November 28, 2012
The Upside Down Christmas Tree Gift Expo gathered the attention of shoppers at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Friday as a new way of getting vendors recognition in the community. The three-day event provided a safer way of shopping than fighting other shoppers for items. The event, hosted by Jambaleens, lasted from Friday to [...]
Despite the slow economy of China, trade between the country and the United States has been key to both economies. Both countries have learned each other’s business practices to apply to their own. In a presentation last week during the Chinese Delegation, Jenny Sheng, chair of educational development in Shanghai, told Weber State University students and [...]
Continue reading …Holiday gift-giving is right around the corner, but before reaching for a gift card, shoppers should think twice about which one they choose. Marketing professors E.K. Valentin and Anthony Allred of Weber State University’s John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics recently published “Giving and Getting Gift Cards” in the Journal of Consumer Marketing. [...]
Continue reading …The Master of Business Administration program held its yearly MBA Consortium at the Davis Conference Center in Layton to provide networking opportunities to students in the program looking for more ways to apply their knowledge in other job fields. The consortium had more than 40 employers, provided by six universities in Utah. All of the MBA [...]
Continue reading …For three years running, Utah has been ranked No. 10 in the State Business Tax Climate Index. The Tax Foundation constructs the index for business leaders, government policymakers and taxpayers to see how their tax systems stack up against other states. The index helps business owners to decide in which states their businesses would profit the [...]
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At the 30th annual Conference of the Association of Third-World Studies, Weber State University economics professor John Mukum Mbaku was honored with the 2012 Topp’s African-Centered Scholars of the Decade Award. The awards ceremony convened at Berry College in Rome, Ga. Mbaku, along with nine others, received the award that is given once every 10 [...]
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