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It all started with VHS tapes.

It all started with VHS tapes.

That’s right. No streaming devices.  No live classes on your phone. Heck, way before CDs.  Before there was a Harbert College, distance learning started with VHS tapes and a VCR.  (That’s a “video cassette recorder” for those of you who were born after 1995.)...
Walk a mile in their shoes

Walk a mile in their shoes

As business expands globally, so much rests on the ability of people from different cultures and countries to communicate faster than ever. But emphatic messages often dissolve into confusion. What begins as a significant conversation never reaches the other side of...
How the buildings we shape then shape us

How the buildings we shape then shape us

In 1943, shortly after the German Blitzkrieg destroyed the Common Chamber of Parliament, Winston Churchill said, “We shape our buildings and afterwards, our buildings shape us.” Churchill was referring to the U-shaped layout of the Chamber, which enables parliamentary...
Student fund pursues steady growth

Student fund pursues steady growth

“We aren’t turning into a global marketplace—we have been one,” says Auburn Student Investment Fund (ASIF) vice president Jimmy Brewster. The junior in finance from Atlanta is one of 26 students in the Harbert College-sponsored organization that buys and sells stocks,...
Smoothing out snags with supply chain expertise

Smoothing out snags with supply chain expertise

Imagine the ten most populous cities in the world. Local economies are improving. Buying power is increasing. Retail is saturated with online customers. It’s a potential supply chain nightmare—one that Harbert expertise can help avoid. Sharing research and potential...
Lenders need to be consultants, too

Lenders need to be consultants, too

Like businesses everywhere, small businesses in impoverished nations also depend on loans—often very small loans, or microfinancing—to get off the ground. Whether it’s operating a vegetable stand, selling goat milk, or offering other merchandise, a little financial...