Business and Economics

New research lab focuses on data privacy

dianeb — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:07:17 -0700

Do you worry about the safety of the information you enter online when shopping or paying bills? Are you concerned that your employer has stored your social security number in the company's systems? A new research group at ASU is making sure businesses know how to protect your data. --by Debbie Freeman

I'll have what she's having: social influence and body type

dianeb — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:34:05 -0600

Whether your companions are overweight or skinny and how much they put on their plates can greatly influence how much you eat. --by Debbie Freeman

Creating the right atmosphere: How should carbon-emissions permits be allocated?

dianeb — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:56:28 -0600

As of right now, some 85 percent of the permits that will give utilities and other organizations the right to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are going to be given away free of charge. Is that allocation scheme in the best interest of U.S. citizens?

Finally…Phoenix-area home prices on the rise

dianeb — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:50:55 -0600

For the first time since 2007, Phoenix-area home prices increased from one month to the next, indicating that the worst may be over in the housing decline. --by Debbie Freeman

Worst is over for housing price declines

pkrecker — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:30:58 -0600

Phoenix-area housing prices are declining at a slower rate than earlier this year, indicating that the worst is over for falling home values, a new ASU study has found. --by Hal Mattern

Ads go to the movies

dianeb — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:26:13 -0600

Prepare to see more advertising when you go to the movies. Research shows product placement in films boosts stock prices, with a couple of interesting exceptions. --by Debbie Freeman

Wise decisions are crucial when uncertainty is fluid

dianeb — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:31 -0600

How do we decide what kinds of water conservation measures to implement when we don't know what future precipitation, temperatures, or population will be? Craig Kirkwood helps people make decisions when conditions are uncertain. --by Diane Boudreau

Ideas into action: Real help for developing nations

pkrecker — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:21:28 -0600

ASU professors have pooled their intellectual resources to formally tackle some of the developing world's most intractable problems. The result is a social entrepreneurship program called GlobalResolve. --by Adelheid Fischer

Mapping the complex mind

pkrecker — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:47:33 -0700

What makes some people natural leaders? Business professor Pierre Balthazard believes it's all in their heads, and he's working with neuroscientists to look into the brain and find out how. --by Jessica McCann

Some hospitals slow to adopt life-saving IT tools

pkrecker — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:27:22 -0600

Thousands of Americans die from preventable medical errors each year, with the number of deaths equivalent to a jumbo jet crash once a day. But in spite of the safety benefits, many hospitals are slow to embrace potentially life-saving information technology systems. --by Debbie Freeman