Topic: Strategy
Testing of Nursing Home Staff Was a Key COVID-19 Mitigation Strategy During the Pandemic. Was It Worth It?
Prior to vaccines, more staff tests per week could have prevented thousands of nursing home deaths, study suggests
Surge Pricing’s Benefits Go to a Subset of Ride-Hailing Drivers
Full-timers gain the least, part-time drivers the most
Smaller Grocery Chains Exclude Products as Negotiating Ploy
Tactic partially makes up for lesser clout with suppliers
Should Manufacturers Use Formal Procedures to Evaluate Alternative Materials?
Methods that weight efficacy, toxicity and cost improve understanding but provide no easy answers
Should a Company Reveal Its Cost Structure to Customers?
In certain competitive situations, cost transparency can provide an edge
Setting the Tax Rate on Legal Marijuana: Consumption, State Revenue and the Black Market
Taxes not high enough? An examination of Washington’s experience even suggests state ownership of pot stores might boost the public coffers
Rise of Nonbank Lenders Undermines Community Reinvestment Act Effectiveness
Traditional banks pull out of lower- and median-income neighborhoods the federal program aims to help
Replicating a Successful Nudge in Health Care: Advice for Skeptics
How it often goes wrong and key observations for effective strategies
Post-Dobbs, Abortion Views Seem Unchanged — with One Exception
Bans with no exceptions for rape, incest or a mother’s health are increasingly unpopular
People Pay for the Right to Bid — and Then Overbid
Bidders sacrifice a better price to avoid ending up with nothing
People Don’t Mind Government Nudges, but Prefer Them Free of Politics
When an unloved cause or political adversary is attached to a nudge, the method itself becomes suspect
Opting Women into Competition Could Help Narrow Gender Gap
Fixing the process and abandoning the mindset of ‘fixing the women’
One European Country Defaults: How Hard-Hit Is the Euro?
A predictive model employs credit default swaps across currencies
News from Venus and Mars: Genders Communicate Similarly atop Organizations
Analysis of 15 years of Wikipedia editors’ chatter reveals women of rank don’t shrink from controversial topics