For some businesses, a program can provide an immediate sales lift.
She is also currently working on her own business, Opera Bambini, a program to introduce children to opera music.
For instance, the master's curriculum in entertainment business, a yearlong program with a $36,245 tuition, graduated 80 percent of its students, nearly 63 percent of them on time.
Project Business, a supplementary program for middle school students, was followed in 1981 by Applied Economics, a comprehensive economics curriculum for high school students.
The training I received through 10,000 Women provided a strong foundation for my participation in Peace through Business, a mentorship program for inspiring female entrepreneurs from Afghanistan and Rwanda.
Encouraging Customer Loyalty A Cleveland-area small-business council is trying to shore up its 17,000 member businesses with a program that encourages consumers to patronize locally owned enterprises instead of big-box chains or Internet sites.
Since 2003, the company has conducted about 1,200 audits for small businesses under a program run by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
The Owenses' other work — funding modest businesses, beginning a program to educate children about the wildlife near their villages — seemed to be paying more impressive dividends.
Producing Four Corners is a costly and time-consuming business but when a program hits the mark the impact is immense.
The money will pay for a marketing campaign to promote the business district and a program that would offer free or discounted parking to people who shop there.
The A.F.L.-C.I.O reached a hard-fought agreement with business earlier this year on a program for future temporary low-skilled foreign workers, which is included in the Senate bill.
