Tepperspectives
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<p>The Tepperspectives Podcast is a conversation with researchers, experts, and thought leaders in the business disciplines. Join us for insights into how artificial intelligence and machine learning intersect with economics, management science, and organizational behavior. Tepperspectives is guided by The Intelligent Future℠, a data-informed and human-driven approach to innovation and problem solving for today and tomorrow. </p>
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8/11/2025
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July 17, 2026
The Real Cost of US Data Center Growth
<p>Nick Muller, the Lester and Judith Lave Professor of Economics, Engineering, and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon, joins Emily DeJeu to discuss how the rapid expansion of data centers across the United States is straining power grids and creating major environmental challenges, and the true cost of keeping our digital world running. Muller’s research reveals that U.S. data centers consumed roughly 250 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2025, up to 6% of the nation's total power, and generated a $25 billion in gross environmental and public health damages from air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The conversation explores how cheap local electricity rates drive data centers to cluster in states like Virginia and Texas (which alone make up 30 percent of the damage), why some utilities are reviving retired fossil-fuel plants to keep up with demand, and whether the massive potential benefits of artificial intelligence can ultimately outweigh these heavy environmental tolls.</p><p>Find the full report, ”Measuring the Impact of Data Centers in the United States Economy: Monetary Damage from Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” on the National Bureau of Economic Research website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w35100">https://www.nber.org/papers/w35100</a></p><p>Visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tepperspectives.cmu.edu">https://tepperspectives.cmu.edu</a> for more articles, videos, and podcasts. </p><p>The Tepperspectives podcast is supported in part by the MBA Class of 2016 Technology Fund</p>
June 17, 2026
Business In the Second Quantum Revolution
<p>How can the behavior of tiny, subatomic particles completely revolutionize everyday business operations like inventory management, delivery schedules, and investment strategies?</p><p>In this interview, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://scholars.cmu.edu/4733-sridhar-tayur">Dr. Sridhar Tayur</a>, Ford Distinguished Research Chair and University Professor of Operations Management at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, breaks down the Second Quantum Revolution and explains how the imperceptible universe of quantum physics is creating massive, real-world advantages for logistics, commerce, finance, and health care.</p><p>Visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tepperspectives.cmu.edu">Tepperspectives</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/faculty-and-research/research-units/quantum-technologies-group">Learn more about the Tepper School’s Quantum Technologies Group</a></p><p>Made possible in part by the MBA Class of 2016 Technology Fund</p>
May 6, 2026
Does A Company's Mission Matter To Job Seekers?
<p>Purpose claims, mission statements, vision statements, and other indicators of company values, ideals, and belief systems have become increasingly common in the practice of recruitment and talent acquisition. These claims intend to galvanize applicants and stakeholders by articulating the reasons companies exist, going beyond selling products, providing services, and making a profit. In “The Authenticity of Purpose Claims: Firm Capacity and Job Seeker Responses to Recruitment Efforts,“ Oliver Hahl and his co-authors point out that these proclamations often suffer from a perception of cheap talk, or non-binding statements such as “we will change the world” that lack inherent credibility. The study concludes that, for any ambitious claims to land with any degree of authenticity, the audience must believe the company possesses the capacity to achieve it. In the corporate context, capacity is the knowledge and resources required to turn one of these aspirational statements into a reality. To test this, Hahl et al., performed a reverse engineering of thousands of job postings using topic modeling, which is a statistical method of word co-occurrence.</p><p>The impact of corporate purpose on recruitment relies on a firm’s perceived capacity to achieve its stated goals. While large organizations with over one thousand employees experience a 50 percent increase in job applications when making bold purpose claims, smaller firms with fewer than 50 employees see only a marginal 10 percent gain, as their grander ambitions are often dismissed as inauthentic. This skepticism stems from the belief that more capacity is necessary to drive significant social impact; however, small firms can overcome this authenticity gap by signaling their competence through high-status affiliations. When small companies partner with prestigious entities like Harvard or the United Nations, they effectively borrow legitimacy, leading candidates to view their mission as credible and increasing their likelihood of applying.</p><p>The paper suggests that authenticity is not just a matter of willingness or pure intention. Even a firm dedicated to the greater good will appear inauthentic if its ambitions exceed its means. For the practitioner, the lesson is one of alignment. A firm must pair its moral aspirations with tangible evidence of its power to act.</p><p>Read the full paper:</p><p>León Valdés, Trevor Young-Hyman, Evan Gilbertson, C. B. Bhattacharya, Oliver Hahl (2025) The Authenticity of Purpose Claims: Firm Capacity and Job Seeker Responses to Recruitment Efforts. Management Science 0(0). <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03931">https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03931</a></p>
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<p>The Tepperspectives Podcast is a conversation with researchers, experts, and thought leaders in the business disciplines. Join us for insights into how artificial intelligence and machine learning intersect with economics, management science, and organizational behavior. Tepperspectives is guided by The Intelligent Future℠, a data-informed and human-driven approach to innovation and problem solving for today and tomorrow. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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