EDITOR: Steven Matthews, MLIS

Knowledge to Business (K2B) is an update service
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EDITORS NOTE:

Happy holidays to you! Reading business articles may 
not be as important as getting your Christmas shopping
done, but this weeks collection should still prove 
interesting. Besides, it's only those strange "business 
types" that procrastinate by reading Fast Company.

Enjoy the articles,  Steve
smatthews@bpubs.com
 

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BPubs Category: Supply Chain Management
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/ms/scm
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TITLE: Charting the Course to Successful Supply 
Chain Management 
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2590
DESCRIPTION: Most organizations realize that the 
extended supply chain needs to be their ultimate goal, 
but many get mired along the way. Manugistics has 
created a five stage paradigm that can help managers 
conceptualize where they are, and delineate the steps 
they need to take to reach competitive differentiation. 
AUTHOR: Mary Lou Fox 
PUBLISHER: ASCET.com

TITLE: Financial-Chain Management 
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2676
DESCRIPTION: Advances in information logistics 
have driven huge advances in supply-chain 
management. It's time to apply those advances to 
the financial chain as well. 
AUTHOR: Bernard De Groeve and Kevin Mellyn 
PUBLISHER: eCFO.com
 

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BPubs Category: E-mail Marketing
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/mrk/em 
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TITLE:  What Tool to Choose?   
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2584
DESCRIPTION: There are about a million types of 
tools for establishing the all-powerful opt-in email list, 
but breaking down the options into three price 
categories makes it easier to understand both the 
software benefits and what matches your budget.   
AUTHOR:  Tom Kuegler
PUBLISHER: ClickZ.com 
 

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BPubs Category: Employment Contracts 
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/hr/ec
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TITLE: How to Write an Employment Contract  
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2601
DESCRIPTION: In this highly competitive world, 
there are times when an employment contract is 
one of the few ways to entice an individual into 
coming with a company.   
AUTHOR: Ethan A. Winning            
PUBLISHER: All-biz.com  
 

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BPubs Category: Internet & E-commerce Marketing
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/iec/m
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TITLE: The New Lure of Internet Marketing 
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2704
DESCRIPTION: Web sites need customers -- they 
just can't spend to get them. The result: marketing 
schemes in which companies don't pay until 
customers do. Welcome to the Kickback 
Economy. 
AUTHOR: Scott Kirsner        
PUBLISHER: Fast Company
 

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BPubs Category: Economic History
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/ec/eh
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TITLE: Activity-Based Costing at DSL Client Services  
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2596
DESCRIPTION: The law of macroeconomics shows 
that if people think recession, it will come.   
AUTHOR: Jonathan Weber    
PUBLISHER: The Industry Standard
 

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BPubs Category: Project Management
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/ms/pm
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TITLE: A Time to Kill    
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2622
DESCRIPTION: Sometimes it is more cost-effective 
to pull the plug on a foundering project than to fund 
its completion. While finance executives often make 
that decision, they can also provide valuable assistance 
early in the project management process.  
AUTHOR: Eric Krell     
PUBLISHER: Businessfinancemag.com
 

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BPubs Category: Taxation
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/fa/t
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TITLE: E-Business Tax: A Strategic Weapon in the 
Digital Age  
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2637
DESCRIPTION: Addresses the critical tax issues 
organisations face as they strive for e-business 
success. (PDF Format - 40 pgs.)   
AUTHOR: PricewaterhouseCoopers         
PUBLISHER: PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 

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BPubs Category: Merger & Acquisition
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/e/ma
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TITLE: Internet Company Mergers Made Easier 
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2686
DESCRIPTION: A new accounting rule, expected 
to become official in spring 2001, should make it 
easier for traditional companies to merge with 
Internet businesses.  
AUTHOR: Loren Fox    
PUBLISHER: Business 2.0
 

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BPubs Category: Human Resources Recruiting 
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/d/hr/r
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TITLE: Full House
URL: http://www.bpubs.com/cgi/jump.cgi?ID=2698
DESCRIPTION: Executives at Las Vegas's Bellagio 
Hotel screened 84,000 candidates, did 27,000 
interviews, and hired 9,600 people -- in 24 weeks. 
Now Cisco wants to know how they did it.  
AUTHOR: Bill Breen
PUBLISHER: Fast Company

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