Research

Five ways managers annoy those working for them

In the simplest sense, managers and employees are in a relationship. Here are five pet peeves from good employees.

Three factors to consider before hiring an employee

The concept of bringing in a new employee to a small business can be a daunting one. Sindee Peck, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, provides key guidance when making the difficult decision.

Pop quiz: How accurate are your economic assumptions?

During the W. P. Carey School's annual Economic Oulook Luncheon, guests have an opportunity to test their personal economic knowledge. How confident are you that you understand background facts on economic issues? Try this short quiz to find out if you are an honors student.

Real estate market lifts, but recovery still a year away

According to March data, the median sales price of a single family home in Phoenix returned to the December level after a two-month long dip. Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice and author of the W. P.

Do homework before approaching company to buy your idea

You have an idea that you think you could sell or license. What next? Sidnee Peck, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, provides readers with guidance.

Trust: The steel in effective health sector supply chains

 Trust — or the lack of trust — between suppliers and providers is an issue that has increasingly strained the health sector supply chain.

Creating a high performance health system

The United States has come to a fork in the road regarding its spending on health care – it can choose a route of fewer benefits and less affordability, or choose a route of making the system work better and more efficiently.

What is the Phoenix brand?

Is Phoenix a thriving metropolitan area that offers endless educational opportunities, a healthy job market, innovative companies and an inspiring arts and culture scene? Or is it an Old West town with outdated policies and ideas? Independent of objective facts — how does the world see us?

Big-league sports boost Phoenix economy

The Phoenix metro area boasts a team in all four big-league sports, making it one of only a dozen metropolitan areas that can make this claim. And, of course, ASU has a high-level athletic program that draws hundreds of thousands of fans every year.

No early spring for Phoenix real estate

January usually claims the dubious distinction as the slowest month of the year, according to Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School, but this year February isn’t much better.