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Every year various periodicals make lists of the "best places to do business" based on criteria such as business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. Arizona usually ranks in the middle of the pack.

IT in the past has proven to be difficult to integrate into a business, due to the complex nature of IT. Although, once it has been integrated, it can work wonders for a business in a multitude of ways. A team of W. P.

Cultivating meaningfulness at work is important because research shows that people are happier, healthier and more productive when they are doing “meaningful” work.

If there is one axiom in business, it is that every business owner wants to have an advantage over their competition regardless of the type of business they have. The question is always how to have a competitive advantage.

The annual quiz at the Economic Outlook Luncheon tests your knowledge of the Arizona economy. This is the ninth year that the event has included the quiz, which is based on presentations at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheons this season. How many questions can you guess correctly?

For the past six years, experts from the W. P. Carey School of Business have been forecasting the same thing about the Arizona economy: slow recovery. But 2015 just might be the year that we can declare Arizona’s economy officially, finally, recovered.

Bioscientists, technologists and health care experts talked about current health care challenges and the opportunities to redefine and resolve them at the 2015 Symposium on Innovation in the Health Sector, hosted by the W. P. Carey School’s Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium.

Brent James, chief quality officer and executive director at the Intermountain Institute for Healthcare Leadership, gives of examples of how to deliver better health care, cheaper at the 2015 Mark McKenna Health Care Management Lecture, hosted by the Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium

Last Tuesday was Equal Pay Day. Is this still an issue? What can I do as a woman to be sure I get paid equally?

If your corporate office is in the same building as your bedroom, you may want to consider moving the space elsewhere to adequately build revenue for your venture.