BALTIMORE, MD, May 13, 2025 – As communities across the United States continue to confront the devastating toll of mass shootings, new research reveals a staggering economic dimension to these tragedies. A study published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science finds that mass shootings cause an estimated $27 billion in annual lost revenue for U.S. retailers driven by sharp declines in foot traffic, reduced transaction volume and long-term store closures.
BALTIMORE, MD, May 13, 2025 – Researchers who took a close look at loosened concealed carry laws between 2010 and 2017 have found that “Shall Issue” regulations, which remove local authority discretion on the issuance of concealed carry gun permits, contribute to a significant increase in handgun purchases. At the same time, the researchers found that in states that adopted “Permitless Carry” policies, there was no noticeable change in gun purchases.
The time has come: REAL ID will finally be implemented in less than one week, about 20 years after it was initially proposed.
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CATONSVILLE, MD, May 4, 2021 – Paid video streaming services on your television, smart phone or other devices are increasingly replacing traditional video entertainment platforms of cable, satellite and broadcast TV. The growth of these services, known in the industry as over-the-top (OTT) media services, may be accompanied by a rise in pirated content, particularly where access to those services may be restricted, a group of researchers has found.
With more than 700 Google Scholar citations and about four dozen nominations, Tinglong Dai, a professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School, resembles the balance of teaching and research prowess that we set out to recognize through this award. Not surprisingly, Dai is an award-winning professor in research, teaching, and service. Between 2016 and 2019, Dai won the Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence at the Carey School four straight years. He’s won the Management Science Distinguished Service Award the past three years and counting, and he’s been awarded the Johns Hopkins Discovery Award multiple times.
During this podcast, Handfield discussed the impact of the recent Suez Canal disruption and its key takeaways from a supply chain risk management perspective, the concept of more regionalized supply chains, approaches to inventorty management, and the increasing importance of supply chains in the corporate world, among others topics.
While the 100-day review is designed to better understand several aspects of U.S. supply chains, it will hopefully force companies to reassess how they move products through the chain.
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