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Usu "Sales Jedi" Enter State-Wide Competition And Leave With Top Prizes, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton Dec 2013

Usu "Sales Jedi" Enter State-Wide Competition And Leave With Top Prizes, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

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When the Utah State University students walked into the room for the competition, the judges had no idea they were dealing with Aggie "Sales Jedi."


Huntsman Professor's Research Sparks Discussions About "Organizational Virtue", Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton Dec 2013

Huntsman Professor's Research Sparks Discussions About "Organizational Virtue", Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

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A presidential candidate in the last election cycle took flack when he said: “Corporations are people, my friend.” And yet, a Huntsman professor is arguing that corporations can, in fact, behave just like people and his research is generating discussion in the academic management community.


Buehler Leadership Scholars Challenge Ideas, Apply What Resonates, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton Dec 2013

Buehler Leadership Scholars Challenge Ideas, Apply What Resonates, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

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Vern Buehler has stirred up a group of thoughtful, restless students, who are tactful yet very direct, and opinionated but open-minded. It’s a group that says it regularly challenges its preconceived notions of what real leadership is all about. They insist that correct principles that are not tested and practiced are of little worth.


Former Deloitte Touche & Tohmatsu Ceo Says A Culture Of Respect Leads To Success, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton Dec 2013

Former Deloitte Touche & Tohmatsu Ceo Says A Culture Of Respect Leads To Success, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

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Those who are serious about being effective leaders should ask themselves some tough questions about how they can best do their job and one of those questions is: “Is it better for those you lead to fear you or love you?”


The Huntsman Post, December 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Dec 2013

The Huntsman Post, December 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Huntsman Post Issues Collection

Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.


Huntsman Alumni Magazine, Fall 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Dec 2013

Huntsman Alumni Magazine, Fall 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Huntsman Business Magazine

Alumni magazine for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.


Agco Corporation Valuation, Sean Michael Miller Dec 2013

Agco Corporation Valuation, Sean Michael Miller

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

This paper will discuss the excellent growth potential that AGCO Corporation faces and the reason that this company's stock is rated as a hold position. AGCO has seen tremendous progress and is in an industry that shows that a growing world population will continue to need food and more efficient ways to create food. However, based on sensitivities of assumptions in the models presented herein and on a current share price that is already close to my assumed fair value I do not issue a buy recommendation.


Alum Lars Peter Hansen Named 2013 Nobel Economics Laureate, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Nov 2013

Alum Lars Peter Hansen Named 2013 Nobel Economics Laureate, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Utah State University alum Lars Peter Hansen is one of three Americans named as a recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics.


Nobel Winner Lectures Utah State Students On Learning, Economics, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Benjamin Wood Nov 2013

Nobel Winner Lectures Utah State Students On Learning, Economics, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Benjamin Wood

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LOGAN — Education is about an attitude of lifelong learning and not just the time spent in a formal academic program, said Vernon Smith, who in 2002 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.


Jay Price Retires After A 25-Year Second Career, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton Nov 2013

Jay Price Retires After A 25-Year Second Career, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

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The “Price Is Right” coffee mug Jay Price used to keep on his desk is gone. His office is empty.


The Huntsman Post, November 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Nov 2013

The Huntsman Post, November 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Huntsman Post Issues Collection

Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.


Huntsman Ima Student Chapter Takes Several First-Place Awards, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Nov 2013

Huntsman Ima Student Chapter Takes Several First-Place Awards, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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The Institute of Management Accountants has given the Huntsman IMA chapter its Gold Award of Excellence and its Outstanding Student Chapter Award. The Huntsman chapter also took first in the Strategic Plan, Program & Activities, and Communications categories.


37th Annual Accounting Conference, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Nov 2013

37th Annual Accounting Conference, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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During October, The School of Accounting hosted the 37th Annual Accounting Conference. Attendance was a record level, largely attributable to the outstanding group of distinguished presenters.


Denik, A Company Started By Huntsman Student, Gets Product Featured On Good Morning America And In The New York Times, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Nov 2013

Denik, A Company Started By Huntsman Student, Gets Product Featured On Good Morning America And In The New York Times, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Denik, a company founded by a Huntsman student, got some national exposure on Nov. 6 on ABC's "Good Morning America" and on Nov. 4 in the New York Times. The company makes journals that feature artwork from artists around the world. For each journal Denik sells, $1 goes to help build schools in developing countries and five percent of their profits go back to the artists. Check out its website by clicking here. Good Morning America featured a number of products that are now sold on Tom's Marketplace, a website that gives international exposure to products made by people who …


The Shingo Prize For Operational Excellence Becomes The Shingo Institute, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Cory Keate Nov 2013

The Shingo Prize For Operational Excellence Becomes The Shingo Institute, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Cory Keate

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Twenty-five years ago, Utah State University organized an awards program designed to promote and recognize excellent manufacturing organizations throughout the United States. Known as The Shigeo Shingo Prizes for Excellence in Manufacturing, the awards were named for Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo. The same year the awards were created, Shingo received an honorary doctorate from Utah State University for having distinguished himself as one of the world’s thought leaders in operational excellence.


Progress For Women And Leadership In Qatar, Susan R. Madsen, Linzi Kemp Nov 2013

Progress For Women And Leadership In Qatar, Susan R. Madsen, Linzi Kemp

Susan R. Madsen

The purpose of this study was to research the state of affairs in Qatar in terms of the presence (or absence) of women in senior business leadership positions generally, and also where they are located within organizations (e.g., board members, chief officers, vice presidents, top management, division or unit heads). It is based on data mined from a major database in the Middle East North Africa (MENA), that tracks information about public and private companies in that region.


Bloomberg Story Quotes Ben Blau's Research On Lobbying, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Lorraine Woellert Oct 2013

Bloomberg Story Quotes Ben Blau's Research On Lobbying, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Lorraine Woellert

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In Washington, it always comes down to who you know. A new report says banks with political connections were more likely to get liquidity lifelines from the Federal Reserve during the financial collapse.


Usu Alumnus Reacts To Winning Nobel Prize In Economics, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Kevin Opsahl Oct 2013

Usu Alumnus Reacts To Winning Nobel Prize In Economics, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Kevin Opsahl

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Editor's note: Alum Dr. Lars Peter Hansen, '74, who studied mathematics, political science, and economics, at USU was named as this year's Nobel Laureate in Economics. Now a professor at the University of Chicago, Hansen shares the award with two other eminent economists, Eugene Fama, also of Chicago, and Robert Shiller, of Yale. This Herald Journal clip is just one of many stories that ran about Dr. Hansen online and in print publications across the country.


Nicole Forsgren Velasquez And Taylor Martin Win $300,000 One-Year Grant To Study How Students Learn With Online Games, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Oct 2013

Nicole Forsgren Velasquez And Taylor Martin Win $300,000 One-Year Grant To Study How Students Learn With Online Games, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Huntsman Assistant Professor Nicole Forsgren Velasquez and Associate Professor Taylor Martin, of the Emma EcclesJones College of Education & Human Services, have been awarded a $300,000 grant that will send them deep into the world of online games.


The Huntsman Post, October 2013, Usu Jon M.Huntsman School Of Business Oct 2013

The Huntsman Post, October 2013, Usu Jon M.Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Huntsman Post Issues Collection

Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.


Matt Eyring, Senior Vivint Executive, Says Innovate Or Die, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Oct 2013

Matt Eyring, Senior Vivint Executive, Says Innovate Or Die, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Many companies don’t understand the need for constant innovation, and because they don’t, they are destined to fail, said Matt Eyring, an entrepreneur who has studied what has been called “disruptive innovation.”


Nyc Career Exploration Trip Offers Unique Big Apple Insight, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Oct 2013

Nyc Career Exploration Trip Offers Unique Big Apple Insight, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Huntsman students left the classroom to explore career possibilities in New York City recently. Click on the videos below to watch interviews with students who went on the trip, and an interview with Paul Fjeldsted, a faculty member who led the group.


Jeffrey And Bonnie Clark Provide $6 Million Leadership Gift To Help Establish The Jeffrey D. Clark Center For Entrepreneurship, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Oct 2013

Jeffrey And Bonnie Clark Provide $6 Million Leadership Gift To Help Establish The Jeffrey D. Clark Center For Entrepreneurship, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Utah State University alumnus Jeffrey Clark and his wife, Bonnie Clark, have provided a $6 million leadership gift to help establish the Jeffrey D. Clark Center for Entrepreneurship at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.


Usu Business School Receives $6 Million Gift, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Deseret News Oct 2013

Usu Business School Receives $6 Million Gift, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Deseret News

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LOGAN — Utah State University's business school is moving forward with the creation of the Jeffrey D. Clark Center for Entrepreneurship after receiving a $6 million endowment from Jeffrey and Bonnie Clark, school officials announced Wednesday.


Utah State Hopes New Center Will Help Entrepreneurs Strike It Rich, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Matthew Piper Oct 2013

Utah State Hopes New Center Will Help Entrepreneurs Strike It Rich, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Matthew Piper

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After meetings of the school’s entrepreneurship club, Kyle Ivins would trade ideas with other student leaders on the top floor of the Utah State Business Building. Where was their starting point? Who would fund them? What was the market?


Multi-Million Dollar Gift Supports Usu Business School, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Standard-Examiner Oct 2013

Multi-Million Dollar Gift Supports Usu Business School, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Standard-Examiner

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LOGAN — Utah State University on Wednesday announced a $6 million anchor gift made to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.


Whatever He Sets Out To Transform Or Improve, Mark James - Honeywell's Chro And Hres Hr Executive Of The Year For 2013 - Succeeds, Using Metrics As A Key To His Approach, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Tom Stamer Oct 2013

Whatever He Sets Out To Transform Or Improve, Mark James - Honeywell's Chro And Hres Hr Executive Of The Year For 2013 - Succeeds, Using Metrics As A Key To His Approach, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Tom Stamer

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During the course of running human resources for the past five years at Honeywell, the Fortune 100 multinational conglomerate, Mark James has scored many major wins. Among the most impressive is his global HR reorganization effort, which saved the company an impressive $85 million.


Usu’S Ima Chapter Receives Multiple Awards, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Sep 2013

Usu’S Ima Chapter Receives Multiple Awards, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Congratulations to our IMA student chapter who not only received a 2012-2013 Gold Award of Excellence (for the 18th consecutive year), but was selected as one of only four IMA chapters in the nation to receive an Outstanding Student Chapter award for the 2012-13 academic year. In addition, the chapter has the prestigious honor of also being awarded Best Strategic Plan, Best Program & Activities, and Best Communications of all IMA chapters in the nation for the past academic year. For their outstanding performance, chapter officers will receive a $1,000 cash award and trophies at the annual Student Leadership Conference …


Rosemary Fullerton Receives Honorable Mention, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Sep 2013

Rosemary Fullerton Receives Honorable Mention, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Professor Rosemary Fullerton received Honorable Mention for her submission to the Mark Chain/AICPA 2013 Teaching Innovation Award for her presentation titled “Lean Accounting in Support of Lean Manufacturing: Ronny the Robot Simulation,” at the recent AAA annual meeting. Congratulations to Rosemary who displayed her project post-retirement at the conference. She officially retired in June and will be greatly missed by students, faculty, and alumni.


School Of Accountancy Programs Ranked 34th And 37th By Public Accounting Report, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business Sep 2013

School Of Accountancy Programs Ranked 34th And 37th By Public Accounting Report, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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A publication widely read within the accounting profession, Public Accounting Report, has ranked the School of Accountancy at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at 34th in the nation, with its graduate program at 37th.