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FactSet | Baker Library

FactSet Financial data analysis platform to analyze data from global equity and fixed income markets. Read More Coverage includes data and information on ownership and private... View Details

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Bloomberg Financial data on equities, indices, currencies, commodities and futures. Read More Provides company profiles and financial statements, analysts' forecasts, worldwide financial market news, audio and video interviews and... View Details

06 Oct 2011
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How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

course, referred to a type of analytic data that might suggest nontraditional indicators designed to provide a competitive edge in everything from investments to selection of talent. One such example is the use of puzzles to select... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Carbon emissions: basic information, prices

How can I get prices and basic information on carbon emissions trading? Bloomberg has data on prices. Use one of the following commands: EMIT EMIS EMMK NI ecredits (for news) Carbon Disclosure Project has View Details

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Manufacturing: statistics (US)

Where can I find statistics on manufacturing in the United States? US Census Bureau: Annual Survey of Manufacturers For more data sets, see the Manufacturing Data from the US Census View Details

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

vital for the structure of e-commerce and that’s the broader issue" Q: Is there a distinction to be made here between Apple protecting its own commercial interests and protecting customer security more broadly? A: Apple is making two distinctions. The first is if... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

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Forecasts: economic, industry, and country

selection(s). In Step 4, choose desired years for the forecast(s) and add the selection. Click View Data. Bloomberg Provides two years of forecast data for 42 countries. Type ECFC and press... View Details

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Financial Aid | MBA

Graduation Loan forgiveness, repayment assistance, and support programs that subsidize competitive salaries in careers where starting salaries are lower than those of typical MBAs. Data & Disclosure Cost of Attendance Need-Based MBA... View Details

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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

with regards to data, design, and diversity on teams. We’ve discussed the potential stakes of our design intentions. We’ve questioned assumptions that stand to jeopardize our work. We’ve established that a well-equipped, qualified, diverse workforce is a boon to any... View Details

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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Short interest selling

Where can I find aggregate data for short interest selling on the NYSE? Search Bloomberg Academic: Type: NI SHI and hit Enter Use Global Financial... View Details

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Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning

By: Aaron Chalfin, Oren Danieli, Andrew Hillis, Zubin Jelveh, Michael Luca, Jens Ludwig and Sendhil Mullainathan

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Selection and Staffing; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods; Policy

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Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources

rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">Capital IQ Data on M&A transactions, public and private companies, investment firms, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous... View Details

04 Feb 2008
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After Twenty Years, Rankings Remain Controversial

business schools developed at best a love-hate relationship with the rankings. Those that moved up from obscurity tended to like them. Perennial leaders like HBS and Wharton regarded them as meaningless “beauty contests” and stopped cooperating with the various... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

legitimate purposes which benefit the research at Harvard University. Storage Do not store backups of your desktop or laptop data on the research storage , as this high-capacity, high-availability storage is expensive. Please use the... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR

(think data analytics) as global competition for skilled workers increases. Matthew Breitfelder’s (MBA 2002) transition to the field came midcareer, after stints as an international economist at the US Department of Commerce, a corporate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2005
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The Nature of Change

Before this year’s class of MBAs departed Soldiers Field, they sat down one more time and prepared for a ritual now in its fourth year. For this “Cap-stone Class,” all graduating students read an annually updated case that compares data... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; The Class the Dollars Fell On; case; capstone course; John Shad (MBA 1949); class of 49; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Jul 2020
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Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

experience. Rather than using the data from standardized tests (which are unpopular with both parents and teachers), and applying it to a school or grade or classroom en masse, Intrinsic employs it to individualize student learning.... View Details

12 Apr 2018
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Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get

correspondences between previous jobs and the position at hand, but has to rely on clues for the “right mindset.” For Tamblyn, that means rigorous analytical skills, a data driven approach to problem solving, and a capacity to adapt to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Real estate: costs per square foot (commercial)

Where can I find the costs per square foot for commercial real estate construction? There resources provide average costs per square foot: Square Foot Costs Check Harvard availability
Ref. HD1361 .S7 Building Construction Cost View Details

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