Generalized Additive Model - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn

merchants basically built a portfolio of these highly risky ventures. A lot of the boats didn't come back. Some of the boats didn't come back full or didn't pay off. And with that approach, were able to really build an industry. And that View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech

Investing in HBS Great Expectations Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ For one day last November, it was every hand on deck and every eye on screen inside the war room set up by HBS’s Educational Technology... View Details

Keywords: Professor V.G. Narayanan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
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Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor. In Ashraf’s view, “We can’t solve the challenges of global... View Details

Keywords: birth control; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Jun 1997
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Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey

lot of hard work, it gradually turned into a department store," Barron explains. "He treated people fairly and was well-respected. I think I gained a more positive view of business than others in my generation because I saw how a small... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

model we're looking to replicate." Professor Richard H.K. Vietor, faculty chair of the event, expressed the hope that the School's activities in sub-Saharan Africa, such as the conference, new Executive Education initiatives, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

28 May 2019
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Ask the Expert: In Security

attack a machine learning model and cause a malfunction. Data scientists can use it as an elegant tool to better understand areas of vulnerability and proactively correct a threat, instead of simply being reactive. Approaches like these... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; cybersecurity

01 Oct 1997
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Theory & Practice

that presents a wide array of commitment decisions. He analyzes the match between case outcomes and model predications both qualitatively and quantitatively. The case method offers clues about how to refine existing theory. In View Details

02 Mar 2020
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Cheese Whiz

through a range of initiatives, including a complimentary employee shuttle service, free and subsidized child care, and classes in emotional intelligence. “Rural America is the Detroit of 2008,” Scharfman said. “As a model for... View Details

Keywords: manufacturing; labor; innovation; cheese; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Sep 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

Offices have opened in Boston and San Francisco, and now the company is raising additional capital to further expand its operations. Amadio wants to franchise the NeuroLaunch model worldwide, and he’s... View Details

17 Aug 2022
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To Serve and Protect the Markets

financing, as well as offering special workshops and public events on financial topics. “It’s a huge part of what we do every day,” she says. “We have a critical mass of Americans—around 60 million—who don’t even actively use a bank account. So, in View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA

most complete contemporary picture of MBA education. “The level of cross-school cooperation was unprecedented,” Datar said afterward. For Datar and Garvin, the two-day session was a “thank-you” to the participants for their generous... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do.Â “These five distinguished alumni are role View Details

01 Jun 2013
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A Case For Fellowships

have worked outside their home country for three months or longer. In addition to ensuring that our doors are open to qualified candidates from all backgrounds, the fellowship program allows our graduates to pursue careers driven by... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2003
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HIV/AIDS and Business

Forty-two million people around the globe live with HIV/AIDS; an additional 80 million may be infected by 2010, with new cases concentrated in Russia, India, China, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. The scope of the epidemic is so staggering that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation

network of long-distance transmission lines, and we have to establish all kinds of precedents as we move our projects along.” A Patient Entrepreneur In addition to its Plains & Eastern Project, Clean Line Energy Partners is involved in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

25 Oct 2018
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Bringing the Background into Focus

celebrating 50 years of women in the MBA program. “By the end of that hiatus, I was enrolled in a full time PhD program at Columbia.” A recent article in the New York Times highlights Murrell’s new exhibition at Columbia’s Wallach Art Gallery, Posing Modernity: The... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Books

“but they are impeded in this effort by working to a model that does not adequately recognize their central limitation — time and knowledge.” Much of the book’s content is drawn from the authors’ extensive experience working with and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1997
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New Releases

enable a company to assemble seamless and reliable real-world products that can thrive in a demanding marketplace. Iansiti's work provides a blueprint for the radical restructuring of corporate research and product development. The ability to View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

rules of commerce: Instead of selling the “means” (their products and services), they adopt innovative revenue models to pursue “ends” (actual outcomes). They show that paying by the pill, semester, food item, vehicle, or show does not... View Details