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2024
Working Paper

Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar

By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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2020
Working Paper

Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective

By: Srikant Datar, Apurv Jain, Charles C.Y. Wang and Siyu Zhang

We provide a comprehensive examination of whether, to what extent, and which accounting variables are useful for improving the predictive accuracy of GDP growth forecasts. We leverage statistical models that accommodate a broad set of (341) variables—outnumbering the... View Details

Keywords: Big Data; Elastic Net; GDP Growth; Machine Learning; Macro Forecasting; Short Fat Data; Accounting; Economic Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Analytics and Data Science

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April 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Case

IBM: Design Thinking

By: Srikant M. Datar, Amram Migdal and Paul Hamilton

This case describes the 2012-2020 effort at IBM to implement design thinking throughout the company and hire thousands of designers to serve on every product team alongside technical engineers and developers and product managers. IBM’s design transformation is told... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Divisions; Business Units; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Design; Human Resources; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Product; Product Design; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Adaptation; Adoption; Technological Innovation; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States

March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Too Simple to be Safe? | Note on the Development of Fecal Transplants

By: Amar Bhidé and Srikant M. Datar

January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Impossible to Routine | Note on the Development of Coronary Arterial Bypass Grafting (CABG) (through 2000)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Fabio Villa

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Case

Dame Cicely Saunders and the Modern Hospice Movement: A Brother's View

By: Amar Bhidé and Srikant M. Datar

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Beyond Traditional X-rays | Note on the Development of Computed Tomography (through the 1990s)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Controversial Blockbuster | Note on the Development of Prozac (through 1999)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: High Quality and Radiation Free | Note on the Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (through the 1990s)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Background Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Living Drugs | Note on the Development of CAR-T Therapies (through 2019)

By: Amar Bhidé and Srikant M. Datar

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Supplement

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Minimally Invasive | Note on the Development of Laparoscopic Surgery (B) (2000-2005)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin Bowler

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Minimally Invasive | Note on the Development of Laparoscopic Surgery (through the 1990s)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin Bowler

December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Without Cutting In | Note on the Development of Endoscopy (through the 1990s)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Containing a Fearsome Pandemic | Note on the Development of HIV/AIDS Controls, Tests, and Treatments (through 2000)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

November 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Early Detection, Precise Diagnoses | Note on the Development of Mammography (though 2000)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Eradicating H-Pylori Infections | Note on the Development of Antibiotic Treatments for Ulcers

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-Changing Innovations: Fighting Hospital Infections | Note on the Development of Cephalosporins (through 2000)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

November 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Reducing Breast Cancer Risks | Note on the Development of Tamoxifen (through 1999)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins

November 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Technical Note

Tales of Life-changing Innovations: Safe and Cheap Diagnostics | Note on the Development of Ultrasound Scanning (through 2000)

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins