Retailers beware. Some tried-and-true discounting tactics for pepping up holiday season sales can be a boon for some products -- but a bust for others.

A study co-authored by a professor in IU's Kelley School of Business suggests that fans do have a great impact on games and that officials often are not objective in their efforts to be fair to both teams.

Indiana University economists presenting their annual forecast today (Nov. 5) are confident that 2010 is going to be better than this year. Unfortunately, 2009 was "really, really awful."

IU's Kelley School of Business will present its national, state and local economic forecasts for 2010, beginning with a presentation on Thursday (Nov. 5) morning in Indianapolis, followed by similar events in nine other cities across the state.

The Indiana Business Research Center at IU's Kelley School of Business has been named winner of three of the seven Awards of Excellence presented this year by the Association for University Business and Economic Research.

The Leading Index for Indiana (LII) for the month of September was unchanged from the August index. The August index, previously flat from July, was revised upward. The LII is produced by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, in order to help Hoosier businesses and governments better understand market conditions in the state.

While the forecast for 2009 holiday retail sales is not as grim as a year ago, when seasonal activity fell by 3.8 percent from 2007, the Center for Education and Research in Retailing at IU's Kelley School of Business still projects a 1 percent decline.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has been named winner of the 2009 Award for Exceptional Contributions in Entrepreneurship Research by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC).

The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has created a new economic index that will enable Hoosiers to better understand market conditions in the state.

Four entrepreneurship professors from Indiana University are listed as top researchers in their field in a research study authored by three Howard University scholars.

Today (Aug. 31) is the first day of classes at Indiana University and also a new start for two leaders at IU's Kelley School of Business. Professor Phil Powell will be leading Kelley's full-time MBA program, while Professor Tom Lenz will lead the undergraduate program.

Dean A. Shepherd, the Randall L. Tobias Chair of Entrepreneurial Leadership and professor of entrepreneurship at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, has been appointed editor-in-chief of The Journal of Business Venturing.

Just two days before joining IU's Kelley School of Business, Professor Herman Aguinis saw his work receive national attention, being cited by the United States Supreme Court in its decision in the case of New Haven, Conn., firefighters.

A new Indiana University report released today (June 29) indicates that Indiana has been one of the nation's top beneficiaries of foreign direct investment (FDI) in this decade. Firms where a foreign investor or company had at least a 50 percent stake accounted for 4.6 percent of Indiana's total private sector employment in 2006, ranking the state ninth nationally and well above the U.S. average of 3.5 percent.

According to a new study by the IU Kelley School of Business and its Indiana Business Research Center, Eli Lilly and Co. contributes about $8 billion to the state's economy and is Indiana's sixth largest employer with more than 14,000 employees.

According to new published research, many organizations fail to implement evidence-based policies that encourage whistle-blowers to report wrongdoing internally and suffer the consequences.

Self-imposed industry standards regarding the digital collection and use of consumer information are the preferred solution to protect consumer privacy and empower business innovation, according to faculty at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Indiana University continues to lead all public and private institutions in the state of Indiana in granting baccalaureate and most graduate degrees, and a new study indicates that IU graduates are making vital contributions to the state well after they receive their degrees.

During a period when auto industry employment in Indiana and elsewhere has been in decline, the Hoosier state's life sciences firms have accounted for nearly a quarter of the jobs created during this decade.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has achieved another top ranking for entrepreneurship. In the just-released 2009 World Rankings for Entrepreneurship Productivity, Kelley's Department of Management and Entrepreneurship received the No. 1 ranking among 150 schools worldwide in the study. The study was based on figures from 2008.

The news media has little influence in propelling financial market bubbles or causing their meltdowns, and has only short-term effects on returns. This main finding of an analysis of media coverage and stock performance during the dot-com bubble refutes the current controversies on the issue, say researchers at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

A new study finds that options-based ticketing -- in which consumers purchase the right to buy a ticket, but not the obligation to do so -- would increase participation at events like the Final Four by as much as 35 percent among fans who previously avoided the ticketing process.

Two new teaching awards related to sustainability and environmental literacy -- the Sustainability Course Development Fellowships and the Sustainability and Environmental Literacy Leadership Award -- have been awarded to IU Bloomington faculty by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.

Professor Michael Baye has returned to Indiana University's Kelley School of Business after spending the past year and a half as director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).