data testing - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves

In Zambia and Uganda, it partnered with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Ministries of Health to test new policies in HIV, malaria, and maternal health. IDinsight has also worked in Cambodia and Rwanda and in other sectors... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Aug 2016
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Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets

lenders a better understanding of both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. Based on psychometrics research conducted at the Harvard Center for International Development, the questions on this test seek not to mimic the... View Details

28 May 2019
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Ask the Expert: In Security

advanced capabilities, such as detection and response tools, in areas with the most sensitive data or the most risk to the organization’s mission. Once you’ve identified risk and placed controls in line with your prioritized assets, then... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; cybersecurity

01 Sep 2018
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Your Keyboard Is Listening

Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash For his latest venture, serial entrepreneur Jan Samzelius (MBA 1979) set out to eliminate one of the biggest annoyances of the digital era: hard-to-remember passwords. But along the way, the View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Dec 2014
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Revolutionizing digital medical records

A two-time entrepreneur at 79 years old, Merle Bushkin (MBA 1960) created MedKaz, a unique system that encapsulates a lifetime of medical data on a keychain device. It gives patients control over their complete medical record from all... View Details

03 Dec 2024
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Magic Numbers

hope for was to survive the year. “I’m not a math kid,” she told herself at the time. “And that’s fine.” But then a surprisingly good grade on a test prompted a word of encouragement from her teacher. “He quietly said to me, ‘You did much... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

01 Jun 2017
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Better Hiring Through Brain Science

in neuroscience research experiments—with former research colleague Julie Yoo to assess cognitive and emotional traits. The games didn’t ask personal questions, they measured responses, providing objectivity in a way that the traditional Myers-Briggs personality View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

data and machine learning to improve health care. Kelley, who recently received a Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship at HBS, aims to bring fast and accurate diagnoses to cancer patients around the world. “The majority... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach

Cyberattacks are surging: Accenture reports that cyber intrusions jumped by 125 percent, globally, in the first half of 2021 over the same period in 2020. And while all those data breaches and ransomware attacks have meant major headaches... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

17 Dec 2015
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Applying Strategy Concepts In Innovative Ways Through Technology

aggregated into an industry. Team members study data and collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions about manufacturing and marketing. After each round of play, reports are generated that include balance... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Short Takes

white-collar employment is structured," he says. Gathering data from four temporary staffing agencies that focus on managerial and professional talent, Bradach interviewed 26 skilled temporary workers serving as independent contractors... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

17 Jun 2020
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Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

testing in Canada, and how Canadian hospitals handled surges and so on,” says club president Kazi Ahmed “It was a great opportunity for our club to strengthen our relationship with the Cleveland Clinic.” According to the club’s board... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Jun 2019
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A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

and economics who draw on data to inform managerial and policy decisions, they decided to see if they could use their skills to examine gun violence in America. Today, nearly seven years later, research conducted by Malhotra and Luca has... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Dec 2015
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Complements to the Case Method

industry or region, and then going out and testing them in real life, that students can find those tiny gaps where it’s wrong— and where they can leverage with smart investments. “We don’t want the course to just be about polishing... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96

the MBA Program Office. Admissions As part of its ongoing commitment to attract and admit the best candidates to the School, the MBA Program now requires all applicants to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). "The GMAT... View Details

19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues

drought-proof resource has become increasingly appealing. “Carlsbad is a very important test case,” he says. “There are lots of eyes on it—everywhere from Texas to Florida.” And it’s not only the tech that interests other cities, it’s the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap

performance test scores. By June that number had jumped to 53 percent. “In nine months, we can effectively close the gap between poor and average performance on pre-K tests,” says Dias Griffin, “and we can do it for $6,000 per child,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Books

The Oxford Handbook of Business History edited by Geoffrey Jones and Jonathan Zeitlin (Oxford University Press) This handbook surveys research in business history, a broad area of study generating empirical data that have sometimes... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

20 Dec 2018
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Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni

ahead of time by participants, Haley said the pair was able to run live searches based on their immediate research needs to demonstrate research tools. Alumni asked about specific topics, such as wanting to find statistics on the worldwide production and sales of wine,... View Details