Knowledge may be your company's greatest untapped resource

Your company's most valuable resource may be locked inside the brains of employees. A W. P. Carey School of Business professor has written a paper that describes ways a business can unlock and use this powerful resource.

Iridium's house of cards: An analysis

An outgrowth of Motorola in the late 1980s, Iridium was set up to be the world's first global wireless phone company.

Dissatisfied consumers turn tables on companies in cyberspace

In the old days, an unpleasant customer service experience prompted an outraged report circulating among a few friends and relatives. Today, a spurned customer has the potential to reach millions through Word of Web (WOW).

The waiting game: It's not always a bad thing

To wait or not to wait is not the question. Rather, it's how — and to what extent — an imposed delay affects our enjoyment of consumer products. W. P. Carey School of Business marketing professors take a closer look at delays and consumer opinions.

Separation of powers: Active, independent boards enhance credibility

Research team discovers an unintended benefit of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Aside from tightening controls on corporate misbehavior, the law creates better board governance which, in turn, improves a corporation's credibility with the market.

Ahead of its time: Services program plays critical role in business community

As the Center for Services Leadership at the W. P. Carey School of Business enters its third decade, its founders recall a time when they faced off with skeptics who doubted the importance of services in business education.

Measuring success: New trends in global business bring supply chain management to center stage

New research shows world-class measurement systems for strategic sourcing and the supply chain help drive an organization's cost savings, revenue growth, new product development, supplier relationships, and shareholder value. What's the secret?

The b-to-b tango: Suppliers and customers need to stay in sync

A marketing professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business examines the client-supplier relationship in a recent research survey.

Coming soon to an online retailer near you: CCOMS

"It's you!" How many times have shoppers heard heard that expression? While shopping online, however, customers are pretty much alone in the store. The tools currently available to retailers are limited in their ability to speak to individual consumers.

Getting credit for a novel approach to offsetting auto emissions

When Wharton professor Karl Ulrich began thinking about ways to compensate for the pollution he caused in everyday life — including auto emissions — he came up with a novel idea, which he eventually pitched to the 41 students in his "Problem Solving, Design and System Improvement" class.