Research

Paralleling the boom in private equity deals in recent years has been a growing sense of alarm about these multibillion dollar transactions.

Today's health care leaders are constantly challenged with the seemingly incompatible goals of improving patient care while developing strategies to reign in skyrocketing costs.

Some of the benefits of scientific research conducted in universities are obvious. Great laboratory discoveries expand our understanding of the world, cure diseases, and make life better in myriad ways.

As companies shift from product to services focus, they face the challenge of a larger, more dynamic and more diverse customer base. Some are turning to universities for assistance from academics to find ways to improve operations or customer relations.

The amenities of desert living have long brought a strong inflow of new residents to Arizona, which is good for the real estate market but bad for institutional memory: Those who have not lived very long in the Grand Canyon State might not know about the great real estate downturn of the late 198

Workplaces are the setting for sitcoms and cartoons for good reason — they are networks of imperfect human relationships that provide plenty of material to comedy writers.

The corporate failures of Enron, WorldCom, HealthSouth and Tyco were separate tragedies, but they share a common theme: ethical breakdown that started at the top and permeated the organizations.

Manufacturers have learned to work closely with their suppliers to decrease costs and reduce time to market, but focusing on buyer-supplier relationships may no longer be enough to achieve competitive advantage.

Convenience and cost-savings are powerful incentives for companies to use technology as a way of convening meetings, and they do so knowing that an electronically-mediated session will be different from a face-to-face meeting.

When complicated decisions have to be made — whether about salaries, layoffs or growth strategy — executives often rely on their underlying values to help them sort through possible options.