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- October 2021
- Article
Overcoming the Cold Start Problem of CRM Using a Probabilistic Machine Learning Approach
By: Nicolas Padilla and Eva Ascarza
The success of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs ultimately depends on the firm's ability to understand consumers' preferences and precisely capture how these preferences may differ across customers. Only by understanding customer heterogeneity, firms can...
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Customer Management;
Targeting;
Deep Exponential Families;
Probabilistic Machine Learning;
Cold Start Problem;
Customer Relationship Management;
Programs;
Consumer Behavior;
Analysis
Padilla, Nicolas, and Eva Ascarza. "Overcoming the Cold Start Problem of CRM Using a Probabilistic Machine Learning Approach." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 58, no. 5 (October 2021): 981–1006.
- August 1999 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Catanese and Vulcan (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Sanjay Pothen
A small CPA firm puts in a new performance measurement system, and profits increase by 350% in less than a year. This case illustrates the reasons for improved profitability as well as the sustainability of levels of growth, the opportunities, and the threats that...
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Narayanan, V.G., and Sanjay Pothen. "Catanese and Vulcan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 100-021, August 1999. (Revised May 2001.)
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Automobile and motor vehicle industry
Where can I find statistics on and analysis of the automobile industries? You may begin with the following databases: IBISWorld - Provides automobile industry market reports including US, Australia, UK, China, and Global....
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- 08 May 2015
- News
Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, believes all businesses—both established and startup—must embrace digital transformation. Iansiti’s analysis of innovation in digital technology at General Electric,...
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Movies: statistics
Where can I find statistics about movies and movie theaters? S&P Capital IQ Pro: Select Industries - Technology, Media & Telecommunications for data...
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Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources
- The database consists publications of In Vivo, MedTech Insight, and Scrip). Provides proprietary news articles and analysis on medical technologies, biopharm, and diagnostic industries as well as profiles of leading-edge...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
companies with such plans do not perform better financially. Further analysis prompted Beer and Katz to conclude that the real role of bonuses is simply to attract highly qualified executives to a corporation. "Companies are forced into...
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Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
to take a longer view. One such view is provided by a recent Business Week analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data. ("Restating the '90s," by Michael J. Mandel, Business Week, April 1, 2002, pp. 51-58.) It...
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by James Heskett
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
Paul R. Lawrence Conference: Connecting Rigor and Relevance in Institutional Analysis honored the memory of a prolific scholar and longtime HBS faculty member who, at the time of his death in 2011, was the Wallace Brent Donham Professor...
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by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections reduce employment flows and firm entry rates. Moreover, View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
good,” says Teodorescu. Much of the earliest applications of machine learning concerned language. At the birth of the field in the 1940s, British mathematician Alan Turing conceived the abstract grammars to analyze texts and describe reasoning. Since then, the field of...
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The Collection - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Collection: Data Analysis Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility Contact Email: histcollref@hbs.edu © President and...
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Morocco
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Morocco? Industry and market research Passport Select Country Reports: Datagraphics, Search Statistics, or Search View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Reducing special-interest influence over government regulation
He and his collaborators focus on the importance of empirical analysis to assess degrees of influence. “The more we understand the nature of special-interest influence over regulation, the more we should be able to devise a spectrum of...
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- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)? Empirical analysis shows that developing countries serving on the board can expect more than double the funding from the IBRD as countries not on...
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Martha Lagace
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Real estate finance
Where can I find analysis of developments in real estate finance? Real Capital Analytics (RCA): Records over $40 trillion in commercial property transactions tied to 200,000+ investor and lender profiles, spanning diverse property types...
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Information Management | Baker Library
and effectively, optimizing the experience for end users. We provide enhanced search, findability, and user behavior analysis for the many information products (websites, newsletters, articles, databases, etc.) across HBS. What we can...
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U.S. economic data
H.15 - Interest rates for select U.S. government and Federal Reserve series, published every business day. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data - U.S. national data and a variety of other data such as GDP and...
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Biotech, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals: Business and Management focused topics
ABI/ProQuest - articles from academic and industry publications that covers all aspects of business and management topics, including some company SWOT analysis and quarterly industry profiles. ScienceDirect - articles...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From observers to active participants in the global economy
efforts in Africa in part to the HBS course Written Analysis of Cases. “It combined the need for crisp, cogent analysis, based on the limited evidence available, and coming to a decision within a strictly limited time—just like real...
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