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  • 03 Dec 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Ginger Jin, University of Maryland

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • January 1995 (Revised November 1996)
    • Case

    Avalon Information Services, Inc.

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Wilda White
    The Privacy Review Committee of Avalon Information Services must decide how to deal with concerns voiced by its retail supermarket customers about the privacy of consumer data collected through Avalon's point-of-sale data collection program. One customer is proposing... View Details
    Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Safety; Demand and Consumers; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Ethics; Information Industry
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    • January 2004
    • Case

    Macroeconomic Policy and the State of the U.S. Economy, 2003

    By: David A. Moss
    Based on excerpts from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 16, 2003, as well as economic data that were available to Chairman Greenspan at the time. Taken together, the text... View Details
    Keywords: Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Policy; Housing; Analytics and Data Science; Problems and Challenges; Urban Development; United States
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    • January 2019
    • Case

    Data.gov (Abridged)

    By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi
    This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States
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    • May 2010 (Revised May 2010)
    • Case

    Data.gov

    By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi
    This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States
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    • June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
    • Case

    Concordia Casting Company

    By: F. Warren McFarlan
    Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details
    Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry
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    • 27 Oct 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

    Keywords: by Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, John Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James & Michael I. Norton
    • 15 Oct 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: October 15

    explores the role of economic and cluster performance. Detailed historical economic and social data allow for an evaluation of policy results. The case finishes highlighting the main economic challenges the city was facing in 2012.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2023
    • Article

    Towards Bridging the Gaps between the Right to Explanation and the Right to Be Forgotten

    By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Satyapriya Krishna and Jiaqi Ma
    The Right to Explanation and the Right to be Forgotten are two important principles outlined to regulate algorithmic decision making and data usage in real-world applications. While the right to explanation allows individuals to request an actionable explanation for an... View Details
    Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; AI and Machine Learning; Decision Making; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      John A. Deighton

      John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; banking; beverage; communications; computer; consumer products; credit card; e-commerce industry; financial services; grocery; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; marketing industry; music; pharmaceuticals; professional services
      • 10 Jun 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

      Not long ago, only 30 companies around the world reported data about their social and sustainability (that is, nonfinancial) endeavors. Today, more than 7,000 organizations do so. While that transparency is undoubtedly a good thing, the... View Details
      Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
      • February 2021
      • Article

      Topic Classification of Electric Vehicle Consumer Experiences with Transformer-Based Deep Learning

      By: Sooji Ha, Daniel J Marchetto, Sameer Dharur and Omar Isaac Asensio
      The transportation sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is a driver of adverse health effects globally. Increasingly, government policies have promoted the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to mitigate GHG emissions.... View Details
      Keywords: Natural Language Processing; Analytics and Data Science; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Transportation; Policy
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      • October 1993 (Revised August 1996)
      • Background Note

      Forecasting with Regression Analysis

      By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
      Provides an example of regression in one of its most important roles. Relating probabilistic forecasts based on past data to decision analysis. View Details
      Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods
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      • 08 May 2025
      • HBS Seminar

      Ramesh Johari, Stanford

      • Program

      Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

      on service delivery Digital officers, technology officers, and individuals building and launching data science and analytics Attend with a team from your organization to foster fruitful collaboration and... View Details
      • 06 Oct 2020
      • Blog Post

      2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

      Charles Cooney, taught me that the hardest problems often occur at interfaces between multiple sectors. The 2+2 program offered me a way to learn the language and tools I would need to tackle tough problems at the interface of science and... View Details
      • August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
      • Case

      Driving Sustainability at Bloomberg L.P.

      By: Christopher Marquis, Daniel Beunza, Fabrizio Ferraro and Bobbi Thomason
      Describes the addition of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators to the Bloomberg terminal. The initiative grew out of Bloomberg's broader sustainability initiatives and is an example of how committed employees can create positive social... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Knowledge Dissemination; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)
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      • October 2022 (Revised December 2022)
      • Case

      SMART: AI and Machine Learning for Wildlife Conservation

      By: Brian Trelstad and Bonnie Yining Cao
      Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART), a set of software and analytical tools designed for the purpose of wildlife conservation, had demonstrated significant improvements in patrol coverage, with some observed reductions in poaching and contributing to wildlife... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Technology Adoption; Strategy; Management; Ethics; Social Enterprise; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Natural Environment; Technology Industry; Cambodia; United States; Africa
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      • 23 Sep 2015
      • HBS Seminar

      Ohad Barzilay, Tel Aviv University