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Over the past decade, social media use has become increasingly ubiquitous, with 72 percent of Americans indicating that they are active on at least one social media platform.1 In this connected environment—and particularly since the rise of smartphones has placed these platforms literally at our...
It has been two decades since the publication of the first paper cataloged in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) digital library to use the term "big data," and it feels as though the future of data analytics has been positioned since at least that time as the driving force behind the f...
No matter how far you may climb up the corporate ladder, meetings will continue to be a part of your professional life, and a keen sense of meeting etiquette will continue to be a crucial element of your interpersonal skill set. While some of the same rules that guide your behavior in meetings at...
Business school accreditation is a valuable benchmark for determining the quality of your graduate business education. One of the key factors to consider when evaluating your business school options is the specific organization responsible for conferring accreditation on your program or institutio...
Getting an MBA is a significant investment on several levels. Aside from the obvious cost of MBA tuition, pursuing an advanced degree also requires serious investments of time and personal energy. These investments become even more challenging to make if you plan to continue working full time whil...
To get the most out of an MBA, it helps to choose a top business school with a great reputation and connections.1 The best schools want bright, dedicated students with a history of working hard. A high GPA (especially in business-related classes) is one indication that you've got what it takes t...
Business analytics can be defined as the use of analytics to guide business actions or business decisions; it is an action-driven approach to a well-defined problem that results in a decision to be made based on analytics-derived data.
But that is not en...
Learning the Language of Business: Seven Accounting Terms to Know
No matter your role in business, it’s important to have a strong grasp of accounting principles to help you better understand how your work impacts your company’s bottom line.
Whether you want to own your own business, aspire to join the C-suite at a Fortune 500 company, or are just looking to g...
As a relatively new term, “data science” encapsulates an abundance of job functions. For this reason, data science careers are often misunderstood or simply unknown. However, as more businesses begin to recognize the vast landscape of data and statistics available to the...
A Brief How-To Guide
For those seeking professional roles that require concrete skills and a dynamic understanding of how to leverage and apply them, a strong portfolio is an absolute must. It can mean the difference between receiving an invitation to interview versus having your application left...
Artificial intelligence and the computer automation it can enable are driving powerful changes in business. From fraud detection and social media filters to wearable health sensors and personalized shopping recommendations, artificial intelligence is transforming everyday life and business from the...
Imagining a New World for Growing Data
The challenges of mining and cataloging data are not new. In 1944, Fremont Rider, a librarian at Wesleyan University, noted that American university libraries seemed to double in size every year. Based on this observation, Rider estimated that by 2040, Yale...
Welcome to the Smart City Revolution
Just as data and data analytics can be leveraged to improve business performance, the same tools can also be used to improve livability, workability and sustainability in cities around the globe. In many ways, the future of smart cities is likely what you’d e...
There is no doubt that earning an MBA is beneficial to your career. But if you are like many professionals, you'd love to go back to school, although you aren't sure that you have enough time. Balancing a full-time career with your family and personal responsibilities keeps you plenty busy as it i...
All too often, when the cost of a graduate education is discussed, it's in terms of the literal cost of the program: how much students have to pay to earn their degrees. While there's no denying that cost is important and that student debt should be carefully considered before entering into, there...
When it comes to succeeding in business these days, having friends in high places across many industries can go a long way in increasing your odds of finding a new career or job. In fact, recent surveys show nearly 85 percent of career positi...
Like any business professional knows, planning ahead and being prepared are key factors that contribute to whether or not a graduate student’s application is strong enough to potentially earn them a space in a rigorous and respectable program.
You’re not an undergraduate student anymore, and putti...
The ways in which the world is different today than it was, say, thirty years ago are wide sweeping. Time, technology, innovation and globalization have affected all segments of our lives. From the culture of coffee to the way we hold meetings, ev...
When Heather Pierce first wanted to return to school for her MBA, she considered many different online programs, but she found “they were either atrociously expensive or from schools I had maybe never even heard of before.”
Then, she discovered...
Leadership is rarely something that happens overnight or by completing a list of clearly outlined steps. For many, leadership is something that's earned over years of experience, successes, failures and a number of unknown circumstances that shape who they are as individuals.
That's why William &...