Author: Malisa J Anderson-Strait

Career Research Tip: Foundation Directory for Researching Grantmakers

Posted onAuthorMalisa J Anderson-Strait

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 …

Why doesn’t the business library have IBISWorld?

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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: Finding and Using Claritas PRIZM Premier Data

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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 …

This Day in Business History: Facebook Is Founded

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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 …

This Day in Business History: Apple Macintosh Goes on Sale

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Jan 24, 1984:  The Apple Macintosh computer first goes on sale, featuring a graphical user interface and a mouse.  Two days prior to the sale, Apple announced the new computer’s launch via a dramatic ad during Super Bowl XVIII.  In the first three months after the launch, Apple sold over 5,000 Macintosh computers. The One Device: The Secret Read More …

This Day in Business History: Burj Khalifa opens

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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 …

Statista for Alumni

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The Emory Alumni Association is pleased to provide all Emory alumni free remote access to Statista. Sign in to the Emory Alumni Online Community to access premium resources such as Statista. If you have not yet registered, sign up! Statista aggregates over 1 million statistics on over 80,0000 topics from 18,000 sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, Read More …

LSEG EIKON’s Learning Centre

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LSEG EIKON’s Learning Centre houses the following content: Guided Learning – Explore a curated selection of topics for the Investment Banking community, including Market Data, Asset Management, Wealth Management, and Risk & Compliance. This section includes both on-demand and instructor-led learning sessions. Enroll in Classes – Hundreds of live classes that you can register for; Read More …

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

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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 …