Less diligent as shoppers, such buyers help drive up home prices
A model separates potential profits or losses for hospital, doctors and other health care providers when insurer pays in lump sum
Matt Schmitt finds that size and location help determine how much, if any, costs fall after deals
Getting the mix right is the goal of a Medicare pilot, which itself could use substantial improvement
Decision analysis for a firm considering adding a longer-aged product to its lineup
Lenders and private-party sellers constrain a seeming windfall
Reliable, widespread testing regimen could help jump-start economy
Seeing global crises as ongoing, rather than episodic, and applying modern supply-chain management
Following Medicare reimbursement rate changes, research actually increased
A model for staffing O.R.s incorporates the costs of worker dissatisfaction and idle time
A system of manufacturer rewards and penalties, consumer taxes and subsidies could aid vaccination rates
An upfront fee for taking Medicaid patients could shorten stays
This model could enable power companies to lower the cost of peak electricity
Managing production with the declining potency of a catalyst
Banks close neighborhood outlets and raise prices for branch-delivered services