Every major multinational corporation started as a small player on the market. Often, small firms establish their unique and exclusive products within a specific niche and become successful by being different in the way they present and advertise their goods and/or services. While each company’s pathway is different, consistent application of the mission statement combined [...]

Obtaining the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree has many benefits: the opportunity to advance in your career, increase your salary, and to meet and develop a strong network with executives and colleagues in your industry. The MBA experience is both personally and professionally fulfilling and enables students to realize their career goals. One of [...]

College of Business faculty research supports businesses in the region and contributes to economic development activity for the state. A few examples of recent studies conducted by faculty and supported by Northern Nevada businesses include: Consequences of Expanding the State Sales Tax to Services in Nevada, K-12 Economics Education in Nevada, Good Job, Bad Job, [...]

Twitter started in 2006 and has exploded in popularity. I hear about it all the time in news, on magazines and is used  by almost every celebrity. Despite its popularity the general public seem to shy away from this social media platform, but why?  It appears that people just dont really get it. It is [...]

The College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno received a substantial gift from the E.L. Cord Foundation to support the creation of a Business Student Success Center. With the renovation of approximately 3,000 square feet of the fourth floor of the Ansari Business Building, the Business Student Success Center will be a place [...]

Mike Wolterbeek RGJ.com September 1st, 2010 click here When 160,000 pounds of explosives fracture 100,000 tons of solid rock into rubble, locating the gold ore in the huge debris pile is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Over the past 20 years, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno have worked with mining companies [...]

NNBW.com August 30st, 2010 click here Jason Geddes, Tom Matter, 8/30/2010 It’s fair to say that our economy is in hot water. But, before you leap to the worst with our area’s record high unemployment and foreclosure rates, consider that Greater Reno-Tahoe boosts abundant natural geothermal energy resources that can help our region emerge from recession to [...]

NNBW.biz August 30th, 2010 click here Rob Sabo, 8/30/2010 After several years of gaining ground on alfalfa production in the state, Nevada’s teff crop suffered a blow this year because farmers were unable to use herbicides on the grass to kill invasive weeds. Production of teff, a grass native to Ethiopia, has doubled annually in acreage [...]

PR Newswire August 30th, 2010 click here Campaign unites college students for collaboration, education JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Move over, Thomas Friedman. The next generation of thought leaders is gearing up to lead America’s energy efforts. And biodiesel, our nation’s only commercially available advanced biofuel, is front and center. Student scientists from Dartmouth [...]

Lenita Powers RGJ.com August 27th, 2010 click here The Nevada Board of Regents voted to adopt its 2011-13 operating budget without the 10 percent budget cuts requested by Gov. Jim Gibbons, but with the promise to make whatever cuts are necessary when the Legislature determines a real number. Noting that that 10 percent reduction could grow [...]

Sparks Chamber Quarterly Membership Luncheon When: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 11:30 – 1:30 pm Where: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa 3800 S. Virginia St. Reno, NV Cost Tickets: $25.00 per person/Tables of 8 available for $200 Description: With a potential $3 billion dollar deficit for the 2011-13 biennium as a back drop, the three CEOs of northern Nevada’s leading public education [...]

RGJ.com August 29th, 2010 click here Northern Nevada’s education leaders have repeatedly drawn correlations between quality education and the economic recovery of the region, and University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick; Washoe County School District; Superintendent Heath Morrison; and Truckee Meadows Community College President Maria Sheehan will attend “Connecting Education Reform and Economic Development,” a [...]

RGJ.com August 27th, 2010 click here Two large trash recycling plants to serve the Truckee Meadows and Northern Nevada are on track to be built almost across the street from each other on the east side of downtown Reno. But is there enough garbage to supply both projects? “There’s more than enough,” said Jud Boies, IMG [...]