This meant building a team of anywhere from ten to fifty people to deal with all the complexities of the process: chemistry, biology, regulatory affairs, clinical medicine, finance, business development, patent strategy, etc.

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"If you order the pink carpet, we're probably going to ask you to put the full deposit on that one, " says Bob Martin, the Denver-based builder's vice president of finance and business development who is currently picking out upgrades for his new home.

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Bring along a list and point out, say, how a finance elective or business development course could be applied to your position and help your boss.

WSJ: Five Ways to Get Support for Your Degree

We touch all areas of the business including marketing, product management, business development, human resources, operations, finance and sales.

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According to the ASU website, Professor Prescott has altered the course of macroeconomic thinking over the past three decades with his research that spans such areas as business cycles, economic development and general equilibrium theory and finance.

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The panelists were Martha Field, manager of community relations with Thomson Reuters, Gretchen Korf, director of finance and social responsibility with UnitedHealth, Mary MacDonald, director of business development and managing director of EarthShare, and Jillian Walsh, director of corporate giving and community relations with Zurich North America.

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Many businessmen praise Invest Northern Ireland, the agency charged with regional development, for pulling in high-quality inward investment, especially in finance, technology and business services.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland's economy

It looked at six professions--accounting and finance, advertising and marketing, human resources, information technology, legal, and sales and business development--and at nine regions across the nation.

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