Journals in the News
"Study links mutual fund decisions with religion"
CNN (belief BLOG), Sept. 25, 2012, the article looks at a study, conducted at the University of Georgia and SMU, that found that religion in a community affects the decision-making process of mutual fund managers: Management Science.
"Why do women get smaller raises than men?"
Marketplace Business (marketplace.org), August 2, 2012, INFORMS author Maura Belliveau was interviewed by NPR about her paper published in the current issue of Organization Science.
"Close Calls Are Near Disasters---Not Lucky Breaks"
Wired (wired.com), August 2012, the July 2012 article "How Near-Miss Events Amplify or Attenuate Risky Decision Making" is covered in the current issue of Wired: Management Science.
"Something for the Weekend: When is it Profitable to Reward One's Own Customers "
Financial Times (FT.com), 27 January 2012, the authors give crucial insight into when behavior-based pricing should be used to form a balance between customer acquisition and retention: Marketing Science.
"The Positive Effects of Negative Blogs"
PHYSORG.com, 23 January 2012, authors say their research shows some negative blogs about a company is actually beneficial to the company’s image: Information Systems Research.
"Music Piracy Encouraged by Industry's Digital Shackles, Researchers Say"
IBTIMES.com, Tech & Trend, 11 October 2011, Technology meant to thwart digital music pirates may actually spurn them on, according to new research. The research will be in the forthcoming November-December issue of Marketing Science.
"NJIT math professor calls Rangers and Brewers solid favorites for championships"
EurekAlert!, 11 October 2011, Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the probability of each team advancing to the World Series. Bukiet's model originally appeared in the journal Operations Research.
"Less Web Tracking Means Less Effective Ads, Researcher Says"
NYTIMES.com, Bits Blog, 15 September 2011, Limitations on the tracking of Internet users was associated with a 65 percent drop in the effectiveness of online marketing. "Privacy Regulation and Online Advertising" is published in a recent issue of Management Science.
"Speed and Efficiency of Response are Key to Tackling Epidemics"
News-Medical.Net, 20 July 2011, In the paper, "Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases with Information Systems," in the Sept. 2011 Information Systems Research issue the authors studied what was effective (and not) in the reaction to the SARS epidemic.
"CARE Positions Disaster Relief"
PHYSORG.com, 21 July 2011, Operations research models helped CARE pick three locations to supply relief to victims. "Pre-Positioning of Emergency Items for CARE International" is published in a special issue of Interfaces.
"Don't (always) talk to your neighbor"
Physorg,com, 11 July 2011, Researchers say knowledge transfer is far from the unequivocal advantage it is often considered. The authors describe their results in a paper to be published in Organization Science.
"Online Consumers Willing to Pay Premium for Net Privacy"
ScienceBlog, 11 July 2011, Online consumers are often willing to pay a premium for purchases from online vendors with clear, protective privacy policies, according to a new study in Information Systems Research
"Something for the Weekend"
Financial Times, FT.com 17 Jun 2011, Predicting trends can have important ramifications for society, the original paper can be read in a forthcoming issue of Management Science
"Is it Better to Hire for Cultural Fit over Experience?"
Fortune.CNN.com Apr. 28, 2011, The ideal candidate may become a disaster if he doesn't fit company culture, first published in Organization Science
"Applied Marketing Science Contributes Two Articles to Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing"
SFGate.com, Apr. 26, 2011, co-authors of one of the top 25 most influential papers in the history of the field of marketing science, "The Voice of the Customer", first published in Marketing Science
"Redesign of National Donor-Liver Network Could Boost Transplants"
MDNews.com, Mar. 31, 2011, two arrangements could result in several hundred more each year, first published in Management Science
"Redesign of donor-liver distribution network could increase transplants by 14%"
News-Medical.Net, Feb. 25, 2011, reports a University of Pittsburgh team of researchers, first published in Management Science
"Bad Publicity: Better to Be Reviled than Ignored"
The Economist, Feb. 24, 2011, argues Alan Sorensen of Stanford University, first published in Marketing Science
"2011 Edelman Finalists Announced"
INFORMS announced the Edelman Award Finalists for 2011. Each year's final presentations are published in the February issue of Interfaces.
"Closing the Gender Gap in Scientific Publishing"
Univ. of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Feb. 2, 2011, cites Waverly Ding's study, first published in Management Science
"Greatest Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award"
Jan. 14, 2010, Management Science article wins Management Accounting Award, Management Science
"Testosterone Makes Young Male CEOs Do Crazy Things"
Aol News., Sept. 9, 2010, cites Maurice Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang's study, first published in Management Science
"Experiments Find Bias in Way Analysts View Firms Led by Black Graduates of Prestigious Universities"
Oct. 19, 2010, INFORMS journal study by Stephen J. Sauer, Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt, and Patrick A. Morris, first published in Organization Science
"Can Any Good Come From Bad Publicity?"
Forbes.com, Nov. 30, 2010, discusses "Positive Effects of Negative Publicity", first published in Marketing Science
"Innovative University of B.C. Researcher Stakes his Territory"
Vancouver Sun, Dec. 14, 2010, discusses the article, "Reactions to Territorial Infringement", first published in Organization Science.
"e-Bay Improves Consumer Business Skills"
Psych Central, Dec. 20, 1010, cites R. Algesheimer, S. Borle, U.M. Dholakia, S.S. Singh's article, first published in Marketing Science
