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Study Reveals Hidden Economic Cost of Sponsored Content for Social Media Influencers
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 25, 2025 – In an era in which influencer marketing dominates digital platforms, a groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Management Science unveils a surprising reality: sponsored content can harm an influencer’s reputation and reduce audience engagement.

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OpenAI’s New Stargate Project and China’s DeepSeek: Goliath vs. David
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On Jan. 21, OpenAI launched the $500 billion Stargate Project with partners like Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle. This initiative aimed to secure American AI leadership, create jobs, and boost the economy. Initially, this boosted the stock prices of these companies.

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Resign or stay? Federal workers are on the clock — Here’s how decision-analysis tools can help
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Living in limbo: An estimated 2 million U. S. federal employees were thrust into a decision they did not seek to make. A deadline from the Trump Administration was halted last week, and is now in the hands of a judge. When a deadline is set those employees will have to make a high-stakes choice: Take a buyout and resign, or they can choose to stay in an uncertain job environment, including the possibility of being laid-off or having significant changes in work duties or leave with a buyout. This current reprieve gives these federal employees a little more time, but the fundamental question for each of them remains: What’s the right move for your career and future?

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New Research Finds Popularity Distance Between a Visited Restaurant’s Location and a Person’s Hometown Biases their Online Rating up to 11%

New Research Finds Popularity Distance Between a Visited Restaurant’s Location and a Person’s Hometown Biases their Online Rating up to 11%

News Release, February 6, 2020

CATONSVILLE, MD, February 6, 2020 – Product reviews and ratings have a strong impact on consumer consideration. In restaurant reviews, new research in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows that location bias, based on the popularity difference between the reviewer’s hometown and the distance to their destination, can affect a reviewers online rating by as much as 11%. 

No flights when you want them? Throw some math at the problem!

No flights when you want them? Throw some math at the problem!

Concord Monitor, February 3, 2020

Recently I flew to D.C. to visit my family and had to get up at 4:30 a.m. to make my flight in Manchester because the next flight was way too late. Between yawns, I muttered deprecations about American Airlines all day.

Together, Ebook Reviews And Previews Boost The Likelihood Of A Purchase By 30%

Together, Ebook Reviews And Previews Boost The Likelihood Of A Purchase By 30%

Forbes, February 2, 2020

It’s considered common knowledge that book reviews are a big compontent of successful marketing for an author. But a new study just added a wrinkle: The research shows that combining ebook reviews with a preview of the book itself makes viewers meaningfully more likely to buy a copy than either the review or the preview by itself.

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