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In the subdued Phoenix real estate market, demand continued weaker than normal, supply was tight and sales transaction volume well below normal. In contrast, the rental market is busy with construction projects in the works to increase supply.

Arizona has been a champion of job creation in the past, but right now the state is doing just OK, says Economist Dennis Hoffman, director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Economics Professor Daniel Silverman and four co-authors used “naturally-occurring data” — data gathered about behavior as it happens rather than from a survey or an experiment — to explore a mysterious discrepancy between economic theory and reality.

Finance Professor Laura Lindsey and her co-authors say that they are the first — to the best of their knowledge — to formalize an empirical model for testing economic theories concerning the formation of ties between firms.

The cloud is changing the way businesses operate, spend their money and make decisions, leading many managers to reconsider their current and future operations. Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and others are competing to control the cloud service sector.

A year ago the recovering Phoenix real estate market suddenly shifted to weak, and the market has remained down ever since. We asked Mike Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P.

Several long-term trends will determine America’s economic future, according to John Lonski, managing director and chief financial markets economist of Moody’s Analytics. Careful monitoring and interpretation of those trends for the period of 2010-2013 earned him the 2014 Lawrence R.

Forbes Magazine named Washington, D.C. as the “coolest” city in the nation. Boston, pictured here, came in at No. 10. But what makes some cities cool and others not? Dennis Hoffman, economist and director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute, offers an explanation.

Some entrepreneurs simply started doing something, made some money and then a business was born. If you find yourself in this position, then you should focus on some core concepts to be more strategic and purposeful with your business, enabling it to grow.

Sidnee Peck, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the W. P. Carey School, talks with Ken Morgan of KFNN MoneyRadio 1510, about the companies that are finalists for the 18th annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards, to be presented November 21.