BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 – New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is guiding the development of more inclusive and efficient electricity markets. The work demonstrates how aggregating small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels can effectively balance the power of large utility companies.
Global supply chains are undergoing an irrevocable shift. While material flows remain critical, they are only the most visible aspect of this transition. Beneath the surface, changes in information exchanges, financial reconfigurations, and human capital movements are posing far greater risks to the benefits of global trade. The US, China, and the rest the world must handle these changes with care and perspective.
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CATONSVILLE, MD, May 6, 2020 – New research to be published in the INFORMS journal Management Science has found popular rideshare platforms exhibit racial and other biases that penalize under-represented minorities and others seeking to use their services.
The COVID-19 crisis has painfully highlighted the shortcomings of an almost absolute reliance on face-to-face medicine.
The expected shortage of mechanical ventilators needed to meet the demand from severely ill COVID-19 patients in the United States has prompted the federal government to lean on private industry to dramatically increase the supply. But ramping up production of complex medical equipment in manufacturing facilities configured for other products will take time that many patients don’t have. Research from Chicago Booth’s Dan Adelman suggests there may be another way to make up a portion of any shortfall in ventilator availability: share them between states.
With some of the nation's largest meatpacking plants still closed due to coronavirus outbreaks, some grocery stores are limiting sales, and one expert foresees higher prices and less of a variety of meats in New England
North Carolina’s health department is slated to receive $25 million to expand COVID-19 testing. But that funding comes with strings attached. A relief package, passed unanimously by the General Assembly Saturday and signed by Gov. Roy Cooper Monday, outlines how North Carolina will spend $1.57 billion of federal funding, including millions for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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