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YouTube Influencers: Gaming’s Best Friend or Worst Enemy?
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BALTIMORE, MD, March 14, 2025 – YouTube influencers are shaping the gaming industry in unexpected ways, and a new study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science uncovers the surprising truth: Although influencers can drive massive engagement with video games, they might also be costing game developers millions in lost sales.

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The 3 biggest things to know about a potential U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal
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Contentious minerals deal has sparked a war of words between Trump and Zelensky, and could be announced later this week

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How tariffs can hurt American supply chains | GUEST COMMENTARY
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Americans have probably heard the word “tariffs” more in the past month than in the past four years — and for good reason. Tariffs are central to President Donald Trump’s economic playbook, despite opposition from mainstream economists and trade experts

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Why we need more coronavirus tests than we think

Why we need more coronavirus tests than we think

Significance, April 9, 2020

In the US, President Trump has said that testing for novel coronavirus infection will be limited to people who believe they may be infected. But if we only test people who believe they may be infected, we cannot understand how deep the virus has reached into the population. The only way this could is if those who believe they may be infected are representative of the population with respect to novel coronavirus infection. Does anyone believe this is so?

COVID-19 and the Supply Chain

COVID-19 and the Supply Chain

University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 9, 2020

If you didn’t know what a supply chain was a month ago, you do now. We are feeling them palpably, through strikes of essential workers, surgical mask shortages, and bleak shelves in the paper-products aisle. Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management at the UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management, has spent her career studying supply chains and the impacts of disruptions.

Marketing researchers identify the three most powerful drivers of effective crowdfunding

Marketing researchers identify the three most powerful drivers of effective crowdfunding

Upgrade, April 8, 2020

While the concept of crowdfunding is still in its early phases of development, a group of marketing researchers have conducted a study that reveals the most powerful drivers behind effective crowdfunding campaigns. According to the researchers, there are three primary mechanisms that serve as the major drivers of crowdfunding campaigns that yield results.

Seton Hall University Q&A On Covid-19 and the Supply Chain

Seton Hall University Q&A On Covid-19 and the Supply Chain

Global Cold Chain News, April 8, 2020

South Orange, New Jersey, USA: As the world attempts to navigate the uncertain conditions surrounding Covid-19, businesses, medical professionals and government officials have all struggled to maintain appropriate levels of goods – and the services that require those goods. 

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