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Investors looking to hit it big in 2010 may want to consider a new study by three BYU finance professors.
When I arrived at BYU eight years ago, I was in my new office, organizing books and filing papers, when I received a telephone call informing me that there had been a glitch in payroll processing, and I would not be receiving a paycheck during the first two months of my employment. I said, “Thank you,” hung up the phone, and started thinking about how to break this news to my wife, Jan.
It wasn't enough for Trevor Fitzgerald to ask "Got milk?" He wanted to know where his milk was being produced.
Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? One Marriott School of Management student is doing just that.
Jessie Ingraham, a Dixie State College Army ROTC cadet finished ahead of 450 other cadets in the two-mile run at the Army Physical Fitness Test held on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. Ingraham, a BYU senior, finished the run in 13 minutes and 12 seconds, making her the top female in this event among her cadet peers and making one of the fastest times recorded this summer.
A BYU study shows that any entrepreneur looking for the best ROI might be better served by a combination of two strategies.
What does space exploration have to do with business strategy? More than you'd think.
How the French Put U.S. Adoption of International Accounting Standards on the Rocks.
Jamie Cope Bennee, a 34-year-old BYU Executive MPA student, died in a tragic plane crash in Payson, Utah, on Nov. 18.
Employees who love their company and hustle to please their bosses can lead to a higher likelihood of unethical behavior.
Taxes probably wouldn't place very high on most people's lists of extreme activities, but it does for five BYU students.
When students first join ROTC, they are thrust into a life of early morning workouts, combat training and weekend warfare simulations.
What do you do when your company is comfortably selling a product, and then suddenly a competitor offers a similar one for free?
BYU Professor Jeff Dyer's new book helped Forbes to rank the world's most innovative companies.
A new study finds persuasive packaging can cause consumers to use less of a product once they take it home.
Some babies are born with the double helixes that turn into blue eyes and heads of light, curly hair. Most people think that innovators are born with special genes, like those that determine physical features, that enable them to be innovators an endowment you either have or you don’t.
Airlines' accident risk is highest when they are performing very close to their financial targets, according to a BYU study.
According to a new BYU study, online role-playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction.
Student entrepreneur Brad Moss, founder of a million-dollar gaming company was rewarded with a cash prize of $10,000.
The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Setting a price limit when shopping often backfires, says new research from BYU and Emory marketing professors.
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.”
Romney Institute students are willing to travel all over the world to gain valuable experience through internships.