data analytics - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2012
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Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance

By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen

We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset, we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Financial Crisis; Multinational Firms and Management; Analytics and Data Science; Business Subsidiaries; Production; Finance; Performance; Ownership

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28 Nov 2016
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Why We Recruit: Wayfair

internet sector since 1995 and have created a company culture deeply rooted in technology. Tech, data and analytics inform everything we do and are critical to our rapid growth and share gain. We are... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Real Property - Course Catalog

Introduces the analytical framework for real estate investing and development. Topics include market analysis, key players, terminology, and basic financial tools. Module 2: Asset Classes Provides a deep dive into both traditional and... View Details

26 Feb 2025
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Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health

establishing partnerships that help Medicare companies implement more patient-centered, outcome-driven care models. Pivoting into a Startup Before attending HBS, I worked in consulting, where I focused on health care payer/provider clients. While consulting gave me a... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

20 Aug 2024
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Alumni and Students in Climate Networking Series: Boston

Commonwealth Fusion Systems use of magnets to build smaller and lower-cost fusion systems to Sagewell’s use of data analytics to deliver solutions for energy efficiency to Wyss’ ability to bridge the gap... View Details

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Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System

By: Robert L. Simons

Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Profit; Business Growth and Maturation; Analytics and Data Science; Design; Accounting Audits; Growth and Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Complexity; Technology Industry

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16 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

intelligence (AI) and data analytics into an organization’s day-to-day operations to streamline workflows and gain data-driven insights to improve the business. “At this time, PE firms are finding that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Dec 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

bring data and analytics technologies to precision medicine today. And this is just a partial list. There’s a new HBS podcast coming soon that will focus on business challenges and opportunities in the era... View Details

Keywords: podcasts; lifelong learning; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2017
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Better Hiring Through Brain Science

Data-driven hiring practices have taken off. As early as 2010, Google was using talent analytics to help hire the right people. Research supports this strategy; in studies, algorithms outperformed humans in hiring decisions by at least 25... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

by Alex Sherman and Mike Sherman (MBA 1986) Amazon Digital Services LLC This book provides 52 real-life anecdotes that illustrate important learnings about customer analytics. It draws from the worlds of big data and customer insights to... View Details

08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008

Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch-banking deregulations affected the entry and exit of firms in the non-financial sector using establishment-level data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2020
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The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

colleagues found striking trends as they looked closer at dining patterns. The team analyzed almost six months of data from the foot traffic analytics firm SafeGraph to gauge how many people were leaving... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

for any teaching apprenticeship—and use that to build out real-time data analytics for states, so that they can see, "If we've identified we still have these gaps in the labor market, what interventions... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

advantage of the company or engage in some type of misconduct. That could to an extent temper how much of a risk taker you want if you care about the misconduct part.” Companies already use data analytics to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

01 Mar 2017
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The Big Ambition Behind Educational Innovation

Elective Curriculum, for instance, functions like an R&D lab. In any given year, as many as five to ten new courses are introduced, typically drawing on the leading-edge research of the faculty members teaching them—on topics ranging from View Details

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

investment lifecycle. Access via SSO - HBS email and Harvard Key login name/email must match. Email infoservices@hbs.edu if you have trouble accessing Pitchbook. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and private companies,... View Details

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Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting

into a Startup Before attending HBS, I worked in consulting, where I focused on health care payer/provider clients. While consulting gave me a strong analytical and industry foundation, I wanted to pivot for the summer and gain hands-on... View Details

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Omar Olivarez

The seeds of Omar Olivarez’s (he/him) interest in AI and the future of work were planted in an undergraduate course in business analytics and machine learning. After graduating with his BBA, he followed a natural path into industry,... View Details

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Matt Spielman

divisions and several initiatives in response to the dramatic changes in the media landscape. At Moxie Interactive, a digital media agency within the Publicis Groupe, Matt led the New York office and partnered with brands to develop their digital media strategy. In... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

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Video Management Policy | About

policies. While most video cameras are installed for the purpose of general surveillance, some cameras have additional functionality through the use of analytics such as people counting and loitering detection. In accordance with the... View Details

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