Changing Business
Research news from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Changing Business is the research newsletter of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School faculty. Each quarterly issue explores impactful, cutting-edge research that shapes business, policy, and society.
Carey is the business school of Johns Hopkins University, America’s first academic research institution. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Carey's faculty seeks to address the world's most pressing problems by applying a diversity of expertise in analytics, leadership, finance, marketing, and strategy to numerous topics including the business of health.
SUMMER 2024 ISSUE
In this issue
Marketing
Innovation and technology
Is consumer profiling harmful for online shoppers?
Can AI predict what consumers are willing to pay for goods and services? Itay Fainmesser’s research has important implications for policymakers and anti-trust authorities. Read more about AI’s implications for consumer pricing.
Finance
Social and societal impact
Overcoming bottlenecks in the transition to green technology
Deeksha Gupta explores how green discloser requirements help or hinder investment and transition to greener technology. Read more about green technology requirements.
Economics
Business of health
Trust: A vital factor in health care-seeking behavior
Who is most trusted in the U.S. health care system? Researchers Michael Darden and Mario Macis measure the value of trust among health providers to determine how it influences a patient’s decision to seek care. Read more about trust in health care.
Latest research
The Discount Consolidation Effect: How Brands Can Present Quantity Discounts More Effectively—Haiyang Yang
Corporate Bond Issuance by Financial Institutions and Economic Cycle—Tetiana Davydiuk
Trading Volume Alpha—Yinan Su
Default or Dare: The Impact of Defaults on Consumer Choice, Assortment, Pricing, and Estimation—Ruxian Wang
Carey research in the news
Associated Press, Money-making L.A. hospitals quit delivering babies. Inside the fight to keep one labor ward open, Ge Bai
Baltimore Banner, Baltimore’s flashiest developer wanted to expand nationally. Now he’s rethinking everything, Seydina Fall
Forbes, $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket drug costs to help millions of Medicare beneficiaries, Ge Bai
Institutional Investor, The little-known secret to the success of secondaries, Jeff Hooke
Los Angeles Times, Fast food chains launch ‘value menu’ war after cost complaints. Will it last? Shubhranshu Singh
Marketplace, Fast-food chains may need to offer more value meals to lure customers, Shubhranshu Singh
Nature, A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe. Here’s how to stop it, K. Davina Frick
Wall Street Journal, Hate chatbots? You aren’t the only one, Evgeny Kagan
Wall Street Journal, I want to start on the best financial foot, what’s my first move?, Jordan Rippy
Washington Post, Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds, Chris Myers
Awards and recognition
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Paul Ferraro was selected as a 2024 Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists is the oldest professional association dedicated to environmental economics. Fellows are selected for making outstanding contributions to the advancement of the profession of environmental and resource economics.
Assistant Professor Suntae Kim received the 2024 Award for Responsible Research in Management for his paper, "Going viral or growing like an oak tree? Towards sustainable local development through entrepreneurship" The annual award -from the Fellows of the Academy of Management and the Community for Responsible Research in Business and Management honors high-quality published scientific research addressing critical issues in business and society.