Physicians, judges, teachers, and agents in many other settings differ systematically in the
decisions they make when faced with similar cases. Standard approaches to interpreting …

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first
truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model …

We estimate the causal effects of responsible scheduling practices on store financial
performance at the US retailer Gap, Inc. The randomized field experiment evaluated a …

The increase in the extent of working-from-home determined by the COVID-19 health crisis
has led to a substantial shift of economic activity across geographical areas; which we refer …

Emergency medicine (EM) has advanced profoundly since its specialty recognition in 1979.
As diagnosis and treatment changes, payment restructures and best practices evolve. 1 We …

In the United States, hospitals and physicians independently negotiate contracts with
insurers. Therefore, a privately insured individual can be treated at an in-network hospital's …

We explore how examiner behavior is altered by the time allocated for reviewing patent
applications. Insufficient examination time may hamper examiner search and rejection …

Motivated by wide cross-sectional variations in intensity of care that are unrelated to quality
of care, researchers and policymakers commonly claim that healthcare providers waste …

Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool
for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those …

How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations
management. Recent research in operations focuses on how under conditions of increasing …