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Racial and LGBT Bias Persists in Ridesharing Platforms Despite Mitigation Efforts, IU Research Finds
Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business finds that racial and LGBT bias persists. Platforms such as Uber, Lyft and Via responded to drivers’ biased behavior by removing information that could indicate a rider’s gender and race from initial ride requests. However, researchers still found... Read more »
Kelley and Krannert Business Schools Partner to Help IU Health Manage Surge of COVID-19 Patients
Faculty at two of Indiana’s leading business schools — Indiana and Purdue universities — are collaborating on a project with IU Health to help the health care provider manage the COVID-19 demand surge in their 16 hospitals across five regions of the state. The interdisciplinary team of professors at IU’s Kelley School of Business and Purdue’s Krannert School... Read more »
Chatbots can ease medical providers’ burden, offer trusted guidance to those with COVID-19 symptoms
COVID-19 has placed tremendous pressure on health care systems, not only for critical care but also from an anxious public looking for answers. Research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business found that chatbots — software applications that conduct online chats via text or text-to-speech — working for reputable organizations can ease the burden on medical... Read more »
Studying Startups on the Silicon Valley Bank Trek – A Kelley Student’s Reflection
For a second year in a row, an IU student was invited to the Silicon Valley Bank Trek (SVB Trek), an exclusive event with 28 attendees from all over the world. Erykah Gooch, a Technology Consulting Workshop alum at the Kelley School of Business, was selected to be a part of this unique experience. The... Read more »
Lecturer Taryn Malher, a 2019 Grace Hopper Faculty Scholar, Reflects on Celebration
Lecturer of Information Systems Taryn Malher had the opportunity to travel to Orlando, FL, this week to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration as a 2019 Grace Hopper Faculty Scholar. The Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists and is held by the AnitaB.org nonprofit organization each year. The Faculty Scholars program... Read more »
Symposium on “The Past, the Present, and the Future: Charting Emerging Research Themes in Operations Management, Decision Sciences and Business Analytics, and Information Systems”
Academic disciplines are in a constant state of flux, both in terms of the novel themes that are examined as well methods that are employed to conduct research. Operations and Decision Technologies (ODT) department’s Senior Scholars Summer Symposium sought to provide a historical context to and showcase different research themes that are emerging in the... Read more »
Exploring Research Connections: Behavioral Operations Symposium
This summer, ODT was proud to host guest scholars for the 2019 Behavioral Operations Symposium. The goal of the symposium was to bring speakers who would provide an overview of the variety of work being done in Behavioral Operations Management. Overall, the morning’s speakers centered on studying how people think of probabilities and how they... Read more »
Kelley Alum Gives Back: Justin Greis of EY
Since he set foot on campus to earn his bachelor’s degree, Justin Greis has been passionate about Indiana University. After earning his second Kelley School of Business degree through the 3/2 MBA program, Justin was recruited by EY, one of the world’s largest professional service firms. He is now a Partner/Principal in EY’s Advisory group... Read more »
Kelley Team Wins 1st and Top Presenter Again at CaseIT
In February 2019, university students from around the world gathered to compete in the CaseIT Competition, hosted by the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. For the second time in three years, the team from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University placed 1st overall, and a Kelley student was awarded top... Read more »