
Sheldon Jacobson: ‘Shrinkflation’ — the downsizing of prepackaged goods — has been happening for years
Sheldon Jacobson: ‘Shrinkflation’ — the downsizing of prepackaged goods — has been happening for years
BALTIMORE, MD, April 7, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, announced it has awarded USA Cycling its 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for its use of operations research (O.R.) and analytics in elite sports performance. With Project 4:05, USA Cycling transformed race strategy and athlete preparation, enabling the Women’s Team Pursuit to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.
The threat of a terrorist attack on America’s energy grid is growing, with attempts being reported at increasing rates. If it’s not terrorism, it could be adversarial nation-states. This all increases the likelihood that a significant attack on the grid could succeed, leaving large swaths of the U.S. in the dark.
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Sheldon Jacobson: ‘Shrinkflation’ — the downsizing of prepackaged goods — has been happening for years
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BALTIMORE, MD, July 26, 2022 – New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds that firms that have experienced data breaches intentionally stage the timing of such announcements around other significant breaking news as a means of reducing media coverage and minimizing public attention.
New audio is available for media use featuring Carri Chan on managing the impact of monkeypox. Chan is the John A. Howard professor of business and is the faculty director of the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program at Columbia Business School. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Carri Chan. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on July 25, 2022.
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