Publications

Presents an overview of the statistical analysis covered in the case discussion. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry

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Finding their voice: Time and the conditions that elevate participation of lower-power members in teams [Dissertation, data analysis and writing]

This dissertation paper develops theory about how gaining voice and “speaking up” by low-power members is not sufficient to create changes that benefit them and their low-power colleagues; that, in fact, speaking up when the team is not ready to listen results in... View Details

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Mitigating Bias in Adaptive Data Gathering via Differential Privacy

By: Seth Neel and Aaron Leon Roth

Data that is gathered adaptively—via bandit algorithms, for example—exhibits bias. This is true both when gathering simple numeric valued data—the empirical means kept track of by stochastic bandit algorithms are biased downwards—and when gathering more complicated... View Details

Keywords: Bandit Algorithms; Bias; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods; Theory

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February 2021
Tutorial

T-tests: Theory and Practice

By: Michael Parzen, Natalie Epstein, Chiara Farronato and Michael Toffel

This video provides an introduction to hypothesis testing, sampling, t-tests, and p-values. It provides examples of A/B testing and t-testing to assess whether difference between two groups are statistically significant. This video can be assigned in conjunction with... View Details

Keywords: Data Analysis; Data Analytics; Experiment Design; Experimentation; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis

December 1996 (Revised November 2006)
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General Mills, Inc.: Appendix of Comparable Company Data

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Financial ratios for comparable companies to be used in conjunction with an analysis of the General Mills Annual Report. View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Analytics and Data Science; Food and Beverage Industry

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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

instructions available in Knowledge Base. Individual account required. Please see More Info page for instructions on signing up for an account. Morningstar Direct Multi-currency research platform that provides performance and holdings View Details

2010
Working Paper

The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis

By: Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis and Alvin J. Silk

We address a longstanding puzzle surrounding the unbundling of services occurring over several decades in the U.S. advertising agency industry: What accounts for the shift from bundling to unbundling of services and the slow pace of change? Using Evans and Salinger's... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Change; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Price; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing Strategy; Media; Service Operations; Agency Theory; Mathematical Methods; Advertising Industry; United States

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August 2005 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

GuestFirst Hotel (A): Statistics Review with Data Desk (TN)

Presents an overview of the statistical analysis covered in the case discussion. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods

09 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis

Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus; Video Game; Web Services

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Industries: financial analytical data and tools

Where can I find aggregate data on specific industries? An increasing number of databases are now available on the market to support the financial data analytical needs of bankers and financial... View Details

August 2005 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Store24 (A): Statistics Review with Data Desk (TN)

Presents an overview of the statistical analysis covered in the case discussion. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry

Transferring Data - Research Computing Services

Data Practices Transferring Data 2ms Transferring data to and from your analysis environments is now a more challenging endeavor due to a number... View Details

June 2016
Article

Understanding Online Hotel Reviews Through Automated Text Analysis

By: Shawn Mankad, Hyunjeong "Spring" Han, Joel Goh and Srinagesh Gavirneni

Customer reviews submitted at Internet travel portals are an important yet underexplored new resource in obtaining feedback on customer experience for the hospitality industry. These data are often voluminous and unstructured, presenting analytical challenges for... View Details

Keywords: Hotel Reviews; Natural Language Processing; Information Technology; Service Operations; Accommodations Industry; Moscow

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August 2005 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

GuestFirst Hotel (B): Statistics Review with Data Desk (TN)

Presents an overview of the statistical analysis covered in the case discussion. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Accommodations Industry

August 2017 (Revised December 2018)
Case

Tamarin App: Natural Language Processing

By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler

In this case, students explore the challenges of using sentiment analysis to monitor and understand public perception around a software application, Tamarin SEO App. Technical topics include building a filtering classifier using naive Bayes and sentiment analysis This... View Details

Keywords: Data Science; Branding; Data Analytics; Analytics and Data Science; Brands and Branding; Analysis; Perception; Planning

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