Data Sharing - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
News

Research Brief: Field Research

agronomist researches the matter and sends a tailored reply within 24 hours. The more information a farmer shares with PAD—about planting practices, market prices, or soil conditions—the more its recommendations improve with time. “The... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Crop Production; Agriculture

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

Building Community Featured Exercises Investigate reasons for customer churn and how companies can improve retention Unpack strategies for increasing engagement, including personalization, storytelling, and brand communities Share your... View Details

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries since 1800. The data is available for download at http://www.nber.org/data/chat. We discuss the main aim of CHAT, its scope and limitations, as well as several ways in which we have used... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

about our interpersonal relationships, when people share things with us—as long as they don't overshare—we tend to like them better," Buell says. "We find it interesting that we're seeing evidence of the same thing in our relationships... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

fast-growing Series C start-up, in New York that provided data intelligence software to large enterprises. She later returned to Europe to join her family investment firm, Atlas Invest, investing in energy companies.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

01 Jun 2020
News

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

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

What really fuels a boom-and-bust cycle in the modern global economy? It’s not always household debt, says a new paper that parses in-depth data across 115 countries. Instead, rising corporate debt may flash the clearest warning that a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

Series C start-up, in New York that provided data intelligence software to large enterprises. She later returned to Europe to join her family investment firm, Atlas Invest, investing in energy companies. Product-Market-Founder Fit During... View Details

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IFC: LA/Hollywood

Where can I find entertainment & media industry/market analysis, company data and news? OVERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS IBISWorld
Research reports on a wide range of industries, including Cable Networks, Television Production, and... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

receiving a Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship from HBS in 2021, DeBere received one in 2020, which enabled him to serve as a research intern for OpenUp, a civic technology company based in South Africa that shares Afya Pamoja’s vision... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

tribes and U.S. states often find themselves at the bargaining table, often negotiating "compacts" to govern gaming operations on tribal lands. The operational success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut, Foxwoods, and the substantial revenue View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

apartment, a car, a boat—now has an easy way to advertise and share it. And anyone with the time and skills—driving, running errands—can find customers who need these services. But new research shows how online marketplaces can work in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

treasure trove that could help businesses plan their alliance strategy. “If an alliance is so much better, why isn't everything done by alliance?” Firms often ask this question when considering a large project. It can be advantageous to partner with another company,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

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Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

years, we’ll be able to assess whether this data represents a life stage effect—if so, we would expect the share of tech founders who are Millennials to increase as they age. Working Alumni Alumni Founders... View Details

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MBA 2025 Alumni Technology Transition - Alumni

day the, 1TB (terabyte) of storage data you had access to while matriculated will be downgraded to 100GB (gigabytes). Most MBA students are well below 100GB of data. You will not lose data, but any data over... View Details

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

to do by care providers and payers. Consumer empowerment in health care is nowhere as advanced as it is in the travel industry and financial services, for example. Doctors are not especially interested in providing transparent data about... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Reality of Web Services

opportunities to use their new language skills. Q: What questions should a CIO or other company leader ask as they consider a Web services project? A: Who are we doing this with? Can we be sure that our partner is in this for the long haul? How are we going to reach... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

01 Dec 2014
News

Instilling Production with Principles

competitors in an industry often known for low wages and dismal environmental records. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang, who is planning sustainability conferences and factory tours to share her company’s successful strategies.... View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

In it, I compared data collected from the offices of a large marketing services firm to which I had been given unusual access. Here are some data from employee engagement studies, human resource reports, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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