Business Research Database Blog Series: Richard K. Miller Market Research eBook Series (RKMA) 

The Emory community has access to a wealth of business research databases. This series highlights many of these great resources, including content and the best applications for classes and career prep. What You Will Find Richard K. Miller Market Research (RKMA) eBook Series contains industry data, market segmentation, company rankings, consumer trends, and more. New for Read More …

This Day in Business History: Burj Khalifa opens

Jan. 4, 2010:  Burj Khalifa in Dubai, U.A.E., opens as the worlds tallest building at 2,717 feet (828m).  At over 160 stories tall, it also has the highest occupied floor in the world.  The building includes 900 residential apartments, office space and a 304 room hotel, as well as an observation deck. Sources: Burj Khalifa Read More …

Digital Access to MIT Press Books and Journals

Books and journals from MIT Press are now licensed by Emory Libraries. Known as Cognet Library, key subject areas include business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, and game studies. Books and journals can be easily downloaded as PDFs by chapter.  All titles are licensed for unlimited simultaneous users. Examples of Books Examples of Journals

This Day in Business History: Charles Van Doren testifies in Congress about TV game show fixing

Nov 2, 1959:  Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he was provided advance knowledge of the questions and answers he would receive on the TV gameshow “Twenty One.” These shows had become popular in the 1950s after the US Supreme Court ruled in Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc. that Read More …

Develop Your Technical and Professional Skills: Online Courses, Certificates and Self-Paced Learning

Emory and most public libraries license a variety of resources to build your skills in data visualization, generative AI, R, Tableau, ArcGIS, team building, leadership and more. Available through Emory Libraries  O’Reilly Database O’Reilly includes includes videos, courses, audiobooks, and ebooks focused on generative AI, project management, data visualization, and other many other types of Read More …

Financial Times Website and App – Now Available at Emory Libraries

Emory Libraries has added The Financial Times to its suite of licensed news websites and apps. This includes access to the daily digital edition, FT.com, the FT.com app, podcasts, their visual and data journalism and more. To register, log in via the Goizueta Business Library’s Financial Times database page.   Registering the first time?  Go Read More …

This Day in Business History: NYSE Ends Saturday Session

September 29, 1952: The New York Stock Exchange ended the Saturday trading session to create a five day work-week. To even out the reduced number of days, a half hour was added to the close of the Monday-Friday trading sessions. That made the sessions open from 10AM -3:30PM. Sources: MarketWatch, Friends of Business History Read Read More …

This Day in Business History: Honeywell Retreats from Computer Market

September 25, 1986: Honeywell announced partnership discussions to join one of its computer operations with the Japanese firm NEC and France’s Groupe Bull. This consolidation was in part due to IBM’s large market size, controlling over 50% in 1986. According to a company official quoted in the New York Times, ”We can’t deal with computers Read More …