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Professors Research How to Increase Online Transactions
When Darrell Hill created a web site for one of his ISYS classes last year, he didn’t anticipate the high number of hits and emails it would generate. His site — which examined the economic value of knowledge — attracted attention from high-profile companies, identifying a topic of concern for many organizations worldwide.
A team of four Marriott School undergraduate business students took first place at the inaugural Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Case Competition at Ohio State University Nov. 3–5. The BYU team competed with students from universities in Hong Kong, Denmark, Ireland, Mexico and the United States to take top honors at the competition sponsored by the Fisher School of Business at Ohio State University and in part by the U.S. Department of Education.
BYU management and law students have teamed to produce their first interdisciplinary journal. The new International Law and Management Review combines legal and business interests, giving students in both areas opportunities to participate on the journal’s editorial board.
Winners can earn up to $3,200
Ever wonder what scripture is cited most often at general conference? Do you want to compare what General Authorities have said about a particular scripture? The intellectually curious and serious students of the gospel now have a new resource at their fingertips.
Brigham Young University’s Romney Institute of Public Management named Charles E. Johnson the 2004 Administrator of the Year. Johnson was also recently nominated by President George W. Bush to become the chief financial officer of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Adam Edmunds, founder and president of SilentWhistle, LLC, was named BYU’s 2004 Student Entrepreneur of the Year. The first-place finish earned him $12,500 cash and another $12,500 in support services for his new venture.
9 abuses conspired to create "perfect fraud storm"
The Marriott School of Management will host its 9th Annual BYU Management Conference 24–26 June 2004. Nationally recognized speakers will discuss principles for building outstanding leaders in organizations, communities and families. Special entertainment and evening activities are planned for the whole family.
The National Black MBA Association selected second-year BYU MBA student Jamila Cutliff as one of the top 25 MBA students in the country, naming her a 2004 Coca-Cola scholar.
Marriott School information systems students recently placed at a national competition and technology conference. The students placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th in a Java programming contest and 3rd and 4th place in a database design contest during the National Collegiate Conference (NCC) in Omaha, Neb.
A team of Marriott School accounting students earned first-place at the National Student Case Study Seminar sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation -- beating out other top accounting schools including University of Southern California, University of Notre Dame and Indiana University.
This December, John Montgomery will graduate from BYU with not only a master in accountancy on his resume but also the highest student score on the Certified Internal Auditor’s exam.
BYU undergraduate startup Property Solutions was announced as the winner of $250,000 in funding from the National Institute for Entrepreneurship’s Venture Bowl 2004. Venture Bowl is the nation’s largest college business plan competition.
Marriott School professor Paul Godfrey received the Civic Engagement Award for Brigham Young University from the Utah Campus Compact April 6. Godfrey, associate professor of strategy, was honored for his work designing and implementing financial literacy programs for elementary, junior high and high schools.
Instead of having his speech outline scribbled on a 3x5 card, Adam Rushforth will run his fingers over a Braille outline as he addresses students at Friday’s Marriott School convocation.
Ninety fifth and sixth graders from Provo's Timpanogos Elementary School will be testing their business acumen during the first-of-its-kind mini-business fair at Brigham Young University Friday, April 4, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the plaza between the BYU Bookstore and Harold B. Lee Library.
Nine Recognized for Contributions in Teaching, Research and Citizenship
Headaches are mounting as people struggle to make sense of their taxes with April 15 fast on their heels. But taxes are no headache for five BYU accounting students whose tax knowledge recently earned them a substantial return at the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ xTAX competition.
Students at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management selected two of their classmates and a professor to receive the 2004 Merrill J. Bateman Awards. These honors, now in their third year, are the only awards chosen solely by business school students.
Six MBA students from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University won first place in the Daniels Ethics Case & Race in Denver. The competition, hosted by the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, included a business ethics case competition and a downhill ski challenge.
Marriott School students host exercise fundraiser
David A. Wood has been selected by The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation as the recipient of the 2004 Esther R. Sawyer Scholarship Award.