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Ray Anderson is Arizona State University’s athletic director and university vice president. Before accepting the position in January 2014, Anderson was managing football operations for the NFL. At the Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon on Oct.

Most of us pride ourselves on having the ability to identify a good boss. It is easy because most of us have experienced a bad boss and just hope for the opposite qualities. But what about being a good follower? Do you know what it takes to be a good employee?

Social media provides numerous outlets for people to voice their opinions. Researchers from the W. P. Carey School of Business wondered whether the virtual cacophony is contributing to political polarization.

Predictive analytics promises to harness Big Data, enabling companies to devise more effective strategies.

Full economic recovery is still at least two years away, according to experts from the W. P. Carey School of Business who delivered their midyear forecasts at the school’s annual Economic Outlook Luncheon on May 8, 2014.

The burgeoning field of analytics was made famous by the book and movie, “Moneyball,” which showed how the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox gained a significant advantage over other baseball teams in the early-to-mid 2000s by their use of statistical formulas.

At the 51st Annual ASU/JPMorgan Chase Economic Forecast Luncheon, two experts shared their progress reports on the economic recovery in Arizona. Both Lee McPheters and Elliott Pollack said that construction jobs lie at the heart of the job growth problem.

James Glassman, managing director and head economist for commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and John Lonski, managing director and chief financial markets economist at Moody's Analytics, agreed that the economy of the nation, like Arizona, is recovering but not yet recovered.

Small business owners are aided by the loyal customers that frequent their establishments. This isn't difficult to figure out. Yet, ways in which small business owners give back to their community and their customers is something that isn't always easy to figure out.

One of the reasons we love (or hate) New Year’s resolution season is because it is a specific point in time that causes us to halt and take inventory of our lives, our businesses and our relationships.