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Decision Science Digest: November 16, 2022

Decision Science Digest: November 16, 2022

Journal Paper, November 16, 2022
  • New Research Finds Airbnb’s Encourage Residential Real Estate Investments (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)
  • New Policy Increases Equity and Service Across Nonprofits and Nongovernmental Organizations (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Your Political Affiliations Are Affecting Whether You Get a Loan, New Research Says How (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Are Reviews Helping or Hurting Buying Decisions? New Research Interprets Consumer Response to Top Ratings (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
Smart Cities for America’s Future

Smart Cities for America’s Future

Audio Clip, November 16, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Ramayya Krishnan, the Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s also the Public Policy and William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems. Krishnan speaks about smart cities and America’s future. Carnegie Mellon is home to Metro 21: Smart Cities Institute. Metro21 is an interdisciplinary research and implementation lab at Carnegie Mellon that uses technology to work with metropolitan and rural communities to tackle some of their most pressing real-world challenges. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 14, 2022.

New CDC Guidelines on the Prescription of Opioids

New CDC Guidelines on the Prescription of Opioids

Audio Clip, November 9, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Hui Zhao, a professor of supply chain management and Charles and Lilian Binder Faculty Fellow at The Pennsylvania State University. She speaks about new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on the prescriptions of opioids. The audio is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 8, 2022.

Election Security Matters in the 2022 Midterms

Election Security Matters in the 2022 Midterms

Audio Clip, November 7, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Natalie Scala, an associate professor and director of the graduate programs in supply chain in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University. She’s also a faculty Affiliate Associate Research Scientist at the Applied Research Lab for Intelligence and Security at the University of Maryland. Scala speaks about election security in the 2022 Midterms. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 7, 2022.

How Much Impact Do Boycotts and Buycotts Actually Have on Brand Sales?

How Much Impact Do Boycotts and Buycotts Actually Have on Brand Sales?

News Release, November 3, 2022

BALTIMORE, MD, November 3, 2022 – At a campaign event in the midst of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the chief executive officer of Goya, a large Latin food brand, publicly praised and endorsed then-president Donald Trump. The comments triggered both a boycott and a counter “buycott” movement in support of the brand.

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Decision Science Digest

Decision Science Digest: September 30, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, September 30, 2024 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • Focusing on the Family: A Breakthrough in Genetic Testing that Provides Health Information to Everyone, Not Just One Person (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Utilizing Drones to Save Lives and Fight the Opioid Epidemic: New Model Can Save up to 33 Lives per Year (INFORMS journal Operations Research)
  • Generative AI Interprets Reactions to Polarizing Content: Social Media vs. Email (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Identifying Depression and Preventing Suicide: New Model Utilizes Social Media Data to Save Lives (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
Decision Science Digest: June 18, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, June 18, 2024 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • Tailoring Ads to Consumers: How Facial Expression Software is Streamlining the Process (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Teaming Up to Reach a Goal: New Research Proves Social Ties Improve Long-Standing Success (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Predicting Deliveries: Fostering Trust with Consumers So They Buy Again, A New Model to Nail Down Product Delivery Dates (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • The Tesla Effect! The Impact of EV Charging Locations on Local Businesses (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
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