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Database Best Practices - Research Computing Services

Data Practices Database Best Practices 3ms Please consider the following before you start building your MariaDB database. What are your goals for the database? Keep in mind for what purposes your database will be used. Once built, will... View Details

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Nielsen data: access?

Does HBS have access to Nielsen data? HBS does not subscribe to Nielsen data directly. However Nielsen data may be incorporated into other subscription databases. MBAs and Harvard students:... View Details

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Crunchbase | Baker Library

Crunchbase Search, track, and monitor private and portfolio company data, people and investors. Read More Information also includes deals, contacts and funding rounds. Data provided by contributors, partners, and in-house View Details

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library

Buying Power Good for finding granular data on income, purchasing power, and lifestyle of American consumers. Suggested Resources Books American Incomes: Demographics of Who Has Money Who we are: Blacks Who's Buying by Race and Hispanic... View Details

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Entrepreneurship by country

How can I find data on entrepreneurial activity in different countries? Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): GEM is a consortium of academic institutions responsible for collecting data and producing reports. ... View Details

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Using Cloud Storage & Services at HBS | Information Technology

Using Cloud Storage & Services at HBS Using Cloud Storage is a great way to collaborate with others, or simply to access your files from multiple locations. But what do you need to know to keep your data safe? The following best practices... View Details

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

Even as citizens generate more data than ever before, most cities haven’t taken full advantage of that information flow to improve services and become more efficient. “Historically, cities have been moving in analog, trying to measure... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

21 Nov 2015
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Machines Beat Humans at Hiring Best Employees

Keywords: machine learning; hiring practices; human resources

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Music & Activism: Market Research Resources

“Gen Z” for a recent report on this demographic). Spotify – Musical Map of the World A great geographical look at top Spotify songs, updated weekly (including Cambridge, MA). Statista
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Workshops & Technical Talks - Research Computing Services

Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2 Cleaning Data in R Python Python workshop materials (e.g., Python Introduction; Python Web Scraping) from Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science... View Details

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Real Estate Prices by City

How to find office & residential rental prices by major city worldwide. You may begin with: Moody’s Analytics CRE - Search millions of real estate data points that cover every commercially zoned property in the U.S.... View Details

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Preqin | Baker Library

Preqin Data and information on private equity and venture capital companies, funds, and deals; debt, real estate and infrastructure. Read More Preqin is known as the home of alternatives, with coverage spanning across private equity,... View Details

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Finding a Time Series of Stock Prices in CRSP | Baker Library

Database Select CRSP Under Annual Updates on left select Stock / Security Files, then Monthly Stock File Step One: Date Range Set Beginning Date month and year, e.g. Jan 1925 Set Ending Date month and year, e.g. Dec 2008 Data... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Health IT at the Bedside

Jain (MBA '07) Courtesy Sachin Jain As a physician, I’m a great believer in health IT. So I’m always confused by how slowly and unevenly it has been adopted in medicine, a field where new technologies and techniques are often embraced with vigor. To be sure, new... View Details

Keywords: Sachin H. Jain; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

24 Jun 2019
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Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand

job, she realized that there was something missing—she knew that she needed more to give her career an edge. “I could sense an increasing appetite for data and data-driven managerial decision-making,” says Ho. “I felt that this was a... View Details

Keywords: Technology

24 Jul 2019
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Data-Driven and in Demand