Data and Data Sets - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Apr 2022
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Book Smart

comprehension skills. The data the organization collects—e.g., what’s interesting to young readers and how they access such books—is then shared with its partner organizations View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure

growing list of chores. With names like “Clean” and “Shiny,” they mop and scrub floors, disinfect handrails, vacuum carpets, and pose for selfies. Behind the scenes, the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Apr 1999
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Management from 1960 to 2000," Nolan highlights the critical shifts in the four eras in the evolution of IT. The Industrial Era, he writes, created an automation mindset, while the Data Processing Era led to organizational... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

25 Aug 2022
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On Purpose

refresh and outlines three priorities: DEI, environmental stewardship, and community. Cohen then set out to help infuse these goals into Disney films, TV, theme parks, View Details

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

28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World

JP: Yeah, so long and strong relationships, first I would say, there's, much data that backs this up in terms of impact on happiness, in terms of impact on health and... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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The Western Front

things to bring to the table,” says Hendrickson. “If we can present them with a data set and algorithms that they just can’t get anywhere else, that’s interesting to them.”... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

10 Mar 2021
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Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

don’t, the better. Data is the differentiator and will only become increasingly important. Can you give an example? For the past 30 years we’ve operated in an environment where interest rates have slowly... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

15 Sep 2020
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Lifting Fallen Families

In 1989, Sergeant William Delaney Gibbs was killed in combat in Panama as he participated in Operation Just Cause, which was set to remove Manuel Noriega from power. Gibbs was 22 years old and just months... View Details

15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking

You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Mar 2023
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Is AI OK?

For one thing, Black hosts were underrepresented in the data that was used to train the algorithm. What’s more, says Zhang, societal bias may result in different demand curves for Black-owned properties versus white-owned ones. Renters... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

01 Mar 2015
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What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?

who have founded firms and social enterprises. With the support of Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, HBS professor Josh Lerner will survey the entire active alumni community for whom the University has email contact information. The... View Details

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

01 Dec 2003
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Selling Digital Privacy

If regulation won’t stop privacy invasion, what will? HBS professor John Deighton has an answer that involves convincing companies to pay us consumers to use our private information. Instead of relying on regulators to protect our privacy against telemarketers, View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

and racism are built into markets, business systems, and technology. The T.R.A.P. Lab has developed an algorithm audit platform that collects data about the outcome of an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2015
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Fıelds of Gold

farmer and producer receive 20% of the final retail value, 1.3 to 2.5 times the now-typical amount. Retail price: $15 per gram for premium saffron. All data via Earth2Globe View Details

Keywords: April White; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

sales will be your customers’ values, emotions, and cultural issues. I recommend you bring in 30-50 potential customers and test the sales proposition with them. Run those tests with an eye for emotion,... View Details

24 Mar 2023
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Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

I have the power, what do I do with it?'" For his upcoming book, Bernstein and his coauthors are reconceptualizing career development post-pandemic and building new frameworks for understanding, designing,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2015
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Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow

of internationalizing firms’ policies that require employees of diverse skill sets to adopt English as their business language. For the past four years, with extensive support from the School’s research centers in Asia, Europe, View Details