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Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat

How do I find time series of financial data using Compustat in WRDS? You can search for financial data using Compustat in View Details

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 Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

August 2005 (Revised December 2006)
Case

Procter & Gamble: Electronic Data Capture and Clinical Trial Management

By: Robert S. Huckman and Mark J. Cotteleer

Considers whether the management of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Pharmaceuticals should adopt Web-based electronic data capture (EDC) as the default standard for the management of its clinical drug trials. Provides a detailed description of the existing paper-based process... View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Adoption; Business Processes; Industry Structures; Technological Innovation; Service Operations; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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January 2022
Supplement

Apple Inc. in 2020 – Select Market Data

By: David B. Yoffie

Supplement to HBS Case No. 720-454, "Apple Inc. in 2020." View Details

January 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Pilgrim Bank (C): Statistics Review with Data Desk

Teaching Note for [602103]. View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mathematical Methods; Banking Industry

April 1986
Teaching Note

Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: Shoshana Zuboff

Keywords: Banking Industry; Brazil

14 Jul 2021
Podcast

People analytics: Getting from data to meaningful impact

Can social science and big data help organizations have constructive conversations with their employees? People analytics is being put to the test as businesses grapple with the pandemic, remote work, return-to-the-office decisions, diversity and inclusion, and a raft... View Details

October 18, 2021
Article

To Regulate Network-Based Platforms, Look at Their Data

By: Chiara Farronato and Daniel Björkegren

Historically, antitrust authorities have taken a laissez-faire approach under the assumption that it is better to err on the side of not intervening when there is uncertainty. This has allowed companies like Google and Facebook to go on a shopping spree to acquire... View Details

Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Risk and Uncertainty; Digital Platforms; Competitive Advantage; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry

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July 2021 (Revised January 2022)
Teaching Note

Amazon Shopper Panel: Paying Customers for Their Data

By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-058. View Details

January 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Pilgrim Bank (B): Statistics Review with Data Desk

Teaching Note for 602095. View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mathematical Methods; Banking Industry

January 2008
Teaching Note

Pilgrim Bank (A): Statistics Review with Data Desk

Teaching Note for 602104. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Policy; Banks and Banking; Management Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Customers; Mathematical Methods; Service Operations; Banking Industry

August 2005 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Store24 (A): Statistics Review with Data Desk (TN)

Presents an overview of the statistical analysis covered in the case discussion. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry

February 1992 (Revised January 1999)
Background Note

Selected Profitability Data on U.S. Industries and Companies

Describes the importance of industry structure and competitive positioning to the profitability of U.S. corporations between 1981 and 1994. Cites recent research indicating that persistent industry differences and persistent competitor differences account for 19% and... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Industry Structures; Profit; United States

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