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Employee Spotlight Faculty Research Feature 2010–2014
Why  Strong Families  Make Strong Economies
BYU Information Systems professors found that people say they care about keeping their computers secure, but behave otherwise.
W. Gibb Dyer, Ballard Center academic director, explains the connection between strong families and the economy.
Many business schools are not teaching MBAs to create new businesses, according to two of BYU's innovation gurus.
CEOs might want to tamp down their fightin' words — they could be shooting themselves in the foot.
A BYU business professor reveals that discrimination is still tainting the American Dream for minorities.
The Marriott family is particular about what they attach their name to. Marriott believes that young people with good values and strong character will be the essence of business success in the future.
Coming up with the tagline "Marriott 25" was simple. But the task—twenty-five thousand hours of service—was Monumental. With a capital M.
A word of advice to the newest graduates of the School of Accountancy: learn to take a good ribbing—because while you may have just earned a coveted degree from a top-ranked accounting program, you’ve also just entered one of the world’s most-stereotyped professions.
Around the world, young social entrepreneurs are leading the way, rewriting the rules, and changing the world. It pays to do good.
We have a son who is studying at the Marriott School. When he was about three years old, our family was living in the Governor’s Residence in Salt Lake City.
Sam sits to your left, but you know him as “the doomsayer.” With each new project, he prophesies epic failure and marks every email urgent—including the one about not microwaving strong-smelling food in the break room.
Katherine Payne’s life has taken some dramatic turns in the last few years.
Professor Peter Madsen has been researching NASA's safety climate ever since the Columbia shuttle broke apart.
New research shows pinching pennies can actually cost you more
Heather Chewning received the President's Appreciation Award at BYU's annual University Conference on August 27.
When there’s fresh powder on the mountains, you can expect Monte Swain to be out shredding the slopes. But the Marriott School of Management accounting professor wasn’t always so adept at carving on a snowboard.
Warning Instagrammers: Marriott School research suggests you might want to stop taking so many pictures of your food.
It took ten years and three invitations, but last summer finance professor Karl Diether made the move from Dartmouth College to BYU’s Department of Finance.
Ever been trading text messages when there's suddenly a long pause? Marriott School research shows you should be leery.
A study by Marriott School professors found that tottering consumers were more likely to select budget-friendly items.
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.