{"id":11521,"date":"2021-12-10T08:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=11521"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:49:38","slug":"cbei-central-wisconsin-fall-2021-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2021\/12\/10\/cbei-central-wisconsin-fall-2021-report\/","title":{"rendered":"CBEI Central Wisconsin Fall 2021 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-invite2021-Q3-2-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation\" class=\"wp-image-11536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-invite2021-Q3-2-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-invite2021-Q3-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-invite2021-Q3-2-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CBEI Central Wisconsin Fall 2021 Report\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIIkGXPj-iM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interesting Times<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent times have been both interesting and challenging with the spread of the Delta variant interrupting a return to normalcy that we were all looking forward to. Now, the emergence of the Omicron variant promises to keep things interesting as we head into the holiday season and the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/781635078\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-2021-Q3-pages-1.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Report\" class=\"wp-image-11522\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-2021-Q3-pages-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/CBEI-2021-Q3-pages-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/781635078\/\">Digital Report<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of interesting times, Chief Analyst Kevin Bahr in <a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/781635078\/\">The U.S. Economy \u2013 Like Nothing That You\u2019ve Seen<\/a> describes how the pandemic has created a truly unique set of economic conditions. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/781635078\/\">Economic Indicators<\/a> section provides further evidence for Kevin\u2019s narrative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our special topic report, <a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/781635078\/\">Data Analytics: From the Depths of Motivation to the Heights of Cell Towers<\/a> by Prof. Kurt Pflughoeft and Grace Nemecek \u201921 demonstrates the enormous power of data analytics in informing a regional telecommunications company\u2019s decisions over the geographic locations of cell towers. These decisions are critical in maximizing cell tower revenue and in providing rural communities greater access to wireless services. Prof. Pflughoeft is a Sentry Endowed Chair of Computational Analytics at UWSP and Grace Nemecek is a data scientist at Bug Tussel Wireless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2021\/12\/10\/insight-spotlight-corporate-social-responsibility\/\">Insight Spotlight<\/a> features Bo DeDeker, assistant professor of accounting, describing the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in expanding corporate goals beyond maximizing shareholder value to include improving environmental outcomes and supporting greater social equity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/cbei\">Center for Business and Economic Insight<\/a> is very excited to announce our next speaker in our Business and Society Lecture Series: University of Chicago economics professor and UWSP alum <a href=\"https:\/\/uwspjohnlist.eventbrite.com\">John List will present The Voltage Effect<\/a> on Friday, March 4 at 8-9:30 a.m. at the SentryWorld Atrium. John will talk about the importance of scaling new ideas, ventures, and businesses to ensure their success and maximize their impact. Preregistration is required and seats are limited. All registered attendees receive a free copy of his book, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwspjohnlist.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/John-List-Sentry-11x17-header-1024x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/John-List-Sentry-11x17-header-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/John-List-Sentry-11x17-header-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/John-List-Sentry-11x17-header-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/John-List-Sentry-11x17-header-960x400.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting Times Recent times have been both interesting and challenging with the spread of the Delta variant interrupting a return to normalcy that we were all looking forward to. Now, the emergence of the Omicron variant promises to keep things interesting as we head into the holiday season and the new year. Speaking of interesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,527,12],"tags":[446,532,305,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11521"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11538,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions\/11538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}