December 2014

“The Immigration Effect: Boom or Bust for Business?; Captive Insurance Is a Financial Tool; Luxury Follows Its Own Trends”

Cover Story

The Immigration Effect: Boom or Bust for Business

Immigration is often discussed in moral terms of right and wrong. Is it right to exclude children born and raised in the U.S. from an opportunity to … [More]
Features

Captive Insurance Is a Financial Tool

An option businesses can use in managing their finances is captive insurance. Captive insurance is a … [More]

Luxury Follows Its Own Trends

The Phoenix-area housing market is unlikely to see a significant boost until next year, according to … [More]
Legal

No Legal Risk with Office Gambling? Don’t Bet on It

If part of your office culture includes friendly wagers for Fantasy Football, the Super Bowl, March … [More]
Nonprofit

The Psychology of Giving

Do people give to philanthropic causes out of a sense of responsibility or guilt, for tax breaks or … [More]
Roundtable

Hidden Bias Impacts Talent Management

When we hear the word “bias,” many of us often immediately jump to racial, gender, age or cultural … [More]
From the Top

Robb M. Corwin: Making Happenings Happen

When football fans arrive for Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale on … [More]
By the Numbers

Small-Business Owners’ Optimism Highest Since 2007

Small-business owners’ optimism on business prospects and the economy continue to rise, according to … [More]
Healthcare

eHealth: Technology Advances Healthcare Delivery

Telemedicine has been around more than 100 years, but it is advancing with gains in mobile … [More]
Well Well Well

Avondale: Health-Conscious Development

The City of Avondale is courting the healthcare industry as an important high-growth sector for its … [More]

Servicing Home Health to Curb Healthcare Costs

Recognizing that advances in technology along with the need to curb healthcare costs were spurring … [More]
Technology

Mapping and Marketing to an Efficient Schedule

Mapping software is a key element of the app FreshLime is debuting to home services companies in … [More]

New ATM Prods Consumer Behavior

Use of ATMs to access cash is up — going from 11 percent to 14 percent over the past year, according … [More]
Tech Notes

Kitchen Command

Cooking app SideChef reads aloud recipe directions so that cooks can pay attention to the cooking … [More]

Text Has Feelings, Too

The developing field of affective computing (AC), which includes recognizing emotion in text, has … [More]

The Fabric of Our Lives

BeBop Sensors, Inc. is now marketing a wearable, smart-fabric sensor that measures and reports in … [More]
Briefs

Business Opportunity Is a Dutch Connection

There is significant business opportunity for Arizona companies with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. … [More]

Move Fast for the R&D Tax Credit Refund

Arizona keeps company with 36 other states in offering an R&D credit, with the distinction of … [More]

The Holiday Party: Potential Employer Hazard

To avoid the pitfalls that can be created at the company holiday party, businesses need to carefully … [More]
Bytes

A True Business Partnership

Social Venture Partners is an international network of engaged philanthropists who invest time, … [More]

e-Commerce for Small Biz

GoDaddy, the technology provider dedicated to small businesses, launched the new GoDaddy Online … [More]

For Spending ‘Kabbage’

Entrepreneurship is on the rise, and Kabbage is stepping in where banks aren’t going. Kabbage is … [More]

Stay Up on Data Privacy & Security

The Data Privacy & Security Team of national law firm Quarles & Brady LLP, which has three … [More]
Get Real (Commercial Real Estate)

Scottsdale Lifestyle

Lifestyle townhome community Aerium, located on 70th Street and Goldwater in the heart of downtown … [More]

Airport Industrial

With recent approvals by the Chandler City Council, planning has begun on Chandler Airport Center, a … [More]

Living Wright

Cahava Springs is a 982-acre, fully entitled, master-planned preserve community located in the Town … [More]