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Dish to Offer Web TV, with Live Sports, for $20 a Month
Many sports fans would like to get rid of cable TV, but need it to watch live sports. That’s about to change. DISH Network announced Jan. 5 it is launching …
Harvard Business School Studies Beyoncé
It was a surprise that took the music industry by storm. Right after midnight on Dec. 13, 2013, a new Beyoncé album, complete with videos, was released with no advance …
Why Nonprofit Careers are a Good Fit for Business Majors
Business majors pondering a career after graduation may have visions of landing jobs at a Wall Street banking behemoth or tech titan like Google or Amazon. The lure of working …
How Thinking Like a Navy SEAL Can Help Your Business
Being in business may sometimes feel like a battlefield, with competitors fighting to win consumers. It takes strategy, focus and a clear plan to succeed in business. Navy SEALs excel …
Startup Hits Tech Bus Stops in an Attempt to Poach Employees
A startup e-commerce company called Bigcommerce took a bold approach to hiring techies for its new San Francisco office, using breakfast sandwiches and coffee to help with their recruiting efforts. …
Millennial Females Bring in the Most Referral Traffic through Social Media
Getting Millennial females engaged with a company may help bring in more referral traffic, according to new data from social commerce company, ShopSocially. Using data from the ShopSocially platform, the …
Books Examines History, Future of MOOCs
A new book takes a detailed look at the state of Massive Open Online Classrooms (MOOCs), finding they are neither a passing fad nor the savior of higher education.
However, the book finds, they could change how professors teach at the most basic level.
In “Beyond the MOOC Hype,” Jeffrey R. Young – a technology editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education – delves into the ongoing debate about how MOOCs will fit into the future of education.
Retailers Gear Up to Make Most of Shortened Holiday Shopping Season
Both online and traditional retailers are gearing up for what is going to be a very important, shortened holiday shopping season.
With the country still moving slowly out of a recession, retailers are looking to make the most of the Christmas shopping season, which traditionally starts the day after Thanksgiving and runs through the day before Christmas.
Harvard Professor Focuses on the Business of Movies
When it comes to trying to make a business plan, Hollywood studios should focus more on a handful of movies that have a mass audience rather than a wider range of feature films that serve niche audiences, according to a Harvard professor.
Professor Anita Elberse told Bloomberg BusinessWeek that the recent failure of some big blockbuster movies – such as “Lone Ranger” – does not sway her opinion.
Colleges Consider Options to Lower Costs, Including Changing the Need for a Four-Year Degree
Universities may eventually award bachelor’s degrees in less than four years, one of many proposals currently on the table to lower the cost of college for students, according to an expert in the field.
Jeff Selingo, in a recent interview with PBS, said that “there is nothing magical about four years of college and 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree.” He said there is now a movement toward more competency-based education, where the only question is: what do you know?