Saturday, June 8, 2013

What's the homework?

Log in to our Blackboard course to view the announcements and links to the assignments. It looks like this:

Why competing businesses cluster together

VIDEO: WHY COMPETING BUSINESSES CLUSTER TOGETHER (4 minute video + exercises)
 Business compete for the best location to attract consumers. Yet why are so many competitors located together? This cartoon uses mathematical game theory to explain this phenomenon. Watch the video on TedEd and answer the online questions accompanying the lesson. Here is the link to the TedEd video:

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Shopping in Downtown Lawrence

How do you like the downtown area of Lawrence? There are about 150 businesses offering a great variety of shopping, services, and refreshments. Talk about some of them in this VoiceThread digital story.