Research

The new, tighter U.S.

Companies that retain their competitive edge have learned how to raise up leaders in the ranks of middle management who have the skills to drive corporate strategy.

Almost anyone can buy a home these days, thanks to specialty mortgages that lower the financial threshold for admission into the hot real estate market.

Selling and providing services is not what it used to be. Thanks to an ultra-competitive B2B services market and an increase in the number of companies contracting core functions to outsourced providers, purchasing departments have reinvented their services buying process.

Throughout its nearly 100 years of existence, General Motors has been an icon of business. "What's good for GM is good for the country" -- a loose paraphrase of a statement made 50 years ago by a GM president -- has come to summarize for many the pervasive role of corporations in America.

If a million dollars sounds like a lot of money to you … if you think "household manager" is a synonym for Mom … if your idea of a cool set of wheels is a Mercedes-Benz convertible … then you probably don't live in Richistan.

Dual-career marriages account for about 65 percent of the workforce, according to the Clayman Institute for Gender Studies in Stanford, California. How do these couples balance the demands of work and family?

Much of the increase in the price of healthcare in the United States can be traced back to technology advances that improve patient outcomes, but are expensive to develop and implement.

The public perception is that foreclosures mainly affect hardworking families who are hit with a payment reset or a trigger event such as a job loss.

Judi Hand, president and general manager of Direct Alliance, a business process outsourcer, visited the W. P. Carey School of Business recently to speak to an audience of students attending the Executive Luncheon Series.