Computer models say that diversity helps companies

Scott E. Page trained as a game theorist, and in game theory, diversity is usually an obstacle to overcome. That is, the more diverse the preferences of the participants in a game, the harder it is to come to a mutually acceptable solution. 

Early in his career, though, while teaching economics at the California Institute of Technology, Page decided to try looking at diversity in a different way. As he recounted in his 2007 book The Difference: