC, and environmental degradation where it is appropriate. The reader will understand the impact of these critical global business issues discussed in the book through examples, case studies and thought-provoking discussions. These challenges require businesses, governments, and the active engagement of citizens to succeed. The aim of this book is to bring these issues for discussion and action by these stakeholders." - Publisher
International business blunders: lessons for future managers by Williams, Densil A.
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9781787692206
Publication Date: 2019
"International Business Blunders will provide direct evidence from CEOs and international business managers within firms that have moved from their domestic market in the developing world to do business in the developed world. The insights from these cases will serve as invaluable lessons for other firms that are seeking to enter these physically and psychically distant markets. By highlighting the blunders that are made by firms that have braved entering markets in developed countries, this book will provide pedagogical examples of how to minimize the blunders that future managers might make." - Publisher
International business diplomacy : how can multinational corporations deal with global challenges? by Huub Ruël
ISBN: 9781787432550
Publication Date: 2017
MNEs are facing global legitimacy challenges. They are suspected of tax avoidance, using low wage countries for corporate benefits only, disrespecting privacy regulations, abusing consumer data, violating local community rights, exploiting natural resources, ignoring basic human rights, and employing too many lobbyists targeting national and international political decision-making processes for their own corporate interests. Although many of these challenges are not new, they have resurfaced and become more apparent during the past couple of years, partly due to the economic recession that many developed economies have faced and to the broader awareness of increasing global inequality and the importance of sustainability. How can international business respond? Lets find out together!

Short Cut to Company/Industry/MarketArea/Demographic Info

If you are looking for information sources describing company data, industry information, and market area facts, there is a guide just for you!

Business Analysis: information sources

Stepping in it... the library's collections that is!

If you somehow missed the MEGA search box (Search the Library Collections), don't worry.

ProTip: Everything begins here: library.centennialcollege.ca

You can activate Plan B, and open up the E-Resources tab.

If you think of the Internet as a pile of stuff, the library, on the other hand, is a collection. We specialize in collecting quality resources for student success. The E-Resources tab is your gateway to selecting and entering the name of the information resource(s) you need.

There are several points of entry into the collections: Keywords box (Search for Databases), A-Z list, and the School List filter (All Subjects).

ProTip: The Keywords box allows you to search for a collection, an information resource. It is not designed to search within the collection. Even if you are unsure of the complete database name, try representative keywords, such as "Business." You probably won't be disappointed!

Once you select a collection (Business Source Complete, for example) you are almost ready to work!

Not sure what's inside a collection (database)? Before opening the database, each collection comes with a short description of what you can expect to find. For example:

Business Source Complete

Full text business scholarly journals, magazines, country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research...

Working off-campus, you may be asked to login. Simple: just use your myCentennial login credentials.

Next box...

Article Kick Start!

Because many of our journals and magazines are collected together in aggregated databases, adding and mixing several titles and publishers, searching is usually a matter of entering words and phrases that describe your topic, at least in the beginning.

(Begin here, just to get the hang of it!)

You can explore the magic of these selected collections:

Business Source Complete

ABI/INFORM Collection

CBCA Complete

Sage Premier

Business Insights Global

LexisNexis Academic

Academic Search Premier

Research Library

Title Searching in the groove

From time to time, a professor, here and there, may recommend a favorite journal or magazine, suggesting a title that is perfect for your research report! With over 150 discrete collections within our online library, how will you ever find it?

The short answer is to summon the magazine/journal searching tool, with the obvious name: J ournal Search. This tool directly links to individual magazines/journals within our collection, no matter which database(s) they resides in!

Try it, and see for yourself.

Example: Journal of Business Ethics... shows up in few places, including here!

You may want to practice with a few of these titles!

International Business

Global Business and Organizational Excellence

Global Business Review

Global Strategy Journal

Journal of Business Ethics

Journal of International Business Studies

Research in International Business and Finance

Rev Up the Research Fire Pit

The purpose of this guide is to provide a "toe-dip" into the library's collections as they pertain to International Business students. If you want to drop deeper into the bottomless pit of research, check out these other two guides:

Fundamentals of Business & Business 119

Business 733/333

While these guides are "for" these courses, their real purpose is to open up the library to students in new ways, covering journal and magazine discovery and evaluation, search strategies, along with navigating the streamed audio-visual experiences, and giving a little head-space to APA.

Heavy Lifting!

The future is faster than you think: how converging technologies are transforming business, industries, and our lives by Diamandis, Peter H.
Call Number: HC79 .T4 D4895
ISBN: 9781982109660
Publication Date: 2020
"A blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption. The authors investigate how exponentially accelerating technologies will impact our daily lives and society as a whole. They probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives, including transportation, retail, advertising, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance." - Publisher
People risk management : a practical approach to managing the human factors that could harm your business by Keith Blacker
Call Number: HF5549 .B567
ISBN: 9780749471354
Publication Date: 2015
"People are at the core of corporate success and failure. Researchers in behavioral psychology have discovered that individual persons and groups are not good at making decisions as they fall prey to human biases, giving rise to the term "people risk." Risk management experts Keith Blacker and Patrick McConnell provide a business-friendly introduction to behavioral psychology, explaining how biases, illusions, and conflicts of interest can lead board members, managers, and employees to make potentially disastrous decisions. Using case studies and examples, the authors demonstrate how crucial people risk management is and how ineffective risk management can create crises. They also offer practical tips and tools for changing the culture and structure of organizations to better align people risks with corporate values and provide advice on managing the roles and responsibilities of those directly involved in overseeing risk and people management." - Publisher
Political risk management for the global supply chain by Kliem, Ralph L.
Call Number: HD38.5 .K55
ISBN: 9780367477332
Publication Date: 2022
"Providing an overview of systemic and systematic perspectives on political risk analysis, the book covers concepts, tools, and techniques to address the topic. Concepts, tools, and techniques integrate supply chain management, enterprise risk management, project management, change implementation, and business continuity. The book discusses the full spectrum of developing, deploying, testing, and maintaining processes for conducting political risk analysis." - Publisher
Warehouse management: the definitive guide to improving efficiency and minimizing costs in the modern warehouse by Richards, Gwynne
Call Number: HF5485 .R53
ISBN: 9781789668407
Publication Date: 2022
"Warehouse Management guides the reader through all aspects of successful managing a warehouse, its operations and distribution. This bestselling book covers an extensive range of key topics from defining the modern warehouse, detailing management processes, strategies and practices to outlining how to tackle environmental challenges to ensure a sustainable supply chain. With practical insights into how to improve operating costs, increase efficiency and reduce costs, this is a must read for optimizing warehouse performance." - Publisher

Immersive: Negotiation

Lending a hand!

Export Development Canada
We are Canada’s export credit agency. Our job is to support and develop Canada’s export trade by helping Canadian companies respond to international business opportunities. We are a self-financing, Crown corporation that operates at arm's length from the Government.

Have a look over here!

Careers without borders : critical perspectives by Cristina Reis
Call Number: HF5549.5 .E45 C337
ISBN: 9780415501156
Publication Date: 2013
"Careers without Borders analyzes the challenges, debates and developments in global careers using a critical management perspective. Starting in the early nineties, the flow of information became more fluid, and with this, managers and professionals started operating across borders, crossing different contexts in greater numbers than ever before. In this edited collection, contributors from around the world examine how context, culture and social relations of power all impact on how professionals interact with new structural and ideological frameworks. Issues such as regulation and law, policies, history, identities and inequalities are explored. The book covers a wide range of countries, including USA, China, Brazil, Ghana and Hungary, offering strong theoretical analyses, as well as practical implications." - Publisher
Training international managers: designing, deploying and delivering effective training for multi-cultural groups by Melkman, Alan
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9780566086304
Publication Date: 2018
"Management training can be a challenge at the best of times; read Training International Managers and use the models, ideas, tools and techniques advocated by the two authors and you can be reassured that geographical distance, culture and even language need not derail your best efforts as a trainer." - Publisher

What's This?

Business Council of Canada
The Business Council of Canada is composed of chief executives and entrepreneurs of Canada’s leading enterprises. Our member companies directly and indirectly support more than six million jobs across the country and hundreds of thousands of small businesses.

Career Info!

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►career exploration resources

►resume and cover letter advice

►interviewing tips

►career search guidance...

Check out my Career Info for Students: keeping ahead of the competition! (guide)

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