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Faculty Research Feature Finance MBA
In the final round, it seemed one of the judges had found a vulnerability in the investment plan that BYU Marriott’s graduate team presented for the 2017 regional Venture Capital Investment Competition. But with more clarification that surprised the judges, the team knocked it out of the park.
Not long after putting their pencils down on the last bubble sheet, many Marriott School students say good-bye to their final exams and to Y Mountain, leaving Provo in pursuit of internships and experience. 
Research by Marriott School finance professor Taylor Nadauld finds schools increase sticker-price tuition sixty cents for every dollar of subsidized loans available.
The national publication highlighted research by David Benson and Jim Brau on how firms cover up policies investors won't like.
A BYU study shows that any entrepreneur looking for the best ROI might be better served by a combination of two strategies.
What do you do when your company is comfortably selling a product, and then suddenly a competitor offers a similar one for free?
In 1961 a gallon of gas cost thirty cents, JFK was president, and Barbie was first introduced to Ken. And in the basement of the Jesse Knight Building something groundbreaking was happening: the BYU MBA was born.
Investors looking to hit it big in 2010 may want to consider a new study by three BYU finance professors.
Give Gary Williams ten minutes to explain Cougar Capital and you’ll be sold. Give him an hour and you’ll not only want to invest but you’ll wonder why more universities aren’t doing the same thing with their business programs. And if you give him two years as an MBA student at the Marriott School you’ll develop such a diverse portfolio of knowledge and skills in venture capital and private equity you might just make a career of it.
Study Measures Impact of Cronyism in Malaysia