Research

Trust me: Building strategic partnerships in a global marketplace

Trust has always been the cornerstone of a successful business relationship. But in a global marketplace, your business partners may include a myriad of companies spread across the globe, linked by information gateways.

The evolving science of services

The W. P. Carey School, through its pioneering Center for Services Leadership, has been at the leading edge of research concerning the services sector, which now accounts for 75 to 80 percent of the U.S. economy.

Group buy-in: How the urge to fit in sways purchase satisfaction

Corporations utilize multi-person buying committees to be sure that high-ticket decisions are based on broad input and merit.

Back to the 80s: Are we in for a real estate repeat?

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

What is the information supply chain?

Like a physical supply chain, an information supply chain (ISC) is comprised of the organizations that connect with each other to produce a desired end — product or service — for a user.

Surprising jump in tax revenues: Will it last?

Recent estimates of the United States' federal budget deficit just keep getting better.

Information flow crucial to effective disaster response

Hurricane Katrina delivered an excruciating lesson on "information integration in action, not theory," according to Steve Cooper, chief information officer at the American Red Cross.

The effects of university research on local economies

Do university research programs tend to stimulate employment and raise the average level of income in the local area economy?

A healthy environment — priceless

The idea of melding economic and environmental goals is not new, but acceptance is growing for the idea that a healthy environment is part of a healthy economy.