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Aaron Call is an opportunist. And it’s not just because he works for a company that helps business owners solve problems in areas like human resources and risk management.
Why can't an online dating concept be used to make matches in the business world? One Marriott School professor thinks it can.
India's health system was weighed down by fraudulent bids for supplies. Prof. Conan Albrecht, accepted the challenge to find a cure.
The Marriott School ranks as one of the top 25 colleges for students looking to start their own business.
Ethical dilemmas occur almost daily in corporations and management. If you want to know what one deep thinker on the subject thinks, ask Prof. Agle.
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
For a handful of Marriott School students, a trip to Ghana exposed them to another corner of the world that needed their services.
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.?
Friends and family will be holding funeral services this week in Mesa, Ariz., for Army Capt. Cory J. Jenkins, a BYU graduate who was killed in Southern Afghanistan last Tuesday.
Two BYU accounting professors are calling for improvements in the current audit standard setting and inspection process.
One Marriott School professor has been working overtime to help clarify Utah's business tax laws.
U.S. News World Report's America's Best Colleges ranks the Marriott School's undergrad programs among the top 50.
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.
BYU is among the top schools to offer MBA students the most bang for their buck, according to Forbes magazine.
Bernie Madoff with our money. Honk if you're paying your neighbor's mortgage. Not exactly the slogans you'd expect to see at an intensive long-distance run.
A BYU accounting professor has co-authored the first how-to guide to help accountants deal with new business acquisition standards.
More than twenty BYU MBA and MPA students worked this spring to improve small businesses around the world.
Anytime the topic of new product innovation is raised, it’s guaranteed that someone inevitably will bring up . . . Apple’s iPod.
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 steel is up, the floors are being poured, and despite several snowstorms, the Tanner Building Addition is on schedule for completion next fall.
On 23 December 1999 there was a poor man in Kansas City looking for some warm winter clothing in a Salvation Army thrift shop. He had seventy-five cents in his pocket. Suddenly someone approached him from behind and said, “Excuse me.”
The tour begins with a Superman print by pop artist Andy Warhol. Next comes a painting by Jasper Johns. Then, a splashy, thirty-eight-foot mural by abstract expressionist Sam Francis.
Understanding Inflation
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.