The Newsvendor under Demand Ambiguity: Combining Data with Moment and Tail Information
Operations managers do not typically have full information about the demand distribution.
Research
Dealing with Dysfunction: Innovative Problem Solving in the Public Sector
How can we intervene in the systemic bureaucratic dysfunction that beleaguers the public sector? De Jong examines the roots of this dysfunction and presents a novel approach to solving it.
Mancur Olson and the Tragedy of the Unbalanced Commons
Mancur Olson offered us big thoughts on big subjects. Today, he might well attack the problem of climate change and the current failure of nations to act effectively.
Doing Problem Driven Work
We often observe that more successful efforts to establish complex state capabilities are problem driven; focused relentlessly on solving a specific, attention-grabbing problem.
Getting an Honest Answer: Clickers in the Classroom
Asking students to raise their hands is a time-honored feedback mechanism in education.
Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects
Researchers seeking to establish causal relationships frequently control for variables on the purported causal pathway, checking whether the original treatment effect then disappears.
Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss
Partisan identity shapes social, mental, economic, and physical life.
When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint vs. Separate Evaluation
Gender bias in the evaluation of job candidates has been demonstrated in business, government, and academia, yet little is known about how to overcome it.
From Prosperity to Purpose: Perspectives on Philanthropy and Social Investment Among Wealthy Individuals in Latin America
This study describes the philanthropic environment and illuminates the important and inspirational social investments of wealthy individuals in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
The “CAPS” Prediction System and Stock Market Returns
We study approximately 5.0 million stock picks submitted by individual users to the “CAPS” website run by the Motley Fool company (www.caps.fool.com).
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