Research

The rise in “open innovation” contests has helped companies broaden their research and development while reducing their cost and risk of failure.

With seven new faculty hires this year, the School of Accountancy has bolstered its status as one of the nation's top accounting programs. "We are hiring in a strategically focused way to build on our strengths and to add depth in areas where we see opportunity," said Philip M. J.

Supply in the Phoenix real estate market is not yet back to normal, but it is clearly getting much stronger. Demand, meantime, has cooled as investor interest wanes and ordinary homebuyers hang back.

When a company is struggling financially, its auditors feel their own kind of pain.

New research by assistant finance professor Claudia Custodio has found that the diversification discount can be grossly over-estimated as a result of flaws in the way it has traditionally been calculated.

Even those who don't usually follow economic indicators could not ignore the dismal news about U.S.

Henry David Thoreau may have penned more than 9,300 words urging people to fight unjust governments in his essay on civil disobedience, but today's political dissidents have brought throngs to the streets with 140 characters or less. Such is the power of social media.

Just about every organization has teams that work together exceptionally well. You might say the members are on the same wavelength, but exactly what does that mean? An experiment conducted at the W. P.

Research shows that when people fit in the culture of the organization in which they work, they are happier, more engaged, more productive and they provide better service.

At the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheon on Jan. 23, 2013, Arizona Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall talked about how the major league baseball organization is delivering in five key areas: fan experience, performance, community, culture, and financial efficiency.