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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.

The Phoenix real estate market has seen prices rise at a dramatic pace over the past year, but what’s next? Mike Orr, director of the of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P.

Toddlers must learn to portion out toys and treats: similarly, organizations face a learning curve when transitioning to shared services. Companies and managers must be willing to change — and education is essential. Tim Olsen, clinical assistant professor of information systems at the W. P.

Chief information officers and others familiar with the Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, trend say organizations need to think through the advantages and the challenges of allowing employees to access corporate data with personal devices.

Real estate professor Andra Ghent’s study of historical mortgage laws and foreclosure statistics shows that state laws vary greatly and, when laws require lenders to work through the court system, foreclosure processes tend to drag on and on. Such delays can hobble housing-market recovery.

The bottom line message of the 2013 economic outlook forecast was strikingly similar from both Anthony Chan, chief economist for private wealth management at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Beth Ann Bovino, deputy chief economist for Standard & Poor’s.

At the 49th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon, co-sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business Department of Economics and JPMorgan Chase, two experts offered their insights into Arizona’s economy in 2013.

In 1980, the average American CEO made about 42 times more than the average American worker. In 2011, the CEO made about 380 times more. CEO pay continued to rise significantly every year in the last half of the 2000s, even as corporate profits were falling.

Good design is an essential ingredient of success, for developers and communities. Real estate Professor Mark Stapp writes that buildings must be more than functional and financially feasible.

Robert E. Mittelstaedt, dean of the W. P. Carey School of Business, surveyed the current employment picture in the U.S. at the November 8, 2012 Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon. The Economic Club of Phoenix, an affiliate of the W. P.