AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom searches from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel. For career research, it’s generally best to select the 65 million businesses and executives, and choose “get started.” A unique feature in AtoZ is the Read More …
The cost of annually purchasing updated editions of textbooks is prohibitive and would divert dollars from licensing new databases and other important resources. Emory Library’s Affordable Textbook and Teaching Materials Initiative includes more information for both students and faculty, including the Course Reserves FLIP Lending Library. For BBAs: the BBA Book Fund offers financial support for course materials; reach out Read More …
March 15, 1985: The world’s first internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. The international private non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was created in 1998 to maintain domain name coordination; there are now over 1 billion domains in existence. Signposts in cyberspace the Domain Read More …
Foundation Directory helps answer the question “Who is giving money to non-profits, and how much?” It does this by providing information on U.S. grantmakers and their philanthropic activities. Search by companies, grantmakers, grants and 990 filings. Foundation Directory includes descriptions of more than 100,000 Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs, Operating Foundations, Private Grantmaking Foundations (independent Read More …
O’Reilly (formerly Safari) has several career focused ebooks including The Infographic Resume, The Google Resume, What to Say in Every Job Interview, Outstanding Business English, and more. O’Reilly also includes career exploration resources such as Cracking the Tech Career and a wide range of technical topics including data visualization, mobile and web development and design, Read More …
Pitchbook covers startups, VC and PE-backed companies, as well as mature private and public firms, investors, buyers, and funds. You can research and target firms by industry or vertical, as well as financing history. PitchBook’s competitors lists are great for identifying both large and small competitors to firms – great for target company lists when contemplating Read More …
Why doesn’t the business library have IBISWorld? I keep coming across it when I am researching for class projects and the company I interned at had it. I know that some of my friends who are attending other MBA programs have access to it as well. It would be great if the library could get Read More …
SimplyAnalytics enables you to create heatmaps, rankings, and tables using personas with Claritas lifestyle segmentation data. Claritas uses consumer behaviors data to create 68 different market segments to help target customers throughout the United States, and this data is browsable using Claritas My Best Segments filtering tool. Once you’ve selected the segment you wish to Read More …
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 …
The Goizueta Business Library licenses several Wall Street financial platforms: Bloomberg, LSEG EIKON, FactSet, and Pitchbook. Each offers various options for learning to use the platform, understanding more about topics (e.g. equities, fixed income) and most include courses for which you can earn certificates. Below is relevant information and links for each platform Bloomberg Bloomberg Read More …
