Romania’s science reforms prompt boycott

SICB boycott New Orleans in stand on science education.

Why We Boycott: Consumer Motivations for Boycott Participation

While boycotts are increasingly relevant for management decision-making, there has been little research of an individual’s motivation to boycott. We propose a conceptualization of boycotting and report a study of an actual boycott of a multinational firm that was prompted by factory closings. Consumers who viewed the closures as egregious were more likely to boycott the firm, though only a mino...

Reforming science: methodological and cultural reforms.

Contemporary science has brought about technological advances and an unprecedented understanding of the natural world. However, there are signs of dysfunction in the scientific community as well as threats from diverse antiscience and political forces. Incentives in the current system place scientists under tremendous stress, discourage cooperation, encourage poor scientific practices, and dete...

The stratified Boycott effect

We present the results of an experimental investigation of the flows generated by monodisperse particles settling at low Reynolds number in a stably stratified ambient with an inclined sidewall. In this configuration, upwelling beneath the inclined wall associated with the Boycott effect is opposed by the ambient density stratification. The evolution of the system is determined by the relative ...

Data Science, Statistical Modeling, and Financial and Health Care Reforms

This paper discusses some new trends in the field of Statistics, in response to technological innovations leading to “big data” as well as opportunities and challenges in the wake of health care and financial reform legislation.