Business and Economics Liaison
Jennifer Horne
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Browse for Business Books
Materials in the University of Kentucky Libraries are organized using the Library of Congress classification system. Business books are shelved in the sections labeled HB through HJ, and many international business books can be found throughout those areas.
General books on international business will primarily be found in HD and HF. In the Young Library, these books can be found on the 2nd Floor (Reference materials, which cannot be checked-out) and 4th Floor (available for checkout).
If you wish to browse, here is a more detailed look at the Business sections of the Library of Congress Classification system:
HB: Economic Theory-Demography
HC: Economic History and Conditions
HD: Industry, Land Use, Labor
HE: Transportation and Communications
HF: Commerce
HG: Finance
HJ: Public Finance
Business E-Books
- eBook Collection (from EBSCOhost)Online resource that can be used to find a variety of e-books, not just reference books. A selection of recently published eBooks in the International Business field can be found on this page to give you an idea of what you can find.
Off-campus users will need to use their linkblue IDs and passwords to login before they can access these resources. - Gale Virtual Reference LibraryContains full-text electronic reference books, like encyclopedias and almanacs. It is a great resource if you are away from the library and need a quick question answered.
Finding International Business Books
UK Libraries has a large collection of books on international business topics. To find books, search in UK Libraries' InfoKat Discovery:
To search for books on a particular topic, enter your subject term into the search box (ex. Marketing) and search within the 'Anywhere in the record' field. Your results will be displayed in order of relevance. You can also resort them so that the most recent items are at the top by changing the "Sorted by" box from "Relevance" to "Date-newest."
To find all of the books on a particular topic, not necessarily those owned by UK Libraries, try searching in WorldCat (FirstSearch), which is a global catalog of library collections:
Books owned by UK Libraries will be marked "UK Main Campus" and can be located using the link to InfoKat Discovery (View Now). Books not owned by UK Libraries can be requested through the link to UK's Interlibrary Loan service, ILLiad.
Recent eBook Titles
Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2012Filled with case studies from international firms, this book combines twenty years of research and survey results to illustrate a critical set of cultural dynamics that firms need to manage in order to remain competitive. Each chapter uses a case as a means to illustrate an important aspect of culture change focusing on seven common culture-change dilemmas including creating a strategic alignment, keeping strategy simple, and more
Globalization and Technocapitalism by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2012Globalization and Technocapitalism considers the global reach of a new capitalist era, exploring the nature of 'technocapitalism' as grounded in new forms of accumulation, commodification, and corporate organization. As technological creativity, corporate research, and talent flows become more important than ever, this book explores the manner in which globalization acquires new contextual features that will become central to the macro-social dynamics of the twenty-first century.
The Chinese-Latin America Axis by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2012The impressive growth of trade and investments between China and Latin America in the last few years has attracted the attention of the business world and policy makers; this book is one of the first to explore and analyze this relationship in detail. It studies the trade, investment, and business of the main players at both the country/region and company levels in the current context of globalization and the growing importance of emerging markets in the world economy.
Votes, Vetoes, and the Political Economy of International Trade Agreements by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2012This book offers valuable new insights into the political economy of Preferential Trading Arrangement (PTA) formation. Many economists have argued that the roots of these agreements lie in the promise they hold for improving the welfare of member states. Others have posited that trade agreements are a response to global political conditions. Edward Mansfield and Helen Milner argue that domestic politics provide a crucial impetus to the decision by governments to enter trade pacts.
The Virtues of Leadership: Contemporary Challenges for Global Managers by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2012The book draws from the Positive Organizational Scholarship approach, a research stream in which the virtues of leaders have been understudied, at least in terms of the holistic approach that we adopt. The book explores how virtues and character strengths may deliver positive organizational performance.
