By McKenzie Tate Imagine your fifth birthday is tomorrow. All you want is the new Barbie dreamhouse. You wake up excited and run down the stairs, hoping to find the birthday present of your dreams waiting for you. Your dreams are crushed when you learn that your Barbie dreamhouse is still sitting on a port in Los Angeles, California. It may be weeks or even … Continue reading Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket: Diversify Your Supply Chain for Future Stability

By: Nathan Swihart Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health cases have risen exponentially: 93% more people are seeking treatment for depression and 63% more people are seeking treatment for anxiety.[i] Statistically speaking, any given company will have many employees struggling with mental illness. Therefore, supervisors and executives must devise new plans to better address mental health—doing so will help increase productivity and … Continue reading Now Is The Time: How Business Leaders Can Better Address Mental Health

By: Justin Blake Religion, Recruiting, and the Real You Religion is the common thread that ties Marriott students together. But could religious social media posts hold you back from professional success? With the “Triple-F Framework,” your answer can be a confident “no.” Marriott Students’ Fear If you’re a student in the Marriott School of Business, chances are I already know two things about you: (1) … Continue reading Religion, Recruiting, and the Real You

By: Madeleine McKenzie   Would you rather work a long 50-hour week or go on vacation to the Bahamas? To most people, the answer is obvious. They would rather go on vacation, of course. But their actions tell us otherwise. According to a study conducted by Glassdoor in 2017, 55% of Americans use only half of their work vacation days. And to make matters worse, … Continue reading Want to Be Successful? Work Less.

By Taylor Thompson     Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) in business operations worldwide is projected to increase by almost five times from 2019 to 2023.[1] Collectively, businesses across the world will spend an estimated $10.8 billion on investments in AI in 2023. These investments will make your competitors’ supply chains faster, more efficient, and increasingly agile. The question is simple: will you be willing … Continue reading Your Competitors’ Supply Chains are Changing: How AI Can Transform Your Business

Stephen Johnatakis Williams March 5, 2021   Almost three years after JoAnn and her family last experienced the magic of Disneyland, she still remembers the ecstasy that lit up her children’s faces as they entered and participated in the attractions at the theme park of their dreams. Paul, her husband, remembers the anticipation that built up over the preceding weeks as their children reminisced over … Continue reading Customizing the Customer Experience

By: Talmage Lamb   A world war is approaching. This time, the enemy is unlike any to come before it. There will be no borders or territories, no prisoners of war or atomic bombs; instead, battle scenes will look closer to a Marvel Avengers movie than to an actual war. The enemy won’t have a dictator or king; in fact, if anyone should be blamed … Continue reading Man vs. Robot: Weapons Against Automation

By Kord Thomas   Every accounting student is familiar with the glazed-over eyes of their friends and family members when the student starts to talk about their major. The uninterested expression comes as the friend or family member envisions a life of solitude and tax returns in some windowless back office. Many students share the worry that they will be relegated to that same fate; … Continue reading Where Accounting Meets Crimefighting: A more exciting career option for accounting students

By Rebecca Rasmussen   Did you know that in 2014, according to the Association of Enterprise Opportunity, microenterprises constituted 92% of all companies in the United States?1   U.S. Companies (Green) Microenterprises     (Blue) Other Companies Since then, the number of microenterprises has continued to increase, largely because of specialty websites like Etsy and Amazon Handmade. According to E. Mitchell Church from Coastal Carolina University … Continue reading A Recipe for Success in Microenterprises