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Donald Trump's weekly pronouncement "You're fired!" makes for blockbuster TV ratings, but as a model for performance evaluation it leaves much to be desired. That's the opinion of W. P. Carey School of Business management professor Robert L. Cardy.

The solution to the increasingly expensive U.S. health-care system is to abandon insurance plans and government programs — and throw the beast into the open marketplace, according to 2004 Nobel Laureate Edward C. Prescott, professor of economics at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Using health information dating from the Civil War, researchers have arrived at some intriguing conclusions about the "environmentally induced change to human physiology" which has led to a steady increase of healthier longer-lived people in developed nations.

Tax breaks are widely promoted by economic development agencies and the business lobby as an effective tool to promote corporate investment.

Your company's most valuable resource may be locked inside the brains of employees. A W. P. Carey School of Business professor has written a paper that describes ways a business can unlock and use this powerful resource.

From business schools to baseball batters, we use rankings to determine who's the best. Investors, too, look to rankings to assess the performance of financial professionals.

Companies know that finding the right people to take care of business is critical for success. But how to attract and hold onto those people? A W. P. Carey School of Business management professor has identified a new use for the branding concept: focusing on human resource management.

Only a handful of the nation's medical schools now teach molecular science, but soon doctors without this education will be on the road to obsolescence. Scientists are looking deep into the genetic code to find an answer in the molecules to the riddles of disease diagnoses and treatment.

Lacking chic surroundings or cordial salespeople, e-tailers must work harder at gaining the trust, respect and ultimately loyalty of their customers.

Depending on the size of the corporation, the diversity of its products and the background of the CEO, a COO as second-in-command can be a help or a hindrance, according to a new study by professors from the W. P. Carey School of Business and Pennsylvania State University.