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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
the minority in how they viewed this choice. “The course does a good job of highlighting the conflicts that are inherent in this business, such as the tension between investment professionals and their investors,” El-Hage says. “It trains our students to think View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
with influencers and media offline. We do everything from design to production to even analytics reporting. Our model saves marketing teams time and money, and yields an experience that looks and feels as though it was done in-house.” In...
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- Profile
Malcolm Little
"New York is unlike any place I’ve ever been – the pace of life is incredibly different. The idea of being home for dinner just isn’t real. But I built a rich base of analytical skills." At Bear, Stearns, Malcolm witnessed...
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- Profile
Kelly Carson
training. HBS, Kelly believed, would advance her leadership potential. Her career at the school began with the summer Analytics program. "It's fantastic — it puts everyone on an equal level," Kelly says. More importantly, it...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
A Force for Good
MBA students, the program provides up to 20 fellows a year with the opportunity to work in nonprofit or public sector positions, giving those organizations access to an MBA’s managerial and analytical skills to build capacity. Return to...
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- January–February 2023
- Article
Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions
By: Michael Lingzhi Li, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis and Dimitris Bertsimas
We developed DELPHI, a novel epidemiological model for predicting detected cases and deaths in the prevaccination era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The model allows for underdetection of infections and effects of government interventions. We have applied DELPHI across more...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Epidemics;
Analytics and Data Science;
Health Pandemics;
AI and Machine Learning;
Forecasting and Prediction
Li, Michael Lingzhi, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis, and Dimitris Bertsimas. "Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions." Operations Research 71, no. 1 (January–February 2023): 184–201.
- December 2010
- Background Note
Risk and Reward in Venture Capital
This note describes the payoff structure of investment in individual venture capital–backed companies and in venture capital portfolios. Venture Capital investments are characterized by high failure rate (0ver 50%) and a small number of given successes (greater than...
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Keywords:
Capital Markets;
Venture Capital;
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Analytics and Data Science;
Failure;
Performance;
Information Technology
Sahlman, William A. "Risk and Reward in Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-036, December 2010.
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation....
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- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
increasingly depend on a mutually reinforcing relationship between financial and nonfinancial performance. Integrated reporting is about more than a document. It is also about a more integrated company website that leverages the Internet to provide detailed...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an automated message to share information, but it fails to...
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- April 2021
- Case
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ros Atkins
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Ros Atkins launched the 50:50 Project on a BBC news program he anchored, deciding with his team to start tracking the gender of the contributors and experts featured on the show. Before long, it was clear that monitoring the data led to increased awareness of a gender...
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Keywords:
Gender Equality;
Allyship;
Representation;
Leadership;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Media;
Analytics and Data Science
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Glass-Shattering Leaders: Ros Atkins." Harvard Business School Case 421-075, April 2021.
- March 2019
- Case
Wattpad
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
How to run a platform to match four million writers of stories to 75 million readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and filmmakers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories and of helping writers...
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Keywords:
Platform Businesses;
Creative Industries;
Publishing;
Data Science;
Machine Learning;
Collaborative Filtering;
Women And Leadership;
Managing Data Scientists;
Big Data;
Recommender Systems;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Intellectual Property;
Analytics and Data Science;
Publishing Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Canada;
United States;
Philippines;
Viet Nam;
Turkey;
Indonesia;
Brazil
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Wattpad." Harvard Business School Case 919-413, March 2019.
- 09 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."
different function.” Prior to business school, Jon had fulfilled two roles in clean energy: one at a service provider to commercial energy users in the efficiency and demand response space,” and as an associate at an energy analytics...
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Manufacturing
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
evidence of management ability and leadership potential, while Tamblyn probes for hard analytical skills. Yet both scrutinize resumes with the equivalent of “x-ray specs,” hoping to find hidden qualities that could be meaningful for their...
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All Industries
- March 2024
- Supplement
Madrigal: Conducting a Customer-Base Audit
By: Eva Ascarza, Bruce Hardie, Peter S. Fader and Michael Ross
This case presents a scenario where Madrigal, a U.S. retailer with a rich 20-year history and a solid loyalty program, faces a turning point with the arrival of a new CEO. This leadership change reveals a critical gap in understanding the customer base, prompting an...
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- November 2018
- Article
Global Evidence on Economic Preferences
By: Armin Falk, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, Benjamin Enke, David Huffman and Uwe Sunde
This article studies the global variation in economic preferences. For this purpose, we present the Global Preference Survey (GPS), an experimentally validated survey data set of time preference, risk preference, positive and negative reciprocity, altruism, and trust...
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Keywords:
Economic Preferences;
Economics;
Behavior;
Surveys;
Analytics and Data Science;
Global Range
Falk, Armin, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, Benjamin Enke, David Huffman, and Uwe Sunde. "Global Evidence on Economic Preferences." Quarterly Journal of Economics 113, no. 4 (November 2018): 1645–1692.
- November 2018
- Case
Komatsu Komtrax: Asset Tracking Meets Demand Forecasting
By: Willy Shih, Paul Hong and YoungWon Park
Komatsu's Komtrax system started as a way of remotely monitoring and tracking equipment for the purpose of improving operational efficiency. This case follows its evolution towards other uses including demand forecasting for its sales, marketing, and production...
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Keywords:
Big Data;
Manufacturing;
Manufacturing Industry;
Data Strategy;
Internet Of Things;
Construction;
Production;
Analytics and Data Science;
Strategy;
Performance Efficiency;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Industrial Products Industry;
Construction Industry;
Japan
Shih, Willy, Paul Hong, and YoungWon Park. "Komatsu Komtrax: Asset Tracking Meets Demand Forecasting." Harvard Business School Case 619-022, November 2018.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Can new data sources from online platforms help to measure local economic activity? Government datasets from agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau provide the standard measures of economic activity at the local level. However, these statistics typically appear only...
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Glaeser, Edward L., Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca. "Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-022, September 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)
By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust...
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Keywords:
Markets;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Demand and Consumers;
Consumer Behavior;
Analytics and Data Science;
Market Design;
Digital Platforms;
Market Transactions;
Marketplace Matching;
Supply and Industry;
Analysis;
Price;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Fashion Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
Michigan;
Detroit
Farronato, Chiara, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb, and Julia Kelley. "StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 621-107, April 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality
By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III
This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details
Keywords:
Advertising;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Revenue;
Analytics and Data Science;
Surveys;
Marketing;
Measurement and Metrics;
Rank and Position;
Competition;
Advertising Industry;
Service Industry;
United States
Silk, Alvin J., and Charles King III. "Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-044, September 2008.