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Manufacturing News editors are constantly searching for and receiving new reports, analyses and books that readers would find helpful in their jobs. Here is our list of recent manufacturing-related reports that our editors have reviewed. If you have a report you want to publicize in this list, please send it or an abstract to the editor via email at editor@manufacturingnews.com or go to our comments section. You can also send it by mail to Manufacturing News, PO Box 36, Annandale, VA 22003. We can provide a link from your report announcement listed here to your site for $100. Reports 1999   New Reports, July State of the Space Industry 1999 from the International Space Business Council provides a statistical overview of the industry's growth. For a copy, call 703-524-2766. General Aviation 1999 Statistical Databook from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, 29 pages. Call 202-393-1500. 1999 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators finds that environmental quality is improving by most every measure. For a copy, call the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco at 415-989-0833. or set your browser to www.pacificresearch.org/issues/enviro/99index.html. Best Manufacturing Practices (BMP) Survey of ITT Industries Aerospace Communications Division in Fort Wayne, Ind., 34 pages, produced by the BMP Center of Excellence, 800-789-4267 (www.bmpcoe.org). A Powerful Opportunity: Making Renewable Electricity the Standard by the Union of Concerned Scientists, 35 pages, is an analysis of the various proposed renewable portfolio standards being made in electricity deregulation legislation. The report advocates the generation of 20 percent of the nation's electricity from renewable energy by 2020. The report can can be ordered by calling 617-547-5552. The Semiconductor Industry Association's International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors 1998 Update is available on the Web at www.itrs.net/ntrs/publntrs.nsf. Data Visualization Corridors, a report from the California Institute of Technology, says new visualization tools are needed to make better sense of large-scale computer simulations. The report is located at www.cacr.caltech.edu/publications/DVC. Business and Technical Assistance Programs is a database of 2,300 national, state and local organizations that provide business with all types of help, including venture capital and seed money. For a copy of the $35 CD-ROM, contact the National Technology Transfer Center at 800-678-6882. The Department of Defense must take "bold action" to force a shift away from its "vicious cycle" of high sustainment costs and create a new spending model that can adequately fund new weapon procurement and modernization, says the National Center for Advanced Technologies. This new system "would curtail further procurement of low reliability, high cost driver spare components and require the competitive sourcing of improved, warranted components," says NCAT in a recent report from its Sustainment Team of the Industry Affordability Task Force. For a copy of the 33-page report, call NCAT at 202-371-8451 or visit www.ncat.com. Previous Reports The U.S. economy may be humming along, but all is not rosy, says the Council on Competitiveness in its latest Innovation Index. If things continue on the same path as they are today, the U.S. will be in trouble over the next couple of years. R&D spending, investments in education, failure to protect intellectual property, greater global competition for manufactured goods and many other maladies are afflicting the U.S. innovation machine, says the Council in its chart-filled 93-page report entitled The New Challenge To America's Prosperity: Findings From the Innovation Index. "The United States is failing to invest in the fundamentals of its own innovation system," says the $38.50 report, which can be ordered by calling 202-682-4292 or by setting your browser to www.compete.org. National Manufacturing Week Conference Proceedings '99 contains the papers presented during Manufacturing Week held in Chicago March 15 - 18, 1999. The presentations cover key issues facing manufacturing enterprises and can be ordered by calling Courtney Wallenius at 203-840-5461. For a listing of a table of contents for each of the three volumes ($55 each), set your browser to www.manufacturingweek.com. Companies that have adopted the ISO 14000 environmental standard have found it to be cost effective, according to a survey by the International Standards Organization. More than 80 percent of 500 companies surveyed on their experience with implementation found the 14000 standard to be beneficial to their operations, with 60 percent saying the payback period for their investment being less than 12 months. For a copy of the 137-page book Environmental Management and ISO 14000 (ISBN 92-67-10280-X) set your browser to www.iso.ch. Influence Inc.: Lobbyists Spending in Washington is a fascinating study that pinpoints the exact amount of money individual companies and interest groups spend on lobbying the U.S. Congress. For a copy, call the Center for Responsive Politics at 202-857-0044 or set your browser to www.crp.org. Cornerstones of Decision Making, a book by Arthur Andersen and the Armstrong Laing Group, presents case studies from 14 companies that have adopted activity-based management systems. The technique enables companies to integrate financial and operational data to decide on better means of setting costs and evaluating customer profitability. DHL, the air express company, uses the technique to evaluate profitability on more than $500 million in revenue each year. "Each 1 percent margin improvement driven by greater understanding of customer profitability generates $5 million in greater profits," says the book, which can be ordered through amazon.com. Virtual Manufacturer's Toolkit is a site on the Internet that provides manufacturers with forms and policies to improve their business, such as ISO compliance procedures, company start-up tools, self-gap analyses, audit checklists; standard agreement forms; and strategic planning and evaluation tools that take the guesswork out of problem solving and strategic planning. It is made available by the Southern Technology Applications Center (Jane Muir, 352-294-7822) and can be viewed at www.4MfgTools.com. National Inventory of Manufacturing Assistance Programs, A Networking Guide for Energy Efficiency Information and Services, is a 304-page directory of manufacturing programs throughout the country. For a copy, contact Ted Jones of the Alliance to Save Energy at 202-530-2225. Leveling the Playing Field: Antidumping and the U.S. Steel Industry by the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington is available by calling 202-289-1288. U.S. Industrial Electric Motor Systems Market Opportunities Assessment is a "comprehensive assessment of opportunities to increase electric motor system efficiency," says the Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies. The assessment, which took three years to complete, "is the first study in 20 years that characterizes the population of motor systems in the manufacturing sector nationwide," says OIT. It found that manufacturers could save between $3.6 billion and $5.8 billion each year by introducing new efficient motors into their production processes. But the capital equipment cost of doing so would be between $11 billion and $17 billion, or about 10 percent of total new capital expenditures by all manufacturers in 1994, says OIT. "While the savings and other benefits associated with investments in improved motor systems are enormous, so too are the demands on capital and management resources in industrial organizations." For a copy of the report, call OIT's Motor Challenge at 800-862-2086. Integrated Manufacturing Technology Roadmapping (IMTR), a project sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Energy, Commerce and Defense, has produced three draft roadmaps that can be viewed by setting your browser to http://imtr.ornl.gov or be calling 423-574-1862. They are: Manufacturing Processes & Equipment, 105 pages; Roadmap for Modeling & Simulation, 80 pages; and Information Systems for the Manufacturing Enterprise, 108 pages. Visions 2020: 1998 Separations Roadmap, from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, can be ordered by calling 800-242-4363. Emerging Separation and Separative Reaction Technologies for Process Waste Reduction: Adsorption and Membrane Systems, from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, can be ordered by calling 800-242-4362. Report on the Technology Roadmap for Advanced System Integration and Packaging, published by the Japan Printed Circuit Association and translated by IPC, defines "the current state of circuit packaging technology...[and] the next generation of development and future forms of these technologies," says IPC. For a copy of the 432-page report ($195 for IPC members, $500 for non-members), call 847-790-5362. High-Speed Machine Tool Survey summarizes the effort that identified the limits of the elements critical to a machine tool in a high-speed application. The report is available from the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences for $45 for non-members ($25 for members) by calling Cindi Bousley at 734-995-3075. ASM Heat Treating Society 1999 Research and Development Plan outlines the technical projects needed for the heat treating industry to advance. For a copy, call Ed Fasiska at 440-338-5151. Geomatics Technology Roadmap: Special Report is published by the Government of Canada and the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada. It can be viewed on the Web at http://strategic.ic.gc.ca/trm. For a hard copy of the 49-page report, call Industry Canada's distribution service division at 613-947-7466. The Energy and Environmental Profile of the U.S. Petroleum Refining Industry is available by calling the Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies at 202-586-2090. Global Assessment of Standards Barriers to Trade in the Information Technology Industry by the International Trade Commission is online at www.usitc.gov, or by faxing a request to 202-205-2104. ERP's Second Wave: Maximizing the Value of ERP-Enabled Processes by Deloitte Consulting can be received by calling 416-867-8108. 1999 Index of Economic Freedom, by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal ranks every country in the world on a scale of one to five and finds that the more economic freedom that exists in a country, the greater its prosperity. The 71 countries considered to be "free" -- those with open trade, low taxes, little government intervention, enlightened monetary policies, open foreign investment, a sound banking structure, protected property rights, little regulation and no black markets -- experienced an average annual GDP growth rate of almost 3 percent between 1980 and 1993. The 90 countries that are mostly unfree and repressed experienced negative annual growth rates that averaged 1.44 percent between 1980 and 1993. The 10 countries that were ranked the most free in 1998 were: Hong Kong Singapore Bahrain New Zealand Switzerland United States Ireland, which is tied with: Luxembourg Taiwan United Kingdom The last 10 countries on the list are: 152. Vietnam 153 Congo, tied with: Iran. 155. Bosnia, tied with: Somalia 157. Iraq, tied with: Laos Libya 160. Cuba, tied with: North Korea. For a copy of the index, call the Heritage Foundation at 202-546-4400. International Direct Investment Statistics Yearbook 1998 is a 438-page guide from the OECD in Paris. For a copy of the $70 book, call 202-785-6323. U.S. and Asia Statistical Handbook, 1998 - 1999 by the Asian Studies Center is a handy reference guide to Asian countries. The $9.50, 97-page book can be ordered by calling the Heritage Foundation at 800-544-4843 or by visiting www.heritage.org. Trends In International Migration finds that legal immigration into the 17 members of the OECD (mainly Western European countries, the U.S., Canada and Australia), is slowing to a trickle. "There has been a reduction in legal immigration flows over the past four years," says OECD. "The number of requests for asylum to the OECD area has also diminished." However, the persistence of illegal migration "indicates clearly that host and origin countries still have problems controlling migration flows," says the study. While migration plays a "decisive role in the annual population growth of many OECD countries, given [its] fluctuating nature and the large scale of migration that would be required to alleviate the problems of aging populations, relying solely on the contribution of migration to reduce or stem demographic decline is inherently problematic." The 282-page report ($53.00) can be ordered by calling 202-785-6323. The CEO Forum: School Technology And Readiness Report says that in 1997 there were six million computers in U.S. schools, a 13 percent increase in one year. At the end of 1997, 78 percent of all schools in the country were connected to the Internet, up from 35 percent in 1994. During 1997 and 1998, schools spent an average of $31 per student on Internet service and are expected to increase spending to $32.13 per student in 1998 - 1999. Nevertheless, only a small portion of schools have adopted a strategy that places great emphasis on using the latest multimedia computers in their curriculum. For a copy of the 32-page report, call the CEO Forum on Education and Technology in Washington at 202-393-2260 or visit www.ceoforum.org. The Skills Gap, A Survey of American Manufacturers by the National Association of Manufacturers' Center for Workforce Success and Grant Thornton finds the skills gap is "continuing and worsening," and that it is "limiting the ability of manufacturers to innovate and compete." For a copy of the 38-page report, fax an order to 202-637-3402. New Forces At Work, a report by the White House's Science and Technology Policy Institute (formerly the Critical Technologies Council) run by the RAND Corp., says industry is concerned about the country's ability to develop new manufacturing processes, machine tools and technologies. For a copy of the $18.00 report call 310-551-7002, or set your browser to www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1008/MR1008.pdf/. R&D spending in the United States is expected to increase by 7 percent in 1999 to $236 billion, according to the Battelle Memorial Institute's annual forecast, which can be obtained by calling 614-424-4204. Federal R&D Funding by Budget Function, Fiscal Years 1997 - 99 by the National Science Foundation's Science Resources Studies division, 47 pages, can be ordered by calling 301-947-2722. Evaluating Federal Research Programs: Research and the Government Performance and Results Act from the National Academy Press can be ordered by calling 202-334-3313, or by setting your browser to http://www2.nas.edu/cosepup and click on publications. Survey of State Research and Development Expenditures finds that states are spending more than $3 billion a year on R&D. The report, from the Battelle Memorial Institute found that Texas spends the most: $326 million, followed by California at $274 million; New York, $267 million; Florida, $255 million and Pennsylvania, $204 million. For a copy of the report, call Dan Berglund or Mark Skinner of the State Science and Technology Foundation at 614-421-7784. Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century: A Bold Investment in America's Future from the Clinton administration is located on the Web at www.hpcc.gov. U.S. companies exporting defense systems overseas were required to make $15.1 billion in "offsets" with their customers in order to win the awards between 1993 and 1996, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Export Administration (BXA). These offsets are typically required by foreign arms purchases and take on numerous forms: mandatory co-production of the product; licensed production; technology transfers or direct foreign investments are just some of the offsets that are required when selling defense systems overseas. The $15.1 billion in offsets supported $29 billion in defense contracts, says BXA. "Five companies accounted for 78 percent of the value of these new offset agreements and 80 percent of export contract values," says the Commerce Department agency. "By value, 72 percent of new agreements were concluded with just five countries"-- United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. These offsets almost always have an "adverse" impact on the U.S. economy, says BXA, and government policies should be reviewed and modified to reduce their negative impact. For a copy of the BXA's 75-page Third Annual Report To Congress on Offsets In Defense Trade (PB 98-148265), call the National Technical Information Service at 703-605-6000. Defense Manufacturing In 2010 and Beyond: Meeting the Changing Needs of National Defense from the National Academy Press can be ordered by calling 800-624-6242. Defense Sustainment, a report by the National Center for Advanced Technologies (NCAT), says the Defense Department has to completely overhaul the way it does business. The report can be ordered by calling Joe Syslo of NCAT at 202-371-8584. Aviation Facts & Figures, 1998 - 1999, from the Aerospace Industries Association for $40.00, is full of good stuff and can be ordered by calling 202-371-8407. Defense Research, Development Test & Evaluation Needs to Rightsize, a report from the Business Executives for National Security, says the Defense Department needs to start closing its laboratories and putting the savings into new weapons accounts. For a copy of the report, call 202-296-2125. Defense Headquarters: Status of Efforts to Reduce Headquarters Personnel, a report from the General Accounting Office, finds that DOD's Office of the Secretary of Defense has eliminated 27 percent of its personnel, or 1,373 positions, but has not seen any cost savings as a result. "Although the positions in OSD and its support activities have been reduced, civilian salary costs...have not decreased because many of the positions eliminated were vacant and annual civilian pay raises have exceeded the inflation rate," says GAO. For a free copy of the report (GAO/NSIAD-99-45), call 202-512-6000. Lockheed Martin is going to have difficulty manufacturing the F-22 jet fighter at the cost the Air Force was expecting, according to the General Accounting Office. The price of the program is already expected to increase by $482 million and could grow beyond the $19-billion cap placed on the program. Costs could also start increasing if the Air Force reduces orders for the C-130 aircraft that is produced in the same plant. If orders for the C-130 are lower than anticipated "the F-22 program will have to absorb a higher share of the plant's overhead costs," says GAO. For a free copy of the 30-page report F-22 Aircraft: Issues in Achieving Engineering and Manufacturing Development Goals (GAO/NSIAD-99-55), call 202-512-6000. DOD Growth Markets: Professional Services, Equipment Support, Facilities Support (Fiscal Years 1999-2008) by the Electronic Industries Alliance, provides a 10-year forecast of the $95-billion defense services marketplace. For a copy of the forecast, produced by EIA's Government Electronics and Information Technology Association, call 703-907-7500, or set your browser to www.eia.org. Defense Trade: Status of the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program (GAO/NSIAD-99-30), an 18-page report from the General Accounting Office, can be ordered for free by calling 202-512-6000. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Progress Toward Meeting High Altitude Endurance Aircraft Price Goals (GAO/NSIAD-99-29) says the Defense Department does not expect to produce its DarkStar or Global Hawk aircraft for less than the $10 million per unit estimate it made in 1994. The latest cost estimates are $13.7 million for DarkStar (made by Lockheed Martin) and $14.8 million for Global Hawk (made by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical). The actual final costs are expected to be higher. For a copy of the nine-page report, call 202-512-6000. Army Science Board's Summer Study on Distance Learning says the Army has a lot to learn from and needs to catch up with the private sector and universities in the use of distance learning systems to improve the force. The report includes an excellent chart listing academic institutions that offer graduate degrees via distance learning. For a copy of the report, call 703-604-7474 or 703-604-7490. The Army's $15.8 billion program to buy 85,500 medium-sized trucks from Steward & Stevenson Services of Houston, Texas, is not a success, according to the General Accounting Office. "A combination of factors caused lengthy delays in delivering [the Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles] FMTVs," says GAO. "It selected an FMTV contractor that was not experienced in producing trucks and was no longer affiliated with an experienced truck producer. Second, the contract contained an aggressive schedule for truck production considering the contractor's inexperience. The inexperienced contractor had difficulty in both establishing a production line and producing trucks that could meet qualifications and operational testing requirements. Despite the difficulties, the Army allowed production to continue and increase during testing. As a result, many trucks were produced that required modification or repair." For a copy of the audit, Army Medium Trucks: Information on Delivery Delays and Corrosion Problems (GAO/NSIAD-99-26), call 202-512-6000. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Ten Years of Business Excellence for America finds that "for the fourth year in a row, the hypothetical "Baldrige Index" of award-winning companies' stocks "has outperformed the Standard & Poors' 500 by almost 2.5 to 1." Furthermore, in a recent study of 600 quality award-winning firms Baldrige winners, state award winners and others and a control group, professors Vinod Singhal of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Kevin Hendricks of the College of William and Mary "found that the award-winning companies significantly outperformed the control group in many aspects of their business, including the value of their common stock, operating income, sales, return on sales and asset growth." For a copy of the pamphlet, call Jan Kosko at 301-975-2767. Department of Energy: Uncertain Progress in Implementing National Laboratory Reforms says that DOE has done little to reform its oversight of the labs, despite being admonished by one advisory committee after another over the past 20 years to take action. These advisory boards and commissions have pointed out that DOE provides no overall mission for the laboratories and micromanages them. "Weaknesses in DOE's leadership and accountability are often cited as factors hindering fundamental reform of the laboratories' management," says the General Accounting Office. The Energy Department has responded to the countless criticisms, but while it has made some progress in reforming its oversight "most of its actions are still under way or have unclear outcomes," says GAO. "Furthermore, these actions lack the objectives, performance measures and milestones needed to effectively track progress and account for results, Consequently, the Department cannot show how its actions have resulted, or may result, in fundamental change." The 58-page report (GAO/RCED-98-197)can be ordered by calling 202-512-6000. Federal Power: Regional Effects of Changes In Power Marketing Administration's Rates (GAO/RCED-99-15), a 108-page report from the General Accounting Office, can be ordered for free by calling 202-512-6000. Department of Energy: Actions Necessary to Improve DOE's Training Program (GAO/RCED-99-56) says the Energy Department has absolutely no idea of what it's doing with its training programs. For a free copy of the 40-page report, call 202-512-6000. A Local Solution to Superfund Cleanup, Case Study of the Southeast Rockford Site, a report issued by the Manufacturers Alliance, "can serve as a model for other communities wishing to realize the benefits to public health and safety" by having companies work in conjunction with local communities in cleaning up industrial waste sites. For a copy of the 15-page report, call the Manufactures Alliance at 703-841-9000. Safe Drinking Water Act: Progress and Future Challenges In Implementing the 1996 Amendments (GAO/RCED-99-31), a 24-page report from the General Accounting Office, can be ordered for free by calling 202-512-6000. Hazardous Waste Sites: State Cleanup Practices (GAO/RCED-99-39), a 23-page report from the General Accounting Office, can be ordered for free by calling 202-512-6000. Davis-Bacon Act: Labor Now Verifies Wage Data, But Verification Process Needs Improvement (GAO/HEHS-99-21), a 60-page report from the General Accounting Office, can be ordered for free by calling 202-512-6000. Surface Infrastructure: High-Speed Rail Projects In the United States (GAO/RCED-99-44), a 53-page report from the General Accounting Office, can be ordered for free by calling 202-512-6000. Reports, January 1999 The four reports below from the U.S. Navy's Best Manufacturing Practices Center of Excellence can be received for free by calling 800-789-4267. Corpus Christi Army Depot, 24 pages. Tooele, Utah, Army Depot, 35 pages. Northrop Grumman Corp., El Segundo, Calif., 19 pages. Strite Industries Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, 11 pages. The General Accounting Office is the auditing arm of the U.S. Congress. Its reports are often used by Congress in legislation and policy directives. They carry a lot of weight. These reports are free to the public by calling 202-512-6000. They can also be viewed on the Internet at www.gao.gov. Army Industrial Facilities, Workforce Requirements and Related Issues Affecting Depots and Arsenals finds the Army has "no comprehensive plan for managing its overall depot maintenance and manufacturing arsenals, including excess capacity, workload planning, personnel requirements and productivity." 76 pages, NSIAD-99-31. Nuclear Weapons: Key Nuclear Weapons Component Issues are Unresolved finds that the Department of Energy is incapable of producing the plutonium trigger or "pit" that sets off a chain reaction in a nuclear weapon. "DOE lost its capability to make pits when production was stopped at DOE's Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado in 1989," says GAO. "DOE must reestablish this capability to replace pits removed from the stockpile for testing and other reasons, but the task will be challenging." DOE says it intends to produce 50 pits per year by 2005 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, but "has done little to develop a contingency plan for the large-scale manufacturing of pits (150-500 per year). The cost of creating such a manufacturing capability is expected to be more than $1.5 billion." 29 pages, GAO/RCED-99-1. Defense Industry: Restructuring Costs Paid, Savings Realized and Means to Ensure Benefits investigates seven industry mergers and finds that DOD has realized $2.1 billion in savings or 64 percent of the expected savings of $3.3 billion, says GAO. 16 pages, GAO/NSIAD-99-22. Defense Acquisition: Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Program Can Be Improved finds that DOD's process for selecting ACTD candidates "does not include adequate criteria for assessing the maturity of the proposed technology and has resulted in the approval of ACTD projects that included immature technology." 22 pages, GAO/NSIAD-99-4. Community Development: Progress on Economic Development Activities Varies Among the Empowerment Zones finds that empowerment zones visited by GAO "are making progress in implementing their economic development activities; however, the extent of their progress varies." The program, run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture, is expected to pick another 20 empowerment zones this month (January 1999). 38 pages, GAO/RCED-99-29. Business Regulation: California Manufacturers Use Multiple Strategies To Comply With Laws finds that companies vary on how they deal with the myriad of federal, state and local regulations and laws that affect every aspect of their operations. 64 pages, GAO/HEHS-98-208 Environmental Protection: EPA's Science and Technology Funds, 27 pages, GAO/RCED-99-12. Federal Research: The National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 19 pages, GAO/RCED-99-17. Environmental Information: Agencywide Policies and Procedures Are Needed For EPA's Information Dissemination, 28 pages, GAO/RCED-98-245. Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Status of Efforts to Deal with Personnel Issues, 25 pages, GAO/AIMD/GGD-99-14. Military Sales: Millions of Dollars of Nonrecurring Research and Development Costs Have Not Been Recovered, 17 pages, GAO/AIMD-99-11. Hazardous Waste: Information on 1,789 Potential Superfund Sites, 463 pages, GAO/RCED-99-22. The reports listed below are from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and can be obtained by calling 202-785-6323. Education at a Glance -- OECD Indicators says that after years of stagnation, most industrial countries are spending more on education. "The spending increase reflects rising educational aspiration," says the OECD report. "There has been a rapid growth in 'educational expectancy' -- the average number of years spent at school during childhood and youth. In just six years, 1990-1996, it rose from less than 15 to 16.5 years across OECD countries." 295 pages, $49.00. Fostering Entrepreneurship "provides a clear analysis of the factors which encourage entrepreneurship and the obstacles which hinder it," says the OECD about its report. "This study points to the impact entrepreneurship can have on a broader scale. New issues are addressed such as the benefits society could reap from more dynamic and entrepreneurial non-profit organizations, the role that education might play in developing entrepreneurial skills and attitudes, schemes to help the unemployed create their own jobs as well as the increasingly important role of local authorities in fostering entrepreneurship." 286 pages, $29.00. 21st Century Technologies: Promises and Perils of a Dynamic Future investigates the big questions regarding the new technologies poised to transform humanity: "Should people be confronted with their genetic fate?" and "What sort of societies will prove most adept at harnessing the vast technological potential?" The book is a collection of essays from scholars in the Western world. 172 pages. 1998 Reports 1997 GAO Reports by Industry WE WILL PUBLICIZE YOUR REPORTS, ANALYSES, BOOKS OR RESOURCES. Send them to the editor, Richard McCormack, at P.O. 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