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Information Systems Strategy 2010–2014
Wally works at Wal-Mart. It may sound like a tongue twister, but Wally Potts’s story is all business. In a little more than two years, Potts has brought in millions of dollars of revenue for the corporation.
Strategy professor Jeff Dyer was recognized for his impact on academic and business professionals.
On the cutting edge of research and education, Jeff Jenkins is leading the pack. A 2009 master of information systems graduate, Jenkins is now finishing up a doctoral program at the University of Arizona and is set to graduate this spring.
Class begins with everyone looking intently at the same spreadsheet on their laptops. Today’s task: learning how to calculate financial ratios like debt-to-equity, asset turnover, and net profit margin—with the click of a button.
BYU has been recognized as one of the nation's premier academic institutions in the area of cybersecurity education.
The details made the difference at the inaugural Walmart Business Case Competition held at BYU.
This year hundreds more Marriott School graduates were hired, resulting from an intensified focus on placement.
BYU Professor Jeff Dyer's new book helped Forbes to rank the world's most innovative companies.
With laptops charged, whiteboards cleared, and markers ready, it’s now up to the Executive MBA students’ careful positioning and strategic thinking to navigate the intricacies of a simulated marketplace. 
Bruce Hymas and his teammates had sixteen connectors, fifty-four sticks, and three minutes. The task: build a tower that holds up a golf ball—and make the tower taller than everyone else’s.
A class project turned into a winning business for BYU student Saul Howard in the Crexendo Website Competition.
After a 17-hour test of endurance and IT skill, six BYU students took home nine AITP awards — more than ever before.
It’s hard for many students to remember the days before iPods, Hulu, Twitter, and Skype. If you were to stroll across campus, odds are you could find all of these and many more technologies in use—they have become central to university life.
The Marriott School honored Michael Swenson as its 2011 Outstanding Faculty. Fourteen others were also recognized.
Good communicators are supposed to work behind the scenes, but sometimes they can't help getting pulled on stage.
Research that shows trust is based on predictable processes has been named the most influential study of the decade.
BYU is being recognized as a business startup factory — churning out hundreds of student-run ventures each year.
Amid final exams, papers and projects, ISys students received some exciting news before parting for Christmas break.
While students are usually pitching themselves to companies, this time the tables were turned.
BYU organizational behavior and strategy faculty were ranked fourth in the nation for their 2009 publications.
Jeffrey H. Dyer received the 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award, while 15 faculty, staff and administrators were also honored.
Claremont Graduate University honored Warner P. Woodworth as the first Peter F. Drucker Centennial Global Entrepreneur in Residence.
At one of the most elite and grueling ISys competitions in the world, BYU won first-place at the APEX Global Business IT Case Challenge in Singapore.
It wasn't enough for Trevor Fitzgerald to ask "Got milk?" He wanted to know where his milk was being produced.