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Unsung Hero Of The Tanner - Tina Ashby, Elisabeth J. Andersen Aug 2017

Unsung Hero Of The Tanner - Tina Ashby, Elisabeth J. Andersen

Marriott Student Review

Tina Ashby's work in the Finance Department at BYU is applauded.


Almonds, A Fiesty Industry, Kenneth M. Petrowsky Aug 2017

Almonds, A Fiesty Industry, Kenneth M. Petrowsky

Marriott Student Review

A bitter power struggle between the almond industry and the milk industry has become a test of the United States’ free market. The National Milk Producers Federation has turned to Washington for aid while the Almond board of California and the Blue Diamond co-op have focused on improving their product.


Market Analysis, Management Consulting, And Miscommunication, Brian W. Stout Aug 2017

Market Analysis, Management Consulting, And Miscommunication, Brian W. Stout

Marriott Student Review

This article attempts to inform the audience of the importance of market analysis in management consulting. The article states that consulting firms can utilize the power of market analysis as they commit to understand technology, collaborate with researchers to conduct action research, and align market strategies within the consulting firm. This article concludes that by doing these steps consulting firms will lead in their market.


The Perks Of Being A Young Professional, Elisabeth J. Andersen Aug 2017

The Perks Of Being A Young Professional, Elisabeth J. Andersen

Marriott Student Review

Perks and company culture can improve employee satisfaction and the ability to achieve work/life balance. The trends and issues a young professional should look for when finding a job are discussed.


Industry Spotlight: Technology Patents Aug 2017

Industry Spotlight: Technology Patents

Marriott Student Review

Technology patents serve two purposes: to protect competition in the marketplace and to promote collaborative innovation amongst rival firms. Society benefits when technology firms are made to share patents at fair rates. The costs and benefits of technology patents are discussed in the context of industry expectations, and the broader implications for society. Firms should be encouraged to continue innovating, benefiting society as they go.


The Myth Of The Millennial, Tanner Hafen, Matthew D. Fudge Aug 2017

The Myth Of The Millennial, Tanner Hafen, Matthew D. Fudge

Marriott Student Review

Explores perceptions of millennials in the workplace and what is and can be done to better integrate millennials employees into the workplace.


What I Wish I Would've Known, Jacob Thorpe, Matthew Stradley Aug 2017

What I Wish I Would've Known, Jacob Thorpe, Matthew Stradley

Marriott Student Review

Starting school can be intimidating. At BYU, there are hundreds of resources available to help incoming students acclimate and prepare themselves for business majors. This article highlights resources and keys to success that will help any student be more successful.


Buzzwords: Jargon That Will Keep You Going Through The Year, Hayoung Lee Aug 2017

Buzzwords: Jargon That Will Keep You Going Through The Year, Hayoung Lee

Marriott Student Review

Business jargon to help you throughout the year.


Marriott Student Review Volume I Issue 2: Women And Millennials In Business, Marianna Richardson Aug 2017

Marriott Student Review Volume I Issue 2: Women And Millennials In Business, Marianna Richardson

Marriott Student Review

Our second edition of MSR is dedicated to two populations – millennials and women. Currently, millennials comprise approximately 35%[1] of the United States’ workforce. Women hold 51.7% of the jobs in the U.S. job market.[2] This MSR issue focuses on the status of these groups in the business world. The reason for this emphasis is that most MSR writers and readers are millennials (which is defined as people between the ages of 18-24) and all of us work with or for women (as well as some of us are women).


The Term Structure Of The Equity Risk Premium, Bryan Seegmiller, Brian Boyer Jun 2017

The Term Structure Of The Equity Risk Premium, Bryan Seegmiller, Brian Boyer

Journal of Undergraduate Research

A recent paper by Binsbergen, Brandt, and Koijen (2012)i examined the equity risk-premium on short- versus long-term dividend claims, providing evidence that the large size of the overall equity risk premium was due mostly to the even higher risk-premium earned on short-term dividends. The implication is that the equity risk premium slopes downward across the term structure. These findings are of note because they constitute an anomaly in the literature, as nearly all asset pricing models—such as Campbell and Cochrane (1999)ii—predict an upward-sloping or flat term structure. Some, such as Belo, Collin-Dufresne, and Goldstein (2015)iii, …


Workplace Bullying In The United States And Canada: Organizational Accountability Required In Higher Education, Leah P. Hollis Apr 2017

Workplace Bullying In The United States And Canada: Organizational Accountability Required In Higher Education, Leah P. Hollis

Comparative Civilizations Review

This article is a comparative study of bullying in the workplace in Canada and the United States. It examines the effect of laws, productivity, and organization culture upon this practice. It uses current and recent data to address the issue.


David And Goliath, Jacob Thorpe Apr 2017

David And Goliath, Jacob Thorpe

Marriott Student Review

Book review of David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell.


Work Rules! Insights From Inside Google, Krista Johnson Apr 2017

Work Rules! Insights From Inside Google, Krista Johnson

Marriott Student Review

Book review of Work Rules! Insights from Google written by Laszlo Bock.


Book Review Of "Multipliers: How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter", Hannah Salzl Apr 2017

Book Review Of "Multipliers: How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter", Hannah Salzl

Marriott Student Review

This is a book review of "Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter", by Liz Wiseman, with Greg McKeown.


Professor Q+A: Jim Brau, Annie Pond Apr 2017

Professor Q+A: Jim Brau, Annie Pond

Marriott Student Review

Get to know Brigham Young University's Joel C. Peterson Professor of Finance, Jim Brau.


An Unsung Hero Of The Tanner--Jeffrey Subramanian, Kempton Cox Apr 2017

An Unsung Hero Of The Tanner--Jeffrey Subramanian, Kempton Cox

Marriott Student Review

Jeffrey Subramanian beautifies the grounds surrounding the Tanner Building, but he also writes poetry and plays the cello. The author calls Jeffrey an "unsung hero" because he is, in fact, the author's hero.


Insights From Professors, Hannah Salzl, Krista Johnson Apr 2017

Insights From Professors, Hannah Salzl, Krista Johnson

Marriott Student Review

This is an installment of a recurring feature where we ask two professors in different fields to weigh in on a specific issue. In this issue, we asked Professor Rex L. Facer II and Professor Jim R. Kearl about the potential implications of renegotiating NAFTA.


Two Perspectives On Violence In Business, Ian Bristol Whatcott, Karson Fronk Apr 2017

Two Perspectives On Violence In Business, Ian Bristol Whatcott, Karson Fronk

Marriott Student Review

Violence has become common place in business strategy, taking on many forms. Some use violence in rhetoric as they compete with other companies while others use sell violence as entertainment. Many people are familiar with violence in their organizations. This article looks more into how effective violence is to a company's performance. It examines recent research done by professors at different universities on the subject. It offers two perspectives, looking first at violent rhetoric and then how violence advertisements affects a firm's bottom line. The article finds that exposure to violent rhetoric outside a firm affects employee's ethics more than …


The Power Of Inclusion: What Gay And Lesbian Employees Want Marriott School Students To Know, Lisa Love Snyder, Hannah Salzl Apr 2017

The Power Of Inclusion: What Gay And Lesbian Employees Want Marriott School Students To Know, Lisa Love Snyder, Hannah Salzl

Marriott Student Review

Extensive research has shown that diverse workplaces are more effective than homogenous workplaces; however, gay and lesbian employees still often face discrimination or exclusion in the workplace. In order to initiate discussion about inclusion and diversity in the workplace, the authors interviewed five gay employees (four women and one man). This article contains a brief introduction and conclusion, as well as excerpts from the interviews. The interviewees confirmed that they had experienced discrimination in the workplace themselves or had seen it happen with others. They offered advice to future employees and managers, including the importance of creating an environment of …


E-Commerce Industry Spotlight, Krista Johnson Apr 2017

E-Commerce Industry Spotlight, Krista Johnson

Marriott Student Review

A highlight of the E-Commerce industry.


Byu Tech Club: At The Base Of Silicon Slopes, William R. Adams Apr 2017

Byu Tech Club: At The Base Of Silicon Slopes, William R. Adams

Marriott Student Review

As technology continues to drive Utah's economic growth, Brigham Young University students have launchd the BYU Tech Club to inform their peers with technical and non-technical degrees of career opportunities in technology, build the skills and knowledge to be attractive job candidates, and earn internship and full-time offers from high-grow startups and leading technology companies.


Obamacare: Under The Knife, Kylan Rutherford Apr 2017

Obamacare: Under The Knife, Kylan Rutherford

Marriott Student Review

President Trump and Congress have tried and failed to pass through a replacement plan for Obamacare. This article details why this effort failed, and several issues extant in Obamacare that may move the law toward insolvency. These issues are the mandate, guaranteed issue, and the 'risk corridor' funding set up to back struggling insurance companies.


Buzzwords: Jargon That Will Keep You Going Through The Year, Annie Pond Apr 2017

Buzzwords: Jargon That Will Keep You Going Through The Year, Annie Pond

Marriott Student Review

Business jargon to help you throughout the year.


In Defense Of The Self-Help Book, Owen Barrott Apr 2017

In Defense Of The Self-Help Book, Owen Barrott

Marriott Student Review

"In Defense of the Self-Help Book" explores the relationship between behavioral economics and the effects that self-help and management books have. It explores loss aversion and the optimism bias paradox and applies it to those who use success literature to improve their own abilities.


Marriott Student Review, Marianna Richardson Apr 2017

Marriott Student Review, Marianna Richardson

Marriott Student Review

This is the inaugural edition of the Marriott Student Review on BYU Scholar Archive. Marriott Student Review is a journal by students, for students. We work to inform Marriott School students about contemporary issues and to prepare them to meaningfully contribute to the global community. We also offer the opportunity for students to publish and add their voice to current events.


Shaping Immigration Law Through A Business Law Model, Mitchell Reber Apr 2017

Shaping Immigration Law Through A Business Law Model, Mitchell Reber

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

This article argues that state-produced immigration law can be a more effective method of regulating immigration when compared with current federal regulation. Currently, regulation as controlled by the federal government supersedes any laws created at the state level and subjects those laws produced by states to extensive review by the courts. The article proposes that immigration law should follow a business-law model when regulating immigration on a state level and discusses how the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 needs to be reinterpreted. The article then describes three ways this change in immigration law could be implemented and confers …


Utah County Housing Trends From 2000-2016: A Quantitative Research Analysis, James C. Brau, Jeremy R. Endicott, Barrett A. Slade, David N. Wilson Apr 2017

Utah County Housing Trends From 2000-2016: A Quantitative Research Analysis, James C. Brau, Jeremy R. Endicott, Barrett A. Slade, David N. Wilson

Faculty Publications

We examine the Utah County housing market using a sample of over 70,000 single-family residential transactions from 2000 through 2016. To measure the strength of the Utah County residential market, we examine selling price, transaction volume, and number of days the house is on the market. We compare housing prices using two models: a naïve model that calculates the average transaction price over a period, and a hedonic pricing model that gives a detailed, holistic view of how homes are priced. The latter incorporates characteristics of homes not priced in the naïve model. Characteristics include total square feet above and …


Let’S Find Out! Motivating Motivational Interview Evidence-Based Practice In Tr, Lora Hughes, Neil Lundberg Mar 2017

Let’S Find Out! Motivating Motivational Interview Evidence-Based Practice In Tr, Lora Hughes, Neil Lundberg

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Diseases related to aging, developmental disorders, mental illnesses, acquired physical disabilities, and traumatic events cause untold human suffering each year. Many professionals seek to alleviate such suffering, including the discipline of therapeutic recreation (TR), which uses a holistic process of targeted interventions, leisure education, recreation participation, and experiential learning to encourage positive change in clients. When working with clients, recreation therapists (RTs) need evidence and direction for using the best practices in therapeutic communication1. One such type of therapeutic communication, Motivational Interviewing (MI), has become popular since the 1970s, especially within mental health and substance abuse fields2 …


All Eyes On You: The Impact Of Stakeholder Attention On Earnings Quality, Scott Tolton, Michael Drake Mar 2017

All Eyes On You: The Impact Of Stakeholder Attention On Earnings Quality, Scott Tolton, Michael Drake

Journal of Undergraduate Research

We behave differently when we are being watched. A large body of research finds that when observed, individuals are more likely to act in accordance with the perceived expectations or desires of the observer as a means to achieve a specific goal (e.g., positive appraisal, promotion, penalty avoidance, etc.).1 In the corporate space, prior studies provide considerable evidence on how attention or monitoring from various parties such as auditors, analysts, business press reporters, institutional investors, and debt holders affects the financial reporting choices of managers. The current literature finds almost unilateral evidence that increased attention from these outsiders is …


The Impact Of Government Loan Expansion On Post-Graduation Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study, Mark Johnson, Taylor Nadauld Mar 2017

The Impact Of Government Loan Expansion On Post-Graduation Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study, Mark Johnson, Taylor Nadauld

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The availability of higher education is linked to more affluent and prosperous societies. In the United States, policy makers have attempted to make post-secondary education readily available through grants and loans. In the past two decades student loans have exploded to become the second largest segment of consumer debt nationally. The effect that higher loan balances has on students has not been examined extensively. We perform a statistical analysis to demonstrate that when the government increases the supply for federal loans, students take on more credit to pay off more expensive forms of credit. All other effects of loans on …