Acquisitions - November 2006 - January 2007

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Agriculture Hawaii. (October-December 2006 issue). This journal is the official publication of the Hawai`i Farm Bureau Federation.

A Model Study for Establishing a Small Restaurant in Downtown Honolulu, by Edith Ho. (June 2004) An analysis prepared by Edith Ho for the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

America's Health Rankings: A Call to Action for People and their Communities. (2005). United Health Foundation. This report documents efforts to advance the health of people, and points to significant challenges that continue to confront communities across the nation. Tables present various health related statistics for each state.

Annual Register of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources, 2006. (2005). This edition contains details of 3,478 grant support programs of government agencies, public and private foundations, corporations, community trusts, unions, education and professional associations, and special interest organizations. It covers a broad spectrum of interests from academic to equipment and construction grants, in-service training, in a wide variety of fields.

Doing Business in Mexico 2007: Comparing Regulation in the 31 States and Mexico City. (2006) A copublication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. This report measures the progress of the 12 states anlyzed in 2005 regarding quantitative indicators in business regulations and their enforcement. The indicators cover four areas of business regulation and their enforcement: stating a business, registering property, getting credit (registering collateral), and enforcing contracts. Two case studies are also presented.

Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ehtical Guidelines, by the Graphic Artists Guild. (2003) Highlights include: salary, graphic design pricing, illustration pricing, sample contracts and forms, and more. This item was a gift of Lia Barrad, President and certified business consultant with Barrads.com, a business consulting and training service focusing on online marketing, and vendor management, among other related services.

Hawai`i Business (November and December 2006 issues). This monthly publication is one of the preeminent business journals in the state of Hawai`i.

Hawaii Dealer. 2006 Annual Yearbook Edition and 1st Quarter, 2006. Includes the Hawaii Auto Outlook report including vehicle sales figure by type and make, as well as hawaii retail market potential statistics.

Industry Snapshot: Farmers' Market. (August 2006) SBDCNet Connections Issue 36. Click here for electronic copy. A full-industry report on farmer's markets, links to research sources, demographic trends, and industry stats.

Maui Island Development Projects. (August 2006). Prepared by the Long Range Division of the County of Maui Department of Planning, these statistical tables include residential development project unit summaries by community plan, residential development project lisitings, and unit types with counts.

Maui Police Department Annual Report 2005. (2006) County of Maui publication. Highlight include a crime statistics.

Real Property Tax Valuations, Tax Rates & Exemptions, 2006-2007 Tax Year, State of Hawaii. (September 2006). Prepared by the Real Property Assessment Division, City and County of Honolulu. State and county real property tax valuation for fiscal year 2006-2007, including number and amount of exemptions, number of records by land use class, and real property tax rates. (Annual publication).

The Requirements Engineering Handbook, by Ralph R. Young. (2004) "This book is intended as a concise but thorough ready reference for requirements analysts (RAs) -- those who are assigned to determine the requirements for planned systems and software, both in computing and engineering."

The Small Business Economy For Data Year 2005: A Report to the President. (December 2006) United States Government Printing Office. Washington: 2006. This report is a review of how small businesses fared in the economy in 2005, in the financial markets, and in the federal procurement marketplace, new information about women in business, the link between education and entrepreneurship, an approach to economic development that has been called "economic gardening", finally, the Regulatory Flexibility Act in Fiscal Year 2005.