balthazar - Energy, Mfg, Biz, Mgmt

acharya - Biotech, Healthcare, Pharma	Redbaron - Tech, Software
dudeindigo - Schools, Research, Govt	stoxx - Finance, VC, Investments, Career
doncognito - Events, Personal Pursuits, Canon news	Balthazaar - Energy, Sciences, Biz, Mgmt

Top-of-the-page Magazines/Portals listing

• Engineering Magazines




• Chemical Week Associates - Chemical Week has been the trusted source of breaking global news, analysis and insight for 87 years. Read in over 100 countries. Chemical Week delivers comprehensive business coverage that examines, markets, products, regions, technologies and M&A activity. Publishes these other magazines -
  
  Modern Paints & Coatings, Chemical Engineering, e-Chemmerce, Adhesives Age, Lubricants World, Soap & Cosmetics, Hart's E & P , Hart's Energy Markets, Hart's Oil and Gas, World Fuels, Hart's World Refining, Hart's PipeLine and Gas Technology






• Machine Design - Magazine for useful engineering information









• Crains communications - publisher of Advertising Age, BtoB, Creativity, Automotive News, AutoWeek, Coin-Op, drycleaner, Business Insurance, Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's New York Business, Investment News, Modern Healthcare, Modern Physician, Plastics News, Rubber & Plastics News, Television Week, Tire Business, Technology Urethanes, Workforce
  







• Canon Communications publishes 14 trade magazines covering the medical manufacturing, general design, microelectronics, pharmaceutical, and packaging industries.
  
  Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, Medical Product Manufacturing News, European Medical Device Manufacturer, IVD Technology, Injection Molding Magazine, MX, Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, Medical Device Register, Compliance
  Engineering Magazine, Medical Electronics Manufacturing, MICRO Magazine, IMM Book Club, IMM Almanac, Nutritional Outlook, Cosmetic/Personal Care Packaging, Plastics Machinery & Auxiliaries

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[1] Business Management and Operations, Trade, Global Economy



1. Business Consulting



(i) Consulting Companies - Strategy, Management

• ConsultingCentral.com


• DMOZ Open Directory Project - Top: Business: Management: Consulting - Full List






• McKinsey & Company




• McKinsey Quarterly




• Booz Allen Hamilton


• Bain and Company


• Monitor Group


• Boston Consulting Group






• Smaller, Boutique Consulting Firms


• David H. Maister - Management Consultant

(ii) Consulting Companies - Technology, Operations

• A.T. Kearney



• Accenture - Innovation Delivered


• BearingPoint - Home


• Cap Gemini Ernst & Young


• Deloitte & Touche - U.S. Home Page


• DiamondCluster - Business Strategies & Technology Solutions



• IBM Global Services


• Infosys Technologies Limited


• Wipro - IT Services Product Design Services

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2. General Business Services



(i) Creative, Advertising, Marketing Services, PR




(ii) HR, Auditing, Tax Consulting

• Marsh & McLennan Companies

(iii) Staffing Agencies, Temp Firms

• Adecco - Staffing Services


• Kelly Services


• Manpower Inc.

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(2) Business Operations, Organizations, Logistics



1. The Operations Management Portal




2. Harvard Business Online - Search for case studies




3. Illustrative Explanation of Earned Value Management , EVM - Integrating Cost, Schedule and Technical Performance for Project Management. From website of ACQWeb, which is the online home of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. [Department of Defense]

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(3) Marketing, Strategic Planning



(i) Consumer products

• Procter & Gamble Career Advice Center


• NYAMA GreenBook - Marketing Resource for New York

(ii) Strategic Planning

• Strategic planning, The McKinsey Quarterly - special collection

(iii) Product Management and Product Development

• Product Management - Techniques, articles, links - At the end of the page/resume.


• TRIZ journal - For people interested in TRIZ methods of creativity and innovation. "TIPS" is the acronym for "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving," and "TRIZ" is the acronym for the same phrase in Russian. TRIZ was developed by Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues in the former USSR starting in 1946, and is now being developed and practiced throughout the world.
  
  
  
  The three primary findings of this research are as follows:
  
  
  Problems and solutions were repeated across industries and sciences
  Patterns of technical evolution were repeated across industries and sciences
  Innovations used scientific effects outside the field where they were developed

(iv) Decision Sciences, Business Intelligence

• Center for Business Intelligence is a world-class conference company that focuses on producing high-level programs for executive decision-makers who face strategic issues in domestic and international markets. CBI has provided information and networking opportunities for thousands of executives in industries such as pharmaceuticals and biotech, domestic and international energy, risk and insurance, managed care, transportation and logistics.

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(4) Project Management



1. Project Management Institute (PMI) - With over 100,000 members worldwide, PMI is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management.



2. Since 1956,AACE International, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, has provided its members with the resources they need to enhance their performance and ensure continued growth and success. With about 5,500 members world-wide, AACE International serves cost management professionals: cost managers and engineers, project managers, planners and schedulers, estimators and bidders, and value engineers. AACE International has members in 78 countries and currently includes 70 local sections.

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(5) Business Affairs, Global Trade, Business Consulting



1. Business Affairs, Trade Policy, Global Economy




(i) US Business Affairs - News, Websites

• Oligopoly Watch - blog on The latest maneuvers of the new oligopolies and what they mean

(ii) Global Business Affairs - News, Websites

• Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) 2002 Conference. Keynote Speech from Mukesh Ambani -Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited

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2. Global Trade, Global Economy



(i) Global Trade




(ii) Global Economy

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[4] Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Transportation Sectors



1. Aerospace and Defense



(i) News, Info, Publications

• Jane's Defence and Jane's Aerospace - Jane’s Information Group is a world leading provider of intelligence and analysis on national and international defence, security and risk developments. Jane’s is an independent organisation with an unrivalled reputation of accuracy, authority and impartiality.

(ii) Defense - Aerospace, Missiles, and Space-combat

• Boeing


• Lockheed Martin


• Northrop Grumman


• Raytheon

(iii) Defense - Army, Infantry, Marines, Navy




(iv) Commercial Aerospace





(v) Space Flight, Discovery

• NASA

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2. Automotive - Cars, Bikes, SUVs, Boats




(i) News, Info, Publications

(ii) Auto Companies

(iii) Automotive - New technologies

• Traditional Internal-combustion engines
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• Gas-Electric Hybrid engines
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• Fuel-Cell engines
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3. Transportation



(i) News, Info, Publications

• Jane's Transport - Jane’s Information Group is a world leading provider of intelligence and analysis on national and international defence, security and risk developments. Jane’s is an independent organisation with an unrivalled reputation of accuracy, authority and impartiality.


• Marine Digest and Cargo Business News was founded in 1922 and grew to be the bible of the Pacific Northwest shipping industry. The publication has since grown to a national/international (primarily in Asia) audience and is the pre-eminent magazine of its kind covering the cargo, seaport and marine industries in the Pacific Rim.


• Maritime Administration of Department of Transportation or MARAD


• Marine Link - World Maritime News

(ii) Marine Transport



(iii) Trucking and Overland Transport



(iv) Rail Transport

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[2] Manufacturing Sector - Capital Goods, Consumer Goods, Construction and Housing, Mining, Materials, Chemicals




1. Industrial Goods, Mining, Metals

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2. Chemicals, Plastics and Petrochemical Industry

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3. Consumer Goods, Food, Textiles

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4. Housing and Construction

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[3] Energy, Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics - News, Articles, Links



1. Energy News, Info, Publications

• Renewable Energy World - a James and James publication

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2. Companies



(i) Career Pages

• Schlumberger

3. Fuel Cells



(i) Types of Fuel Cells

• Proton-Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells - Unlike internal combustion engines, fuel cells run on hydrogen or other electron donors, producing an electric current through movement of electrons across a thin wire. The electrons then react with an electron acceptor--oxygen in this case--which, in turn, will attach to the hydrogen ions that have migrated through the fuel cell via an electrolyte. The end result is water as a waste product and heat.
  
  
  
  Obviously, fuel cells are much more complex than this, and the electrolyte determines the reaction temperatures. Today's commercial stationary fuel cells are phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC), which run at relatively low temperatures of 150-200°C. UTC has been the primary source of such fuel cells. The next generation of stationary, automotive, and residential power will be proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. PEM cells work at what are considered to be low temperatures (80-100°C) and need a clean fuel source. Higher temperature fuel cells, such as molten carbonate (MCFC), which run at about 800°C, and solid oxide (SOFC), which run at 800-1,000°C, are less fussy about contaminants in their fuel sources. "What's holding up PEM technology is [that] you have to separate the hydrogen from the carbon; any carbon gets inside a PEM fuel cell, actually, it will just shut the fuel cell down," says Lee Petersen, vice president, business development, Ascent Power Systems in Littleton, Colo.

(ii) Academic & Government Research

• National Renewable Energy Lab - The U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy research & development and a lead lab for energy efficiency R&D


• Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Mission - The EERE mission is to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships. EERE's program activities are conducted in partnership with the private sector, state and local government, DOE national laboratories, and universities. In July 2002, EERE reorganized to strengthen its focus on programs and these partnerships. Instead of just five energy sectors—industry, transportation, buildings, power, and Federal agencies—EERE is now organized around 11 energy programs


• Oak Ridge National Laboratory - The ORNL EERE Program conducts research and development to support technology advances that help improve daily life for everyone. We find ways to make buildings, industries, power generation, and transportation more energy efficient and easier on the environment. ORNL is located in Roane County, Tennessee, about 7 miles from the center of the city of Oak Ridge and about 25 miles from the McGhee Tyson Airport near Knoxville.
  
  Originally known as Clinton Laboratories, ORNL was established in 1943 to carry out a single, well-defined mission: the pilot-scale production and separation of plutonium for the World War II Manhattan Project. From this foundation, the Laboratory has evolved into a unique resource for addressing important national and global energy and environmental issues. Today, ORNL pioneers the development of new energy sources, technologies, and materials and the advancement of knowledge in the biological, chemical, computational, engineering, environmental, physical, and social sciences.

(iii) Industry Research

• HydrogenSource - a joint project of UTC Fuel Cells and Shell Oil Co.


• Dr. Hansraj C. Maru joined Fuell Cell Energy (FCE) in 1977; he is responsible for research program direction and analysis, and product testing. Prior to joining FuelCell Energy, he performed research at the Institute of Gas Technology and Excel Industries, primarily in energy conversion and storage, and was responsible for materials and engineering development.


• Gas Technology Institute (GTI) is the leading research, development and training organization serving energy markets. GTI is an independent technology organization, established as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation. GTI is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. GTI’s headquarters facility is located on an 18-acre campus at 1700 South Mount Prospect Road, in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, IL.
  
  GTI members are natural gas producers, pipeline companies, investor owned distribution companies, municipal utilities, gas industry vendors, and similar energy organizations that are interested in GTI's program.


• Mechanical technology launches micro fuel cell initiative


• Neah Power Systems is a micro fuel cell development company using a patent-pending, silicon-based design to provide long-lasting, efficient, and safe power solutions for portable electronic devices, including notebook PCs and other power-hungry computer, entertainment, and communications products.

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4. Photovoltaics



Intro -





(i) Academic & Government Research

• National Renewable Energy laboratory - The U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy research & development and a lead lab for energy efficiency R&D




• National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV)Helping to Make PV the Power of Choice


• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network


• Million Solar Roofs Initiative


• Information Resources - Technical papers, conferences, and information on PV.


• NCPV's research and development facilities


• Photovoltaic Manufacturing R&D - a R&D partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and members of the U.S. PV industry

(ii) Industry Research

• BP Solar


• Shell Solar - also Siemens Solar


• RWE Schott Solar GmbH is a leader in solar power engineering including silicon wafers, solar cells and modules for the terrestrial market and thin-film, amorphous silicon modules. In 2001, the company generated net sales of $96 million and employs 550 employees. RWE currently has PV manufacturing operations in Alzenau Germany, Putzbrunn Germany, and Billerica Massachusetts, which together will have a capacity of over 100 megawatts.

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