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19 Dec 2023
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$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

November 2021
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Gaussian Process Subset Scanning for Anomalous Pattern Detection in Non-iid Data

By: William Herlands, Edward McFowland III, Andrew Gordon Wilson and Daniel B. Neill

Identifying anomalous patterns in real-world data is essential for understanding where, when, and how systems deviate from their expected dynamics. Yet methods that separately consider the anomalousness of each individual data point have low detection power for subtle,... View Details

Keywords: Pattern Detection; Subset Scanning; Gaussian Processes; Mathematical Methods

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Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business

By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani

When Google bought Nest, a maker of digital thermostats, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of... View Details

Keywords: Digital Innovation; Digitization; Industrial Internet; Technological Innovation; Production; Competitive Strategy; Engineering; Aerospace Industry

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September 2024 (Revised September 2024)
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Creating an AI-First Snack Company Exercise Data Supplement

By: Iavor I Bojinov

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2024
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Fair Machine Unlearning: Data Removal while Mitigating Disparities

By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Flavio Calmon, Jiaqi Ma and Alex Oesterling

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September 2010
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Sherritt Goes to Cuba (C): Cuba country data

By: Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan Schlefer

Keywords: Data and Data Sets; Cuba

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15 Nov 2018
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Algorithms tame ambiguities in use of legal data

12 Jun 2020
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What Blockchain Could Mean for Your Health Data

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Protecting Data at HBS | Information Technology

Protecting Data at HBS Data Classification Levels ("DCL") To ensure a common understanding, Harvard uses a 5-step scale for data sensitivity. The higher the number, the more... View Details

June 2020
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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

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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

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July 2018
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Reimagining Health Data Exchange: An Application Programming Interface-Enabled Roadmap for India

By: Satchit Balsari, Alexander Fortenko MD, MPH, Joaquin A. Blaya PhD, Adrian Gropper MD, Malavika Jayaram LLM, Rahul Matthan LLM, Ram Sahasranam, Mark Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH and Tarun Khanna

In February 2018, the Government of India announced a massive public health insurance scheme extending coverage to 500 million citizens, in effect making it the world’s largest insurance program. To meet this target, the government will rely on technology to... View Details

Keywords: Health Information Exchange; India; Health APIs; Health Care and Treatment; Information; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Health Industry; India

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01 Dec 1999
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EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage

noted, EMC has spent some $1 billion during the 1990s developing its own software for data storage and retrieval. Emphasis on R&D and quality control has been a key to EMC's success. But Ruettgers, often noted for making brilliant... View Details

December 1996 (Revised November 2006)
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General Mills, Inc.: Appendix of Comparable Company Data

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Financial ratios for comparable companies to be used in conjunction with an analysis of the General Mills Annual Report. View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Analytics and Data Science; Food and Beverage Industry

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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

Municipal, local and national level financial data, demographics and market information sources to inform and support public sector entrepreneurship Where can I find government data (federal, municipal, city, etc.)? Lists... View Details