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  • 2021
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Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data

By: Marco Di Maggio, Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara and Don Carmichael
We exploit anonymized administrative data provided by a major fintech platform to investigate whether using alternative data to assess borrowers’ creditworthiness results in broader credit access. Comparing actual outcomes of the fintech platform’s model to... View Details
Keywords: Fintech Lending; Alternative Data; Machine Learning; Algorithm Bias; Finance; Information Technology; Financing and Loans; Analytics and Data Science; Credit
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Di Maggio, Marco, Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara, and Don Carmichael. "Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-024, October 2021.

    Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data

    A key policy question raised by the advent of fintech lenders revolves around the impact on credit availability of credit models that employ alternative data and algorithmic underwriting. We exploit anonymized administrative data provided by a major fintech platform... View Details
    • November 2021
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    The Dynamics of Gender and Alternatives in Negotiation

    By: Jennifer E. Dannals, Julian J. Zlatev, Nir Halevy and Margaret A. Neale
    A substantial body of prior research documents a gender gap in negotiation performance. Competing accounts suggest that the gap is due either to women’s stereotype-congruent behavior in negotiations or to backlash enacted toward women for stereotype-incongruent... View Details
    Keywords: Alternatives; Gender Gap; Negotiation; Gender; Performance
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    Dannals, Jennifer E., Julian J. Zlatev, Nir Halevy, and Margaret A. Neale. "The Dynamics of Gender and Alternatives in Negotiation." Journal of Applied Psychology 106, no. 11 (November 2021): 1655–1672.
    • January 2022
    • Article

    Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Equity

    By: Josh Lerner, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar and Nan R. Zhang
    This paper uses previously unexplored custodial data to examine the use of alternative investment vehicles in private equity (PE) over four decades. We document a steep increase in the capital directed to alternative vehicles, with these vehicles approaching a 40%... View Details
    Keywords: Alternative Investment Vehicles; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Performance
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    Lerner, Josh, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang. "Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Equity." Journal of Financial Economics 143, no. 1 (January 2022): 359–380. (Won the 2022 Doriot Award for the Best Private Equity Research Paper.)
    • January 23, 2023
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    Click-by-click: Using Alternative Data to Make a Business Case for Culture

    By: Jillian Grennan and Joseph Pacelli
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Value
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    Grennan, Jillian, and Joseph Pacelli. "Click-by-click: Using Alternative Data to Make a Business Case for Culture." CMR Insights (January 23, 2023).
    • Fast Answer

    Alternatives to Bloomberg

    What databases can I use that have much of the same data and functionality as the Bloomberg terminal? When data download limits on the Bloomberg terminals have been reached and/or to... View Details
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    Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

    continuously engaged with the course's material and learned a lot from my peers. Kaushal Khodifad Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys Alternative Investments provided more substantial coverage than what I previously had from school versus... View Details
    • 16 Jan 2024
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    Hypothesis Testing in Business: Null vs. Alternative

    • 17 May 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Faisal Z. Ahmed
    • Web

    Historical Data & Sources - Business History

    Historical Data Visualization Historical Data & Sources All Records Data & Sources Adult Literacy Rates World Bank, World Development Indicators database Central Intelligence... View Details
    • May 2009 (Revised October 2009)
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    Verne Global: Building a Green Data Center in Iceland

    Verne Global, a pioneering startup created to build the first large-scale data center in Iceland, faces critical challenges regarding its green strategy. Verne Co-Founder Isaac Kato is tasked with evaluating how the company can most successfully market and sell the... View Details
    Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Startups; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Sales; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Iceland
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    Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Nnamdi Daniel Okike. "Verne Global: Building a Green Data Center in Iceland." Harvard Business School Case 509-063, May 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Distributionally Robust Causal Inference with Observational Data

    By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Kosuke Imai and Michael Lingzhi Li
    We consider the estimation of average treatment effects in observational studies and propose a new framework of robust causal inference with unobserved confounders. Our approach is based on distributionally robust optimization and proceeds in two steps. We first... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Mathematical Methods
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    Bertsimas, Dimitris, Kosuke Imai, and Michael Lingzhi Li. "Distributionally Robust Causal Inference with Observational Data." Working Paper, February 2023.
    • October 2022
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    Single.Earth

    By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney
    Estonian greentech company Single.Earth is launching a nature-backed token that is linked to and funds the protection of a specific plot fo land. The first landowners had been onboarded to the company's Digital Twin, a virtual representation of the planet's natural... View Details
    Keywords: Alternative Assets; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia
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    Koning, Rembrand, and Emer Moloney. "Single.Earth." Harvard Business School Case 723-388, October 2022.
    • 1998
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    Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data

    By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
    It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Employment; Surveys; Programs; Government and Politics; Age; Income; Residency; Welfare; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost vs Benefits; Satisfaction; United Kingdom
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    Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-092, March 1998.
    • May 2021
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    The Firm Next Door: Using Satellite Images to Study Local Information Advantage

    By: Jung Koo Kang, Lorien Stice-Lawrence and Forester Wong
    We use novel satellite data that track the number of cars in the parking lots of 92,668 stores for 71 publicly listed U.S. retailers to study the local information advantage of institutional investors. We establish car counts as a timely measure of store-level... View Details
    Keywords: Satellite Images; Store-level Performance; Institutional Investors; Local Advantage; Overweighting; Processing Costs; Alternative Data; Big Data; Emerging Technologies; Information; Quality; Institutional Investing; Decision Making; Behavioral Finance; Analytics and Data Science
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    Kang, Jung Koo, Lorien Stice-Lawrence, and Forester Wong. "The Firm Next Door: Using Satellite Images to Study Local Information Advantage." Journal of Accounting Research 59, no. 2 (May 2021): 713–750.
    • August 2021
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    Multiple Imputation Using Gaussian Copulas

    By: F.M. Hollenbach, I. Bojinov, S. Minhas, N.W. Metternich, M.D. Ward and A. Volfovsky
    Missing observations are pervasive throughout empirical research, especially in the social sciences. Despite multiple approaches to dealing adequately with missing data, many scholars still fail to address this vital issue. In this paper, we present a simple-to-use... View Details
    Keywords: Missing Data; Bayesian Statistics; Imputation; Categorical Data; Estimation
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    Hollenbach, F.M., I. Bojinov, S. Minhas, N.W. Metternich, M.D. Ward, and A. Volfovsky. "Multiple Imputation Using Gaussian Copulas." Special Issue on New Quantitative Approaches to Studying Social Inequality. Sociological Methods & Research 50, no. 3 (August 2021): 1259–1283. (0049124118799381.)
    • November 2021
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    Panel Experiments and Dynamic Causal Effects: A Finite Population Perspective

    By: Iavor Bojinov, Ashesh Rambachan and Neil Shephard
    In panel experiments, we randomly assign units to different interventions, measuring their outcomes, and repeating the procedure in several periods. Using the potential outcomes framework, we define finite population dynamic causal effects that capture the relative... View Details
    Keywords: Panel Data; Dynamic Causal Effects; Potential Outcomes; Finite Population; Nonparametric; Mathematical Methods
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    Bojinov, Iavor, Ashesh Rambachan, and Neil Shephard. "Panel Experiments and Dynamic Causal Effects: A Finite Population Perspective." Quantitative Economics 12, no. 4 (November 2021): 1171–1196.
    • October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
    • Module Note

    Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan

    By: Robert Simons
    This module reading describes how to build a profit plan to reflect the strategy of a business in economic terms. After introducing the profit wheel, cash wheel, and ROE wheel, the module illustrates how to use a profit plan to assess the viability of different... View Details
    Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Profit Planning; Cash Flow Analysis; Asset Utilization; Return On Equity; Business Planning; Testing Strategy; Analyzing Strategic Alternative; Strategy; Asset Management; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Management Systems; Profit
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    Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-105, October 2016. (Revised February 2019.)
    • May 2015 (Revised September 2015)
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    AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market

    By: John A. Quelch and Qing Xia
    The CEO of a health care-based REIT is considering alternative nursing home investment strategies. Students must consider macro-industry trends, scale and scope issues and consumer segmentation data in making their recommendations. View Details
    Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Services; REIT; Marketing; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Segmentation; Accommodations Industry; Health Industry; Real Estate Industry; Japan
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    Quelch, John A., and Qing Xia. "AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market." Harvard Business School Case 515-102, May 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
    • May 29, 2019
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    A Study of More Than 250 Platforms Reveals Why Most Fail

    By: David B. Yoffie, Annabelle Gawer and Michael A. Cusumano
    This piece explores why digital platforms fail. We collected data on 250 failures over the last 20 years, analyzed the most common causes for a platform to disappear or morph into an alternative business. View Details
    Keywords: Platform; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Failure; Analysis
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    Yoffie, David B., Annabelle Gawer, and Michael A. Cusumano. "A Study of More Than 250 Platforms Reveals Why Most Fail." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 29, 2019).
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