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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program
Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive salary, supported in part by... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
adding an African proverb he quotes often. "If you want to go fast, go alone. I if you want to go far, go together." Become comfortable being uncomfortable. “High adventure requires that you make decisions without all the information you... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
1985) in getting the bank online. With a deep interest in information technologies and how organizations differ in management practices and structure, Assistant Professor Raffaella Sadun joins the Strategy unit. She earned a Ph.D. in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Deepak Malhotra Thinking outside the maze Malhotra Photographs by Webb Chappell Negotiations expert Professor Deepak Malhotra is the author of the recent international bestseller I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in... View Details
- 28 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics
- July 2024
- Technical Note
Introduction to SQL in Python
By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
This note walks through the basics of SQL and how to use this language in Python via the SQLite package. View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science
Parzen, Michael, and Jo Ellery. "Introduction to SQL in Python." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-024, July 2024.
- 2023
- Article
M4: A Unified XAI Benchmark for Faithfulness Evaluation of Feature Attribution Methods across Metrics, Modalities, and Models
By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Xuhong Li, Mengnan Du, Jiamin Chen, Yekun Chai and Haoyi Xiong
While Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques have been widely studied to explain predictions made by deep neural networks, the way to evaluate the faithfulness of explanation results remains challenging, due to the heterogeneity of explanations for... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning
Lakkaraju, Himabindu, Xuhong Li, Mengnan Du, Jiamin Chen, Yekun Chai, and Haoyi Xiong. "M4: A Unified XAI Benchmark for Faithfulness Evaluation of Feature Attribution Methods across Metrics, Modalities, and Models." Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) (2023).
- 2023
- Working Paper
Auditing Predictive Models for Intersectional Biases
By: Kate S. Boxer, Edward McFowland III and Daniel B. Neill
Predictive models that satisfy group fairness criteria in aggregate for members of a protected class, but do not guarantee subgroup fairness, could produce biased predictions for individuals at the intersection of two or more protected classes. To address this risk, we... View Details
Boxer, Kate S., Edward McFowland III, and Daniel B. Neill. "Auditing Predictive Models for Intersectional Biases." Working Paper, June 2023.
- 2022
- Working Paper
TalkToModel: Explaining Machine Learning Models with Interactive Natural Language Conversations
By: Dylan Slack, Satyapriya Krishna, Himabindu Lakkaraju and Sameer Singh
Practitioners increasingly use machine learning (ML) models, yet they have become more complex and harder to understand. To address this issue, researchers have proposed techniques to explain model predictions. However, practitioners struggle to use explainability... View Details
Slack, Dylan, Satyapriya Krishna, Himabindu Lakkaraju, and Sameer Singh. "TalkToModel: Explaining Machine Learning Models with Interactive Natural Language Conversations." Working Paper, 2022.
- June 2022 (Revised January 2025)
- Technical Note
Causal Inference
By: Iavor I Bojinov, Michael Parzen and Paul Hamilton
This note provides an overview of causal inference for an introductory data science course. First, the note discusses observational studies and confounding variables. Next the note describes how randomized experiments can be used to account for the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Causal Inference; Causality; Experiment; Experimental Design; Data Science; Analytics and Data Science
Bojinov, Iavor I., Michael Parzen, and Paul Hamilton. "Causal Inference." Harvard Business School Technical Note 622-111, June 2022. (Revised January 2025.)
- October 2017
- Case
Quantopian: A New Model for Active Management
Keywords: Big Data; Hedge Fund; Crowdsourcing; Investment Fund; Quantitative Hedge Fun; Algorithmic Data; Analytics and Data Science
Fleiss, Sara, Adi Sunderam, Luis M. Viceira, and Caitlin Carmichael. "Quantopian: A New Model for Active Management." Harvard Business School Case 218-046, October 2017.
- Article
Selecting the Right Growth Metrics: Fewer but Better
Keywords: Supply Chains; Big Data; Corporations; Franchising; Performance Metrics; Analytics and Data Science
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Selecting the Right Growth Metrics: Fewer but Better." Stanford Social Innovation Review (website) (April 21, 2017).
- March 2017
- Supplement
Donna Dubinsky, Numenta and Artificial Intelligence
By: David B. Yoffie
Donna Dubinsky, CEO of Numenta, discusses her views of the future of artificial intelligence and the strategic challenges of building a new platform. View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Strategy; Technological Change; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Donna Dubinsky, Numenta and Artificial Intelligence." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-807, March 2017.
- 2001
- Book
Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001. (Also audio-book edition and e-book editions. Foreign Translations include Chinese (Complex Characters) Yuan-Lio Publishing Company, Taiwan); Chinese (Simplified characters) (China Machine Press, China); Danish: Borsens Forlag; Dutch: Scriptum Books; German: Financial Times/Prentice Hall Germany; Italian: ETAS Libri; Japanese: Shoeisha Co.: Korean: Sejong Books; Spanish: Ediciones Deusto, SA (Spain; worldwide Spanish); Turkish: BZD YAYINCiLIK.)
- July–August 2011
- Article
Robust Optimization Made Easy with ROME
By: Joel Goh and Melvyn Sim
We introduce ROME, an algebraic modeling toolbox for a class of robust optimization problems. ROME serves as an intermediate layer between the modeler and optimization solver engines, allowing modelers to express robust optimization problems in a mathematically... View Details
Keywords: Robust Optimization; Algebraic Modeling Toolbox; MATLAB; Stochastic Programming; Decision Rules; Inventory Control; PERT; Project Management; Portfolio Optimization; Information Technology; Mathematical Methods; Operations
Goh, Joel, and Melvyn Sim. "Robust Optimization Made Easy with ROME." Operations Research 59, no. 4 (July–August 2011): 973–985.
- December 1996
- Article
How "Real" Are Computer Personalities? Psychological Responses to Personality Types in Human-Computer Interaction
By: Y. Moon and C. I. Nass
Moon, Y., and C. I. Nass. How "Real" Are Computer Personalities? Psychological Responses to Personality Types in Human-Computer Interaction. Communication Research 23, no. 6 (December 1996): 651–674.
- February 2007
- Supplement
Supplement to InfoVision (A): Technology Transfer at Georgia Tech
Fleming, Lee, Marie Thursby, and James Quinn. "Supplement to InfoVision (A): Technology Transfer at Georgia Tech." Harvard Business School Supplement 607-085, February 2007.
- fall 2007
- Article
An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units
By: A. L. Tucker
Tucker, A. L. "An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007): 492–505.
- April 2003 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Operational Execution at Arrow Electronics
By: Ananth Raman and Zeynep Ton
Distribution center operations (from order taking to order fulfillment) and the importance of attending to process details at Arrow Electronics, a large distributor of electronic components and computer products are described. The case also details the actions the... View Details
Raman, Ananth, and Zeynep Ton. "Operational Execution at Arrow Electronics." Harvard Business School Case 603-127, April 2003. (Revised March 2009.)