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These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.
Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Sornette, Didier. 2017
The Challenges of Ethics and Entrepreneurship in the Global Environment
Kuratko, Donald F. and Sherry Hoskinson. 2015
How to Understand Business Finance
Cinnamon, Robert, et al. 2010
Grand Transformation to Entrepreneurial Economy: Exploring the Void
Formica, Piero. 2015
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Ross, Stephen A. 2019
International Marketing: Emerging Markets
Fu, Huifen and Shaoming Zou. 2011
These handbooks provide easy to digest information about topics covered within commerce.
This handbook covers a variety of topics within compensation management such as setting pay levels, how to design an incentive scheme, and retention.
This handbook contains data such as market data by sector for year end, e-commerce market trends, retail brand evaluations, and much more.
Handbook of Consumer Behavior, Tourism, and the Internet (2013) by Juline E. Mills and Rob Law
This handbook provides data and analysis on how the Internet influences offline and online consumer behaviour as it relates to travel customers.
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview on international trade and finance.
Business Writing for Managers (2017) by Ken O’Quinn
A guide for all types of business writing including emails and reports. Information on how to edit and format, as well as break tough news.
Better Presentations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks (2016) by Johnathan Schwabish
This guide for university students outlines how to enhance presentations using three key themes: visualize, unify, and focus.
When looking for resources related to COMM, try some of these keywords in your searching:
Sample search: Canada AND economy
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Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to Commerce.
Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective by Richard T. Watson, Pierre Berthon, Leyland F. Pitt and George M. Zinkhan Electronic Commerce briefly describes the technology that makes electronic commerce possible, introduces the topic of Web strategy, and discusses the major functions of marketing.
Human Resource Management provides academic background information material with a focus on both large and small businesses Human Resource Management.
Organizational Behavior by J. Stewart Black, David S. Bright, Donald G. Gardner, Eva Hartmann, et al. Organizational Behavior presents the theory, concepts, and applications with particular emphasis on the impact that individuals and groups can have on organizational performance and culture.
Intermediate Financial Accounting – Volume 1 by Glenn Arnold and Suzanne Kyle Intermediate Financial Accounting focuses on intermediate accounting topics that match prerequisite requirements for students advancing to a second level Intermediate Financial Accounting course.
Information Systems for Business and Beyond by David T. Bourgeois Information Systems for Business and Beyond introduces the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world.
Good Corporation, Bad Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy by Guillermo C. Jimenez and Elizabeth Pulos Good Corporation, Bad Corporation provides an internationally-oriented approach to the teaching of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics. It explores topics like: global warming, genetically-modified organisms in food production, free trade and fair trade, anti-sweatshop and living-wage movements, organic foods and textiles, ethical marketing practices and codes, corporate speech and lobbying, and social enterprise.
Mastering Strategic Management – 1st Canadian Edition by Janice Edwards, David Try, Dave Ketchen, and Jeremy Short Mastering Strategic Management utilizes case studies cover corporate applications of the materials, to which students will relate. It features “strategy at the movies” in each chapter that links course concepts with a popular motion picture, and includes Canadian specific content.
Project Management by Adrienne Watt Project Management covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control and close out that all projects share.
Principles of Management by David S. Bright, Anastasia H. Cortes, Eva Hartmann, et al. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. This text covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well behavioral areas such as motivation.
Consumer Psychologist A website from the University of Southern California dedicated to understanding consumers and consumer behaviour. Includes a resource library of Marketing Guides, and Marketing Definitions.
Canadian Marketing Association Professional association that also publishes regular blog posts and reports on all aspects of marketing.
Small Business BC A non-profit organization that provides services, advice, and education to small business owners in BC.
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM Consortium) Global, national and special topic reports.
Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity Reports on U.S. startup activity as well as articles on trends, indicators of success, demographics, etc.
CrunchBase Crowd-sourced data on startup funding & investment activity and acquisitions.
Business and Industry – Canadian Government Includes guidelines for developing a business plan and naming and registering a new business.
Assignments written for Commerce courses use the APA (or American Psychiatric Association) rules for formatting. APA handbooks are available for your reference in the library or at the Writing and Learning Centre. Online WLC guides can be found here. You can also book an appointment with the Writing and Learning Centre for workshops and one-on-one citation help.
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