Group purchasing organizations encounter troubled waters in the 'safe harbor'

A controversial regulation creates a "safe harbor" from antitrust laws for certain aspects of the relationship between suppliers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in the healthcare industry.

Location, location, location: Home price declines vary widely across metro Phoenix regions

Housing prices in the Phoenix metro area continue to plummet and the rate of decline has accelerated, according to Karl L. Guntermann, a professor of real estate and finance at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Evaluating environmental regulations outside the box

Maricopa County, Arizona is proposing to implement 53 measures to cut pollution from tiny particles (PM-10) that are small enough to be inhaled.

Subprime discussion part one: What is the subprime market and why do we need it?

Knowledge@W. P. Carey recently taped a discussion about the subprime market between Jeffrey Coles, chairman of the finance department at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Anthony Sanders, professor of real estate and finance at the school and Steven Davidson, vice president,

Subprime discussion part two: Mapping subprime in Phoenix

In Part 2 of our five-part series on the subprime market, real estate finance Professor Anthony Sanders maps the occurrence of subprime loans in the metro Phoenix market.

Podcast: Innovation and challenges implementing collaborative environments

Increasingly companies are viewing technology not just as a way to get things done but also as a way to move forward.

Change in trajectory for declining Phoenix real estate prices?

The start of 2008 in the Phoenix metropolitan area was not much different from the end of 2007, as housing prices continue to decline.

Bradley Preber: Aligning form and substance to create an ethical business culture

Marianne Jennings, a professor of legal and ethical studies in business at W. P. Carey School of Business, recently noted that major business scandals used to be spaced about 10 years apart. Unfortunately, the cycle now appears to be compressing.

What's eating you? 100-calorie mini-pack snacks might be diet disrupters

For those of us who diet – counting our cookies, watching our calories and paying more per mouthful for chow that we perceive as "diet food" – researchers from the W. P. Carey School of Business offer a bitter insight to swallow.

Different loans for different zones: Patterns in mortgage type distribution

A geographic mapping of subprime and Alt-A loans in the Phoenix metropolitan area has revealed some unexpected results: these risky mortgages are not scattered, but cluster in certain cities and neighborhoods.