Whittemore News
| It's easy for lack of effort to affect others | *Tampa Bay.com-Paul Harvey, a business professor at the University of New Hampshire, has studied a workplace "phenomenon" particular to Generation Y (anyone born in the economic boom years, roughly between 1980 and 2000) that he calls "entitlement." | more... |
| Money from heaven Local network connects investors and start-ups | Fort Worth Business Press-More than 258,200 angels pumped $26 billion into 57,120 ventures in 2007, according to the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research. From 2006 to 2007, the number of angel investors in the U.S. increased more than 10 percent and the number of entrepreneurial ventures receiving funding increased 12 percent, according to the center. | more... |
| UNH Professor Receives Hospitality Industry's Fletcher Award | Hospitality Net - Clayton Barrows, professor of hospitality management at the University of New Hampshire, has received the Stevenson W. Fletcher Achievement Award. | more... |
| Krispy Kreme Takes Top Spot in Franchising Index | Media Relations - Krispy Kreme took the top spot in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index™ for the second quarter of 2008 as it reported its first quarterly profit in three years. | more... |
| UNH Cooperative Extension to lead child-support economic analysis | Portsmouth Herald News - Dr. Reagan Baugman, assistant professor in the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at UNH, will serve as economic analyst on the project. ... | more... |
| When Layoffs Hit A Workplace, The Pink-Slipped Aren't The Only Victims | New York Post ... they escaped the ax, notes Carole Barnett, a professor of management at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics. ...
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| Infidelity has different economic costs for men and women | U.S. News and World Report -- The possibility of eternal damnation has no sway over whether men stay faithful to their wives, but the possibility of getting caught sure does. | more... |
| How Angels Are Playing a Fallen Economy | BusinessWeek -- There are some 258,200 angel investors in the U.S., and in 2007 they invested $26 billion in 57,120 deals, according to data from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. | more... |
| Seminar set Aug. 14 for those starting a business | August 7, 2008; ROCHESTER-The NH Small Business Development Center is an outreach program of the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and a cooperative venture of the US ... Fosters.com | more... |
| Fuel: Locking in still a gamble | PORTSMOUTH -- The prices for gasoline and home heating oil have dropped in the past few weeks -- but whether prices will continue to fall in the coming months is uncertain. Seacoastonline.com | more... |
