Research

In Massachusetts, 85% of residents report consistently wearing face masks in indoor public spaces. In Iowa, 52% of residents report the same. Given that mask-wearing is one of the top…

Near-empty restaurants. Higher prices for meat, bread and other grocery staples. Budget shortfalls for state and local governments. These are some of the outcomes Dave Gulley, professor and …

With at least 24 states lifting or easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and more expected to join them in the coming weeks, a Bentley professor’s research is the first to quantify how shelter-in-place…

It seems hard to imagine now, when virtually every aspect of our daily lives has been disrupted by COVID-19, but just four months ago, few people had ever heard the term “coronavirus.” What began as a cluster of mysterious respiratory illnesses in Wuhan, China…

(Above: Bentley Professor Jane Fedorowicz with Professor Helmut Krcmar of the Technical University of Munich. The pair served as co-chairs of the 2019 International Conference on Information Systems, which was held before the spread of the coronavirus.)…

Professor Rob DeLeo explains why elected officials choose to react to crises instead of preventing them Most Americans are familiar with Benjamin Franklin’s celebrated axiom: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound…

Large pharmaceutical companies are more profitable than most companies in the S&P 500 according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) titled “…

On any given day, approximately 20,000 people in Massachusetts — and more than 560,000 nationwide — experience homelessness. And while not having a home to call your own is challenging in any season,…

On any given day, roughly 1,300 Americans develop Alzheimer’s, a degenerative brain disease characterized by memory loss, personality changes and dementia. With more than 5.8 million Americans…

Annual Awards Honor Outstanding Academic Contributions The annual Outstanding Scholarly Contribution awards recognize faculty members for significant academic achievements made in their fields within the past three…