Publications

May 1991 (Revised June 1991)
Case

Mexican Economy: Selected Data Exhibits for 1967-87

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... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Analytics and Data Science; Local Range; Social and Collaborative Networks

SSRN

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

Source: peterhowell Big data has shifted the ground under every business, enough so that many managers are waking up to the fact that they are already behind in developing a smart data strategy. View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Jul 2017
Cold Call Podcast

The Revolution in Advertising: From Don Draper to Big Data

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton; Advertising

2013
Report

Issues in Data Caps and Usage-Based Pricing

By: Brad Burnham, Shane Greenstein, Neil Hunt, Kevin McElearney, Marc Morial, Dennis Roberson and Charles Slocum

fall 1994
Article

Some Implications of the International Data Highway

By: F. W. McFarlan

Keywords: Global Range; Web

August 1996
Article

Evaluating Target Zone Models in EMS Data

By: Huw Pill

1977
Book

Management Accounting and Control of Data Processing

By: R. L. Nolan

Keywords: Management; Cost Accounting; Data and Data Sets

October 1982 (Revised June 1994)
Background Note

Data Resources, Inc.: Note on Econometric Models

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

The modern world is fueled by matchmaking. Going out on the town? Uber pairs you with a driver you can choose based on ratings, proximity, and even car model. Craving a vacation? Simply filter getaways based on locale and price through Airbnb. These matches are purely... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

September – October 1973
Article

Computer Data Bases: The Future Is Now

By: R. L. Nolan

Keywords: Information Technology; Information

Article

Extracting Insights from Vast Stores of Data

By: Sunil Gupta and Rishad Tobaccowala

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December 1997
Supplement

Data Supplement The Tax Cut of 1964

By: David A. Moss, Louis T. Wells Jr. and Courtenay Sprague

Supplements Tax Cut of 1964. View Details

June 2020
Article

Real-time Data from Mobile Platforms to Evaluate Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure

By: Omar Isaac Asensio, Kevin Alvarez, Arielle Dror, Emerson Wenzel, Catharina Hollauer and Sooji Ha

By displacing gasoline and diesel fuels, electric cars and fleets reduce emissions from the transportation sector, thus offering important public health benefits. However, public confidence in the reliability of charging infrastructure remains a fundamental barrier to... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Transportation; Infrastructure; Behavior; AI and Machine Learning; Demand and Consumers

2023
Working Paper

New Facts and Data about Professors and Their Research

By: Kyle Myers, Wei Yang Tham, Jerry Thursby, Marie Thursby, Nina Cohodes, Karim R. Lakhani, Rachel Mural and Yilun Xu

We introduce a new survey of professors at roughly 150 of the most research-intensive institutions of higher education in the US. We document seven new features of how research-active professors are compensated, how they spend their time, and how they perceive their... View Details

Keywords: Research; Higher Education; Compensation and Benefits; Measurement and Metrics; Equality and Inequality; Performance Productivity

March 2024
Teaching Note

Safecast: Bootstrapping Human Capital to Big Data

By: Ethan Bernstein

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 419-033. View Details

May 2020
Article

Inventory Auditing and Replenishment Using Point-of-Sales Data

By: Achal Bassamboo, Antonio Moreno and Ioannis Stamatopoulos

Spoilage, expiration, damage due to employee/customer handling, employee theft, and customer shoplifting usually are not reflected in inventory records. As a result, records often report phantom inventory, i.e., units of good not available for sale. We derive an... View Details

Keywords: Shelf Availability; Inventory Record Inaccuracy; Optimal Replenishment; Retail Analytics; Performance Effectiveness; Analysis; Mathematical Methods

2019
Article

Hospital Adoption of API-enabled Patient Data Access

By: A Jay Holmgren and Nate C. Apathy

September 1996
Case

Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision (Abridged)

By: Robert L. Simons

The managing director of one of ADP's divisions must recommend whether to divest, harvest, or grow the division. Recent performance has been excellent and the near-term outlook for profitability is very promising. Despite some strategic concerns, the strong financial... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Success; Performance Expectations; Strategic Planning; Strategy