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Entrepreneurship is, in many ways, the lifeblood of our economy. Each year, more than half a million businesses are started, and millions of jobs are created in the United States alone. Additionally, the entrepreneurial itch helps advance technology and diversifies the economy.
It’s been twenty-five years since BYU’s School of Management was rechristened in honor of J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott. To celebrate the silver anniversary, seven couples recount how their time in the Tanner Building paid the ultimate dividend: a life of wedded bliss.
It’s striking that even in 2013 more than one billion people around the world live in conditions with no access to electricity. That means they have no heat for their homes and nothing to cook their food on. They do not have the ability to clean their water or to refrigerate medicines. They don’t have hospitals.
When advertisers think right, they’re right on.
I was very fortunate to attend Brigham Young University. I graduated with a master’s degree in accounting, and I’m not sure I was really aware at the time of what a great education I had received. When I entered BYU I wanted to play football, but once I began taking accounting and business classes at the Marriott School, I realized I had much better prospects in accounting.
Four students walk into a room: a chemical engineer, statistician, computer scientist, and business strategist. It might sound like the beginning of a gag, but bringing together savvy students from a variety of disciplines is what the Marriott School’s Crocker Innovation Fellowship is all about.
Judith Martin, of Miss Manners newspaper fame, wrote in a recent column, "Question: At what age should children be taught how to eat properly? Answer: In their mid-to late-twenties. Question: What is the best venue for this instruction?
This is the third of a five-part personal financial planning series sponsored by the Peery Institute of Financial Services. The next installment, about getting out of debt, will appear in the Fall 2005 issue.
In finance there’s a well-known problem called the principal-agent conflict. The conflict arises when managers and owners of a firm have different incentives. When that happens, managers may make decisions that benefit themselves at the expense of owners.
A student-initiated fundraiser is reaching new heights at the Marriott School. The second annual Corporate Climb, held 26 March 2005, helped raise more than $12,000 for the school’s annual fund. Participants sprinted up stairs and raced around corners—but not because they were late for class.
Assistant Dean Joseph D. Ogden discusses the growing impact of fraud with international fraud expert and Associate Dean W. Steve Albrecht. Albrecht has published more than eighty articles in professional journals and numerous books on fraud, personal finance, and accounting. Throughout his career he has consulted for more than sixty-five organizations including British Petroleum, Bank of America, General Motors, IBM, the United Nations, and the FBI. In addition, he has served as an expert witness in twenty-six major fraud cases, the largest of which was $2.8 billion. Finally, Albrecht has been recognized by Accounting Today as one of the top one hundred most influential people in accounting.
My family and I are very proud to have our name associated with this great school—not only because it’s a terrific educational institution, but because we espouse similar values.