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Toward sustainable communities : resources for citizens and their governments / Mark Roseland ; with Sean Connelly ... [et al.] ; foreword by Jeb Brugmann.

Roseland, Mark. . Toward sustainable communities : resources for citizens and their governments / Mark Roseland ; with Sean Connelly ... [et al.] ; foreword by Jeb Brugmann. Rev ed. 0865715351 : series Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, c2005.
Call#: Fine Arts Library Fine Arts HT166 .R68 2005

Ecology of place : planning for environment, economy, and community / Timothy Beatley, Kristy Manning.

Beatley, Timothy, 1957- . Ecology of place : planning for environment, economy, and community / Timothy Beatley, Kristy Manning. 1559634782 (paper : alk. paper) series Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1997.
Call#: Fine Arts Library Fine Arts HT167 .B43 1997

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Web portal containing full-text content of over 50 publishers and other organizations. Access includes full text textbooks, Clinics of North America, full text journals, practice guidelines, drug information and patient education.

Research on foreign students and international study : an overview and bibliography / by Philip G. Altbach, David H. Kelly, and Y. G-M. Lulat.

Altbach, Philip G. . Research on foreign students and international study : an overview and bibliography / by Philip G. Altbach, David H. Kelly, and Y. G-M. Lulat. 0030719224 (alk. paper) : series New York : Praeger, 1985.
Call#: Van Pelt Library LB2375 .A44 1985

Book Review Sources - Research Guide

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A selective bibliography of sources for reviews of works in the social sciences and humanities.

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Irreligion : a mathematician explains why the arguments for God just don't add up / John Allen Paulos.

Paulos, John Allen. . Irreligion : a mathematician explains why the arguments for God just don't add up / John Allen Paulos. 1st ed. 9780809059195 (hardcover : alk. paper) series New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BL2775.3 .P38 2008

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The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts is intended to make available accurate data on medieval manuscript books produced before 1600 in order to facilitate research for scholars, collectors, and others interested in manuscript studies and the provenance history of these unique books. Drawn from auction and sales catalogues, inventories, catalogues from institutional and private collections, and other sources that document sales and locations of manuscript books, the records assist in locating and identifying particular manuscripts, establishing provenance, and aggregating descriptive information about specific classes or types of manuscripts. Every effort is made to match records so that the trail of ownership of a given manuscript can be traced from the earliest recorded ownership to the present day.

The Schoenberg Database is very much a work in progress, with new material being added regularly from a variety of sources. Mr. Schoenberg began this project with the intent that it would become an online community resource and an online community project to benefit scholars, collectors, curators, and members of the trade. To this end, we welcome the input of users in all aspects of the database.

History of the Database

In 1997, Penn Libraries Overseer and rare book enthusiast, Lawrence (Larry) J. Schoenberg, set out to build a database that would enable researchers to track and identify the world's manuscript books produced before 1600. Larry's primary goal was to provide online access to information on manuscripts. He began with a Microsoft Excel file that was eventually converted in 1999 to a Microsoft Access database. As the database grew, so did its user-base among manuscript scholars and aficionados who worked from copies supplied to them by Larry himself. Its increasing reputation as a research aid in manuscript studies necessitated a move to make it more easily accessible to a wider audience. As a dedicated Penn alumnus, Larry looked toward his alma mater. In 2005, the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI) began hosting the database, where it remains today, freely accessible to all.

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From Hitler to Heimat : the return of history as film

Kaes, Anton. . From Hitler to Heimat : the return of history as film / Anton Kaes. 0674324552 (alk. paper) series Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.G3 K2913 1989
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Kaes, Anton. From Hitler to Heimat: the return of hstory as film. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.

“The Politics of Representation”

This chapter starts with a description of the contrasting images of the filming of the extravagant film Kolberg with the harsh realities of war. Germany was constantly being bombed by the allies; the people were seeking refuge in bomb shelters while director Veit Harlan was concerned with finishing filming. This introduction shows the ridiculousness of the whole situation. This situation illustrates how the priorities of the Nazis were very misguided. Goebbels, who was also overseeing the project, allowed for Harlan to draw away almost 200,000 troops from battle for use in the film. Kolberg was a film about a historic battle at Kolberg in which the citizens were key to victory. The film was meant to inspire, but it was released only a couple of months preceding eventual defeat. The film’s propaganda was lost because the war was already lost. “Today, Harlan’s Kolberg has become an emblem of the Third Reich’s unshakable belief in the demagogic power of images” (Kaes 3-4). The Nazi political system relied on keeping its power through the maintaining of an appearance of strength and a belief in the system, which were both fostered by propaganda through film. The keeping up of these appearances became a major goal of the Nazis that often interfered with other priorities i.e. the war effort. The only reason the Nazis were successful was because of the Godlike status the Nazis were able to give Hitler through the use of these appearances, which were built using film.
The argument of this chapter directly supports the claim that the Nazis placed an overly high value on film because of the over importance of image and appearances to the Nazi system. Goebbels and the Nazis should have recognized, though, that the resources spent on keeping up these appearances with extravagant films like Kolberg would have been better utilized directly in the war. The maintaining of appearances should not matter once fear of survival is an issue, but Goebbels obviously did not realize this. The Nazis should have changed their priorities once the threat of defeat became evident. It is unbelievable that even a couple months before defeat Goebbels still had the production of Kolberg completed. The propaganda generated by film was seemingly more important to Goebbels than military victory. Such misguided priorities and principles doomed the Nazis.

From Caligari to Hitler, a psychological history of the German film

Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966. . From Caligari to Hitler, a psychological history of the German film, by Siegfried Kracauer. series [Princeton, N.J.] Princeton university press, 1947.
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Kracauer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler, a psychological history of the German Film. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947.

“Nazi Views And Measures”

All films in Nazi Germany were propaganda films. Newsreels and features were the two forms of propaganda. Newsreels were a means of propaganda not information. The purpose of newsreels was to give the German people skewed world views. The production of newsreels greatly increased at the onset of WWII. While newsreels portrayed falsified messages, the scenes shown were never faked—they were always actual footage taken on site. This element made these propaganda newsreels more believable. The Nazis prided themselves on the fact that the cameramen for newsreels were like “regular soldiers, doing a soldier’s full duty, always in the first lines…” (Kracauer 276). The deaths of these cameramen and reporters at the front lines were emphasized to the public to reiterate the fact that the reporters were, indeed, amongst the soldiers on the war front. These newsreels were considerably long, so that the propaganda techniques could be repeated for increased effectiveness. While newsreels were long, unlike feature films, newsreels were produced rapidly so that the information was timely and viewed as actual news.
While in my thesis I use the broad term film, I only consider the term to describe feature films. This chapter highlights the importance of the newsreel. The newsreel is a form of film propaganda that I really should not have ignored. Because of the newsreel’s entirely different nature, its inclusion would have given my thesis more depth. The newsreel did not have the same production costs or length of time needed for production because all the footage is filmed live at the scene. Considering these facts, newsreels as film propaganda were much more cost effective than feature films. While newsreels directly told Germans what to believe, newsreels still were subtle forms of propaganda because they were being portrayed in documentary style as fact. In my thesis I argued that film was overvalued by the Nazis at times because of its great cost when resources were needed badly for the war effort. Newsreels, though, would have served as a good compromise. Still, though, when the situation with the war became very dire, resources should never have been diverted from the war effort.

Global music industry : three perspectives / Arthur Bernstein, Naoki Sekine, Dick Weissman. (pgs 136-139, 227-237)

Bernstein, Arthur. . Global music industry : three perspectives / Arthur Bernstein, Naoki Sekine, Dick Weissman. 9780415975797 series New York : Routledge, c2007.
Call#: Van Pelt Library ML3790 .B39 2007

Not only is music piracy a problem in the United States, but it has become a nuisance for the music industry in Europe as well. On pages 137 and 138, the authors give four reasons as to why piracy has emerged and expanded in Europe. The first reason is the fact that there is a direct correlation between the penetration of broadband internet services and illegal downloading and file sharing. The second reason is an increasing amount of organized crime. Setting up an illegal downloading facility is very low-risk as compared to other illegal activities such as drug smuggling. The third reason is the emergence of the European Union (EU) and the relaxation of border controls which made it quite easy to transport pirated CDs across Europe from countries in which the piracy rate was high. The last reason that the authors gave was the development of new music technologies that can hold a greater number of songs.

As in the United States, many different strategies are being implemented around Europe to combat piracy. In 2006, a piece of legislation called The EU Enforcement Directive was put into place to help define activities that are considered infringement. It also provides civil measures such as injunctions and seizures. Legislation in Spain featured the creation of special intellectual enforcement units along with training programs for police and judges and campaigns to raise public awareness. Other countries continue to use existing laws but are attempting to enforce them more actively.

Most of Asia has very high levels of piracy. China and Indonesia have the two highest levels of piracy in the world. One reason for these extremely high levels is the fact that most income is spent for living and pirated music is cheap and readily available for the individual whose funds for entertainment are limited. Another reason is the lack of action by governments against the piracy.

Asian countries have implemented their own schemes for dealing with the piracy situation. China for example joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 and fully implemented its TRIPS program which sets laws for intellectual property copyright. China also increases raids and seizures and lowered their threshold for applying criminal penalties. The government of Taiwan amended their copyright law making piracy a public crime. Enforcement by law enforcement officers has increased against night market venders and has been quite successful. Many other Asian countries are using similar strategies.

This source like a few of my other sources demonstrates a difference in the effects of piracy on diverse countries around the world. It helps to expand my topic of how piracy has evolved in different cultures.

Music piracy and crime theory / Sameer Hinduja. (Ch. 2, 7)

Hinduja, Sameer, 1978- . Music piracy and crime theory / Sameer Hinduja. 1593321244 (alk. paper) series New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HV6773 .H56 2006

Toward the end of Chapter two, Hinduja defines what is considered copyright infringement. On pages 33 and 34 he quotes from the United States Copyright Office the rights of an owner of a copyright. These reasons include the right to reproduce the work in copies, to prepare works based upon the original work, to distribute copies, and to perform and display the work publicly. After this brief outline of copyright infringement, he goes into the copyright of sound recordings and digital music distribution.

Sound recordings have copyrights on the musical work which includes the notes and lyrics and also on the actual recording which is everything that goes into the production of a song written to a medium such as a cd. Hinduja gives examples of music piracy involving MP3s. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the legal concepts are copyright infringement and vicarious liability. A person who makes MP3s available for distribution for example is violating copyright infringement. Vicarious liability occurs when a person who is able to control the actions of a copyright violator fails to do so. To further explain digital music piracy, Hinduja cites numerous examples of legislation and gives a brief explaination of each example.

In chapter 7, Hinduja talks about how the music industry has struggled with the rise in popularity of the MP3. According to many supporters, the music industry was too late in their embracement of MP3 phenomenon and that they would have experienced a greater increase in revenue had they not spent time trying to combat the "digital music revolution."

Hinduja also gives advice on different marketing strategies to increase revenue in the music industry. He gives examples of a few musicians and their strategies to market their music. One example he gives is David Bowie and his use of the internet to expand his popularity on a global scale. Bowie offered free downloads for songs off of upcoming albums and also live concerts to fans who visited his website. He also held contests such as opportunities for fans to write lyrics to have the chance to be included on one of his new albums.

The book provides useful information on the subject of piracy and gives strategies that could be useful to the music industry in order to fight piracy.

Adventures of Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. . Adventures of Oliver Twist. series New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1912?]
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Adventures of Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. . Adventures of Oliver Twist. series New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1912?]
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Adventures of Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. . Adventures of Oliver Twist. series New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1912?]
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Weimar cinema and after : Germany's historical imaginary / Thomas Elsaesser.

Elsaesser, Thomas. . Weimar cinema and after : Germany's historical imaginary / Thomas Elsaesser. 0415012341 (alk. paper) series London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.G3 E58 2000
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Encyclopaedia of executions / John J. Eddleston.

London, England : John Blake, 2002.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF HV8551 .E44 2002

This book is a great source if you want to know who has recieved the death chair. It dates back to the 1900's. It also tells you why, when and how the person recieved the death penalty.

Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States / by Louis J. Palmer, Jr.

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF HV8694 .P35 2001

"The primary purpose of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive A to Z source of information on the legal, social and political history and present status of capital punishment in the nation" quoted from the preface on page 1 of the book. You will also find useful court cases, dates, graphs, and pictures on the death penalty in this book.

Death penalty : in a nutshell / by Victor L. Streib.

St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF KF9227.C2 S772 2005

This book is good for law students or criminal justice professionals who are studing the death penalty. This book does not explain why the death penalty is not moral, wise, or effective. It is not to tell why such a horrible thing is justice either. It's simply to explain what the death penalty is and how it works. The author does this by laying out the whole process from the history and evolution to the clemency and execution.

International human rights lexicon / Susan Marks and Andrew Clapham.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF K3240 .M365 2005

"In this book, while we touch on some of the questions just posed, our main focus is neither philosophical, nor procedural, and nor is it regimespecific." quote from the book's preface. Also in this book there are specifics articles on capital punishment.

Encyclopedia of capital punishment / Mark Grossman.

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF HV8694 .G76 1998

This book tells about the different methods of the death penalty such as beheading, hanging, firing squad, etc. It also is ordered A-Z so things are easy to find if your working on a specific topic.

Capital punishment : a reference handbook / Michael Kronenwetter.

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF HV8699.U5 K76 2001

This is a book contains facts, documents, overviews, and biographical sketches about the death penalty. It's a great source if you want to write an argumentative report on the different views of the death penalty. It's great because it gives good reasons for capital punishment and good reasons why it should be abolished.

Death penalty cases : leading U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment / Barry Latzer.

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2002.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF KF9227.C2 L38 2002

This book describes 25 cases the author has selected as "the most significant Surpreme Court pronouncements on capital punishment." It consists of detailed graphs, tables, and charts regarding how many people were executed according to race, age, and gender.

Theoretical frameworks for personal relationships / edited by Ralph Erber, Robin Gilmour.

Theoretical frameworks for personal relationships / edited by Ralph Erber, Robin Gilmour. 0805805737 (c : acid-free paper) series Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 1994.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HM132 .T45 1993

Title: Theoretical frameworks for personal relationships / edited by Ralph Erber, Robin Gilmour. Publisher: Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 1994. Description: Book xi, 271 p. : ill. : 24 cm. LC Subject(s): Interpersonal relations. Man-woman relationships. Intimacy (Psychology) Location: Van Pelt Library Call Number: HM132 .T45 1993 Status: Available, check location

NOTE: see chapter 2 - communal and exchange relationships - for a review of market practices vs social norms

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Quan li de zhuan yi : zhuan xing shi qi Zhongguo quan li ge ju de bian qian / Kang Xiaoguang zhu.

Kang, Xiaoguang. . Quan li de zhuan yi : zhuan xing shi qi Zhongguo quan li ge ju de bian qian / Kang Xiaoguang zhu. 880-04 Di 1 pan. 7213019538 series Hangzhou : Zhejiang ren min chu ban she, 1999.
Call#: Van Pelt Library East Asia HN740.Z9 P645 1999

Nongovernments : NGOs and the political development of the Third World / Julie Fisher.

Fisher, Julie, 1941- . Nongovernments : NGOs and the political development of the Third World / Julie Fisher. 1565490754 (cloth : alk. paper) series West Hartford, Conn. : Kumarian Press, 1998.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HC59.7 .F545 1998

Citizens : strengthening global civil society / coordinated by Miguel Darcy de Oliveira and Rajesh Tandon.

. Citizens : strengthening global civil society / coordinated by Miguel Darcy de Oliveira and Rajesh Tandon. World Assembly ed. 0964400103 series Washington, DC : CIVICUS, c1994.
Call#: Van Pelt Library JF801 .C565 1994

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Management of innovation / Tom Burns and G.M. Stalker.

Burns, Tom, 1913- . Management of innovation / Tom Burns and G.M. Stalker. Rev. ed. 0198288786 (pbk.) series Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HD31 .B83 1994

This book details the studies of two different tech firms, one in England and the other in Scotland during the mid-1950's. One of the first of its kind, the authors coined particular terms still used and taught today - most notably mechanistic and organic management systems. I first read about these two terms in Strategic Managment of Technological Innovation by Melissa A. Schilling (also one of my cited sources for this project). Mechanistic structures can be looked at in this way: if the company represents a pyramid, you have higher ups at the very top. As employee status lessens, it's represented more at the bottom. The flow of information moves upward towards the upper echelons and decisions and instructions flow downward through the ranks. This creates a tight organizational system that is stable yet highly rigid. The fact that it runs like a 'well-oiled machine' keeps any thoughts towards innovation at bay.

An organic structure on the other hand, was coined for firms going through rougher, less organized times in which adopting a mechanistic system will not solve problems. Rather than a vertical chain of command, job duties are more open and constantly changing to adapt to different problems and projects. People of different rank and status communicate in a freer, more open manner, which can lead to the easy exchange of ideas and change.

I am trying to understand the different systems that corporations can use or model themselves on, and how those systems work with or hinder innovation. This text provides the roots for technological and innovation management theory, which is helping me to identify why and when companies innovate, and why maybe they wouldn't. In the case of my particular research, I want to apply the theory found in this text to the Hollywood studio system and see if I can draw any connections between the two.

His illegal self / Peter Carey.

Carey, Peter, 1943- . His illegal self / Peter Carey. 1st U.S. ed. 9780307263728 (alk. paper) series New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PR9619.3.C36 H57 2008

Promises to keep : technology, law, and the future of entertainment / William W. Fisher.

William W. Fisher discusses at length the issues resulting from both technological advances in digital entertainment and the internet and how these two collide socially, economically, and legally. Hysteria pervades the minds of the major film studios and the recording industry, a fear that their ways of life, or traditional business models are in trouble due to piracy. In turn, they label developers of file-sharing software and sites as well as the users of such sites as thieves. They have gone against technology firms, some big, some small for encouraging a consumer culture of remixing, downloading, burning. These big media giants are fighting with everyone it seems, even among their own. Fisher asks 'how did we get into this mess? And how are we to get out of it?' (6).

Fisher proposes three ways in which the recording and film industries can be reshaped, two of which involve changes to the current copyright system. Proposal number one asks that studios and recording companies stop looking at copyright as property. Fisher believes that a limiting of copyright protections would offer more selection and decrease piracy. The second idea is to treat entertainment industries as public utilities, placing a large amount of governmental control over them. Again, more selection and competitive pricing would lead to less piracy. The third proposal suggests a complete overhaul of the current copyright system - content owners will be given a unique identifier for each piece of protected material. A government agency will be set up to track each ID and see how often it is downloaded, watched, remixed, etc. A copyright tax would be implemented to pay for said agency and monies from this tax would be distributed to content owners based on a scale determined by the agency when analyzing the 'performance' of content.

The latter two of Fisher's suggestions call for heavy governmental controls over creative industries. The intersection of business and art has frequently encountered issues. This book is worth looking at for my project in that I am also proposing at least one alternative for the film industry in order to accomodate customers and at least deter piracy. Although I do not advocate Fisher's ideas of bringing the government into it, his thinking out of the box is quite innovative and interesting to think about when thinking about my own research.

McGraw-Hill: Strategic Management of Technological Innovation : Book

This is a textbook used for courses taught in the Wharton School, specifically for courses that deal with the management of technology and innovation (MGMT 237 in particular). I was referred to this text by Dr. William Hamilton who is the founder of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology - an undergraduate dual-degree program with Wharton and SEAS. After discussing my research topic with Dr. Hamilton, he referred me to Chapter 10 of this text as a starting point in researching more on the organizational methods companies take when innovation is such an important factor in their business. Professor Hamilton notes that even though the cases discussed within the text do not specifically reference the Hollywood film industry, the chapter will help immensely in learning more about what drives companies towards or away from innovation. The text also has some wonderful further reading suggestions.

Chapter 10 focuses on structures within a firm that can lead to implementing an innovation strategy. By looking at research on different corporate structural dimensions in relation to firm size like formalization, standardization, and centralization, one can understand how these affect a company's propensity towards innovation. The size of an organization can greatly influence the possibilities for innovation. It has been argued that smaller organizations are less rigid in their procedures and are more into fostering research, experimentation, and creativity. The other side of that argument is that as long as a large entity is organized efficiently and employs practices that are well-thought-out, development opportunities are also very likely to be implemented effectively.

The three structural dimensions noted above are the three factors most associated with affecting a firm's inclination towards innovation, as well as its possible success. Formalization involves rules, protocols, and the written communications that are used to help shape individual or group conduct within the company. Formalization has often acted as a way to manage, especially when you have less managers. The problem here is that when you have too much formalization it can lead to rigidity within the company and it's working community. Standardization involves uniformity, and how the company's standards, day-to-day operations, projects, etc. are performed in a consistent manner. In the same way that formalization can cause rigidity, so can standardization represent a significant roadblock towards adopting innovating practices. Centralization is how much decision-making capabilities are kept at the uppermost levels of management, while decentralization refers to the lower levels of a company and the amount of decision-making that is made at this level. This concept is often looked at in a geographical sense - firm activities can either be held in a central location, in this case, at company headquarters, or a decentralized location far away from headquarters. These two concepts can not determine a propensity towards innovation in a cut and dry sense; they both have positive and negative affects on the possibilites for innovation.

Organizational structures have been divided into two traditional categories by scholars: mechanistic structures, which are good for maintaining efficiency (and incorporates formalization and standardization) and organic structures, which are seen to be freer and more open to creative and progressive activities. There are companies that try to adopt both a mechanistic and organic structure - these are called ambidextrous organizations. Trying to balance both is a constant struggle for multinational corporations who find the need to innovate and develop new products and business schemes imperative to compete in their marketplace.

Digital dilemma : intellectual property in the information age / Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infrastructure, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applic

. Digital dilemma : intellectual property in the information age / Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infrastructure, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applic 0309064996 (pbk.) series Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
Call#: Van Pelt Library KF2979 .D54 2000
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Digital babylon : how the geeks, the suits, and the ponytails fought to bring Hollywood to the internet / by John Geirland & Eva Sonesh-Kedar.

Geirland, John. . Digital babylon : how the geeks, the suits, and the ponytails fought to bring Hollywood to the internet / by John Geirland & Eva Sonesh-Kedar. 1559704837 : series New York : Arcade Publishing, c1999.
Call#: Lippincott Library LIPP PN1993.5.U65 G44 1999

by now, this might be a bit outdated however i think it might be worth taking a look at to get a look at the beginnings of hollywood's resistance to the internet.

Darknet : hollywood's war against the digital generation / J.D. Lasica.

Lasica, J. D., 1955- .

Darknet : hollywood's war against the digital generation / J.D. Lasica. 0471683345 (alk. paper) series Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley & Sons, 2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HN90.I56 .L37 2005

New pot of gold : Hollywood under the electronic rainbow, 1980-1989 / Stephen Prince.

Prince, Stephen, 1955- . New pot of gold : Hollywood under the electronic rainbow, 1980-1989 / Stephen Prince. 068480493X series New York : Charles Scribners', 2000.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.U6 H55 1990 v.10
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this book mostly deals with the transition in the 1980's from traditional theatrical film distribution to VHS and home video marketing. it might be good to have studied the precursor to the tech crisis hollywood has now.

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World is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman.

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Chiampi believes that a theme Puzo tried to develop was the fact that Sicilian culture is better than that of America, and tries to convey that American society is irrational compared to Sicilian.

One can see that Puzo’s beliefs and character development are conveyed through the characters of the movie, insuring that his overall message is captured by the movie.

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