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Apart from the easy to use nature of our simulations, one of the most significant points of difference with our product offering is the World Class Customer and Technical Support Services associated with the sale, marketing and adoption of our simulations worldwide. Those who know us and have worked with us at McGraw-Hill Education will … Continue reading Smartsims World Class 24/7 Support →

Cheers were heard from Auckland’s Amora Hotel conference room as 31 students from the University of Delaware’s study abroad program participated in a MikesBikes-Intro Business Simulation competition on the 11th of January. Facilitated by Smartsims, the MikesBikes-Intro Business Simulation allows student teams to run their own virtual bicycle manufacturing business as they compete against other … Continue reading University of Delaware Visits Smartsims →

“The secret to success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” -John D. Rockefeller Jr. When students ask us for advice on what to do or how to achieve a high Shareholder Value, we tell them, making decisions that closely mimic the initial or default set of decisions will not help add value. You … Continue reading SOM Strategic Management Showcase at NJIT →

Iron is defined in the dictionary as “strong and capable of great endurance”4, while an Accountant was defined by Peggy Bishop Lane (Wharton Accounting professor) as someone who can speak the “language of business”.4 She said Accounting is the language of business as “it’s how businesses communicate about what they’re doing to their investors and … Continue reading The Third Annual Iron Accountant Competition at Loyalist College →

Takeovers are an optional feature in MikesBikes-Advanced that Smartsims can enable at your request. Once enabled, students have the option of entering a takeover bid under the “Investments” menu within the simulation. This menu shows all of the firms in the industry, differentiated by those who are available for purchase and those who are already … Continue reading Takeovers in MikesBikes-Advanced →

Welcome Camille Canuto! The newest addition to our Auckland Office will be graduating from The University of Auckland this May with a double major in Employment Relations & Organization Studies and Film, TV and Media Studies. She has previously worked in a customer service environment for nearly four years. Camille has gained experience with MikesBikes-Advanced … Continue reading Camille Canuto Joins The Smartsims Team →

“At some of the top universities in the world … you are in a room with 200 or 300 people and someone is lecturing. I think institutions that continue to do that in 10 years are going to be in trouble” states Salman Khan, the creator of Khan Academy. “Teaching methods will need to change … Continue reading Innovation is needed if Tertiary Institutions want to survive, US speaker tells Kiwi summit →

June 8th marked the start of this year’s Junior Achievement Business Week where High-School students from around the United States travelled to Johnson & Wales University in Denver to experience all aspects of business. This year the organizers sought to cultivate student’s business acumen through coaching from industry leaders accompanied by activities that put these ideas … Continue reading MikesBikes at Junior Achievement Week 2014 →

Semester 1 – 2014 AUT has recently concluded another successful semester using MikesBikes-Intro as part of its Marketing Strategy course. As they do every semester, students first got introduced to the simulation to understand the bare essential business concepts necessary to survive. As they watched and learnt, they were able to refine strategies to adapt to … Continue reading AUT MikesBikes Prizegiving →