January 28, 2021 SHARE (Image: Shutterstock)
Businesses beware: A price increase for carryout or delivery food means an increase in negative reviews and a downturn in restaurant reputation, if not demand.
And it’s notable that in these COVID-19 pandemic times, an exponential amount of business is being conducted via carryout or delivery.
A pair of business researchers, from Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard University, studied the relationship between price and reputation by looking at online orders through Yelp’s Transaction Platform from its 2013 inception until January 2019, and then the resulting reviews. What they found: Ratings are price-adjusted rather than objective reviews of quality.
January 26, 2021 SHARE
Carter
Dedric Carter, vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed chair of the board of the Missouri Technology Corp. (MTC).
Gov. Mike Parson’s administration announced the appointment Jan. 26. Carter, who is also a professor of practice at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been a member of the board since 2017.
MTC is a public-private partnership created by the Missouri Legislature to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies in Missouri.
“This is an exciting time for innovation and entrepreneurship in Missouri and across the nation,” Carter said. “I am honored to be appointed by Gov. Parson to serve in this capacity, and I look forward to leading this effort to usher in a new era of leveraged investment to raise the number and profile of Missouri ventures.”
Sometimes, Becky Angell doesn’t even realize she’s started crying. She’s been a nurse for seven years, and worked in an intensive care unit in Olathe for
Network of U.S. biomedical engineers calls to end funding discrimination
January 26, 2021 SHARE According to studies of National Institutes of Health research funding allocations, Black applicant award rates have stood at about 55 percent of that of white principal investigators of similar academic achievement. A group of biomedical engineers is bringing to the forefront the issue of federal funding inequity. (Image: Shutterstock)
Representatives from a network of women deans, chairs and distinguished faculty in biomedical engineering including two from Washington University in St. Louis are calling upon the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies to address disparities in allocating support to Black researchers.