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New Research Showcases Pivotal Shift Toward Energy Democracy
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BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 ā€“ New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is guiding the development of more inclusive and efficient electricity markets. The work demonstrates how aggregating small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels can effectively balance the power of large utility companies.

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Spikes in violent theft frightening customers, damaging business of brick-and-mortar retailers
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Retail insiders blame soft-on-crime policies, understaffing, urban trends

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De-risking global supply chains: Looking beyond material flows
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Global supply chains are undergoing an irrevocable shift. While material flows remain critical, they are only the most visible aspect of this transition. Beneath the surface, changes in information exchanges, financial reconfigurations, and human capital movements are posing far greater risks to the benefits of global trade. The US, China, and the rest the world must handle these changes with care and perspective.

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Moral hazard encourages consumers to choose more expensive treatment options

Moral hazard encourages consumers to choose more expensive treatment options

MedicalResearch.com, June 24, 2017

INFORMS member and University of Toronto professor, Nitin Mehta, discusses a new study he coauthored in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science that investigates the increase in health care costs associated with chronic disease in the context of consumers enrolled in employer sponsored insurance plans. 

Be careful with your goals

Be careful with your goals

A Week's Worth, June 19, 2017

Business literature is full of leaders preaching about stretch goals. These uncomfortable, seemingly out-of-reach results are supposed to motivate people to do things they never thought they could do. But do they work? The answer is complicated. A new study published in the INFORMS journal Organization Science found that stretch goals motivate a small number of participants.

Students tackle hunger in their community with Pro Bono Analytics

Students tackle hunger in their community with Pro Bono Analytics

UBNow, June 19, 2017

Members of the INFORMS student chapter at the University at Buffalo with the State University of New York have taken inspiration from the INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics program and launched their own efforts to positively impact their community.

CEOs who appear on CNBC can see their pay rise over $200,000 per year

CEOs who appear on CNBC can see their pay rise over $200,000 per year

POST Online Media, June 19, 2017

New research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science that examined 4,452 CEOs from 2,666 U.S. firms, as well as 104,129 news articles and 6,567 CNBC interviews, found that CEOs who appeared in CNBC interviews could expect their compensation to increase by $210,239 on average, notwithstanding firm performance and other mitigating factors.

Storytelling: The Write Stuff

Storytelling: The Write Stuff

Analytics Magazine, June 15, 2017

New book, Write to Influence!, explains how to present analytics to a nontechnical audience. Hint: Shorter and clearer is better.

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