Past Issue: November 2012
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Cover Story
Educating Our Work Force
Enough already! It seems to be taking forever for Arizona’s unemployment rate to drop to levels seen before the Great Recession. Or is it the new … [More]
STEM: More than the Sum of Its Parts
“Every economic development business conversation gets back to education,” says Darcy Renfro, vice president and coordinator of Science Foundation … [More]
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Features
Are You Prepared for a Crisis?
The fire alarm rings. Instantly, trained personnel leap into action. The dispatcher pinpoints the … [More]
Restaurants: Setting the Table for Business
To the casual observer, the restaurant business is exciting, even glamorous. Many chefs and … [More]
Mediation: Results that Move Business Forward
According to one source, 30 percent of a manager’s time is spent dealing with conflict. If workplace … [More]
Ask Straight Up — and Close the Deal
Most salespeople, when it comes down to it, are downright scared of being direct and to the point … [More]
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Roundtable
Is it Time to Change Standards for Banking’s Assessment of Risk?
Banks are the underpinning of commerce. One of their key roles — if not the key role — is to … [More]
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Business Education
Best Practices for Accounts Receivable Collection
The cash-flow crisis resulting from inadequate accounts receivable collection practices in a growing … [More]
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Trickle Up
Doug Fulton: Importance of Marketing
Sitting in a comfortable leather chair by the baggage claim area inside the terminal at Phoenix-Mesa … [More]
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Briefs
Construction Supply Company in Expansion Mode
Flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators, which opened a 6,239-square-foot store in Scottsdale this … [More]
New Golf Enterprise Focuses on Business Women
Women represent a huge new potential market for the golf industry, and the PGA’s Connecting with Her … [More]
Services Is Growth Focus of Business
Many companies look at services as a strategy for growth and profitability — even companies whose … [More]
Sustainability Profits in Money and Morale
Mesa-based Crescent Crown Distributing, one of the nation’s largest distributors of alcoholic … [More]
Bytes: November 2012
e-Marketing Can Be Rewarding
PinningRewards, a grass-roots marketing and product distribution … [More]
