June 3, 2026How do 鈥渂lind box鈥 products like the Labubu make money? Zhechao Yang, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, has co-authored a paper that breaks down the 鈥渨in-win-win鈥 at the center of this trendy selling strategy.
March 20, 2026Technological advancements and the dynamics of the platform economy make rooting out fraud more complicated than it may seem.
January 7, 2026How employees respond to being under surveillance depends on a number of factors, including how good they are at their jobs.
July 2, 2025It鈥檚 one thing to be a force for good behind the scenes. Having consumers reward you for it, however, depends upon a unique combination of elements.
March 4, 2025China鈥檚 complicated and colorful e-commerce landscape gives us a sense of how livestream shopping is transforming retail. Si Xie, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, researches this new trend.
August 6, 2024The economic data on climate and business outcomes paints a picture of profound disruption beneath a placid-seeming surface.
May 30, 2024The Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting is working with the federal government to reform the military鈥檚 Cold War-era processes for tech development.
November 29, 2022Mehmet Altug, an associate professor of operations management, has been researching retail returns policies for a decade. The issue has recently come to prominence, as the lenient policies of online retailers have led to skyrocketing return rates (now exceeding 20 percent in the U.S.). Altug鈥檚 various academic papers delve into the difficult trade-offs retailers face when setting returns policies. While there are no easy answers, Altug鈥檚 research identifies factors that can help retailers achieve more strategic flexibility.
