What do you think about when you hear “operations management”? The way you answer this question likely depends on your exposure to and experience with this academic discipline, which is my area of ...

Having an interpretable dynamic length-of-stay (LOS) model can help hospital administrators and clinicians make better decisions and improve the quality of care. The widespread implementation of ...

To help address the rising costs of health care, we conduct a field experiment that aims to reduce the cost of supplies used in surgical procedures. Specifically, we develop an algorithm to identify ...

We evaluate whether and how branded TV product placement affects sales for cigarette brands. We use data on product placement from TV shows and data on retail sales of cigarettes to estimate a demand ...

Say you’re trying to decide between two cars, one that’s more environmentally friendly and the other with a better safety score. Which one do you pick? People tend to choose on the basis of numbers ...