Searching for truth — or whatever — could be easier with recognition
Keyword searches can be a waste of valuable time, affecting productivity in a company with an extensive database.
High performers: Staying on top of the game
The qualities that set high performers apart from their colleagues have been put under the research microscope of two marketing professors at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
Web search technology: Time for a little Q & A?
An information systems researcher at the W. P.
When power corrupts: 'Those people' look a lot like us
The recent explosion of corporate scandals has everyone wondering — why do organizations become corrupt? How can we build safeguards against systemic corruption? And, is an individual able to change a corrupt workplace culture without paying too high a price?
A new day for CPAs: Demand climbs in aftermath of dot-com dive
Legislative pressure is requiring corporate America to set its financial house in order, creating an uptick in demand for accounting professionals. Business schools respond by retooling accountancy programs for the post-Enron era.
Time to rethink the 'new employee relationship?'
The much-touted "new employee relationship" model, in which workplace dynamics stress hyper-productivity at the expense of commitment among workers and management, is re-examined in a new book, "The Future of HR: 50 Thought Leaders Call for Change." Anne Tsui, professor of management at W. P
What goes around comes around: Jobless recoveries nothing new
New research by W. P. Carey School of Business faculty finds that jobless recoveries have been with us far longer than most experts think. In fact, sluggish job growth has followed U.S. recessions since at least 1950.
European Central Bank fraught with turbulence in early years
The European Union has faced some formidable hurdles since its debut in January 1999.
High-flying CEO adheres to mantra 'small is beautiful'
A small Pennsylvania firm whose CEO values "flexible minds" in his employees has managed to outbid the corporate heavyweights of the aerospace world to win federal government contracts.
Iridium's house of cards: An analysis
An outgrowth of Motorola in the late 1980s, Iridium was set up to be the world's first global wireless phone company.