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Machine Learning for Pattern Discovery in Management Research
Supervised machine learning (ML) methods are a powerful toolkit for discovering robust patterns in quantitative data. The patterns identified by ML could be used as an observation for further inductive or abductive research, but should not be treated as the result of a... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Theory Building; Induction; Decision Trees; Random Forests; K-nearest Neighbors; Neural Network; P-hacking; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres. "Machine Learning for Pattern Discovery in Management Research." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-032, September 2018. (Revised June 2020.)
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Who We Are | Research Associates
ask—and answer—meaningful questions. Some of our researchers arrive at Harvard Business School (HBS) as seasoned professionals. Others are recent graduates. It could be your experience with statistical View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
of designing and launching the TV Game was $50,000; revenues were $7.3 million. All this and more is detailed in a 1985 HBS case study, "R&R"—the name of Reiss's company—which was supervised by Professor Howard Stevenson (and prepared by... View Details
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Case Writing & Industry | Baker Library
and strategic issues confronting businesses and provided further research opportunities. Previous: The General Shoe Company, 1921 Next: Expansion of the Case Method Tsedal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
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Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
NIH grant applications from 1992 to 2005. She plotted links between applicants and evaluators—via professional publication citations—to determine potential bias. Then, to establish the quality of the funded projects, she tracked the number of publications and citations... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
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What We Do | Research Associates
support faculty on a case focusing on a Fortune 500 company, a five-person start-up, or a nonprofit organization. Some researchers spend their time on a single book manuscript, while others support multiple... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing the productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund
Novartis managers from around the world to pinpoint the company's key challenges. He wrote a case about the merger, coauthored by Executive Education's director of research Carin-Isabel Knoop, that served as... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
new ideas. Case in point: At Bing, a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled experiment—an A/B test—to try it out. The test... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
by radio stations improves their capability to respond to entry by TV stations. Our research builds on and extends literatures on platforms and learning-by-doing and offers practical implications for managers in two-sided market settings.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Courses & Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
evaluate, measure, and manage sustainable investment opportunities with cutting-edge frameworks, strategies, and techniques. Case Studies The case library features a wealth of View Details
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Statistical Resources - Research Computing Services
binary models and count data models An introduction to Arellano-Bond model An introduction to Heteroskedasticity and Autocorrelation Consistent estimators An introduction to mixed model An introduction to regressions when dependent variable is a proportion An... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
co-application of a given pair of researchers by 75%. The findings suggest that matching between scientists is subject to considerable friction, even in the case of geographically proximate scientists... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2018
- Article
Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain
By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds... View Details
Keywords: Helping; Rhythm; Prosocial Behavior; External Team Leadership; Social Construction; Time; Qualitative Methods; Field Research; Groups and Teams; Projects; Behavior; Leadership; Social and Collaborative Networks
Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile. "Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 4 (August 2018): 1524–1553.
- 17 Mar 2022
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HBS Case Studies: Entrepreneurs of the Middle East and North Africa
- 2017
- Working Paper
Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain
By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
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California Research Center Marks Fifth Year
subsequent offices in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Tokyo. Since its inception in 1997, the CRC has produced 109 cases and 29 additional teaching materials. It has also worked on a variety of research... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
firms and shareholders. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 418-019 Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi Inspired by research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2021
- Article
Machine Learning for Pattern Discovery in Management Research
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ryan Allen and Michael G. Endres
Supervised machine learning (ML) methods are a powerful toolkit for discovering robust patterns in quantitative data. The patterns identified by ML could be used for exploratory inductive or abductive research, or for post-hoc analysis of regression results to detect... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Supervised Machine Learning; Induction; Abduction; Exploratory Data Analysis; Pattern Discovery; Decision Trees; Random Forests; Neural Networks; ROC Curve; Confusion Matrix; Partial Dependence Plots; AI and Machine Learning
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Ryan Allen, and Michael G. Endres. "Machine Learning for Pattern Discovery in Management Research." Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 1 (January 2021): 30–57.
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
they are—unless they can figure out a way to thwart discrimination. That’s the frustrating takeaway of the new research paper “Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay,” written by Matti Keloharju, a visiting... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel