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Alumni Experiences Faculty Research In the News 2005–2009
Come ride the lift to Silicon Slopes, Utah's high-tech corridor, at the semiannual eBusiness Day.
BYU's Romney Institute named Carolyn Grow Dailey, president and CEO of ASCEND Alliance, as 2008 Administrator of the Year.
A study by Jeff Dyer and two associates says innovative CEOs spend 50 percent more time practicing key skills than do their less creative counterparts.
Brigham Young University’s undergraduate and graduate accounting programs ranked second in Public Accounting Report’s Annual Survey of Accounting Professors.
People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a BYU-led study.
The American Accounting Association presented the 2007 Innovations in Accounting Education Award to Brigham Young University’s School of Accountancy at its conference in Chicago.
Adrenaline pumping, Brandon Barnes, an accounting student from San Antonio, jumped into action as the race car squealed to a stop. As classmates worked to quickly remove a tire, he stood ready with the replacement.
School Also Listed as Second Best Place to Find Ethical Graduates
This summer, 19 Korean executives from Hyundai Heavy Industries got a surprise crash course in American biking culture when a pack of Harley-Davidsons roared into the Marriott School of Management parking lot to enhance the visitors’ classroom studies. For 11 years HHI, the top shipbuilder in the world, has sent its managers to the Marriott School for three-months of trainings in business English, ethics, marketing and more.
Forbes magazine ranks Brigham Young University’s MBA program 18th in return on investment in its biennial survey of two-year business programs, as reported in the magazine’s Sept. 3 issue.
Two years ago this month, the Crandall Canyon mine collapsed, killing a total of nine. Has the accident affected the safety of coal mining in the U.S.?
The Marriott School of Management’s accounting program ranked 3rd and its international business program ranked 19th in specialty categories in U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” survey, up from 5th and 21st respectively in 2006.
A new BYU study found that landing your dream job might be more like a day at the zoo, and that's not necessarily all good.
The Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy honored Dixon for her humanitarian contributions around the world.
According to new research, better decisions come from teams that include a socially distinct newcomer.
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?
Innovating a franchise to fit local conditions may actually lead to less growth, shows a new Marriott School study.
Two graduates from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management won top honors for their doctoral dissertation research at the Academy of Management’s 2007 conference in Philadelphia.
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.
Understanding Inflation
W. Gibb Dyer received a $5,000 grant from the FOBI to study how owning a business affects family relationships.
According to a new BYU study, city employees who work four 10-hour days a week experience lower levels of at-home conflict.
Avoiding Illegal and Unethical Transactions
THIS IS THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF A THREE-PART SERIES FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC SELF-RELIANCE.