Research

Stock market analysts move markets, and not just because investors believe in the validity of their research and legitimacy of their opinions. In an important new study, Assistant Professors Jennifer L.

Across virtually all industries and geographic regions, manufacturers share one common goal: to increase profitability by decreasing costs.

In 2006, the United States' trade deficit in goods was $836 billion, a record for the fifth year in a row and an 80 percent increase from four years earlier.

In the Super Bowl advertising arms race, companies spend millions on mere seconds. Is it worth it? Nancy Stephens, associate professor of marketing, says no.

Peter Drucker, sometimes called the father of modern management, once commented that health care organizations are the most difficult to manage of all organizations. For example, American health care is defined by legislative mandate yet implemented in the private sector.

As the stock market continues to shake following the crash of the subprime market, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. Now more than ever it's important to understand how the Fed works. For example, what is the federal funds rate and how does it differ from the discount rate?

IRS officials estimate some $290 billion dollars that should have come into federal coffers in 2001 never made it into Uncle Sam's pockets. But, take heart. The IRS has a seven-component strategy for bringing in the bucks.

The meltdown of the subprime mortgage industry, often associated with the lower end of the U.S. housing market, continues to spread upward, bringing uncertainty into the jumbo mortgage loan market (loans above $417,000).

From its origin as an economical means of preserving dried fish to its current ubiquitous presence in supermarkets and five-star restaurants, sushi presents a fascinating glimpse of the rise and fall (and rise again) of Japan's modern economy and the similarly wild ride of sushi's culinary center

With consumers increasingly comfortable with interactive technologies such as online social networks, high-speed connections and new media tools, it's now easier than ever for marketers to connect with their customers. It is also easier than ever for consumers to ignore brand messages.