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Customer experience and economy

News Release, September 4, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 4, 2014 – Customer experience matters more when the economy is doing well than when it is doing poorly, according to a new study in the Articles in Advance section of Marketing Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Iron Dome

News Release, September 2, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 2, 2014 – A new study published by The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Iron Dome system, which Israeli authorities have credited with saving lives during the recent conflict with Hamas.

Marketing Science and Social Welfare

News Release, August 25, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 25, 2014 —For “credence services” such as auto-repair, healthcare, and legal services, the benefit to the customers for the service is difficult to assess before and even after the service. A new study in a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) finds that in a credence services market, when more service providers care about the customer’s wellbeing, society as whole may actually be worse off. 

TransSci electric vehicles

News Release, August 18, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 18, 2014 — Until battery cost is cut down to $100 per kilowatt hour, the majority of U.S. consumers for battery electric vehicles (BEV) will be better off by choosing an electric vehicle with a range below 100 miles, according to a new study in the Articles in Advance section of Transportation Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Mid-Level Scientists Most Likely to Use New Research Tools

News Release, August 4, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 4, 2014 – Scientists in the middle of the status hierarchy, not those at the top or the bottom, are the first to work with easy-to-use commercial products. They are also the most prone to imitate their prior collaborators’ use of such commercial kits. These are among the findings of a study of scientists-as-customers appearing in Marketing Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

DAS Meeting Mammography Readings

News Release, June 17, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, June 17, 2014 – A new approach to examining mammograms that takes into account a woman’s health risk profile would reduce the number of cancer instances missed and also cut the number of false positives, according to a paper being presented at a conference of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

DAS Conference Harmful Drugs

News Release, June 16, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, June 16, 2014 – A London School of Economics researcher examining the public and private dangers of drugs argues against demonizing e-cigarettes in a presentation being given at a conference of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). He also calls on public officials to recognize that alcohol causes greater harm than other recreational drugs and more public attention should be paid to controlling its harmful effects.

2014 Big Data Conference Release

News Release, May 14, 2014

CATONSVILLE, MD, May 14, 2014 – The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) today announced the first details of its 2014 The Business of Big Data Conference, including an impressive line-up of top technology industry executive speakers, industry case studies to be presented, technology workshops scheduled, and a number of important networking sessions.

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