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INFORMS’ Executive Director Elected to Secretary/Treasurer of CESSE
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 2, 2024 – INFORMS Executive Director Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D., FASAE, CAE, has been elected secretary/treasurer of CESSE, The Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives. CESSE is an association that convenes senior staff leaders from STEM membership organizations. Through CESSE, these leaders exchange best practices, innovative ideas and strategies for leading their respective organizations to success.

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Philadelphia among the ports impacted by strike along the East Coast
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A strike has officially been called at all ports along the eastern United States, including in Philadelphia.

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Number of Holiday Shopping Days Continues to Expand, With Sales Expected to Rise Among Frugal Consumers
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If you’re in a retail store in early October and are struck by the sudden appearance of holiday gifts, sales, and decorations, you won’t be imagining it. The holiday shopping season may come earlier than ever this year due to several factors, from a short shopping period between Thanksgiving and Christmas to the distraction of a national election.

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CEOs’ Compensation Climbs If They Appoint CFO, Research Suggests

CEOs’ Compensation Climbs If They Appoint CFO, Research Suggests

The Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2019

Incoming chief executives tend to replace top lieutenants within the first few years of joining a company. New academic research suggests there might be an incentive to do so when it comes to at least one key position: the finance chief.

Studies from European School of Management and Technology Reveal New Findings on Management Science (Financing Capacity with Stealing and Shirking)

Studies from European School of Management and Technology Reveal New Findings on Management Science (Financing Capacity with Stealing and Shirking)

Advisor News, December 3, 2019

Investigators publish new report on Science - Management Science. According to news reporting originating in Berlin, Germany, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We study a firm’s capacity choice under demand uncertainty given that it must finance this investment externally. Sharing profits with investors causes governance problems affecting both capacity and demand: the firm may ‘steal’ capital, which reduces effective capacity, and ‘shirk’ on market development, which reduces demand.”

Cornell Johnson’s Girotra: Users Won’t Walk Too Far for a Bike Share

Cornell Johnson’s Girotra: Users Won’t Walk Too Far for a Bike Share

Poets & Quants, December 2, 2019

Bike-sharing systems have swept the world, making them the transportation mode of choice for many urban millennials. Cities like Hangzhou and Shanghai in China and London, Paris, and New York have the biggest networks. Washington, D.C. and Chicago are among the largest in the U.S.

Web Users Aren’t Duped by Native Ads

Web Users Aren’t Duped by Native Ads

O'Dwyer's, December 2, 2019

Internet users seem to recognize native ads as advertisements and aren’t deceived into thinking that branded content is bona fide news, according to new research published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

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