GBL Shorts: Library Questionary with Ama Ampadu-Fofie

Stephen Colbert’s Colbert Questionert has nothing on the business librarians when it comes to asking just the right questions to learn things about our Goizueta community that we never knew before! We are continuing our video series, GBL Shorts: Library Questionary with Goizueta’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Ama Ampadu-Fofie. Take a look!

Sports Market Analytics Database: Source for Sports Fan Brand Studies

Since 2017, SBRnet, publisher of the Sports Market Analytics Database, has been conducting its proprietary consumer sports fan study twice yearly. These consumer surveys are conducted online among a representative panel of U.S. consumers ages 13 or older. Each respondent reports on their sports fan behaviors across specific professional and college sports during the previous Read More …

This Day in Business History: The Birth of the Commercial Typewriter

March 1, 1873: While the history of the development of the typewriter dates back to the 16th century, in the U.S., production on one of the first commercially made typewriters began on March 1, 1873 by E. Remington & Sons, known for manufacturing sewing machines.  Initially marketed under the name Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer for the 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 …

FactSet Adds More Robust ESG Data to Its Academic Platform

FactSet has add a rolling one year plus year-to-date ESG data to its academic platform. The source of the data is Truvalue Labs, a FactSet Company, which applies AI to quantify Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data found in over 100,000 unstructured text sources including news, trade journals, NGO, and industry reports. The ESG Ranks Read More …

3 Things to Know about Accessing Harvard Business Content through GBL

Read below to learn about accessing Harvard Business Review print and digital articles, Harvard Case Studies, and why you must use Study.net for your classes. 1. You can access Harvard Business Review articles through Business Source Complete Full-text articles from the Harvard Business Review are available through Business Source Complete going back to 1922. However, 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 …

Bloomberg Monthly Data Download Limits: How to Avoid

If you use Bloomberg to create and download large datasets using the Excel Add-On, please read this handout now. Bloomberg imposes monthly data download limits on each of its terminals; these limits are tied to individual terminals, not student usernames/passwords. If Bloomberg terminal users exceed Bloomberg’s limit, for the remainder of that month, no one Read More …

Gartner Research Database: Going Away – and What To Do

As of February 1, 2024, Gartner Group Research will, unfortunately, no longer be licensed for the broader Emory community due to unexpected changes in the budget allocation for this resource. Gartner has been an important resource for technology-focused market trends, and we are sorry to see it go away. But don’t worry! The business librarians Read More …