Research

Making sense of the Phoenix real estate market requires an understanding of sales data, demographics and trends. On January 25, 2013, the W. P. Carey School of Business and The Arizona Republic assembled a panel of experts, each with depth knowledge of a different facet of the market.

The numbers are in for real estate activity in the Greater Phoenix area in November 2013, and they show that the cooling that began this summer continued through the first of December. Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P.

The Phoenix real estate market, known in recent years for its volatility, is ending the year on a quiet note. According to Mike Orr, author of the W. P.

To many the Valley is synonymous with golf. Green fairways and upscale clubhouses lure homebuyers and vacationers to golf courses here —in the middle of the desert — but the state of the economy and a decline in play are threatening to turn many courses brown.

To benefit from a sourcing system, employees need to use it, notes Rob Hornyak, an assistant professor of Information Systems, who teamed up with Arun Rai of Georgia State University to explore adoption of a sourcing enterprise system (SES) at one the largest consumer products companies in the Un

James Glassman and Lee Ohanian have very different takes on the current and near-future health of the U.S. economy. Glassman, managing director and senior economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., says that a decent economic recovery is in progress.

Arizona’s economic performance in 2014 is expected to continue to be less than robust, according to economists speaking at the 50th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon, co-sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business Department of Economics and JPMorgan Chase.

Dan Burns, CEO of the performance training company, shared the company's scientific approach that integrates four pillars — mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery — to give athletes everything they need to perform their best at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheon.

The most enduring companies change the experiences — even the lives — of the people they serve. That is certainly true of the six winners of the 2013 Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the W.P. Carey School of Business.

This fall, the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business enlisted brokers to provide a new window onto the Phoenix real estate market.