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Fall 2020

Hospital ratings are deeply flawed. Can they be fixed?

The most influential rating system rests on some faulty calculations, affecting millions of people and billions of dollars.
Pivoting in a time of crisis

Why now is the right time for small companies to take a hard look at their business models
The ‘Made-in-USA’ label boosts prices, but just a little

Consumers will pay more for American-made products—but probably not enough to justify relocating production.

A searchable database of ratings for 3,700+ US hospitals
How leaders can rise to the challenge of COVID-19

Crisis-management essentials for coping with emergencies
Ever closer to an optimally cost-efficient assembly-line operation

Researchers create a computationally efficient model for assemble-to-order operations.

Strategy

How leaders can rise to the challenge of COVID-19

How leaders can rise to the challenge of COVID-19 — By Daniel Diermeier| May 21, 2020

Crisis-management essentials for coping with emergencies

You should run more experiments

You should run more experiments — By Oleg Urminsky| Aug 03, 2020

Testing assumptions in the field can avoid costly errors in decision-making.

Economics

COVID-19 will end some jobs, and transform others

The jobs that come back after the pandemic won’t necessarily be the same as those that have been lost.

By Rebecca Stropoli| May 22, 2020

Anuj K. Shah says we’re criminalizing the effects of poverty

Anuj K. Shah says we’re criminalizing the effects of poverty — Aug 06, 2020

The mental strain of poverty increases the risk of making costly mistakes.

Public Policy

What percentage of the population has contracted COVID-19?

What percentage of the population has contracted COVID-19? — By Emily Lambert| Jun 01, 2020

Chicago Booth’s Panos Toulis suggests a statistical method that can help officials arrive at more accurate infection counts.