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Jeffery Thompson will succeed David Hart, who served for six years as director of the Romney Institute.
The Marriott School recently appointed Tom Foster as the chair of the BYU Department of Business Management.
After racking up more than 25,000 hours of service, the Marriott School of Management’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebration is coming to an end. However, the question you’ve been asking us on social media remains: what’s happening to the tennis balls?
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.”
The Marriott School honored the winners of the Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards chosen by students.
Be inspired by talks covering topics such as prison reform and innovative philanthropy.
Teams from 10 countries will compete in Provo for funds to start their businesses at the International Business Model Competition.
If you’re looking to join the ranks of successful start-ups like Owlet Baby Monitors, FiberFix, and EcoScraps, BYU’s entrepreneurship program—rated third in the country—is the place for you. Even if you’re not in the program, there are many resources on campus and online to help you get started. Here’s some wisdom we’ve found to help you build your own business.
The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Students assembled at BYU to put their Spanish skills to the test in the 2014 High School Business Language Competition.
BYU students are gaining experience at the country's largest Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
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.
The hottest startups from around the state set up at BYU's Utah Startup Marketplace to find new talent.
The IMA endorsed the Marriott School for preparing students to pursue management accounting careers.
BYU Professor Jeff Wilks will help advise the FASB as they establish the generally accepted accounting principles.
BYU students have the opportunity to serve the Ugandan people without leaving Provo.
John Bingham, OBHR professor, succeeds Craig Merrill as the BYU MBA program director.
Setting a price limit when shopping often backfires, says new research from BYU and Emory marketing professors.
According to a new BYU study, online role-playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction.
For the ninth consecutive year, The Princeton Review ranked the Marriott School the most family-friendly b-school in the nation.
Airlines' accident risk is highest when they are performing very close to their financial targets, according to a BYU study.
A new study finds persuasive packaging can cause consumers to use less of a product once they take it home.
As a special guest of the BYU Army ROTC, Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha spoke to students about what he learned in combat.
BYU surged four spots to 27th among undergraduate business programs, while also posting strong marks in accounting.