[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]More than 1 in 10 business school alumni are self-employed, and the longer they've been out of business school the more likely they are to have taken an entrepreneurial career path, says a worldwide survey of nearly 21,000 business school alumni from the classes of 1959-2013, released today by the Graduate Management Admission Council. “While entrepreneurship is a hot topic and is a very popular course of study at today‘s business schools, these findings suggest that business schools have always prepared students to launch and manage their own businesses,” says Sangeet Ch
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Fitch Group today announced it has acquired Business Monitor International (BMI), an independent provider of country risk and industry analysis specializing in emerging and frontier markets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The addition of BMI strengthens and expands Fitch Group’s client offering in financial information services. Subscribers to BMI’s products include decision makers at multinationals, governments, academia, financial institutions, investment funds and research centers in more than 160 countries. Paul Taylor, President and CEO of Fit
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]A unique agreement was signed on Thursday 13th of March by The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), The Confederation of Unions for Professionals (Unio), The Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS), The Confederation of Unions for Academics (Akademikerne), and The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (Norwegian NOC). The agreement highlights the values and rules that the parties to the agreement believe should apply if Norway are to host the Olympic and Paralympics Games in 2022. If Norway and Oslo are awarded these Olympic and P
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has selected Cegedim Relationship Management as its Global Preferred Supplier of Sales Force Automation (SFA) solutions. The decision was based largely on previous successful deployments of Cegedim’s SFA solutions in the US and UK. As part of this new contract, initial pilots of Cegedim’s award-winning*, cloud-based SFA solution, Mobile Intelligence for iPad** (MI Touch), will take place in Germany and Mexico, with plans to expand globally. Cegedim’s Global Breadth Combined with Local Expertise Promotes RB’s Multinational Corporate Growth With a pre
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Technology is revolutionising how elections are run,” said Matt Gokhool, Chief Executive of the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) and Chairman of the International Centre for Electoral Psychology (ICEP) during the 4th Annual Meeting of Election Management Bodies. The event, hosted by Georgia’s Central Election Commission and organized by the ICPS, gathered electoral authorities, experts, ONGs and technology and service providers on February 24~26th. Under the theme "Stakeholders Engagement and Effective Communication” participants shared experiences an
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Stem cell research institute of STC Life Co., Ltd. (http://stclife.com/en/lab/lnb01.html) (Chairman: KYE HO LEE) and 97.7 B&H Clinic (Representative Doctor: WON JU JUNG) successfully finished mesenchymal stem cell therapy for the pulmonary fibrosis patient who visited Korea from Calgary, Canada. Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease caused by overproduction of fibrous tissues while lung tissues are consistently being destroyed. As scar tissues gradually spread to entire lung, oxygen uptake is reduced, which causes difficulty in breathing. It is a kind of autoimmune diseases tha
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO:4324)(ISIN:JP3551520004)(President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) was named Advertising Agency of the Year1, Network of the Year, and Interactive Agency of the Year at the 17th Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (ADFEST 2014) held from March 6 to 8 in Pattaya, Thailand. Dentsu Inc. received the top award, the Grande Lotus, in the Film, Interactive, Promo, Design, and Integrated categories, and, together with other Dentsu Group companies, won five Gold Lotuses, sixteen Silver Lotuses, nineteen Bronze Lotuses and
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) South Korea’s food and beverage (F&B) per capita consumption is expected to grow by a CAGR of 5.1 percent to 2016. Additionally, South Korea’s foodservice market is forecast to increase by a CAGR of 4.8 percent to 2015, with a growing appreciation for up-market restaurants that offer quality food as consumers become more affluent and discerning. The fresh food market is also expected to continue to grow by a CAGR of 1.5 percent to 2016, and overall mass grocery retail sales are expected to increase at a CAGR
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has been ranked in the world’s top three vendors of video-conferencing systems in the latest report by Wainhouse Research. According to the “SpotCheck Group Video Conferencing Q4-2013 and YR-2013 (http://goo.gl/fIM0Ib)” report by Wainhouse Research, a leading research firm in the video conferencing industry, ZTE achieved 14 percent market share in the shipment of videoconferencing te
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Hilton Worldwide (www.hiltonworldwide.com) today announced the signing of a new management agreement with PT. Bali Ragawisata for the first Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (http://goo.gl/PbHxb) property in Indonesia. Located in the exclusive Bukit Pandawa precinct in the south of Bali, the 96-villa Waldorf Astoria Bali is also the fourth hotel in the pipeline in Indonesia for the global hospitality group. “Waldorf Astoria has experienced unrivaled growth in recent years as we continue to expand our footprint with iconic signings in landmark locations,” said John Vandersl