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BALTIMORE, MD, May 8, 2023 –

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.

• The Impact of Gender and Online Recommendations in Job Recruitment (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
• New Research Uses Online Review Sites to Identify Possible Illicit Massage Businesses, Points Law Enforcement to Necessary Investigations (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
• The Impact of Donor-Worker Relationships on Charitable Donations (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
• Factoring In Order Fulfillment Mistakes at Brick-and-Mortar Stores, Eliminating Price Penalty (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)

BALTIMORE, MD, May 4, 2023 – It is well understood that in the labor market there exists wage gaps between men and women, and in general, women had to fight to break the “glass ceiling” to get to upper management in the workplace. The causes of the gender gap could be multiple factors from discrimination to ability difference, and it is not easy to separate one from the other.

BALTIMORE, MD, May 2, 2023 – New audio is available for media use featuring Laura Albert. She’s the David H. Gustafson Department Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Albert speaks about the importance of data literacy now and in the future. This content 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 May 2, 2023.