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The greatest business idea will struggle to find success without good marketing and design. The converse is also true; no amount of pretty packaging will make a bad product better. Over the last eight years, the IU East Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) has offered an incredible product – the East-Central Indiana Business Survey. This survey draws data from experienced local businesses – over 100 of them – in Wayne, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Rush, and Union counties. From this data, the local confidence in business prospects is measured, looking at factors like workforce size, capital investment, and profitability in addition to optimism or pessimism in the future. This data in turn improves the community’s understanding of the local … Continued

March 25th is Earth Hour, a global program sponsored by World Wildlife Fund for Nature to help the environment. The challenge is simple – give one hour of your time for the planet. You can spend the sixty minutes doing anything positive for the environment – pick up trash, plant a tree, or turn off all your lights and electric devices. It is a good time to be thoughtful and intentional about ecological problems and their solutions. Earth Hour offers a number of teaching and learning tools on their website, as well. This year, Assistant Professor of Management Jaynne Rivas’ Business and Society’s class will host a recycling competition, “Race to Recycle” with funding support from a community grant. Teams … Continued

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