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Event: 7-12 Nov 09 Dubai, International Desalination World Congress

The IDA World Congress will take place November 7-12, 2009 in Dubai, UAE, at the Atlantis Resort on the Palm. Attendees will include end-users (utilities), manufacturers and suppliers, government officials, consultants, researchers, financiers and members of academia. Under the theme “Desalination for a Better World,” the Congress will address environmental and energy impacts of desalination …

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Journal: Nobel Prize for Economics for Work on Collective Governance of Common Resources

STOCKHOLM – Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their work in economic governance. Ostrom was the first woman to win the prize since it was founded in 1968, and the fifth woman to win a Nobel award this year — a Nobel record. The Royal Swedish Academy …

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Review: The Design of Business–Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage

In Its Niche Beyond a Six–In Larger Context a Four October 11, 2009 Roger Martin First off, what got me to buy this book does not appear in the book at all–the author on record as saying that Wall Street was not designed to make money for its investors, only for its mandarins–the same is …

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Journal: Nobel Peace Prize Implodes (Update 5)

Original Announcement: Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Nobel Committee said. “The Nobel Committee has in particular looked at Obama’s vision and work toward a world without atomic weapons,” Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the five-member …

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