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Global Supply Chain MPA 2005–2009
The Marriott School honored Kevin D. Stocks with the Outstanding Faculty Award, and fifteen others were also recognized for contributions.
Mergers and acquisitions can be lucrative, as a team of BYU MBA students learned at the Smith MBA Competition in Maryland.
A new program at Brigham Young University is giving graduate students the chance to become board members of nonprofits in Utah Valley.
Before Eva Witesman had even moved into her office, she already had faculty members making her feel a part of the program.
Innovating a franchise to fit local conditions may actually lead to less growth, shows a new Marriott School study.
While many Marriott School students take classes to learn research strategies, MPA student Jean Kapenda brings to graduate classes years of tried and tested real-world research from his extensive genealogy work.
To err is human, but human errors in medicine can be dangerous or even deadly. Using a Japanese technique called poka-yoke (pronounced “po-ka yo-kay”) or mistake-proofing, medical professionals can make human mistakes much less harmful, according to Marriott School alum John Grout, dean of the Campbell School of Business at Berry College.
"The Romney Code: The Life and Ethics of George W. Romney" will premiere on BYU Television Monday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. MDT.
Former Marriott School Professor Gloria E. Wheeler will teach as a Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Finance and Economics in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
An innovative self-help program engineered by Marriott School graduate João Bueno, recently reached the 10,000-person milestone in villages throughout Mozambique.
On a recent field study trip to Ghana, BYU MPA students teamed with a charity powering rural schools with merry-go-rounds.
W. Gibb Dyer received a $5,000 grant from the FOBI to study how owning a business affects family relationships.
Students presented their solution to a panel of city managers in an event that pitted them against other Utah schools.
Looking Back–A Century Since His Birth
BYU's Romney Institute named Carolyn Grow Dailey, president and CEO of ASCEND Alliance, as 2008 Administrator of the Year.
Eighteen students from BYU’s Romney Institute of Public Management traveled to Ghana for a two-week educational field study and a chance to share their business knowledge with 12 local nonprofit organizations.
Two statewide awards were given to Tamara Lewis, new chair of the Romney Institute Advisory Board, in recognition of her efforts to improve Utahns’ health. Lewis was named a 2006 Health Care Hero by Utah Business magazine and also received a 2006 Public Health Hero Award from the Utah Public Health Association.
Education is a family affair for Sarah Westerberg.
The fall eBusiness Day, themed "eGlobal: Connect Locally, Act Globally," will demonstrate how the world is being connected through technology. The event will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the second floor atrium and in room 251 of the Tanner Building.
Princeton Review ranked BYU's Marriott School as the nation's most family friendly business school.
Good deeds act as ‘insurance policy’ against misfortune, scandal and negative headlines
The Marriott School Web Analytics Competition, hosted by the Rollins Center for eBusiness, is looking for an innovative student team. Past eBusiness competitions have challenged student teams to design Web sites or come up with creative solutions to improve existing sites. This semester the eBusiness Center has teamed with Omniture to present a new competition allowing anyone with critical thinking skills to compete.
Securing thousands of dollars in capital for a new business and preparing a term paper for an English 315 class is multitasking on another level. For those over achievers who juggle starting a business venture while in college, the Center for Entrepreneurship has a proposition for you.