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eXtension is an interactive learning environment delivering the best, most researched knowledge from the smartest land-grant university minds across America.
Description: Our three-part webinar series on economic development opens with Steve Deller, University of Wisconsin, exloring economic clusters and what they tell us about development. The work of Harvard business economist Michael Porter has brought the notion of economic clusters to the forefront of economic development policy discussions. But what is a cluster and why should we worry about them? What are some common tools that can be used to identify clusters that might be targeted for economic development efforts? In this webinar we will review concepts, tools and approaches.
Electronic Retailing. More and more of our communication and social behaviors involve computers and networks. Nonetheless, it is not as simple as it might appear to connect the dots on electronic retail and turn it into a successful venture.
A Primer for Hispanic Small Businesses. In both English and Spanish, this module was founded in the belief that e-commerce education should not only be available to Spanish Speaking business owners but also that small business stand to benefit greatly from the patronage of the Spanish speaking consumer.
Marketing Food Specialty Products OnlineThe purpose of this learning module is to assist food retailers in making decisions on the use of online technologies in their marketing and planning strategies.
Visual Merchandising: The Silent Salesperson. View a recording of a marketing workshop conducted by Glenn Muske, Oklahoma State University. The workshop covers some key aspects of display as a sales tool. The workshop is approximately 45 minutes long.
