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Food supply chains had already taken a serious hit by panic-purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. floods remind us how effective supply chain management planning can help avert crises.
Have you ever bought an item and then just not gotten around to using it because the time never felt right? New studies suggest an explanation for what researchers call nonconsumption.
Physical hoarding has been studied for decades - but now, new forms of digital hoarding are emerging.
During the early stages of the pandemic, people adapted to changing situations by making new and different choices. But how did they make these decisions? Motivation theory can explain the process.
The pandemic has put a spotlight on a once little-discussed disorder – hoarding. But hoarding disorder is not what you might think.
The 3M face mask dustup between the U.S. and Canada, although quickly resolved, starkly illustrated that Canada must find compromises with its southern neighbour about the trade of COVID-19 products.
Bulk buying disrupts the balance of the supply chain. Here’s how supply chains combat hoarding of products like toilet paper.
Psychological research suggests several ways in which socially-responsible behaviour might be encouraged.
Faced with uncertain and anxious times, brains send out instructions to start stockpiling supplies – whether you’re a person facing a pandemic, or a rodent prepping for a long winter.
Behavioural scientists explain why people react badly to paternalistic messaging from politicians. If you treat people like children and tell them to stop doing something, it has the opposite effect.
Apart from their functional purpose, products can also impact how we feel, both about ourselves and our situation.
The new coronavirus outbreak has prompted panic buying in the US and around the world, even in products that are abundant.
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Markets, Public Policy and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Director of Health Programs, BehaviourWorks Australia; Lead, Monash-McMaster Social Systems Evidence Collaboration, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, and Director of the Hoarding Research Group, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior lecturer in Psychology, Keele University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
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Adjunct assistant professor, Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Marketing, Northwestern University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, Urban Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Associate professor, ESG UQAM, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Associate Professor in Psychology and Mental Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor, Beedie School of Business, Department of Technology & Operations Management, Simon Fraser University
