Research

In the digital age, more information is available to more people than ever before. But not all the information. Truly unique and rare information — a hot stock tip, for instance, or a warning of an impending market shift — remains a near-priceless commodity.

"Tough Choices or Tough Times" is not recommended reading for bedtime, if you're hoping for a good night's sleep.

Flextime, telecommuting and part-time employment are popular employee enticements. But, are these attractive benefits also drawbacks for corporate warriors who choose to utilize them?

When employees make up their minds that a knowledge management (KM) system is more trouble than it's worth, they simply stop using it. This decision affects the employer's bottom line and is a crucial factor in whether the big aspirations for a KM system pan out.

Emotional intelligence (EI) is a measure of how well individuals can manage their own moods, and how well they can read the moods of others. Though some critics question the scientific validity of EI, real-world results have been promising.

President Bush's private-insurance initiative, unveiled during the 2007 State of the Union address, keeps alive the debate over how to get at least some of the estimated 47 million uninsured Americans into the system.

In 2003, when corporate turnaround wizard Champ Mitchell became chairman and CEO of Network Solutions, the company was in serious trouble.

There's a large discrepancy between the number of per capita hours people actually worked in the 1990s and the number of hours predicted by the official statistics and the standard growth model.

In a recent study, researchers at the W. P. Carey School of Business found that only about a third of doctors use computers for patient notes, and about 10 percent prescribe electronically.

Can the government control corporate fraud? Probably not, according to Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins, and besides, ever-escalating regulation likely would hinder a free-market economy.