Positive Advertising Experience in a Targeted Market Segment:  Similar to my Lady GaGa “Something about my cool Pittsburgh guy….” example, describe a time when an advertising campaign did a compelling job appealing to you as a member of a targeted market segment. We all know that Taco Bell is open into the late hours of…

Emerging Area of Information Systems (IS) That You Are Familiar With:  Based on the IS-related areas that are identified in these slides, identify one specific emerging area of IS that you already have familiarity and experience with.  What is the value added by this area of IS? I am already familiar with mHealth.  Personally, I…

Business Issue with Competing Pressures:  Based on what you see in the three videos, identify a specific issue with competing pressures.  How is a business issue influenced by a social concern?  Because of the concern of preserving time honored processes of creating Parmigiano Reggiano, there are organizations dedicated to keeping large companies from flooding the…

My name is Joseph Voynik and I am an incoming freshman from Jackson, Mississippi.  I am entering the College of Business Administration in the Pitt Business Honors Program. I am majoring in supply chain management.  I am excited to be a part of the Haller Global Honors Fellowship as I start my journey in the…

For my personal development, I see the chance to visit Dublin as an opportunity.  I am always looking for ways to grow myself as a person and I believe there is no better way than to immerse yourself in a culture you have yet to explore.  I enjoy traveling and am excited about expanding my…

Majoring in Business – Intellectual Benefits:  When I am really getting into studying or writing a paper, I listen to music that pushes me to think and to sustain this effort over time.  What is your playlist (or other form of art or music) that puts you into this type of zone?  What are you…

Micah Toll – Student Entrepreneur:  Based on what you see in the 5:36 video on Micah, how does his background and training as an undergraduate engineering student influence his entrepreneurial activities (i.e. how is an engineering student like Micah a good fit for an independent business-related activity)? With Micah being an undergraduate engineering student, he…

Shared Value – People/Planet/Profit:  The shared value approach to analysis for business decision-makers has a conceptual focus through perspectives like the “Triple Bottom Line” – in which a manager reviews how a business model addresses issues of People, Planet and Profit.  Based on what you see in the 55 second video on Thread International, how…

The Natural Environment is a Stakeholder of Business Actors:  Based on what you see in the first 4:40 of the Pittsburgh video, how is the natural environment a stakeholder of business actors?  Remember – stakeholders affect and are affected by a business actor’s activities. With Pittsburgh’s special topography and location, the environment is a huge…