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New Study Finds Female Entrepreneurs Do Better with Guidance from Female Mentors

New Study Finds Female Entrepreneurs Do Better with Guidance from Female Mentors

News Release, March 11, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, March 11, 2024 – In business and in life, the power of mentorship has long been understood, but how important is it that your mentor look like you? This question was at the center of a new study, which specifically found that mentor gender has a powerful impact on female entrepreneurs.

New Research Says Utilizing Drones to Deliver Childhood Vaccines Saves Lives, Improves Health Outcomes

New Research Says Utilizing Drones to Deliver Childhood Vaccines Saves Lives, Improves Health Outcomes

News Release, February 28, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, February 28, 2024 – Delivering childhood vaccines via drone could be a triple whammy – saving lives, saving money and improving health outcomes – according to new research in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science. The authors developed optimization models to strategically design a distribution network for drones to deliver vaccines. Their proposed approach was evaluated using real-world data from the Vanuatu region, where vaccine delivery by drones was tested in a UNICEF-sponsored project.

Decision Science Digest: February 27, 2024

Decision Science Digest: February 27, 2024

News Release, February 27, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, February 27, 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.

  • New Research Finds Silver Lining in Virtual Learning During COVID-19, The Importance of Online Student Engagement (INFORMS journal INFORMS Transactions on Education)
  • The Impact of User-Generated Content on Video Streaming Platforms – New Artists Win, At the Expense of Established Artists (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)
  • New Research Shows Investors Respond Meaningfully to CEO Activism (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Fighting Inequities in School Resources – Why Research Shows Nonprofits Working with U.S. Public Schools Could Unknowingly Be Part of the Problem (INFORMS journal Management Science)
Three Universities Selected as Finalists for the 2024 UPS George D. Smith Prize

Three Universities Selected as Finalists for the 2024 UPS George D. Smith Prize

News Release, February 22, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, February 22, 2024 – INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, has selected three finalists for the 2024 UPS George D. Smith Prize, which recognizes excellence in preparing students to become practitioners of operations research and analytics and data science.

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Decision Science Digest

Decision Science Digest: February 27, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, February 27, 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.

  • New Research Finds Silver Lining in Virtual Learning During COVID-19, The Importance of Online Student Engagement (INFORMS journal INFORMS Transactions on Education)
  • The Impact of User-Generated Content on Video Streaming Platforms – New Artists Win, At the Expense of Established Artists (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)
  • New Research Shows Investors Respond Meaningfully to CEO Activism (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Fighting Inequities in School Resources – Why Research Shows Nonprofits Working with U.S. Public Schools Could Unknowingly Be Part of the Problem (INFORMS journal Management Science)
Decision Science Digest: January 31, 2024

BALTIMORE, MD, January 31, 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.

  • Streamlining Emergency Dispatches by Incorporating Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles: More Lives Can Be Saved in Overdose Situations (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Women Helping Women Leads to Increased Sales: New Research Breaks Down the Importance of Female Mentors (INFORMS journal Marketing Science)
  • New Research Says Political Polarization Can Unknowingly Threaten Workplace Relationships (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New Algorithm Tests New Retail Product Popularity Faster, Saving Time and Money (INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics)
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