Companies that make regular ongoing campaign contributions to lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee end up paying lower tax rates over time, according to a new study by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

According to research, there are efficient and inefficient ways to inspire your staff in today's multidimensional business environment. Learn the combination for achieving better performance from your workforce.

Everybody has heard about companies that fail to take adequate action when their products show faults and end up on the front page. Professor Emeritus Marianne Jennings has spent several years researching why these internal ethical lapses happen in the first place.

Ask the 3,000 impoverished Ethiopian women who received special credit lines so they could start their own businesses: World Bank loans change lives. Just what is the World Bank?

Insider trading erodes confidence in the stock market and reduces investor participation in a market they figure is rigged on behalf of the rich and powerful. Can shareholder lawsuits deter this self-serving behavior?

In periods of economic downturn, analysts’ forecasts are generally more optimistic than conditions warrant. On the other hand, analysts are very accurate reflecting positive signs.

AP reporter Tom Murphy interviewed Professor of Practice Donald Goldman in the wake of Pfizer’s decision to scrap a tax-saving $160-billion overseas merger.

Turnover in key positions is disruptive to the business, costly and consumes time. Sometimes these valued employees want “a piece of the pie,” but some owners are not wiling give up any ownership.

Do the executives running big public accounting firms really know how the CPAs who work for them would respond when faced with ethical dilemmas? New research suggests they may not.

The School of Accountancy's Professor of Practice Donald Goldman offers a cautionary tale that illustrates the consequences of cutting corners when starting a business. In this case, saving a few dollars on legal advice in the beginning cost $3 million in the end.