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- September 1972
- Article
An Analytical Derivation of the Efficient Portfolio Frontier
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Investment
Merton, Robert C. "An Analytical Derivation of the Efficient Portfolio Frontier." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 10 (September 1972): 1851–1872.
- 10 Mar 2021
- Podcast
Can AI and analytics deliver efficient, equitable skills markets?
As employers and job seekers cope with pandemic-induced disruption and uncertainty, the role of intermediary is more crucial than ever. Job platform CareerBuilder, with its two-sided skills market, looks to smooth the employment process and increase diversity. CEO... View Details
- July 2015 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Podium Data: Harnessing the Power of Big Data Analytics
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Karim R. Lakhani and Nicole Bucala
Applegate, Lynda M., Karim R. Lakhani, and Nicole Bucala. "Podium Data: Harnessing the Power of Big Data Analytics." Harvard Business School Case 816-007, July 2015. (Revised October 2017.)
A Prescriptive Analytics Framework for Optimal Policy Deployment Using Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
We define a prescriptive analytics framework that addresses the needs of a constrained decision-maker facing, ex ante, unknown costs and benefits of multiple policy levers. The framework is general in nature and can be deployed in any utility maximizing... View Details
- September 1985 (Revised August 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Marketing Data Diskettes and MAT (Marketing Analytical Tools)
Kaufmann, Patrick J. "Note on Marketing Data Diskettes and MAT (Marketing Analytical Tools)." Harvard Business School Background Note 586-056, September 1985. (Revised August 1992.)
- 16 Dec 2022
- HBS Conference
2022 Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Business Analytics
- 2023
- Chapter
Marketing Through the Machine’s Eyes: Image Analytics and Interpretability
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Flora Feng and Kannan Srinivasan
he growth of social media and the sharing economy is generating abundant unstructured image and video data. Computer vision techniques can derive rich insights from unstructured data and can inform recommendations for increasing profits and consumer utility—if only the... View Details
Zhang, Shunyuan, Flora Feng, and Kannan Srinivasan. "Marketing Through the Machine’s Eyes: Image Analytics and Interpretability." Chap. 8 in Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. 20, edited by Naresh K. Malhotra, K. Sudhir, and Olivier Toubia, 217–238. Review of Marketing Research. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
- April 1989
- Article
Untangling Unfamiliar 1988 Consolidated Statements: An Analytical Guide To Understanding
By: David F. Hawkins
- Winter 2016
- Article
Analytics for an Online Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization
By: Kris J. Ferreira, Bin Hong Alex Lee and David Simchi-Levi
We present our work with an online retailer, Rue La La, as an example of how a retailer can use its wealth of data to optimize pricing decisions on a daily basis. Rue La La is in the online fashion sample sales industry, where they offer extremely limited-time... View Details
Ferreira, Kris J., Bin Hong Alex Lee, and David Simchi-Levi. "Analytics for an Online Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 18, no. 1 (Winter 2016): 69–88.
- September 2019
- Case
Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Stephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Analytics; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Banking Industry; Consulting Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations." Harvard Business School Case 120-006, September 2019.
- 2010
- Book
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 1970
- Dissertation
Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics." Diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1970.
- November 2019
- Teaching Note
TSG Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics (A) and (B)
By: Feng Zhu, Sascha L. Schmidt, Karim R. Lakhani and Shirley Sun
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 616-010 and 620-055. View Details
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning: Practicum in Predictive Analytics
By: Michael W. Toffel and Dan Levy
Teaching Note for HBS No. 618-019. View Details
- June 2019
- Supplement
Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning: Introduction to Predictive Analytics
By: Michael W. Toffel and Dan Levy
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning: Introduction to Predictive Analytics
By: Michael W. Toffel and Dan Levy
Teaching Note for HBS No. 618-019. View Details
- March 2017 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing
By: Kris Ferreira and Karim R. Lakhani
Kate Wilson, retail analytics manager at Flashion, a fashion flash-sale site, is tasked with developing analytics to optimize pricing for first-exposure products on the site. Many in the industry have relied on years of experience and intuition to determine pricing—can... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Pricing; Data; Service Operations; Forecasting and Prediction; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Mathematical Methods; Decision Making; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; United States
Ferreira, Kris, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing." Harvard Business School Case 617-059, March 2017. (Revised March 2022.)