Conspicuous consumption: How utilities want to lighten your load
A big change may be ahead in the relationship you have with your electric utility. That's because the worrisome carbon footprint is stomping all over the options electric utilities have to meet increasing demand for power.
Group purchasing organizations encounter troubled waters in the 'safe harbor'
A controversial regulation creates a "safe harbor" from antitrust laws for certain aspects of the relationship between suppliers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in the healthcare industry.
Location, location, location: Home price declines vary widely across metro Phoenix regions
Housing prices in the Phoenix metro area continue to plummet and the rate of decline has accelerated, according to Karl L. Guntermann, a professor of real estate and finance at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
Jeff Moorad: Performance-enhancing management for the Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks are fresh from a season during which they led the National League in victories, racking up 90 on the way to winning the National League West Division title. The team, which debuted in 1998, won the World Series in its fourth season, but at a high cost.
Reaping the benefits of a big event
Super Bowl XLII represents an estimated $450 million in direct and ancillary revenues for businesses and entrepreneurs.
Starbucked: Background reading for a corporate reorganization
Coffee juggernaut Starbucks is facing new challenges in the American-style café business that it created around the globe. Competition is increasing; even McDonalds — where the ambience is not exactly Starbucks — is adding the job title "barista" to its stores.
Environmental squeeze prompts utilities to change tune
Electric utilities are in the business of selling electrons. The more they sell, the more they earn. But today, a whirlwind of forces is sweeping electron sellers into counterintuitive activities such as promoting conservation and offering rate structures designed to cut peak consumption.
The art of negotiating with your boss — part two
One of the most difficult tasks for a worker is negotiating with a boss.
New attitudes, technology paint a brighter future for videoconferencing
Videoconferencing has been touted as a practical, here-today technology that can save companies from having to fly employees all over. But despite its practicality, adoption of this technology has been minimal.
Doctors who care for the poor: Paying the hidden cost of Medicaid
A groundbreaking study has finally put a dollar figure on a previously unanswered question: how much do physicians' practices, due to government regulation, pay to ensure their poorest patients get the right prescription drugs?