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Monthly Archive July, 2006

Netflix procrastination rediscovered yet again

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DECISION SCIENCE NEWS MEME HITS WSJ, SLASHDOT, AND DIGG DSN reported just two weeks ago that the habit of Netflix procrastination–recently put forth by two DSN writers in Harvard Business Review–found its way into a Newsweek blog. This week, we report that the same idea has now made the Wall Street Journal Online and picked […]

The launch of an entirely online decison making journal

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JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING History is made as an entirely online (and for the time being free) journal titled Judgment and Decision Making launches its Volume 1, Number 1. Things seem to be off to a good start, with a solid editorial board and a first issue featuring some heavy hitters. Decision Science News, which […]

Decision Science News hits a meme

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CATCHY NAME GIVEN TO NETFLIX GUILT In July 2006, DSN writers Dan Goldstein and Dominique Goldstein described in a Harvard Business Review article titled “Profiting from the Long Tail” a behavioral phenomenon in which Netflix customers let highbrow movies sit around unwatched while lowbrow films get watched and returned right away. They use as examples […]

CDS gets a new look

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CENTER FOR THE DECISION SCIENCE REBRANDS Former Decision Science News home The Center for The Decision Sciences at Columbia University launches its new clean look and feel and a tidier URL: decisionsciences.columbia.edu. Stop by and have a click. While there, listen to these nice audio interviews with Elke Weber and other decision researchers on the […]