[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
[NBC-1TV 이석아 기자]세계 최고의 야생 사진가들이 기록한 야생동물들의 모습과 국내 최초 사람의 동작에 반응하는 증강현실을 한 곳에서 즐길 수 있는 ‘와일드라이프, 사진전&증강현실체험전’이 오는 3월 22일(토)부터 5월 25일(일)까지 총 65일 동안 광화문 세종문화회관 전시관에서 열린다. 인류와 자연이 더 오래 함께 행복할 수 있도록 야생에 대한 관심과 감동을 전하고자 기획된 이번 전시에서는 영국 ‘자연사박물관(National History Museum)’과 ‘BBC Worldwide’에서 매년 주최하는 수상경력이 있는 세계적인 야생동물 사진가들의 대표작품 100여 점이 공개된다. 세계적인 명성과 실력을 보유한 사진가들이 오지와 밀림을 누비며 담아낸 전시작들은 현대사회가 억압해왔던 인간의 야생적 본능을 관조할 수 있는 사색의 기회를 제공, 메마르고 각박한 현실 속에 잃어가는 도시인들의 생태적 감수성을 일깨울 것으로 보인다. 또한 이번 전시는 국내 최초 동작인식 증강현실 시스템을 적용하여 관람객들을 더욱 실감나는 야생의 세계로 안내할 예정이다. 5미터 대형화면 속에서 관람객들의 움직임에 맞춰 반응하는 7종(미어캣, 캥거루, 펭귄, 북극곰, 고릴라, 돌
[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