How to — and How Not to — Message Older Americans
Practitioners often ignore decades of progress in understanding what works
Do Corporate Wellness Programs Boost Worker Productivity?
Industrial laundry gains 4% output; better health and better feelings toward employer could account for increase
Prediction Markets + Polls + Economic Indicators: Better Election Forecasting?
A model incorporating markets that allow betting on elections suggests a role in prognostications
Old Ways of Thinking Cause Managers to Disregard Analytics
Highlighting the right data and making it relevant can help overcome resistance
A Data-Driven Approach to Optimizing Bike Paths
A model for cities to boost ridership, without snarling car traffic
One European Country Defaults: How Hard-Hit Is the Euro?
A predictive model employs credit default swaps across currencies
Codifying the Nursing Home Industry’s Elusive, Alarming Turnover Rates
Payroll data allows researchers to finally build an accurate and meaningful measurement
Hospital Hand-Washing: The Limits of Electronic Monitoring
The anti-infection procedure rises for a time, when workers are watched, and then falls off
To Spot Fake Online Reviews, Target the Reviewers
A test was 93% accurate; more efficient than analyzing reviews
Future-self Nudge Works Even Better in Reverse
Starting with your future self and looking back to your current self increases likelihood of saving
The Role of Chance Encounters in Silicon Valley Innovation
Cellphone signals and patent citations approximate a theory’s long-sought paper trail
Food Delivery Apps: Driver Experience Turns Out to Be Crucial
A model improves on-time performance and yields more repeat business
Noncompete Agreements Reduce Worker Pay — and Overall Economic Activity
Researchers refute earlier claims
Treasury Securities Are Actually Cheap Sometimes
They don’t trade at an absolute equal to intrinsic value, despite their image as the world’s investment bedrock
Bribery and the Motivation of Bidders on Foreign Contracts
Do bigger companies win even when they lose out on corrupt deals?
State Tax Credits for Angel Investors Backfire
Good ideas may be scarce, capital to fund them is not