Publications

September 13, 2023
Article

How the Best Chief Data Officers Create Value

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Robin Seibert

Despite the rapidly increasing prominence of data and analytics functions, the majority of chief data officers (CDOs) fail to value and price the business outcomes created by their data and analytics capabilities. It comes as no surprise then that many CDOs fall behind... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics; Leadership

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18 Feb 2014
News

Data pioneers watching us work

September 2020 (Revised July 2022)
Exercise

Artea (B): Including Customer-Level Demographic Data

By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli

This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B),(C),(D) Introduce algorithmic bias. The... View Details

Keywords: Targeting; Algorithmic Bias; Race; Gender; Marketing; Diversity; Customer Relationship Management; Demographics; Prejudice and Bias; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States

March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads

By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort

In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Digital Marketing; Price; Product; Business or Company Management; Advertising Industry

Educators

19 Mar 2015
News

Startup Raises $40M to Keep Small Businesses’ Cash Flowing

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

Article

Assessing the Impact of Health System Organizational Structure on Hospital Electronic Data Sharing

By: A Jay Holmgren and Eric Ford

Horizontal consolidation in the hospital industry has gained momentum in the United States despite concerns over rising costs and lower quality. Hospital systems frequently point to potential gains in interoperability and electronic exchange of patient information as... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health Information Technology; Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Data and Data Sets; Information Technology; Consolidation; Knowledge Sharing; Health Industry

Web

Data Practices - Research Computing Services

Data Practices Data Tips & Toolkits RCS has compiled an array of packages and tools that can help you with your data wrangling, web scraping, and... View Details

06 Apr 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Currency Hedging in Emerging Markets: Managing Cash Flow Exposure

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Calani, and Liliana Varela; Financial Services

12 Jan 2017
News

Short-Termism and Shareholder Payouts: Getting Corporate Capital Flows Right

Fast Answer

Commodities Research: data and reports

face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and... View Details

Article

Considerations of Fairness and Strategy: Experimental Data from Sequential Games

By: V. Prasnikar and A. E. Roth

Keywords: Fairness; Strategy; Analytics and Data Science; Games, Gaming, and Gambling

January 2019
Case

King Abdullah Economic City: Population Drivers and Cash Flow

By: John D. Macomber

CEO of high profile new economic city in Saudi Arabia must decide how to allocate limited investment funds across projects under duress. Issues include understanding core economic drivers; planning infrastructure investment and return; attracting multinationals; and... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Resource Allocation; Decision Making; City; Real Estate Industry; Saudi Arabia

Educators

May 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains materials extracted from a business plan developed by the company in 1980. The purpose of the business plan was to raise $100,000 to finance the commencement of operations. The firm intended to provide analytical services to bond market traders. The product... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan

Educators

Web

Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Historical Data Visualization To facilitate understanding the history of global capitalism in its broad societal context, this tool provides historical data on broad economic,... View Details

05 Jan 2015
News

India is falling behind on data infrastructure

March 2024
Article

Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

By: Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu

Using proprietary data from AngelList Talent, we study how individuals’ job search and application behavior changed during the COVID-19 downturn. We find that job seekers shifted their searches toward more established firms and away from early-stage startups, even... View Details

Keywords: Startup Labor Market; Flight To Safety; COVID-19; Recession; Job Search; Behavior

2022
Working Paper

Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

By: Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu

Using proprietary data from AngelList Talent, we study how individuals’ job search and application behavior changed during the COVID-19 downturn. We find that job seekers shifted their searches toward more established firms and away from early-stage startups, even... View Details

Keywords: Startup Labor Market; Flight To Safety; COVID-19; Recession; Business Startups; Human Capital; Business Cycles; Health Pandemics