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.
FALL 2024 ISSUE
In this issue
Marketing
Social and societal impact
Just the facts? How providing the truth can exacerbate ‘fake news’
Professor David Godes examines the value of media fact-checking in an environment of “fake news” and biased media coverage. Read more about fact-checking and media consumption.
Operations Management and Business Analytics
Flattening energy consumption curves
Overcoming bottlenecks in the transition to green technology
Assistant Professor Ali Fattahi’s new mathematical model helps energy providers better estimate power demand to allocate electricity consumption reductions to customers. Read more on the impact of energy policy.
Economics
Business of health
Cancer screening disparities persist
A cross-sectional analysis by Professor Davina Frick and colleagues examines racial and ethnic health disparities among patients receiving tests to detect cancer. Read more about screening disparities..
Latest research
Tax Preferences and Housing Affordability: Explorations using a Life-Cycle Model—Michael Keane
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and Coordinated Effects: Recommendations for Robust Protection of Competition—Valerie Suslow
Economic Development, Unearned Income and Mortality: Evidence from Tribal Casinos—Emilia Simeonova
Intermediary Elasticity and Limited Risk-Bearing Capacity—Yu An
Green Ride-Hailing: Impact on Environment and Consumers—Yuexing Li
Carey research in the news
Baltimore Banner, Dockworkers brace for another shutdown at the Port of Baltimore—Christina DePasquale
BBC News Hour, Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariff—Tinglong Dai
Bloomberg, Some hedge funds are missing a trick — Volume alpha—Yinan Su
CNBC, China’s new focus in U.S. elections interference is not Harris-Trump presidential race—Javad Abed
Inc. Job cuts are everywhere, except in these very specific industries—Rick Smith
USA Today, Nonprofit hospitals saved $37 billion in taxes. Here's what they delivered in return—Ge Bai
Wall Street Journal, 'The Skill Code’: Connections at work—Mike Luca
Washington Post, Can Japan’s love for 7-Eleven survive a Canadian takeover?—Mitsukuni Nishida
Awards and recognition
Professor Toby Gordon was appointed to the Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission. The commission reports to Gov. Wes Moore and the General Assembly on its activities, findings, and recommendations for improving emergency department wait times.
Associate Professor Shubhranshu Singh was named to the Marketing Science Institute Scholars Program. The MSI Scholars Program brings together select mid-career level academics to recognize individuals’ excellence in scholarship and develop a cohort of scholars across marketing disciplines.
Assistant Professor Ali Fattahi received the 2024 INFORMS ENRE Best Paper in Natural Resources award for his study Peak-Load Energy Management by Direct Load Control Contracts.
Associate Professor Christopher Myers and MBA graduate Derrick Bransby (currently a PhD student at Harvard Business School) received the Academy of Management, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division’s “Best Student-led Paper Award” for their research on general aviation pilot’s specialized experience and crash/incident outcomes.
Upcoming opportunities
Thriving through Crisis and Conflict?: Interdisciplinary Insights for an Uncertain Future
November 22, 2024
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center
Washington, D.C.
Organizer: Brian Gunia