Millennium Intelligence: Understanding and Conducting Competitive Intelligence in the Digital Age
Author: Jerry P Miller
This collaborative work by noted experts in the profession provides business people with a comprehensive understanding of the intelligence function and how it should be managed in today's digital environment.
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The basics of understanding competitive intelligence in the digital age are revealed in a guide which covers the key issues in competitive intelligence; from accounting models and the technology marketplace to resources for intelligence. Millennium Intelligence provides a basic overview of business intelligence and its management for business managers.
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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict
Author: Ian Bannon
Violent conflict can spell catastrophe for developing countries and their neighbors, stunting and even reversing the course of economic growth. Recent World Bank research on the causes of conflict and civil war finds that the countries most likely to be blighted by conflict are those whose economies depend heavily on natural resources. Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions first explains the links between resource dependence conflict and then considers what can be done to help reduce the risk of civil war in these nations.
In this collection of previously unpublished essays by experts in the field, contributors consider the risks of corruption, secessionist movements, and rebel financing. They also consider the roles played by government, the development community, and the country's population and propose an agenda for global action. Focusing on what we can do collectively to diminish the likelihood of civil war, contributors to this volume suggest practical approaches and policies that could be adopted by the international community-from financial and resource reporting procedures to commodity tracking systems and enforcement techniques, including sanctions, certification requirements, and aid conditionality.
A fascinating look at the results of important new World Bank research, this book represents an important addition to the dialogue on development.
Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Contributors | ||
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | ||
| 1 | Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do | 1 |
| 2 | The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can Make You Poor | 17 |
| 3 | Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues | 43 |
| 4 | Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems | 97 |
| 5 | Follow the Money: The Finance of Illicit Resource Extraction | 161 |
| 6 | Getting It Done: Instruments of Enforcement | 215 |
| 7 | Attracting Reputable Companies to Risky Environments: Petroleum and Mining Companies | 287 |
| 8 | Dampening Price Shocks | 353 |
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