Management Science/Operations Research

Managing passenger flows during pandemics - reducing the risk of contracting infectious diseases during seaborne transportation New research will enhance corona safety during cruises and help cruise lines to again attract passengers…

Researchers build first model to track travel patterns that captures built environment variables more preciselyCredit: Florida Atlantic University Electric scooters or "e-scooters" are taking over cities worldwide and have broad appeal…

Nearly a 5% drop in checks handled by servers asked to stay longer INFORMS Journal Management Science Study Key Takeaways: Changing an employee's hours during their shift, typically by having them stay longer, hurts restaurant revenue.…

Study shows why some colleagues hate compulsory team bonding Benefits of team building exercises jeopardised if not truly voluntary Employees who like to keep their work and private lives separate may want to avoid team-building…

Study finds "astonishing" growth even as partnerships shrink COLUMBUS, Ohio - Scientists from around the world have published more than 87,000 papers about coronavirus between the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and October 2020, a new…

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Automotive recalls are occurring at record levels, but seem to be announced after inexplicable delays. A research study of 48 years of auto recalls announced in the United States finds…

Researchers use data from the H1N1 pandemic to model pathway to achieve faster vaccination to stem COVID-19 crisis INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Key Takeaways: Although waiting times in walk-up clinics are shorter, people…

Credit: UNC Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Feb. 3, 2021 - New research on gender inequality indicates that fewer leadership prospects in the workplace apply even to women who show the most promise early on in their academic…

New study finds that in the right location, rates go up Key Takeaways: Airbnb does have an impact on housing prices and rents. Impact is stronger in areas with fewer owner-occupiers, such as vacation destination towns. Airbnb…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - In Lily Tomlin's classic SNL comedy sketch, her telephone operator "Ernestine" famously delivers the punchline, "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company." But new research finds that satisfied…

A year like no other ushers in new trends along with enduring topics in SIOP's 8th Annual Top 10 Work Trends list The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is pleased to announce its eighth annual Top 10 Work Trends…

Credit: Robert Rogers (Baylor Marketing & Communications) WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2021) - An organization that projects an ethical face but whose managers fail to respond to internal ethical situations sends mixed messages to its…

A leading academic expert on national security has called for a radical shake-up in how the UK deals with major crises on the scale of the current pandemic A leading academic expert on national security has called for a radical shake-up in…

News from the Journal of Marketing Researchers from Western University, Indiana University, and Washington State University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that uses the idea of psychological distance as a way to leverage…

New book guides workers, leaders and educators The next stage in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has workforce implications that may seem surprising. Rather than fostering tech-savvy, AI is making emotional intelligence and…

Perceptions of safety procedure quality and utility are the best predictors of workers' likelihood to comply, Texas A&M researchers found Disasters in high-risk industries can have catastrophic environmental, financial and human safety…

News from the Journal of Marketing Researchers from University of Stavanger, University of Melbourne, and University of Wisconsin-Madison published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how major projects undertaken by…

New research points to the advantages and pitfalls of machine learning to set pricing Key Takeaways: Machine learning can be an effective tool to set competitive prices. Artificial intelligence has its limits on how to set the most…

New research examines the impact of IT on the front end of innovation TROY, N.Y. -- In a money-saving revelation for organizations inclined to invest in specialized information technology to support the process of idea generation, new…

News from the Journal of Marketing Researchers from University of Texas at San Antonio and University of Southern California published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the difficult choices industry incumbents and new…