Advances in spreadsheet and database training: Editorial

This special section of the Journal of Business Research includes papers on advances in teaching spreadsheet and database software. After a blind review process, four papers were accepted for the special section. Other papers examine whether database instruction can assist with transferring problem-solving skills from one setting to another, incorporating spreadsheet training in the marketing curriculum, using spreadsheets for exploratory data analysis, and using spreadsheets as a decision support system. The authors of each paper discuss the implications for the university business curriculum.