Nancy Napier, Executive Director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation and strategy and international business professor, discusses her starfish metaphor within businesses today on KTVB’s It’s Your Business. See the video here.
Category Archives: Faculty/Staff in Action
Nancy Napier on KTVB — It’s Your Business
Nina Ray Published in Global Business Languages
Nina M. Ray, professor of marketing and international business, has published“Standing on the Family Farm in Tysvær: How Did ‘Kallekodt’ become “Thompson”? — How Is Tysvær Pronounced?” in the latest issue of Global Business Languages. It is a continuation of the legacy tourism research she has been working on for more than a decade and is based on data collected in 2011 on trips to Norway and a conference in Aalborg, Denmark.
Susan Park Published “Unauthorized Televised Debate Footage in Political Campaign Advertising: Fair Use and the DMCA”
Susan Park has published Unauthorized Televised Debate Footage in Political Campaign Advertising: Fair Use and the DMCA, 23 Southern Law Journal 29 (pp. 29-72), spring 2013.
Shauna Anderson – mLearning Scholar
Boise State is kicking off its fourth round of mLearning Scholars this spring semester. mLearning Scholars is an innovative pilot project to help instructors take advantage of mobile devices in the creation and delivery of their course during the spring semester. A total of 14 participants from across different academic departments on campus will work to integrate mobile devices into their spring courses.
COBE’s Shauna Anderson in the Department of Marketing and Finance, will be participating. Anderson will use the iPad with her students to help them become comfortable with communication tools used in the workplace. These tools will focus on online video conferencing, collaboration and presentation. Additionally, students will use tools like Google Drive to easily share documents with group members and Google Hangouts to collaborate when not on campus.
For more information about the mLearning Scholars program and the Mobile Learning Initiative at Boise State, visit mobilelearning.boisestate.edu.
Gundy Kaupins’ Article Published in Journal of Economics and Management Research
Gundars Kaupins, chair of the COBE management department, recently published an article, Economic Climate and Development Challenges for Latvia and EU Countries, co-authored with Elena Dubra and Daira Baranova from the University of Latvia. It is published in the refereed Journal of Economics and Management Research, vol. 1, 94-105. This is Kaupins’ seventh journal publication in 2012.
Boise State Wishes a Fond Farewell to Jim Hogge
Friends, family and colleagues gathered to honor Jim Hogge who retired in January, 2013 after a 20-year career at the Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Jim held every position in the SBDC and served as the state director for the past 16 years. He is a strong advocate for Idaho’s small businesses and entrepreneurs, leading a statewide network of six regional offices in partnership with Idaho’s colleges and universities. Jim’s vision has established the Idaho SBDC as one of the top performing SBDCs in the nation. (more…)