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Digital Marketing Workshop - Course Catalog

marketing prowess over seven weeks of hands-on exercises and data analysis straight from the trenches. You will be taught by the best of the best experts from the leading performance marketing firms in North America, who collectively... View Details

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Bennett, Victor Manuel, Megan Lawrence, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We investigate the management practices adopted by firms where the founders are also the CEOs using data from the World Management Survey. We find that founder CEO firms... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Company databases: which database to choose? | Baker Library

equity research, company profiles, histories, etc. Bloomberg Availability: In-Library for Authorized Baker Visitors* Strengths/Unique Features: Comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from equity and fixed income markets,... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

create a more diverse and inclusive environment. That’s what we’re doing with Project Include. Through our program, a CEO can talk with peers and see data on their startup’s diversity and sentiment levels. You need View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

05 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology

currently-experienced world. The next day she introduced me to Justin Oliveria and Dan Nevius, two ECs that had worked at NASA and Planetary Resources. They had started building a space technology company, Analytical Space, that is initially focused on small... View Details

Keywords: Technology

25 Aug 2022
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Full Stream Ahead

IFPI’s Global Music Report. Apple Music and Spotify, services that were once thought to be the industry’s coup de grace, have actually transformed cash flows. Streaming has also created important data sets. As listeners gain wider access... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Ray W. MacDonald

MacDonald presided over Burroughs during a dramatic growth period for the computer industry in the 1970s, and Burroughs’ products for electronic data processing and financial accounting systems were among those enjoying prosperity... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Dec 2007
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry From the Marlboro... View Details

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10 Jun 2013
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How Numbers Talk to People

The problem with big data is that there is, well, so much of it. Analyzing it is like trying to sip from a firehose. Just in time, a new book on the art and science of quantitative analysis arrives this week. In Keeping Up with the... View Details

10 Apr 2014
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HBS FIELD 2 - A good sneak-peek into consulting

its way of working: We had to solve a problem in limited time and therefore they made sure that we had access to all the resources we needed. Small meeting with the chief of marketing? Of course! Problems in understanding technology? Let’s ask the relevant engineers.... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Biotech and Pharmaceuticals: R&D spending, production cost

Where to find biotech and pharmaceuticals R&D spending and product cost data? Bloomberg – use BI function to locate R&D spending data Cortellis - special database on pharmaceuticals industry including R&D... View Details

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Internet behavior: Online/mobile/social

Where can I find more information on the online behavior of consumers? eMarketer includes data and reports from a variety of sources. Mintel: search using social, mobile, online etc. for reports based on surveys of consumers. Passport:... View Details

23 Oct 2019
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Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

Administration, made educating students “to use data for judgment, and judgment for data” one of the top three priorities guiding the MBA curriculum. “AI is not just displacing human workers—it is changing the nature of firms, how they... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

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Balance of Payments: Accounting and Presentation

By: David B. Yoffie

Provides an overview of balance of payments accounting and analytical presentation of balance of payments data. Includes sample transactions to illustrate the application of the basic accounting principles and definitions of the standard balances. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Analytics and Data Science; Management; Standards; Mathematical Methods

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Uncovering the Mitigating Psychological Response to Monitoring Technologies: Police Body Cameras Not Only Constrain but Also Depolarize

By: Shefali V. Patil and Ethan Bernstein

Despite organizational psychologists’ long-standing caution against monitoring (citing its reduction in employee autonomy and thus effectiveness), many organizations continue to use it, often with no detriment to performance and with strong support, not protest, from... View Details

Keywords: Monitoring; Transparency; Polarization; Body Worn Cameras; Quasi Field Experiment; Analytics and Data Science; Employees; Perception; Law Enforcement

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Who We Are | Research Associates

me to do the research, writing, and organization, which is a lot of fun. Sarah Abbott, BA, Trinity College; Political Science, MSc., Oxford University; MBA, Columbia Business School, Finance 0 This job really offered the opportunity to learn to use View Details

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India - Industry specific research

TAM Media Research The company measures television, radio and internet audiences. Summary data is... View Details

05 Nov 2012
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What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

sense to do business with that country. What part of that country is the best trade partner? Who are the best contacts?" Analyzing Data Of course, immigrants most likely to aid trading decisions are those who work at the firm. But because... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Peru

reports. Strong foreign language news component. Search tips: At the top of the page under Region/Country, deselect all and reselect your GEO country. Then enter industry or company keywords. Can search in multiple languages. Country... View Details

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Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? How can I compare futures in Bloomberg? Government Debt Information How can I get data on government bonds, bills, and notes in Bloomberg? How can I generate yield curves in Bloomberg?... View Details

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