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Talk to any cheese importer, student studying abroad, or retired couple finally realizing their dream to see the Sistine Chapel, and you're bound to hear that leaving the United States hurts, especially in the pocketbook.
Scott M. Smith, James Passey Professor of Marketing and director of the BYU Institute of Marketing, has been selected as a 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholar to Moldova. The Fulbright Scholar program is sponsoring Smith to develop a marketing and entrepreneurship curriculum in the small, former Soviet-block country.
Two weeks before Kristen DeTienne moved into her new home, she called the phone company to pre-install a new phone line. The company didn't come through and she had to live for weeks without a phone.
Two weeks before Kristen DeTienne moved into her new home, she called the phone company to pre-install a new line. The company didn’t come through, and she went for weeks without a phone.
Texas transplant and BYU business management professor Andrew Holmes was recently profiled by BusinessWeek Online as students’ favorite professor at the Marriott School of Management.
Gary Cornia’s face lights up when he talks about his work in taxes. “I love the topic I research,” he says. “Taxes are the funnest thing in the world. I love coming to work.”
Brigham Young University assistant professor of public management Chyleen Arbon was recently appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to a two-year term on its Utah Advisory Committee.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A THREE-PART SERIES FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC SELF-RELIANCE. THE NEXT ARTICLE, IN THE SUMMER 2007 ISSUE, WILL HIGHLIGHT MICROFRANCHISING.
Singled out from professors across the nation, BYU Professor and School of Accountancy Director Kevin Stocks was recognized this month for displaying excellence in accounting education.
Eleven Recognized for Significant Contributions
This is the second of a three-part series focusing on economic self-reliance. The next article, in the fall 2007 issue, will highlight a single-mother initiative.
THIS IS THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF A THREE-PART SERIES FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC SELF-RELIANCE.
Marriott School's Ginny Richman has been named Air Force ROTC Civilian of the Quarter
Can you put a price on company culture? That’s the question Steve Marriott, executive vice president of culture at Marriott International, asked a group of Marriott School students. Specifically, he wanted to know if Marriott’s “spirit to serve associates, customers, and communities” added to the company’s economic value.
The Marriott School honored W. Gibb Dyer with its 2008 Outstanding Faculty Award at a banquet in his honor.
The retirement question often surrounds how much money you’re making, saving, and spending. It’s all about the time when work ends and, presumably, fun begins. You’ve either been stashing cash away, buying stocks, or even building a family business with the possible goal of selling it and enjoying retirement. Yet once retiree life begins, the financial work doesn’t suddenly end. The question now becomes: How will you make your savings last so you don’t run out of money before you run out of life?
According to a new BYU study, city employees who work four 10-hour days a week experience lower levels of at-home conflict.
Warner Woodworth was recognized as a leading innovator for guiding student-led relief projects in Thailand.
W. Gibb Dyer received a $5,000 grant from the FOBI to study how owning a business affects family relationships.
Former Marriott School Professor Gloria E. Wheeler will teach as a Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Finance and Economics in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
A new timeshare exchange method developed at BYU leads to happier customers and increased revenue opportunities.