Toward a smarter model of performance management
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.
Should health care costs be purely market driven?
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.
Study: Tax-break incentives for business seldom pay off
Tax breaks are widely promoted by economic development agencies and the business lobby as an effective tool to promote corporate investment.
Knowledge may be your company's greatest untapped resource
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.
Branding tied to core values attracts talented work force
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.
Biodesign Institute studies customized prescription technology
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.
Accounting for the abuses at AIG
When accounting problems at American International Group surfaced last winter, it looked like a small matter next to the corporation–busting scandals of the Enron era.
Keep options open with a 'best-of-breed' software strategy
While integrating different software applications is always a challenge, it is easier when the different components come from the same vendor and are designed to fit together.
Zen of the pack rat: Yard sales bring angst, exhilaration for sellers
Our possessions are more than inanimate objects; often they are fraught with meaning, negative or positive.
Defining success in the entrepreneurial company
A study of entrepreneurial cultures by W. P. Carey School of Business management professor Angelo Kinicki revealed similarities in leadership styles of the most successful companies.