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Investors looking to hit it big in 2010 may want to consider a new study by three BYU finance professors.
How Exchange Rates Affect Business and You
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. 
The Melvin J. Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance was named to recognize Ballard's contributions to the Church's welfare system.
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. 
Nearly 2.5 billion people around the world live on less than $2 a day. Lewis Hower is developing a solution.
Employees who love their company and hustle to please their bosses can lead to a higher likelihood of unethical behavior.
BYU finance professor Hal Heaton will lead the H. Taylor Peery Institute of Financial Services beginning this summer.
What do you do when your company is comfortably selling a product, and then suddenly a competitor offers a similar one for free?
The buzz around social innovation and entrepreneurship is growing as the Ballard Center welcomes seven new fellows.
BYU Professor Jeff Dyer's new book helped Forbes to rank the world's most innovative companies.
The Rollins Center celebrates the spirit of creativity and innovation by hosting its first-ever Entrepreneurship Week.
Two international educators will continue to use their innovative expertise as newly named fellows for the Ballard Center.
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.
Students from Utah high schools along the Wasatch Front were at BYU testing their language and business skills.
In the typical search for jobs and internships, students seek out the company. Romney Institute students have a different idea.
Have you ever thought of going back to school? Finding the right executive program might be more realistic than you think.
Setting a price limit when shopping often backfires, says new research from BYU and Emory marketing professors.
Sponsored by the Ballard Center, graduate students created innovative solutions for Newman's Own Foundation.