The Market for Assistive Technologies and Commercial Development: The attached article on the market for assistive technologies has some bold predictions about commercial opportunities. Given your interest in business (i.e. finance, accounting, marketing, global management, etc.), what commercial opportunity in assistive technologies stands out for you? I think that all facets of business become open…
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Information Systems in Business
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? One area I’m pretty familiar with is the…
Parmesan Cheese
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? PDO was specifically created by the EU for consumers to ensure that the products they were getting were authentic, not imitations, as well as…
Intellectual Side of Business Majors
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…
Importance of Shared Value in Business
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…
Student Entrpeneurship Analysis: Micah Toll
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)? Micah told us about how he has felt…
The Natural Environment as a Stakeholder
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. Pittsburgh transitioned from a commercial center to an industrial one in…
Introductory Blog Post
Hi, my name is Evan Heilman and I’m from Upper St Clair, Pennsylvania. My love for Pittsburgh started in the sports world, following the Steelers, the Pirates, the Pens, and of course, the Pitt football and basketball teams. Basketball is my passion, and I played since I was five years old and all throughout high…
Meet the Haller Global Honors Fellowship Bloggers for Summer 2019!
Haller Global Honors Fellowship Overview This international honors experience, exclusive for honors students accepted into the Haller Global Fellows program, provides an early global experience prior to the start of their first semester on campus. The first portion of the program will bring students to the University of Pittsburgh for 2.5 weeks. While at Pitt, students…
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