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New Research Shows How Inclusive Workplaces Can Empower Black Employees to Thrive
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 19, 2025 – A groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Organization Science has revealed how workplaces can better support Black employees, ensuring they feel empowered to express their true selves. Conducted by a team of researchers from leading universities, the study highlights the transformative power of inclusive environments where authenticity and mutual understanding are valued.

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OpenAI’s New Stargate Project and China’s DeepSeek: Goliath vs. David
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On Jan. 21, OpenAI launched the $500 billion Stargate Project with partners like Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle. This initiative aimed to secure American AI leadership, create jobs, and boost the economy. Initially, this boosted the stock prices of these companies.

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Resign or stay? Federal workers are on the clock — Here’s how decision-analysis tools can help
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Living in limbo: An estimated 2 million U. S. federal employees were thrust into a decision they did not seek to make. A deadline from the Trump Administration was halted last week, and is now in the hands of a judge. When a deadline is set those employees will have to make a high-stakes choice: Take a buyout and resign, or they can choose to stay in an uncertain job environment, including the possibility of being laid-off or having significant changes in work duties or leave with a buyout. This current reprieve gives these federal employees a little more time, but the fundamental question for each of them remains: What’s the right move for your career and future?

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As consumers, how do we decide what’s “best” when it’s not clear? New study reveals our personal predispositions may drive choice

As consumers, how do we decide what’s “best” when it’s not clear? New study reveals our personal predispositions may drive choice

News Release, May 1, 2018

CATONSVILLE, MD, May 1, 2018 – Imagine you are choosing between two resorts for your island vacation.  The factors driving your decision will be “quality” and “price,” but “quality” can be more difficult to define.  In the end, this will come to represent all factors beyond price, such as service, amenities, proximity to the ocean and other things that are important to you. So, how will you decide?

Advertisers, beware the trendsetter

Advertisers, beware the trendsetter

Discover Magazine, April 5, 2018

Published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, a new study takes a look at how responsive “early trend propagators” Twitter users are to trend-related advertising. It’s not great news for advertisers.

Sponsorship programs could actually widen the gender gap

Sponsorship programs could actually widen the gender gap

Quartz, April 25, 2018

Key aspects of corporate sponsorship programs, while designed to advance women’s careers, may end up widening the gender gap rather than narrowing it, according to new experimental research. The findings are published in the INFORMS journal Management Science. 

OR, analytics make government more efficient

OR, analytics make government more efficient

Stars and Stripes, April 25, 2018

A new editorial by INFORMS President Nicholas Hall discusses how a robust, holistic approach to the use of data would enable the federal government to achieve more efficient and effective outcomes. 

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