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Syngenta and the Analytics Society of INFORMS invite analytics and operations research students and professionals to contribute to the future of agriculture by entering the Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics. The submission period for the competition is now open, and entries will be accepted until Jan. 11, 2018.

According to a study conducted by Rahul Telang of Carnegie Mellon University and Rajiv Garg of the University of Texas, it's the quality, not the quantity, of your online professional connections that will help with a successful job search. Their study, based on a survey of 424 jobseekers, was published in Management Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Are you someone who prides yourself on your honest day-to-day behavior? Because that counts for absolutely nothing once you get yourself into a group, new research says. A study, published in the INFORMS journal Management Science, found that even individuals with a proven track record of honest behavior are prone to the potential for negative influences present in a group dynamic, especially when money is at stake.