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Find Companies with US and Global Locations: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

How will this help me?  Uniworld’s multinational company database lets you create custom lists of domestic and international firms in over 200 countries and 20,000 industries.  You can filter by country, region, state, industry and revenue and download results to excel. When creating a target list of companies as part of your career research, Uniworld Read More …

GBL Shorts: Favorite Business Books with Professor Jeff Rosensweig

Welcome to our series: GBL Shorts – Favorite Business Books! We asked folks in the GBS Community to answer one very important question: “What is your favorite business book and why?” Professor Jeff Rosensweig offers several books suggestions that cover topics such as economics and globalization, takeaways for aspiring leaders, and more. Take a look! Read More …

This Day in Business History: America’s First Five and Dime Store Opens

February 22, 1878: The first F.W. Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1878 in Utica, NY. Marketed as “Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store” it had a less than stellar beginning and the store soon closed. Frank brought his brother, Charles Sumner Woolworth, into the business and the next store, located Read More …

Multilingual Access to Newspapers and Magazines: PressReader Database

The PressReader database contains a collection of 7000+ digital newspapers and magazines in 60+ languages, all in their original format. You browse/search by specific title or category. Categories include Business & Current Affairs, Computers & Technology, and News. Additional topics are Fashion, Automotive, Food & Drinks, Sports, Gaming, Home & garden, and Travel & Culture, Read More …

This Day in Business History: Warby Parker is Founded

February 15, 2010: February is an auspicious month for the company Warby Parker. In February 2008, 4 MBA students at the Wharton School of Business started developing their business plan to start an online eyewear company.  According to Neil Blumenthal, one of the students (the others are Dave Gilboa, Andy Hunt, and Jeff Raider), the Read More …

Statista’s Research AI Feature

Statista recently added a Research AI option to its each platform. The following discusses the pros and cons of using Research AI. What is Statista? Statista is a database useful for locating credible data snapshots for a range of industries (Consumer Goods and FMCG, Media & Advertising, Retail and Trade, Technology & Communications, Travel, Transportation, Read More …

This Day in Business History: St. Valentine’s Day Becomes Big Business

February 14, 1913: Hall Bros. of Kansas City, MO (later known as Hallmark) offers its first valentine postcards. Two years later, a fire would destroy all of their inventory, forcing them to buy printing equipment to start mass producing their own valentine cards in 1916. No one knows the exact origins of the holiday, but it’s predecessors Read More …

Refresh and Grow Your Professional Skills: Career and Professional Development Tip

How will this help me?  LinkedIn Learning offers many online courses and certificates to enhance your day one readiness for your internship or job. These include technology skills using Excel, R, SQL, and Tableau; and business skills such as leveraging AI and data visualization. LinkedIn Learning is available to Emory students, faculty, and staff.  Use Read More …

This Day in Business History: Facebook Is Founded

Feb 4, 2004: Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook.  By December 2004, 1M people were using Facebook.  The social media network now has 1.49 billion daily active users on Facebook on average for September 2018.       Becoming Facebook : the 10 challenges that Read More …