TRADE AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION CENTER Issue 8
April 30, 2013
Title
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Coco Coir Industry Sourcebook
Publisher
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Department of Trade and Industry. Bureau of Domestic Trade
Call Number :
SITC 265.91/00.07/DTI-BDT/2013 This book presents an overview of the Philippine coco coir industry and lists sources of coco coir and coir products. Provides useful market matching and networking information to the stakeholders within the value chain of the industry. Aside from sources of raw materials and services offered by suppliers and manufacturers, other elements necessary for fostering the industry are included – list of exporters, machines and equipment suppliers, service providers, business organizations and other government services. 233p.
Title
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How to Pay Less for More: The Consumer’s Guide to Negotiating the Best Deals – Whatever You’re Buying
Author
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Marc Lockley
Publisher
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Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Call Number :
06.15/LOC/2010 This book presents acquired skills to negotiate better deals in everyday life - whether buying or selling. Aims to give the consumer the tools, ideas and mindset to achieve better deals in their life’s purchases, with emphasis on putting one’s own natural skills into action. It also provides practical guides and strategies to any negotiations facilitating trade between consumer and a business. 218p.
Copies are available for loan to DTI employees and for research purposes only to external clients, on a first-come, first-served basis at the Trade and Industry Information Center (TIIC) Library, GF Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City. For inquiries/reservation, please call 751.0384 local 2130.
Title
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The Big Enough Company: How Women Can Build Great Businesses and Happier Lives
Author
:
Lancaster, Adelaide/Abrams, Amy
Publisher
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Penguin Group
Call Number :
06.07.10/LAN/2012 This book provides tips, advice, lessons, inspiring stories, and cautionary tales for women seeking to build a business they will love- and for men who want to know what's missing from traditional approaches to entrepreneurship. Also highlights lessons such as taking small steps toward progress, the importance of experimentation, learning to say no, and the impact of community and colleagues to keep the business on track. 288p.
Title
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Getting Organized in the Google Era: How to Stay Efficient, Productive (and Sane) in an Information-Saturated World
Author
:
Merrill, Douglas C/Martin, James A
Publisher
:
Crown Business
Call Number :
05/MER/2011 This book aims to help in getting organized by taking full advantage of the tools the Internet era provides. It shares tips, techniques, strategies for getting and staying organized; how to search, how to organize information, and how to keep track of all e-mails, to-do lists, documents and calendars. Also points toward some of the amazing tools and technologies – like smart phones and cloud computing that are present in fingertips which will help discover ways to use them that work best. Shows how being organized can help tap the energy and brain power needed to handle the unexpected when it comes. 272p.
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