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Kira Epler

people from Kansas. I wanted to be surrounded by people from different backgrounds." The transition can be challenging. "I had to become comfortable speaking in front of ninety people every day. The case method is so different from what I learned in... View Details

19 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

customers be able to see what pieces of data may have led to a loan rejection or a lower credit limit? Should regulators have access to the algorithms and test them for the impact they have on underserved or protected classes? The Apple... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

04 Sep 2019
News

A Measured Approach

Ministry of Education mine its existing data around its students, test scores, and teacher allocations. The organization also did site visits to high schools to assess the programs’ overall success. Paul... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Dec 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

data mining to coding. Eventually, there will be industries that are fully automated and certain jobs will go away, but new ones will be created in that process. From Baker Library: Not surprisingly, high... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1999
News

Short Takes

Management from 1960 to 2000," Nolan highlights the critical shifts in the four eras in the evolution of IT. The Industrial Era, he writes, created an automation mindset, while the Data Processing Era led to organizational... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

about by abnormal genes, such as Alzheimer's disease or cancer. Clearly, genomics could be a gold mine for drug makers. Today, drug development is an expensive and long process—it can take up to ten years and $600 million to develop a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog

foresee an expansive array of off-planet activities—such as research and development (R&D), manufacturing, tourism, mining, and energy production—that go beyond data in their use of the unique environment. These applications tend to be... View Details

20 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

The Acquirers

were published in the paper, Financial vs. Strategic Buyers. The research team first scoured data of private equity firms in the United States that had set out to buy underperforming companies and turn them around—with the goal of a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

27 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo

who skipped our placement test, and how to rethink the way we award experience points (or XP) for practice sessions - but no one told me how to solve these problems, or what the solution should be. Instead, I was expected to run analyses on the incredible amount of... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

To answer one of the oldest business quandaries—is it better to partner or go solo on a project—John Beshears looked for answers in an unusual place: the oil and gas drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico. But instead of mining for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

on," says Harvard Business School marketing professor Gerald Zaltman. A more strategic approach to data mining can provide the foundation for that decision-making architecture. Below, advice on how to... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

03 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

Mining for Growth in an Economic Crisis Gary P. Pisano, Elena Corsi, and Elisa FarriHarvard Business School Case 610-021 In December 2008, Gianluigi Nova, CEO of Tenova SpA, a technology and equipment supplier to the metals and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

capital and demonstrates how technology—novel data sources, artificial intelligence, machine learning—will transform the small business lending market. This market has been plagued by frictions: it is hard for a lender to determine which... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

environmental concerns (for example, water treatment and usage) that a company needed to pay more attention to. The goal was to work with portfolio companies to improve their ESG ratings. By doing so we believe they could potentially improve valuations over time.... View Details

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

mainstream research would accept the data source. I’m sure tons of others will now begin to mine them. The other striking thing is the importance these iconic entrepreneurs give to a sense of purpose, some... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society

in-depth look at what is necessary to encourage more inclusive organizations and communities. Doing business in a divided world (pdf) This report provides an overview of various dimensions of inequality in the United States, drawing from a wealth of View Details

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

fulfillment that uses centralized inventory management. We ask whether, and if so, how, showrooms benefit the two most basic retail objectives: demand generation and operational efficiency. Using quasi-experimental data on showroom... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

Implementing a 'Social Way' for Global Mining The mining giant Anglo American attempts to differentiate itself through its social performance, yet public expectations are still growing. Maintaining a... View Details