Data Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap

who is founder and managing partner at Aragon Global Management (AGM), a Chicago-based hedge fund that focuses on global equities. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

years and currently serves as faculty chair for the Managing Brand Meaning program in the Executive Education curriculum. He believes the future of Internet advertising depends on improvements in technology. "We won't really understand... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2024
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Research Brief: Ahead of the Game

As a lifelong runner who spent countless hours training and competing his way up to the national level, Professor Paul Gompers has always believed that his athletic experiences were critical to shaping who he is, both as a competitor and in the professional sphere. Now... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Antonio Pinna

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

nonprofit leaders today," says Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, a member of the School's General Management Unit and Social Enterprise Initiative who focuses on the challenges of performance management, accountability, and governance... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride

Chappell Russ Wilcox (MBA ’95) was two years out of HBS, married to classmate Gina Wilcox and working as a strategy consultant following a stint as a product manager at a Boston-area technology firm. But he had always wanted to launch and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

definition means being comfortable with failing.” “Failure is not just the opposite of success,” says Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit who has founded or led eight tech startups over the past 20... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

02 Mar 2020
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Educating the Whole Student

committed to engaging parents, offering coaches and discussion groups to help them navigate parenting challenges and achieve their own financial, education, and wellness goals. The early data on these family-support services have been... View Details

Keywords: April White; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

with the office's January inauguration. By bringing together nearly sixty business and management academics and about twenty CEOs and managers from across Asia, the forum provided an opportunity for HBS... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose

Professor George Serafeim (left) and Professor Rebecca Henderson (right); image by John Ritter CEOs are increasingly being asked to take the lead on some of the most vexing problems of our time, from climate change and data privacy to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), answering one of the most common questions she hears. As cofounder... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table

possible, then a change in your business model may be necessary. Go local: pre-sent choices to customers only from local suppliers so that the delivery and logistics is managed by the seller, but monitored and guaranteed by the e-commerce... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

taught by Professor Ross Graham Walker and others, a company’s numbers had value far beyond mere record-keeping. Statistical data could instead be used proactively as a general management tool for analyzing... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall

handling, storage, and protection of data and infrastructure configurations. It’s also important to establish crisis management procedures, responses, and responsibilities in the event of an attack. Despite... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2014
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All For One

The first thing Linda Hill noticed when she walked into Pixar Animation Studios was the energy. Pixar’s cavernous office in Emeryville, California, is totally open and organized around a huge central atrium, allowing a diverse group of artists, animators, computer... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

21 Nov 2024
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Mother Nurture

Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

at Fidelity Investments to launch a venture aimed at providing analytical information to bond traders. He showed Sahlman his business plan for a company that he was calling Technical Data Corporation. Basically, Parker had figured out a... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Sep 2024
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Far-Reaching Impact

childhood education in India. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning Prior to HBS, Mahajan and Gupta did stints at McKinsey, then managed programs at legacy nonprofits in India—Mahajan at SEWA Federation, the largest organization supporting women... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2018
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Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

are likely to find in coming years that the problems borders create are easily solved by forward positioning goods and services. Free-trade zones and special warehouses that preposition products for anticipatory delivery, helped by data... View Details