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Analysis Exercise (PAE) Execution MBA/MPA-ID Year 1 Harvard Kennedy School Fall Term Advanced Microeconomic Analysis I Advanced Macroeconomics for the Open Economy I Advanced Quantitative Methods I: Statistics Economic Development: Theory... View Details

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Anastassia Fedyk

Princeton, I took a slightly different approach, and spent a few years doing research and portfolio management at Goldman Sachs. I worked on statistical arbitrage strategies, news sentiment in credit markets, and regime-switching models,... View Details

10 Nov 2008
Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

number of which offer Internet access. What these statistics suggest is that "the most precious currency today is information," said panelist Jim Breyer, an early investor in Facebook and a director of Wal-Mart Stores.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2017
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS

diverse community here. I think there is no harder task on campus than finding out who is an international and who is a “local”. The statistics about the proportion of US passport holders do not say much about how international the... View Details

18 Sep 2019
News

Level Up

through these early indicators, these cracks in the surface, we can see that the fan is fundamentally changing.” Here, we offer four ways that Ruggiero and the Sports Innovation Lab say this new era is redefining the business of sports—and highlight four alumni who are... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery and Dan Morrell; illustrations by Matt Chinworth

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

technology. The Numerate Leader: How to Pull Game-Changing Insights from Statistical Data By Thomas A. King (MBA 1987) Wiley Using a qualitative approach to introduce statistical reasoning, The Numerate... View Details

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Commodities Research: data and reports

driving current commodity markets. UN Commodity Trade Statistics provides trade data, while the UNCTDAD Commodity Price Statistics has annual and... View Details

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Affordable housing resources

also good resources for data and reports on housing and construction. Disability.gov Affordable Housing Research & Statistics Federal Housing Finance Agency Research and Analysis U.S. Census Bureau Guide to Construction... View Details

28 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Mid-summer Update

hinge on the feedback from customers. We needed high quality results and enough of them to make the data statistically significant. Back at the hotel that night, I was finally able to take a first look at the results. Some strong trends... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine! By: Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman Abstract—Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their investors, lenders, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

deep statistical analysis, just good data and reporting approaches. It is often encountered in online businesses, where customer clickstreams provide plenty of data-often too much-for analysis. One expert practitioner of the CSI story... View Details

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

collection includes his lecture and seminar notes and almost the entire body of his professional correspondence. Wartime Schools Collection During World War II, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for officers trained in View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

State of the Unions

succumbed to ongoing protests, announcing in February that it would up the base salary of its employees to at least $9 an hour. Despite statistics that show that unions are in decline throughout the country—the US Department of Labor... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; McDonald's; Walmart

05 May 2015
Blog Post

See What's New on our Site

events that match your hiring needs Finding Student Clubs to partner with that are relevant to your target audience 2) Data & Statistics - The new data and statistics section provides a more interactive experience for those interested... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Jun 2021
News

Looking at Losses in Gender Equity in Post-COVID Canada

equity.” That one, daunting statistic became the impetus for Stark and the HBS Club of Toronto to present a virtual panel discussion, “The Impact of the Pandemic on Gender Equity: Can We Regain the Lost Ground?” on May 12, 2021. Stark... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success

and September cohorts would fare differently in the job market after graduation, since the January cohort proceeded straight through the MBA Program without the traditional summer work experience. Placement statistics for the Class of... View Details

29 Jun 2019
News

Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa

employment, to create wealth for themselves, and for their communities, and their families. When a woman makes $1, about 90% of their income is spent on health, education and nutrition. And that same statistic for a man is only about 35%.... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

as Competing on Business Analytics and Big Data. In 2018, HBS led the development of the online Harvard Business Analytics Program. This certificate program—taught by business, engineering, and statistics faculty from across the... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

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Brett Laffel

negotiating, and I was an experienced statistics cruncher - but I had very little exposure to subjects like finance and accounting. As one of the youngest students in my class, speaking in front of a class of ninety people was initially... View Details

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Hayling Price

change While Hayling could make "compelling ethical and normative arguments for social and economic justice," he felt driven to go further, to learn how to "make a business case for change." He sees the joint MBA/MPP degree as a way to integrate... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

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