Ben Muse has this post where he reviews and comments on a new book on doing business in China: James McGregor takes this up in his 2005 book on doing business in China – One Billion Customers. Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. McGregor, a former Wall Street Journal China bureau [...]

These are my links for 13th March 2007 through 14th March 2007: Beth’s Blog: Twitter for Nonprofits: Waste of Time or Potentially Useful? – Not sure about twitter either…. Concurring Opinions: A Guide to Grading Exams – The superior way of grading exams. The Volokh Conspiracy – Pet Peeves about Law Review Editing: – Updates [...]

We are offering two studentships at the Centre: One on human rights and technology and the other on media convergence. Full details are available here. [Link].

These are my links for 9th March 2007 through 12th March 2007: Scotsman.com Business – Fighting spirit resurrects old distillery – Whisky and globalisation of an industry Fon lands $13 million more for community Wi-fi | InfoWorld | News | 2007-03-09 | By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service – Based in Madrid, Spain, Fon provides [...]

From funding by a National Science Foundation grant, the US Supreme Court Justices Database is born: This is a multi-user, public database containing a wealth of information on individuals nominated (whether confirmed or not) to the U.S. Supreme Court (John Jay-Samuel A. Alito, Jr). Specifically, the Database houses 263 variables, falling roughly into five categories: [...]

From the San Francisco Chronicle, The promise and perils of tech transfer – Universities mull industry partnerships: “I am deeply concerned that universities are continuing to run full speed down a path that is going to destroy the university as an institution for serving the public good,” said author Jennifer Washburn, whose book title encapsulates [...]

These are my links for 7th March 2007 through 8th March 2007: Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web – washingtonpost.com – Employers, including law firms, frequently do Google searches as part of due diligence checks on prospective employees. According to a December survey by the Ponemon Institute, a privacy research organization, roughly half of [...]