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Taking Healthy Risks: Experiences of Four Marriott School Entrepreneurs

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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.

Faculty Research

Planes, Brains, & Behavioral Theory

BY Emily Edmonds, June 01, 2012 12:17 PM

Peter Madsen takes the admonition to turn lemons into lemonade quite seriously.  In grad school Madsen, now a Marriott School organizational leadership and strategy professor, became fascinated with how organizations learn from catastrophes. “Most of my research focuses on how they deal with and try to prevent rare, bad events,” says Madsen, who earned his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. “Whether mistakes happen internally or externally, companies can glean information that allows them to reduce their chances of being involved in accidents.”

Becoming a Spreadsheet Master

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Class begins with everyone looking intently at the same spreadsheet on their laptops. Today’s task: learning how to calculate financial ratios like debt-to-equity, asset turnover, and net profit margin—with the click of a button.

Alumni Spotlight

Cowboy Business

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Growing up in Central Florida, Erik Jacobsen pretty much knew he wanted to be a cowboy by the time he was twelve or thirteen years old.

Other Articles

Your Next Best App

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With a smartphone, you’ve got the whole world in your pocket. And with more than half a million apps in the iTunes store and more than 300,000 available for Android phones, wading through the options can be daunting.

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The Highly Effective Person

BY Lena Harper Primosch, June 01, 2012 11:52 AM

During the Clinton administration, Stephen R. Covey heard several family members criticizing the president’s policies.

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Firing without Getting Burned

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A human resources consultant describes the situation as “the worst.”

A Professor's Drive to Teach Finance

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While others are making their morning commute down i-15 catching up on news or traffic, Ray Nelson is strolling down University Avenue brainstorming innovative ways students can learn.

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The Collapse of Easy Credit

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I recently watched a report on CNN that said more than 40 percent of American households have credit card debt of $5,000 to $20,000, and more than 3 percent of U.S. households carry credit card debt of more than $40,000.

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How a Sunburn Can Prevent Burnout

BY Jennifer Mathis, June 01, 2009 01:05 PM

When Traci Stathis' client mentioned he was soon going on a two-week vacation to Florida, she supposed he wouldn't be available to review drafts or give feedback on their brochure.

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Bug Off: How to Stay Healthy at Work

BY Jennifer Mathis, October 01, 2006 02:29 PM

It added a slice of humor to Cherie Jones’ day when a co-worker spilled an entire Big Gulp on her keyboard. “I was totally laughing,” she recalls. Her co-worker wasn’t. Jones, a 2001 MAcc graduate and business tax auditor for Loudon County, Virginia, says her colleague panicked as she searched for napkins to salvage the keyboard. Big Gulp or deli sandwich, Jones’ co-worker isn’t the only one whose workstation doubles as an eatery.

Faculty Research

Happy Customers Recovering From Service Gone Bad

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Two weeks before Kristen DeTienne moved into her new home, she called the phone company to pre-install a new line. The company didn’t come through, and she went for weeks without a phone.

Venture Capital Class Wins with Students and Investors

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Standing in front of eight corporate leaders worth billions of dollars and presenting them with a new business venture is the epitome of applied classroom learning.