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How To Exploit Ontologies In Trust Negotiation

The World Wide Web makes it easy to share information and resources, but offers few ways to limit the manner in which these resources are shared. The specification and automated enforcement of security-related policies offer promise as a way of providing controlled sharing, but few tools are available to assist...

Tags: Strategy, Brigham Young University, ontology, specification, WWW, negotiation, tool, security, Web

White papers 2004-09-30

Managing Continuous Change

The future is uncertain, making strategies for change based on the past largely ineffective. So, what is effective strategy in these dynamic settings? The secret lies in taking advantage of market confusion and capturing fleeting market opportunities. This article explains that Modular structures, Simple rules, and Strategic probes are three...

Tags: Brigham Young University, strategy, competitive advantage, knowledge, performance

White papers 2003-01-01

Responding To The Threat Of Buyers, Substitutes, And Suppliers

Strategy of an organization defines the overall plan to deploy strategic resources towards achievement of long-term goals and objectives of the organization. The external environment of a firm consists of the moves and counter moves executed by its competitors. The organizational strategy is effectively realized only after gauging the mood...

Tags: Channel management, Brigham Young University, industry analysis, supplier, environment, strategy, industry

Presentations 2003-01-01

Strategic Alliances And Partnerships

The compulsions of today’s global economy have given rise to the practice of strategic alliances and partnerships. This enables a firm to develop long term relationships with like-minded firms and the synergy, thus developed, drives all the participating firms forward. Trust is the underlying factor in any partnership. It is...

Tags: Business structures, Brigham Young University, strategic alliance, partnership

Presentations 2002-10-01

Additional Resources

BYU speaker lists strategies for life

PROVO -- When E.J. Caffaro was 17, years before he became the director of Brigham Young University's student-athlete academic center, he planned to finish a junior prom group date by staying overnight on a New Jersey beach. His mother disapproved and asked him to do her a...

Articles 2008-06-25

BYU should recall Fire tickets

I challenge Brigham Young University to recall all public ticket sales for the Stadium of Fire this Fourth of July. I personally believe that BYU was naive to believe that the same strategy as previous years would work for Stadium of Fire ticket sales. However, after seeing the scalping chaos...

Articles 2008-04-12

Research and Markets: Team Building: Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance, 4th Edition

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c80350) has announced the addition of Team Building: Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance, 4th Edition to their offering. This book is filled with the concepts, ideas, and practical suggestions that are needed for any manager to have at hand if he...

Articles 2008-01-22

People on the move

• Ray Anderson has returned to Chase as senior vice president in commercial banking for Utah. He previously was director of treasury services for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 16 years but began his financial career with then-Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. Anderson will...

Articles 2007-10-21

Harvest strategy must be part of business plan

Entrepreneurs typically launch ventures for one of two reasons. Either they want to be their own boss for the long haul and develop a "lifestyle" business, or they want to grow a business and then subsequently harvest it. An example of a lifestyle business is a mechanic...

Articles 2007-09-02

Former Dell CEO is named investment adviser at TPG

NEW YORK -- Deposed Dell Inc. Chief Executive Kevin Rollins has found a new home at private-equity giant TPG Capital, formerly known as Texas Pacific Group, serving as a senior adviser on global investment strategies in the technology sector. Rollins, a Brigham Young University graduate, was replaced...

Articles 2007-08-02

Shared vision helps to maintain an entrepreneurial balance

My business partner and I share an office. At first, this was out of necessity. We couldn't afford much space. Fortunately, that isn't the reason now. We actually have plenty of space. But we have found that by sharing an office we are both...

Articles 2007-06-03

Y. professor receives top award

PROVO -- Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management honored Steven R. Thorley with its 2007 Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest faculty distinction given by the school. The award was presented at a recent banquet during which the school also recognized 11 other individuals who have made...

Articles 2007-04-16

Kevin B. Rollins

-- Dell history: Joined Dell as senior vice president of corporate strategy in April 1996 following time as a vice president and partner of management consulting firm Bain & Co. Became general manager of the Americas in May 1996. Named vice chairman in 1997. Title was changed from vice...

Articles 2007-01-21

Sunset hike to fete 'Y'

PROVO -- Soon after the block Y appeared a century ago on the mountain above Brigham Young University, freshmen devised a strategy to punish classmates who didn't show up for the arduous labor of weeding the area around the massive white letter. The laborers created a password...

Articles 2006-10-21

XanGo makes changes in its management

Lehi-based XanGo on Tuesday announced several management changes. Aaron Garrity has been named president and chief executive officer of the company. Gary Hollister, XanGo's former CEO, will remain as chairman of the board and will take a larger responsibility in overseeing the company's global growth strategy, the...

Articles 2006-10-11

BYU Museum of Art is looking for some volunteer tour guides

PROVO -- The Brigham Young University Museum of Art is looking for volunteers who are interested in conducting tours of the museum's upcoming exhibition on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, "Beholding Salvation: Images of Christ." Those interested in becoming tour guides for "Beholding Salvation" are...

Articles 2006-09-28

Y. cyber-bully research to get play on 'Primetime'

Put a bunch of teenage girls in a room with computers and cell phones and tell them to work for two days to become the most popular, and you'll see some pretty ruthless strategy. That's what Brigham Young University researcher David Nelson says he found in a...

Articles 2006-09-14

Y. grad named a finalist in advertising contest

PROVO -- With fuel prices soaring, hybrid automobiles seem to be a wise alternative, as displayed by a Brigham Young University graduate at a top advertising competition. The assignment for this year's The One Show competition, an annual contest in New York City for upstart advertising executives...

Articles 2006-07-10

Partner, board may help scale brick wall

We often use the analogy of a brick wall to describe the dilemma that entrepreneurs face when they just cannot see the next step in building the business: it's like running into a brick wall. These brick walls have stopped many good ideas from making their way to a market....

Articles 2006-06-25

Want to help Web visitors? Speak to them

When visitors arrive at your Web site, does your Web site speak to them? Yes, you read that question correctly. Does your Web site speak? Did you know that by appropriately adding audio to your Web site you can increase the number of leads and sales your...

Articles 2006-04-09