Research

Supply Chain Managment professor Scott Webster has teamed up with researchers from Iowa State University to analyze the effectivenenss of the "bucket brigade" of factory and assembly line production. Using a series of computer simulations, they identified conditions under which storage decis

Real estate projects that usually have trouble attracting the interest of banks are gaining momentum with alternative financing tools such as the EB-5 program, the JOBS Act and smaller, specialty lenders.

A group of the Valley’s most successful brokers, meeting at a real estate forum at the W. P. Carey School of Business, agree that although the commercial real estate market is recovering, improvement will be slow.

If you are in the market for a house, the news is good: Sellers will answer your calls and consider your offer.

Dan Hesse was named CEO of Sprint since December 2007. A recognized leader in the mobile technology sector, Hesse recently added the lifetime achievement award from Corporate Responsibility Magazine to his list of accolades.

January — usually the slowest month of the year for home sales — turned out to be the second quietest in 14 years.

Just when we thought we were getting a handle on BYOD, along comes another acronym - BYOS. There’s some confusion on what the newer acronym stands for, however.

Technology has changed the way we order a pizza, hail a cab and check in for an appointment, and those changes have affected the buildings we work in and the places we shop. “As an industry we’re just beginning to understand the impact of these changes,” said Mark Stapp, director of the W. P.

More than two years of rising prices in the Phoenix real estate market appear to be coming to an end, says Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and practice and author of the monthly housing report.

Politicians and pundits blame sinking workforce participation on discouraged workers exiting the job market, but actually demographics plays a big role.