Business Week’s Best Undergraduate Business Shools
Friday, February 29th, 2008Business Week has published its list of top undergraduate business schools. You can view the article here, or go straight to the slideshow list here.
Archive for February, 2008
Mediamark Reporter (MRI) Screencast Tutorial
Friday, February 29th, 2008Mediamark Reporter “offers comprehensive demographic, lifestyle, product usage, and media data collected from a single sample. These data provide strategic insights, consumer targeting, brand trial/loyalty, promotional opportunities, and trade marketing.” While used mostly for marketing and advertising research, this database does provide useful industry information, such as consumer buying habits and demographics. Please note that this database requires users to complete a free registration process (Ohio University patrons only).
In the Using MediaMark Reporter for Product Demographics, you will learn the basics of using MediaMark Reporter. This example shows how to find demographics for a particular consumer product. This screencast is about 3 minutes in length, and does contain audio.
Look for this and other screencast tutorials in the Business Database Screencasts section of the Biz Wiki.
Best Jobs for Working Mothers
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008WHO SAYS WOMEN CAN’T HAVE IT ALL? An invigorating career, a fun-filled family life—today’s working moms enjoy both, thanks to smart companies that realize life doesn’t end at the office door. The 2007 Working Mother 100 Best Companies are leading by example, giving women the programs, choices and support they need to shine at work and at home. Wide-ranging flex options? Check. Generous paid maternity leave? Check. Affordable child care? Check. Career development? Check. These winners offer an impressive menu of innovation. To our 100 Best, we say thank you for your progressive ideas, your family-friendly policies and your investment in women, which will pay off for generations to come. Firms like yours enable working moms to build a career they’re proud of…and sand castles with their kids.
A good article that shows how various companies offer childcare and other incentives/benefits/services to employees. Available at Working Mother.
Corporate Climate Communications Report now available
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008CorporateRegister.com has released the Corporate Climate Communications Report 2007. A description from and email received recently:
As a user of our CSR resources website, we wanted you to be the first to hear about our ground-breaking new report. CorporateRegister.com has just launched the Corporate Climate Communications Report 2007, available as a free download from our site. In the first study of its kind we assess global leading companies’ climate change communications, as differentiated from their carbon performance.
We look at all the latest CSR reports from the Global FT500, evaluated against 29 climate disclosure elements, ranging from CEO statements to alignment with international standards.
During 2007, two-thirds of the Global FT500 issued a stand-alone non-financial report. Evaluating these reports the study reveals that 87 per cent address climate change, with 78 per cent publishing greenhouse gas emissions data.
Further detailed analysis of all 29 climate disclosure elements by region, industry sector and market capitalisation is detailed in the document.
The report is available as a free download for all CorporateRegister.com users – please sign-in from our homepage to access the PDF.
CorporateRegister.com requires a free registration process to view its reports. For a growing list of other sources on the topic of corporate responsibility, take a look at this page in the Biz Wiki.
The State of Green Business
Friday, February 8th, 2008There’s a PRCM class that is researching the green policies of various companies. While this report does not cover specific companies, it does give an excellent overview of the trends in green business.
The State of Green Business 2008:
In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more.
The report is 64 pages long, and includes numerous links to other references in the report. Download the free report here. (Requires a free registration process).
For other information about green business, take a look at ClimateBiz and GreenBiz.
I'm Chad Boeninger and I write this blog for the students and faculty of Ohio University. I cover business research issues, databases and other resources, current business trends and topics, and much more.