How will this help me? LinkedIn Learning offers many online courses and certificates focused on maximizing excel. Quickly brush up on your technical skills with classes such as Excel Boot Camp. You may also take a multi-hour certification program to expand your knowledge further and demonstrate your expertise, such as Cert Prep: Excel Expert. LinkedIn Read More …
Bloomberg offers three different certification programs for Goizueta students: Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), Environmental Sustainability Governance (ESG), and Finance Fundamentals (BFF). All certifications are self paced and generally take between 7 and 10.5 hours to complete. You must register and complete all of the classes for a certification between now and graduation . If you Read More …
July 23, 1903: The freshly incorporated Ford Motor Company sells its very first Model A, ushering in a new era of transportation for Americans. Having spent nearly all of its initial cash investment of $28,000 prior to its first sale, in less than two months, the company profited $37,000. Source: Ford Motor Company Website Read Read More …
July 20, 1841: On this date, Lewis Tappan founded The Mercantile Agency to collect business information such as sales estimates and bill paying ability. In 1859, the company was sold to Robert Graham Dun and incorporated under a new name, R. G. Dun & Company. And in 1933, Dun & Co. merged with Bradstreet Company, a Read More …
July 17, 1955: On a sunny Anaheim, California Sunday afternoon, Walt Disney opens his first theme park, Disneyland. Offering 5 theme lands with 18 attractions, the park took more than twenty years to plan and cost $17 million to build. Disney’s financial advisers were skeptical of his plan, suggesting that it would be a disaster, but Read More …
How will this help me? AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom company lists from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel to customize further as part of your job or internship search. For career focused target lists, it’s generally best Read More …
July 2, 1962: Sam Walton opens his first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas at the age of 44. Sam Walton was no stranger to retail by this time. He worked for the J.C. Penney Company after college, which at that time was a relatively small retailer. After serving in World War II, where he was captain of Read More …
Lisa D. Cook, a Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University has conducted influential research on the connections between violence, economic activity, and racial disparities. In 2014, she published “Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870 to 1940,” which revealed how political conflict and domestic terrorism negatively affected the ability Read More …
First Research has launched a new interface making it quicker to search and view reports! Log in with your NetID/password and you’ll be taken directly to the report homepage (no need to click submit and continue anymore). Heads up, you may need to clear your cache if you’ve previously used First Research. Once you’re on Read More …
Earlier in June, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) interviewed our very own Susan Klopper as part of their Member Spotlight series! Susan Klopper serves both as the Director of the Goizueta Business Library as well as an active member of the Business Librarian team. Learn more about Susan’s exciting path to her current Read More …
