Lower foreclosure rate, fall season slows Phoenix resale market
Activity in the Phoenix real estate market dropped in October – a dynamic as seasonal as the cooling temperatures, because in most years sales slow as the holidays approach. A decline in foreclosures was responsible for part of the overall slowing, according to the report authored by W. P.
The future of analytics: Testing folklore and intuition
Five years ago, the best-selling book "Competing on Analytics" made a case for the use of data to inform decision making.
Promises, promises: When one firm breaks them, two could suffer
A psychological contract is an individual’s beliefs about the informal obligations that exist between employer and employee. What happens when an employer fails to come through on these perceived promises?
Debt crisis: Similarities, differences and lessons learned from the U.S. and Europe
In 2008, the credit crisis in the United States propelled shock waves across the Atlantic to Europe. Europe’s current debt crisis could send damaging waves to America's shores as well, according to international finance experts at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
Gary Dirks: Shedding light on energy sources
Director of LightWorks Gary Dirks talked about the potential for expanding the energy supply by utilizing the power of light at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheon on Oct. 6, 2011.
Can Medicare patients decipher prescription benefit?
Part D, the federal government’s prescription drug insurance program for Medicare enrollees, relies on competition between private insurers to create savings for consumers.
Disappointing recovery, not much growth in sight
Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius received the W. P. Carey School’s 2011 Lawrence R. Klein Award for Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy in a ceremony on October 20, 2011.
Giving and receiving feedback: Conducting a productive formal review
When it’s time for that periodic formal review, do you know how to make the session effective? Minu Ipe, clinical associate professor of management and faculty director of the W. P.
Falling foreclosures dampen Phoenix market in September
Sales activity in the Phoenix real estate market slowed significantly between August and September -- largely due to a drop in foreclosure activity -- according to the monthly housing report issued by the W. P. Carey School of Business.
The Economic Minute: Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms
The Economic Minute is a snapshot of the economy in Arizona and across the U.S. delivered by an expert from the W. P. Carey School of Business at the beginning of Economic Club of Phoenix luncheons. Hear Dean Robert Mittelstaedt.