Check Out a Business Kindle Over Winter Break Beginning November 18, you can check out a Kindle from the Goizueta Business Library and keep it until January 24. The Business Kindles are pre-loaded with over 150 business best-sellers, GBS faculty books, and career titles. Browse the titles here. How to check out a Business Kindle Email gbsaskalibrarian [at] emory [dot] Read More …
How will this help me? Business Source Complete (BSC) includes thousands of business magazines and journals, focused on areas such as marketing, management, operations, finance, accounting, and more. The sources will help you gain historical and forward-looking company, industry and market insights, which are valuable when conducting credible and competitive career and job research. By Read More …
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 …
October 31, 1837: Two European immigrants, William Procter and James Gamble, happened to marry sisters Olivia and Elizabeth Norris in Cincinnati in the early 19th century. Their father-in-law Alexander Norris convinced Procter, a candle maker, and Gamble, a soap maker, to join their businesses since they used common raw ingredients. Starting with total assets of just Read More …
How will this help me? 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 lists are great for identifying both large and small competitors to firms – helpful for Read More …
October 26, 1825: Although construction first began in 1817, the Erie Canal did not officially open until October 26, 1825. Connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie, the Erie Canal helped transform New York City into the main port in the United States and greatly increased opportunities for trade and settlements. The Erie Canal lay Read More …
Emory Libraries is purchasing titles from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s suite of reports on an ongoing basis; new reports are added to the collection as they are published throughout the year. Following are examples of some of these reports: Adapting to AI: How to Understand, Prepare for, and Innovate in a Changing Landscape Campus Housing Read More …
Welcome to our series: GBL Shorts – Favorite Business Books! We asked folks in the GBS Community to answer one very important question: “What is your favorite business book and why?” Jaclyn Conner offers a book from Joyce Meyer about tackling challenges in your own mind. Take a look! Want to read Jaclyn’s book Read More …
October 19, 1987: As a call-back to the October 28, 1929 stock market crash on Black Tuesday, Black Monday refers to the October 19, 1987 stock market crash during which the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 508 points (22.6% of its value) and the Dow Jones Index lost over $500 billion. The impact of Black Read More …
October 1, 1908: Also known as the Tin Lizzie, the Leaping Lena, and the “flivver,” the Model T was designed to be an accessible automobile for the masses. Inventor Henry Ford innovated the car making process by implementing assembly line production (as opposed to handcrafting), making the cars more affordable for the middle class and Read More …
