Topic: Operations
94% of China’s Pollution Inspections Find No Violation
Researchers offer a model for more effectively targeting wrongdoers
A Broader Measure of Value Creation at Corporations
A tool in the debate over shareholder primacy and wealth disparities
A More Efficient Way to Help Utilities Share the Inconvenience of Power Outages
This model could enable power companies to lower the cost of peak electricity
A Proposal to Even Out Flu Vaccine Supplies
A system of manufacturer rewards and penalties, consumer taxes and subsidies could aid vaccination rates
A Proposal To Improve Supplier Reliability in Tech Manufacturing
Withholding renewal of a supply agreement can be more powerful than other carrots and sticks
A Renter and Property Owner Meet on Airbnb: Will They Ditch the Site?
The risk for matching platforms is affected by levels of fees and what’s disclosed about buyer and seller
A Scheduling Tool that Considers Employee Preferences
A model for staffing O.R.s incorporates the costs of worker dissatisfaction and idle time
A Smaller Middle Class Means Less Variety on Grocery Shelves
Researchers compare income disparity by county to product availability
A Tool to Make FDA Drug Approval Practices Transparent
Researchers aim to help the agency, drug companies and patients better understand the complex authorization process
Anticipating Overcrowding Risk in the ICU
A model vastly outperforms predictions based on prior hospital data
Avoiding Direct Price Competition: Bundling and Unbundling
If one company bundles products, its competitors are always better off not bundling; the thing to avoid is a head-to-head competition wherein the only way to get an edge is by cutting prices
Boom of Intangible Assets Felt Across Industries and Economy
Rethinking issues around productivity, income inequality and industry concentration
Business Efficiency Needn’t Be the Enemy of Personal and Public Well-Being
Operations managers can take into consideration happiness, equity and sustainability
Can Algorithms Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions?
Measuring the utility of increased care and testing, inputs that aren’t always immediately available
Codifying the Nursing Home Industry’s Elusive, Alarming Turnover Rates
Payroll data allows researchers to finally build an accurate and meaningful measurement
Complexity Begets Management Layers: How Some Small Firms Avoid That
Overlapping tasks among workers well acquainted with each other reduce the need for managers