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Intellect

Nature Study: Increasing number of university-licensed startups in the U.S. are not actually operating

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 23, 2020
An analysis of the Top 50 patent-producing universities in the United States finds a staggering increase in the amount of university-licensed startups that exist on paper, but are not really doing anything — no employees, often no physical location, no economic impact, finds the Nature Biotechnology study.
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Intellect

Accounting students land BYU another No. 1 ranking

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 23, 2019
School of Accountancy students are the top large program in the country for first-time pass rates of the Certified Public Accountant Exam.
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Intellect

Shark Tank deal for BYU inventors of massage therapy ball

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 28, 2019
Rollins Center-supported startup Myostorm lands deal on ABC's prime-time show.
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Intellect

Impostor Syndrome is more common than you think; Study finds best way to cope with it

By Paul Swenson
September 23, 2019
A new study from researchers at BYU reveals that perceptions of impostorism are quite common and uncovers one of the best — and worst — ways to cope with such feelings.
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Intellect

Not making a top 100 corporate ranking is better than just making the cut

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
September 17, 2019
Just making the list could cost your company millions in value
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Intellect

Are Siri and Alexa making us ruder? The answer is...

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
August 15, 2019
Is the way we bark out orders to digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant making us less polite? Prompted by growing concerns, two BYU information systems researchers decided to ask.
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Intellect

Viewing pornography at work increases unethical behavior on the job

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 23, 2019
New research discovers employees who view pornography aren’t just costing companies millions of dollars in wasted time, they’re causing harm to the company.
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Intellect

New BYU student venture: Rockets that make space access affordable

By Whitney Steele
May 08, 2019
Finalist of BYU Marriott School's New Venture Challenge wants to make space more accessible
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Intellect

BYU study: Effective incentives help people overcome procrastination

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
May 05, 2019
Marriott School of Business dean finds incentives are key
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Character

Once abandoned BYU finance grad “pays it forward”

By Whitney Steele
April 21, 2019
Born in a Thailand refugee camp and raised in Cambodia by her sister, Channika “Nika” Noun never expected to complete any kind of education. Now, she prepares to graduate from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business in finance, with an emphasis in corporate finance.
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Intellect

Show me the gift cards! Reward types impact effectiveness of wellness programs

By Whitney Steele
March 19, 2019
Employee wellness programs are popular among businesses seeking to increase productivity and cut health care costs. However, many firms have struggled to reap those benefits due to low employee motivation. New research from BYU accounting professors finds evidence that the problem may lie in how the employees are choosing to reward themselves.
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Intellect

Study: Collaborative video games could increase office productivity

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 28, 2019
Move over trust falls and ropes courses, turns out playing video games with coworkers is the real path to better performance at the office.
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Intellect

On its own, Trump admin's price disclosure policy unlikely to help curb drug prices

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 21, 2019
The Trump administration’s proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to publish drug prices in TV ads is unlikely to help control drug prices, according to a co-authored BYU study published Jan. 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Intellect

BYU prof breaks down Uncle Sam’s loans to automakers

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 28, 2018
Trend of government investment in private companies is increasing
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Intellect

Political competition is hurting our charitable giving

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 23, 2018
Voters who live in counties with high political competition give less
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Intellect

Study of Android users: How to get people to pay attention to mobile security notifications

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
May 23, 2018
Using brain data, eye-tracking data and field-study data, a group of BYU researchers have confirmed something about our interaction with security warnings on computers and phones: the more we see them, the more we tune them out.

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Announcements

New dean for BYU Marriott School of Business

May 22, 2018
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President James R. Rasband announced this morning that Brigitte C. Madrian has been named the ninth dean of the BYU Marriott School of Business. 

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Intellect

Video is opening up new types of research for organization studies

By K.C. Miller
May 16, 2018
Management professor Curtis LeBaron is an expert in analyzing video recordings of human behavior, specifically using those skills to help organizations pinpoint the onset of problems or successes.

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