data analytics - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

21 Mar 2024
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OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

sorts of negative consequences,” Toplansky says. “My point was that this is a critical part of future business strategy.” He described six different business strategies where AI—through predictive analytics and automation—will that make... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2019
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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 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

11 Jul 2013
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Making Lives Better

difference every day, and I knew I had the skills to do it," says Tepper Singer, who is married to section-mate Dan Singer. "Not that many people have come to the non-profit field with business training." Her business skills helped on a multitude of platforms, from... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; autism; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2020
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All Hands on Deck

number of Harvard Business School Online courses, such as Global Business and Leading with Finance, as well as in a data science bootcamp designed to teach students how to leverage big data throughout their... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

05 May 2022
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Like-Minded

anyone access to content; US-based Jupiter, the leading provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience; and Unifa, which provides AI technology that helps childcare providers track... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work

shareholders. Having the protagonist in the classroom brought these challenges to life when Vodafone’s then CEO Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) attended the case discussion in February 2018. Colao spoke about the company’s key goals: using big View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Telecommunications; Information

08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy

and more marketable to employers,” says Paul. While his favorite module was economics, he is already utilizing the business analytics tools he mastered in CORe. “Being able to create histograms to quickly visualize View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Alumni Books

two years. The exper-iment, which set world records in human life support, monitored the inhabitants’ impact on the environment and provided data for future manned missions into outer space. Bricklin on Technology by Dan Bricklin (MBA... View Details

02 Mar 2015
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To Market, To Market

recalls. “We have a thousand employees, dispersed around the world. It’s a very different set of challenges. But because of my HBS experience, and the belief that with analytical skill and commitment you can actually get stuff done, I... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Agriculture; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

“gray area” problems, situations where analysis of the facts and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test managers’ skills and humanity. Professor Badaracco presents a five-question framework offering a way for managers to... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

will see vast increases in reliability and the number of devices connected to one antenna as well as reductions in the cost of data per gigabyte, Menard says. Beyond that, fixed wireless access could enable fiber-like speeds to homes or... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

institutions, the authors note how business needs to use data and analytics to their advantage, to deal with such issues as reconciling different data sets and how to leverage... View Details

03 Dec 2024
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Magic Numbers

time at HBS, Sharma enjoyed putting math to work, studying scale and impact and conducting data analytics on top companies. She also did pro bono work for New York City schools, where she came to know... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

01 Mar 2013
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Leveraging Female Talent

directors. I was the only man. When I joined a table for a meal, the conversation died—and when I left, it picked up again. I mentioned what had happened when I gave my presentation. The response? That happens to us every single day. I had always understood inequality... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

opportunities, measuring and analyzing purpose inside organizations, ESG data analytics and strategies, and the role of leadership and governance in corporate scandals and misconduct. Key takeaway: “We are... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 Jan 2020
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Hitting the High Notes

chat bots in social media, data analytics to enhance candidate experience, and rewards to employees who refer successful hires. For nearly 30 years, Sheridan has been a high-level Human Capital Management... View Details