By: Shannon McMurtrey I absolutely love this time of the year. The Ozarks really starts to come alive with the beauty that many of us have probably come to take for granted over the years. I love the colors, the return of spring rains, spring turkey season, all of the new life, and the return of Cardinals baseball! One thing that I really do not love, however, is the … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief: How to be prepared for tax scams
By: Shannon McMurtrey As I sit down to write this column, we are in the middle of the 12th annual Cyber Security Awareness Month. Established in October 2004 by the National Cyber Security Division with the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, this month is intended to help all of us step back and consider what steps we can take to be … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief: Consider these steps to be more secure online
By Shannon McMurtrey, Ph.D. I was very privileged earlier this year to travel to our nation’s capital with a very talented group of students from Missouri State University. A global pool of over 600 schools had been narrowed to 23 who were invited to submit campaigns as part of a competition sponsored by the State Department called, “P2P: Challenging Extremism Initiative.” … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief-Classifying an act of war or terrorism not as easy as you might think
By Shannon McMurtrey, Ph.D I have been thinking a lot about passwords lately. Probably due to the fact that the time to reset my password on one of my primary accounts has rolled around again (as it seems to roll around faster and faster each time) and I had to YET AGAIN come up with this crazy long impossible to remember password to keep my account safe. This … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief: Password Security an Issue
Two Finance and General Business associate professors, Stan Adamson and Stephen Haggard co-authored a new publication with David Eckles from the University of Georgia. Their article, “Insurer Opacity and Ownership Structure,” was published in the Journal of Insurance Issues, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 93-134, Fall 2014. Nancy Allen, senior instructor in the Finance and General … [Read more...] about Faculty and Staff Spotlight