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To Increase Drug Savings, Show the Cost of Drugs and Try a Female Doctor
UC Davis’ Hemant Bhargava offers solutions to rising drug prices
Source: Fierce Healthcare
New research from Distinguished Professor Hemant Bhargava finds female doctors pick lower-cost drugs more often—and offers four ways to cut costs: transparency, decision tools, targeting expensive drugs, and smart prescribing.

Davis Conference on Qualitative Research Draws Top Scholars
25th annual conference includes presentations on entrepreneurism, diversity and occupational challenges
Now considered the premier event of the year for qualitative researchers in management, the academic summit featured presentations from thought leaders from around the globe.

Doing Science in a Time of Algorithmic Management and Generative AI
Professor Beth Bechky: "We are at a crossroads in the field of organizational studies"
Source: Administrative Science Quarterly
Writing in Administrative Science Quarterly, Professor Beth Bechky worries about the craft and community around organizational scholarship and warns that "generative AI will not be implemented to improve our work and deepen our insights."

Can You Go Home Again? New Study Looks at the Workplace Effects of Boomerangs
Professor Gina Dokko says impact of returning workers not always positive
Source: UC Davis
Boomerang workers—those who return to a former employer—can be beneficial to the company, however existing workers often are not as helpful to the boomerangs as they are to true newcomers to the organization, according to a new UC Davis study.

The Digital Undertow: How Technology Quietly Reshapes Our Social Worlds*
Risks and rewards of generative AI in creative industries like film and TV
Professors Greta Hsu and Beth Bechky explore generative AI’s impact on creative industries, looking at both the immediate, surface-level benefits, as well as the deeper, less visible consequences—the digital undertow—and the implications for business leaders.

Carbon Tech Versus the Accounting Profession: The Race for Leadership
Source: Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference
Video of Emeritus Distinguished Professor Paul Griffin presenting on “Carbon Tech Versus the Accounting Profession: The Race for Leadership” at the 2024 Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference, a virtual forum on Sept 25-26, 2024.