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The IMA endorsed the Marriott School for preparing students to pursue management accounting careers.
BYU's Genius Security took first place and a cash prize of $3,000 at this year's Business Model Competition.
Professor Bill Tayler was among those honored for an article on the methods and effectiveness of measuring performance.
The work of BYU student interns and the Ballard Center's Jeremi Brewer is featured in a recent Stowaway magazine article.
Figuring out the reasons behind the strange things consumers do is Tamara Masters’s passion, one she follows by studying consumer behavior, both in the marketplace and in restaurants. Masters, an assistant professor in the business management department, recently conducted a study that suggests when diners use larger forks, they eat less. Today she shares her thoughts on eating with spatulas, marketing, and consumer goals.
During the housing collapse, the sweltering summer heat of Phoenix was no place for a young salesman pushing pest control. But for Adam Keys it was just the kind of pressure needed to get the creative juices flowing. “Nobody had money and nobody liked salesmen,” Keys remembers. It was then that Keys matched the perfect product with its target audience. “I sold No Soliciting signs door-to-door,” Keys says. “Eighty percent of people who would laugh when they opened the door would buy it.” But this wasn’t just funny business: the 2011 finance graduate paid his college bills, learned graphic design, and gained experience running his own company.
In the area of market research, Cathy Chamberlain is a one-woman political powerhouse. Her influence, as well as the results of her studies, has been spread across the country from Washington, DC, back to the West Coast, and overseas as well. Since graduating from BYU in 1973 with a degree in business education, she’s tallied up more than thirty years of experience in market research and is still going strong.
When Josh Steimle won the BYU business plan competition (now known as the Miller New Venture Challenge) in 2001, he was awarded the $5,000 he needed to make payroll for the week and the confidence to keep his new company, MWI, going for the next twelve years.
Pretty Govindji was always an avid viewer of the Food Network, but when her sons came into the picture, her investment in tasty meals took on new meaning. Dinnertime goals soon centered on organic cooking, and before too long, Govindji realized what she served food on might matter just as much as good fruits and veggies.
BYU Professor Jeff Wilks will help advise the FASB as they establish the generally accepted accounting principles.
Professor Peter Madsen has been researching NASA's safety climate ever since the Columbia shuttle broke apart.
Students will learn how to better serve others through social innovation at the opening reception for "Do Good Better"
Three Marriott undergrads accepted the challenge and won first in the 2013 Capital One Case Competition.
BYU students have the opportunity to serve the Ugandan people without leaving Provo.
Students at BYU's Marriott School are gearing up for study abroad programs hosted by the Global Management Center.
Students will have the chance to learn new ways to eliminate poverty at a book launch for "More than Money" on Jan. 23.
John Bingham, OBHR professor, succeeds Craig Merrill as the BYU MBA program director.
It’s been nearly two months since we asked for your international stories and the response has been overwhelming! Thank you. Working in a foreign land can certainly be the adventure of a lifetime.
This past fall the Romney Institute honored the Spanish Fork city manager, with its 2013 Wright Distinguished Alumni Award.
Spencer Quinn beats out more than 1,600 applicants from 37 countries with his repair tape company FiberFix.
Teams from across the country gathered at BYU for the 2013 Business Language Case Competition.
The Rollins Center is reaching out across campus to engage more students in entrepreneurial efforts.
From the Great Wall of China to the glittering spires of the Eiffel Tower, hundreds of students from the Marriott School participate in study abroad programs each year. We recently caught up with Matt Mantyla, a 2012 information systems graduate, to talk about how his experiences abroad helped him prepare for the workforce.
It was an ordinary Tuesday Night when everything went dark. For five million BlackBerry users, email turned eerily silent.