Useful+links

Here's a page where we can share useful links. Note that these will open on the same page.

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Here are my merged sources: (Don) Jeff's Sources (from both Innovation and IT):

[|Home Depot web site] [|Home Depot 2008 annual report.]

[|Lowes web site] [|Lowes 2008 annual report.] [|Loews 2007 Social responsibility report.]

[|Home Improvement Research Institute] The Media page might have useful information abut the industry.

[|Hoovers industry overview.] Has links to individual company overviews.

[|PayScale] Info about pay in the industry.

[|Winning Hearts and Minds at Home Depot.] Has some intersting human resources stuff.

Sources:

Batstone, David. (2003). Saving the corporate soul. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Marcus, Bernie; Blank, Arthur; & Andelman, Bob. (1999). Built from scratch. New York: Times Books.

Roush, Chris. (1999). Inside Home Depot. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Biederman, David. “Collaboration, Off the Shelf.” __Traffic World.__ (2 April 2007). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 1248319501).
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Desjardins, Doug. “Shoppers Tapping Into High Tech.” __DSN Retailing Today.__ (10 January, 2005). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database.

Dutton, Gail. “Transforming Supply Chain IT Into ‘Business Technology.’” __World Trade__. 20.1 (January 2007). Retrieved April 23, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 1228703731).

Grow, Brian. “A Lab in a Secure, Undisclosed Spot.” __Business Week__. 3974 (6 March 2006). Retrieved April 23, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 996271721).

Havenstein, Heather. “IT Struggles to Show BI Value.” 41.5 (29 January 2007). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 1212020731).

Howell, Debbie. “Lowe’s Expands Décor, Private Label to Entice Female Shoppers.” __DSN Retailing Today__. 44.10 (23 May 2005). Retrieved April 30, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 850919701).

Johnson, Roy S. “Home Depot Renovates.” __Fortune.__ 138.10 (23 November 1998). Retrieved May 1­, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 35720577).

Johnson, Roy S. “Lowe’s Borrows the Blueprint.” __Fortune__. 138.10 (23 November 1998). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 35720579).

“Most Powerful CIO’s.” __Optimize__. 4.10 (October 2005). Retrieved April 23, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 910984941).

Murphy, Samantha. “When The Bad Isn’t So Bad.” __Chain Store Age__. 83.4 (April 2007). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 1266511941).

“Robert Tillman: Lowe’s.” __Business Week__. 38.15 (13 January 2003). Retrieved May 1, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 275739131).

“This Old POS.” __Chain Store Age__. 82.1 (January 2006). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 971204851).

Upbin, Bruce. “Merchant Princes.” __Forbes__. 171.2 (20 January 2003). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 274439081).

Waxer, Cindy. “How Lowe’s Grows.” __CIO__. 19.5 (1 December 2005). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 935104941).

Weier, Mary Hayes. “Many Happy Returns for Lowe’s and Shoppers.” __InformationWeek.__ 1154 (17 September 2007). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 1343452151).

Whiting, Rick. “Home Depot Looks to SAP as it Modernizes.” __InformationWeek.__ 1040 (23 May 2005). Retrieved April 29, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline database. (Document ID: 846354091).
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