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- 22 Sep 2014
- HBS Seminar
Jacob Soll, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- 20 May 2022
- HBS Conference
Data Science in a Digital World: Methodology, Organization, and Management
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing a new funding model to the life sciences industry
Andrew Farquharson (MBA 1999) wants to change the landscape for biomedical financing. The cofounder of VentureHealth, an online funding platform based in Silicon Valley, Farquharson leverages deals with investors who want access to biomedical startups. "If we can...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
"Paying forward" as a mentor to high-tech and science start-ups
Emile Bellott (AM 1973, PhD 1976, MBA 1978), a consultant in bio-pharmaceuticals, talks about his work as a mentor to new companies in high tech and medicine. (Published April 2014)
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Barriers to Advancing the Science and Practice of Marketing
By: Andrew Scott Baron, G. Zaltman and Jerry Olson
Baron, Andrew Scott, G. Zaltman, and Jerry Olson. "Barriers to Advancing the Science and Practice of Marketing." Journal of Marketing Management 33, nos. 11-12 (2017): 893–908.
- November 1977
- Article
An Application of Management Science to Bank Borrowing Strategies
By: D. B. Crane, Frederick Knoop and William Pettigrew
Crane, D. B., Frederick Knoop, and William Pettigrew. "An Application of Management Science to Bank Borrowing Strategies." Interfaces 8, no. 1 (November 1977).
- 23 Nov 2021
- News
Five Ways to Give Better Gifts, According to Science
- 11 Oct 2021
- News
The Science of Building Trust with Clients for Consultants
- 15 Oct 2020
Joint Degree Series: Harvard MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Q&A
Join Jill Fadule, Director of Joint Degrees, and current students for a virtual Q&A on Harvard's two-year MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program.
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- April 2023
- Technical Note
An Art & A Science: How to Apply Design Thinking to Data Science Challenges
By: Michael Parzen, Eddie Lin, Douglas Ng and Jessie Li
We hear it all the time as managers: “what is the data that backs up your decisions?” Even local mom-and-pop shops now have access to complex point-of-sale systems that can closely track sales and customer data. Social media influencers have turned into seven-figure...
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Parzen, Michael, Eddie Lin, Douglas Ng, and Jessie Li. "An Art & A Science: How to Apply Design Thinking to Data Science Challenges." Harvard Business School Technical Note 623-070, April 2023.
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
As the Future Catches You
Life Science Project at HBS, believes that the future will be defined by the genomic revolution and that world history today is at a fundamental turning point. Combined with advances and developments in other fields, the human experience,...
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- 12 Aug 2020
- News
Women in Science May Suffer Lasting Career Damage from COVID-19
- August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Supplement
Predicting Purchasing Behavior at PriceMart (B)
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
Supplements the (A) case. In this case, Wehunt and Morse are concerned about the logistic regression model overfitting to the training data, so they explore two methods for reducing the sensitivity of the model to the data by regularizing the coefficients of the...
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Keywords:
Data Science;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Customers;
Household;
Forecasting and Prediction
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Predicting Purchasing Behavior at PriceMart (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 119-026, August 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
- August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Predicting Purchasing Behavior at PriceMart (A)
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case follows VP of Marketing, Jill Wehunt, and analyst Mark Morse as they tackle a predictive analytics project to increase sales in the Mom & Baby unit of a nationally recognized retailer, PriceMart. Wehunt observed that in the midst of the chaos that surrounded...
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Keywords:
Data Science;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Consumer Behavior;
Forecasting and Prediction
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Predicting Purchasing Behavior at PriceMart (A)." Harvard Business School Case 119-025, August 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
- 15 Apr 2014
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
Dean Nitin Nohria has announced that the Bertarelli Foundation of Switzerland, cochaired by Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), has established the Bertarelli Foundation Health & Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Fund with a generous gift to...
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- 28 Apr 2020
- News
Vaccine Push Has Bill Gates, Science and Economics Going for It
- March 2019
- Case
Investing in the Future: Corning Inc. and the Alternative School for Math and Science
By: Derek van Bever and Miho Kubagawa
In early 2017, Kim Frock (MBA 1987), founder and administrative head of school for the Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) in Corning, New York, is beginning to think through the issue of leadership succession at the school. Founded in close partnership with...
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Keywords:
Middle School Education;
Leadership;
Management Succession;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business and Community Relations
van Bever, Derek, and Miho Kubagawa. "Investing in the Future: Corning Inc. and the Alternative School for Math and Science." Harvard Business School Case 319-059, March 2019.
- April 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Supplement
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to be handed out after discussion of the (C) case.
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 193-147, April 1993. (Revised June 1993.)