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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
You Outsource Your Marketing? Few companies own all the marketing expertise they need, especially of the left-brain, analytic variety. Professor of Management Practice Gail McGovern outlines the pros and cons of turning over your... View Details
- February 2021
- Technical Note
Probability Distributions
By: Michael Parzen and Paul Hamilton
This technical note introduces students to the concept of random variables, and from there the normal and binomial distributions. After a brief introduction to random variables, the note describes the standard properties of the normal distribution: a single peak, and a... View Details
Parzen, Michael, and Paul Hamilton. "Probability Distributions." Harvard Business School Technical Note 621-704, February 2021.
- December 2011
- Article
Data Impediments to Empirical Work on Health Insurance Markets
By: Leemore S. Dafny, David Dranove, Frank Limbrock and Fiona Scott Morton
We compare four datasets that researchers might use to study competition in the health insurance industry. We show that the two datasets most commonly used to estimate market concentration differ considerably from each other (both in levels and in changes over time),... View Details
Dafny, Leemore S., David Dranove, Frank Limbrock, and Fiona Scott Morton. "Data Impediments to Empirical Work on Health Insurance Markets." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 11, no. 2 (December 2011).
- 2017
- Chapter
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better. View Details
Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Chap. 10 in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges. Vol. 75, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar. Studies in Income and Wealth (NBER). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- February 1994
- Background Note
Causal Inference
Discusses what causation is and what one can (and cannot) learn about causation from observational (nonexperimental) data. View Details
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Causal Inference." Harvard Business School Background Note 894-032, February 1994.
- August 2001
- Article
Technology as a Complex Adaptive System: Evidence from Patent Data
Fleming, L., and O. Sorenson. "Technology as a Complex Adaptive System: Evidence from Patent Data." Research Policy 30, no. 7 (August 2001).
- 2016
- Working Paper
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better. View Details
Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-012, August 2016. (Forthcoming in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges.)
- July 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Microsoft Financial History
Contains background financial data on Microsoft as of mid-2001. View Details
Sahlman, William A. "Microsoft Financial History." Harvard Business School Case 803-018, July 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
History's Guiding Light
entrepreneurs and business leaders from across emerging markets, was a goldmine. It allowed me to explore questions on emerging market business issues from the eyes of those on the ground. CEM also provided me fruitful ground to experiment with View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Enable Students to Broaden Their Impact
the data analytics team, he brought to the nonprofit his solid background in behavioral economics from Emory University and his financial acumen from his trading days. Agarwal’s goal was to use data and technology to help make the schools... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
Marla Malcolm Beck’s Path to CEO
tackle any process in any organization.” The article frames Malcolm Beck’s professional journey not as an accumulation of diverse skills, but as a focus on a few unique ones. [S]he didn’t become chief executive by getting loads of experience across functions. Rather,... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
its “industrial Internet,” an open global network of machines, data, and people that provides analytics and designs solutions to optimize its customers’ complex operations. “The paradigm is not displacement and replacement,” says Iansiti,... View Details
- March 2024
- Supplement
Madrigal: Conducting a Customer-Base Audit
By: Eva Ascarza, Bruce Hardie, Peter S. Fader and Michael Ross
This case presents a scenario where Madrigal, a U.S. retailer with a rich 20-year history and a solid loyalty program, faces a turning point with the arrival of a new CEO. This leadership change reveals a critical gap in understanding the customer base, prompting an... View Details
- March 2020 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
GreenLight Fund
By: Brian Trelstad, Julia Kelley and Mel Martin
As Tara Noland, the Executive Director (ED) of GreenLight Cincinnati, reflected on her first few years on the job. Noland had delivered on what she had been hired to do in the city: work with leading philanthropists and nonprofit executives to use data and evidence to... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Venture Philanthropy; Replication; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Social Issues; Decision Making; Analytics and Data Science; Cincinnati
Trelstad, Brian, Julia Kelley, and Mel Martin. "GreenLight Fund." Harvard Business School Case 320-053, March 2020. (Revised June 2022.)
- Fast Answer
Biotech and medical devices: Company Data and Analysis
Insights & Industry Analytics - Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies and emerging spaces. Pitchbook - Information on companies, deals, funds, investors... View Details
- Web
Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Supply Chain Management Course Number 2108 Associate Professor Kris Ferreira Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper/Project Due to significant overlap in course content, students cannot take both this course and the fall term half-semester... View Details
- Web
Tools & Services | Information Technology
about web design, implementation, management, and support at HBS. Data, Reporting, & Analytics Explore IT supported reporting and analytics platforms for HBS community information assets. Deliver We ensure... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
evidence of management ability and leadership potential, while Tamblyn probes for hard analytical skills. Yet both scrutinize resumes with the equivalent of “x-ray specs,” hoping to find hidden qualities that could be meaningful for their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Self-Discovery Process
have that high level view that I was not reaching in my job. I realized I would definitely enjoy a general management role, but I believe that I would miss the variety that business school gives me every day. I am therefore going to target consulting. I believe the... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
Jenrette (DLJ) when he applied to HBS. “I already had the analytical skills,” he recalls, “but the rigors of the case method raised the bar for me.” Dawson greatly admired his HBS corporate finance professor, the late Scott Mason, whom he... View Details