Machine learning algorithms learn by experience. Thus, they may replicate societal bias contained in the data they are fed, argue Dirk Hovy and Debora Nozza in the third episode of the Clarity in a Messy World podcast
The Clarity in a Messy World series is for an intellectually curious, internationally oriented audience, eager to get to the roots of the most confounding issues of our time
How Dissatisfied Customers and Short Sellers Can Break a Company
by Fabio Todesco
New research by Anatoli Colicev finds an unexpected link between marketing and finance: investor behavior of short sellers, who buy private data on customer dissatisfaction and satisfaction in order to choose or avoid targets. Interestingly, the negative effect of dissatisfaction is 2.39 times larger than the positive effect of satisfaction
Twentyone Scholars to Strengthen Bocconi Research from September
by Fabio Todesco
The University is investing in human resources even in the midst of the COVID emergency. Among the new arrivals is Ron Burt, one of the most cited applied sociologists in the world and father of structural holes theory
How Covid Risk and Technology Favor Virtual Tours of Museums
by Fabio Todesco
An experiment by Anastasia Nanni and Aulona Ulqinaku shows that interactive virtual tours can improve people's attitudes towards cultural institutions in times of COVID
In English, Machine Translation Makes You Sound Like a Man in His Middle Age
by Fabio Todesco
Three Bocconi scholars found an algorithmic bias in the systems of Google, Bing, and DeepL, when translating from several European languages into English
How to Make Crowdfunding More Transparent and Social
by Fabio Todesco
According to a study published in Marketing Science, platforms could make the process more efficient and improve the success rate of funding by providing more information about investors who have already supported a project. This would trigger a following and imitation process
Covid Crisis Lab: Bocconi Studies the Impact of the Pandemic
by Andrea Celauro
Health, Economy, Finance and Business, Society and Legal System: these are the four research areas of the new laboratory directed by epidemiologist Alessia Melegaro. An interdisciplinary center that brings together over 30 social science researchers
A New Tool Detects Emotions in Italian Social Media Posts
Federico Bianchi, Debora Nozza, and Dirk Hovy released a freely available package for sentiment analysis and emotion recognition in Italian, overcoming the linguistic and economic limitations of similar tools
The Real Effects of Accounting
Accounting is no more just about bookkeeping or double entry: it's about information. Reporting rules affect both managerial behavior and our lives, according to Annalisa Prencipe, KPMG Chair in Accounting
Beyond the Selfie: COVID19 and the Museum Sector
According to Alex Turrini, the pandemic acted as a digital transformation accelerator, as never before
When the Pandemic Leads to Food Insecurity
Two recent studies on food systems in Europe and the pandemic highlight just how vulnerable to disruption these systems are
Real Time Maps of COVID Trends in Italy
From the homepage of Bocconi COVID Crisis Lab readers can go to a mapping app developed by Marco Bonetti and Ugofilippo Basellini and monitor the epidemic in Italy
Don't Fear Zombies. At Least, Not Yet
New research by Guido Tabellini shows that the risk of creating a hidden subsidy for uncompetitive firms should not hold back governments and banks from providing firms with credit during the COVID19 pandemic
Demand for Performance Goods: Import Quotas in the Chinese Movie Market Applied Microeconomics
Marc Rysman (Boston University)
Webinar
The Effect of Online Competition on Local Newspapers and Politics: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist in the U.S. Political Economy - Joint with the Department of Social and Political Sciences
Ruben Durante (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
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Bond markets in Spring 2020 and the response of the Federal Reserve
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Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Berkeley Haas
In order to receive the invitation link for the online streaming, please contact dip.fin@unibocconi.it
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Enabling rapid financial response to disasters: Knotting and reknotting multiple paradoxes in inter-organizational systems
Paula Jarzabkowski (Cass Business School)
For information or to receive the invitation link contact daniela.cereda@unibocconi.it
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