Decision Sciences

With so many angels from which to choose, how can an entrepreneur identify reputable angels with strong track records? “Due diligence is a two-way street,” he says. “As an investor performs due diligence on the entrepreneur, the entrepreneur should also perform due diligence on the angel.”

“Count data,” the number of times an event occurs within a given time interval, poses a number of statistical modeling challenges with widespread applications in web analytics, epidemiology, economics, finance, operations and other fields. In 2018, Paul College associate professor of decision…

New to Paul College, assistant professor of decision sciences Ermira Zifla has already added a novel dimension to understanding the influences, dynamics and consequences of individual user behavior in online social settings: humor.

Says Matoglu, “While most problems in the literature deal with a flight schedule of 1,000 – 2,000 legs or fewer, we solve one consisting of approximately 27,000 flights, two aircraft families and more than 100 aircrafts and airports. Our methodology helps address a very large scale and difficult…

Chen says her research “helps to illuminate the effects of market demand and cost parameters on the optimal pricing and ordering decisions.”

Considered a landmark, Glynn’s study received attention in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, U.S. News and Fast Company. He is a Zillow Research Fellow and received $60,000 from Zillow to support his work.

“Angels continue to keep their investment allocations in the seed and start-up stage low, at 24 percent of investments, which is similar to 2017 (20 percent) and 2016 (27 percent),” said Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research.

Wang was selected as this year’s Paul College Excellence in Teaching Award winner in the tenure-track faculty category. She was nominated by decision sciences department chair, Roger Grinde, who cited Wang’s exemplary teaching, research, and service to the college as well as her consistent high…

Ever noticed those ads that pop up or fill in the banners and borders of the web pages you visit? Advertisers, it goes without saying, are hoping you do. Internet ads may be annoying but they’re an inescapable part of everyday life online. They also comprise a $72 billion industry that reaches…

“I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I didn’t always know what I wanted to do with it until I started working with events,” he says. “When you think about it, every event like this is an entrepreneurial process. You’re starting with nothing — you have no money, you just have this idea, and…

Dev Dutta is fascinated by “high-tech ecosystems” comprising entrepreneurial startups, large established businesses, angel investors, venture capitalists, research institutions, universities and government arms—all involved in business innovation.