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Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Higher Education on Jan 25th, 2010
Is your business ready for 2010 and beyond?
Have you seen the “Did You Know?” video yet? Sony Corp just showed it at their annual shareholders meeting. It highlights the pace of innovation and how it’s expected to accelerate in the next decade. It was also featured in Time magazine (”What College Students Don’t Know”) and [...]
Posted in Acton E-Teachers, Acton School of Business, Debate, Editorial, Higher Education on Jun 3rd, 2009
In response to a recent debate on the Harvard Business Publishing website about how traditional MBA programs contributed to current economic crisis, Master Teacher Jeff Sandefer had the following comments:
Most business schools don’t care much about students or their journeys through life. Until this changes, ancillary efforts like reforming curriculum or adding ethics courses won’t [...]
Posted in Awards, Higher Education, Learning Technology, Sim Games on May 27th, 2009
The pricing simulation game that Acton built in late 2008 has been recognized with a recent award. The 15th Annual Communicator Awards recognized Price Point in their Interactive Gaming category.
The Communicator Awards honors creative excellence for communications professionals. We received the Award of Distinction, which we are quite happy to receive.
For more on the awards, [...]
Posted in Business Operations, Editorial, Higher Education on May 21st, 2009
The economy is in the tank, and even though there are a number of experts talking about a sustained rally, there are also a number of them calling for collapse. While the government tries to prop up the financial system, I am left wondering if we have truly learned that fincial engineering rarely creates value.
Over the [...]
Posted in AFEE, Higher Education, Learning Technology, Sim Games on May 20th, 2009
This is the mission of the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence (AFEE), a partner organization to the Acton School of Business. Nothing like aiming high!
One of its many projects is to develop online simulations that are fun and teach business skills to the budding entrepreneur (or serve as a refresher to a master entrepreneur). Visit [...]