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- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
depth, and accessibility—it has become clear it is key to helping companies develop sustainable competitive advantage. “The new attention being given to data today is because suddenly, everywhere, it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- May 2023
- Teaching Note
TikTok and National Security: Investment in an Age of Data Sovereignty?
By: Jeremy Friedman
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-020. View Details
- Fast Answer
Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat
Select Compustat - Capital IQ Under Other Compustat on left select North America – Annual Updates Choose Fundamentals Annual Step One: Date Range Set Date Variable to Data date View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
The Revolution in Advertising: From Don Draper to Big Data
- December 1996 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
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
Bruns, William J., Jr. "General Mills, Inc.: Appendix of Comparable Company Data." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-037, December 1996. (Revised November 2006.)
- 12 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches
understand these impacts and values. You set the governance, you set the standards, and you want to be very thoughtful about which ones you set,”... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
Patients are not actually the customers in the United States health care system, a fact largely to blame for the dearth of communication and data sharing between providers, according to experts at a recent... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Report on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
By: Robert C. Feenstra, Robert E. Lipsey, Lee G. Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley, James Harrigan, J. Bradford Jensen, Lori Kletzer, Catherine Mann, Peter K. Schott and Greg C. Wright
This report, prepared for the Committee on Economic Statistics of the American Economic Association, examines the state of available data for the study of international trade and foreign direct investment. Data on values of imports and exports of goods are of high... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Price; Globalization; Policy; Information; Intellectual Property
Feenstra, Robert C., Robert E. Lipsey, Lee G. Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley, James Harrigan, J. Bradford Jensen, Lori Kletzer, Catherine Mann, Peter K. Schott, and Greg C. Wright. "Report on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16254, August 2010.
- Web
IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology
IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets Strategic Priority: 4. Protect HBS Information & Technology Assets By Annie Harrison on December 4, 2024 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Forecasting Airport Transfer Passenger Flow Using Real-Time Data and Machine Learning
By: Xiaojia Guo, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Bert De Reyck
Problem definition: In collaboration with Heathrow Airport, we develop a predictive system that generates quantile forecasts of transfer passengers’ connection times. Sampling from the distribution of individual passengers’ connection times, the system also produces... View Details
Keywords: Quantile Forecasts; Regression Tree; Copula; Passenger Flow Management; Data-driven Operations; Forecasting and Prediction; Data and Data Sets
Guo, Xiaojia, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, and Bert De Reyck. "Forecasting Airport Transfer Passenger Flow Using Real-Time Data and Machine Learning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-040, October 2018.
- Fast Answer
HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Market Data & Insights
How can alumni search for market data, trends, and insights? Statista is a user-friendly aggregator of statistical data from more than 20,000 sources worldwide. Follow instructions to register for a free... View Details
- 09 Nov 2015
- News
Career Data Released for the MBA Class of 2015
- 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... View Details
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.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Turning Points in Inflation: A Structural Breaks Approach with Micro Data
By: Alberto Cavallo and Gastón García Zavaleta
We introduce a novel methodology for detecting inflation turning points that combines high-frequency, disaggregated price data with standard structural break techniques to provide policymakers with more precise and timely signals of inflation dynamics. The methodology... View Details
Cavallo, Alberto, and Gastón García Zavaleta. "Turning Points in Inflation: A Structural Breaks Approach with Micro Data." Working Paper, May 2025. (Preliminary draft.)
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Latest sales, price data point to weak, tentative recovery
Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time
Information systems generate copious trace data about what individuals do and when they do it. Trace data may affect the resolution of lawsuits by, for... View Details
- September 2024
- Supplement
Assessing the Value of Unifying and De-Duplicating Customer Data Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Elie Ofek
- June 21, 2017
- Article
A New Approach to Safely Sharing Cancer Patients' Data
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathryn E. Giusti
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "A New Approach to Safely Sharing Cancer Patients' Data." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 21, 2017).
- October 2018
- Case
Fundraising at St. Camillus Hospital
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
St. Camillus is a fictional non-profit hospital in rural Maine facing a serious budget deficit. As Director of Marketing, Victoria Stern is building a team to modernize the hospital fundraising efforts. An interview with a promising candidate, who is also a digital... View Details
Keywords: Data Analysis; Data Privacy; Data Governance; Non-profit; Health Care; Fundraising; Data Security; Analytics and Data Science; Safety; Governance; Ethics; Health Care and Treatment; Cybersecurity
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Fundraising at St. Camillus Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 119-027, October 2018.