BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.
Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.
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CATONSVILLE, MD, September 27, 2017 – Medical device manufacturing plants in the U.S. can experience 100 fewer product recalls per year, or a decrease of 20 percent, if the FDA investigators who inspect these plants are placed on a rotating schedule, according to a new study in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
The scenario is familiar. Your hospitality brand is under attack online from all sides it seems. Some reviews are thoughtful but most are not, and you’re worried that your brand will suffer, and your business. According to some new research, the one thing you can do that may make all the difference is to take the time to respond. According to a forthcoming study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, a leading academic marketing journal, management responses can not only lead to higher ratings for businesses, but also more substantive reviews even if they aren’t all positive.
INFORMS member Zur Shapira leverages data from his study in the INFORMS journal Organization Science to weigh in on the politics of hurricane evacuations.
Manufacturer contributions to China’s poisonous rivers and life-threatening smog are well documented in the decade since the government started publicizing polluting events and safety violations. But whether environmental ignominy at Chinese businesses is a problem for the thousands of overseas companies that buy their products has been less clear. New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing and Service Operations Management by Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Chris K.Y. Lo, UCLA Anderson’s Christopher S. Tang and Hong Kong Polytechnic’s Yi Zhou, Andy C. L. Yeung and Di Fan finds that Chinese manufacturers that violated environmental regulations drag down the share prices of their overseas customers even more than their own market values.
According to a study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, a leading academic marketing journal, management responses to online reviews can not only lead to higher ratings for businesses, but also more informative reviews.
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