statistics - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

possibilities. In 2018, HBS led the development of the online Harvard Business Analytics Program. The certificate program—taught by business, engineering, and statistics faculty from across the University—trains mid-career professionals... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2011
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On the Outside at HBS

third are international, and roughly a quarter are ethnic minorities — the School can be a difficult place for these groups to thrive. To its credit, HBS understands that the real value of diversity is not in the statistical percentage of... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)

incredibly fast and is at the forefront of technology. GM’s vision is zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. Close to 40,000 people die in US traffic accidents each year, and more than 94 percent of those crashes are caused by human error. Putting a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

return. Statistically speaking, documentaries don’t make money. Learning how to lead a team of very talented and creative people has also been challenging for me, as I come from a very data-driven, structured, and analytical world.” How... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Dec 2006
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Faculty Books

this second book from the HBS Leadership Initiative’s Great American Business Leaders project, Professor Nohria and his coauthors, with a combination of statistical analysis of their large leadership database and in-depth biographical... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

forest fires, catastrophic storms, and floods, he shared statistics that placed the lion’s share of the blame on the worldwide dependence on fossil fuels, followed closely by deforestation. He added that deforested areas on Earth add up... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than the $2 billion Medicare spends on those surgical procedures each year,... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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The Case for Studying Financial History

quantitative approach. There are many admirable things about the way in which finance became more statistically sophisticated over the past twenty or thirty years. But many of the assumptions on which the more elaborate mathematical... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

09 Apr 2025
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The Working Parent Revolution

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

with the country’s recent economic slowdown, China has more billionaires than the United States. Behind that fairly startling statistic are troubling related issues such as corruption among China’s elite and very wide variance in income,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2005
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Transforming the IRS

For decades, the IRS judged employees’ performance by using narrow, unbalanced, and frequently perverse — but easily gathered — statistics that focused almost entirely on revenue coming from audit assessments and property seizures.... View Details

Keywords: Ann Cullen; IRS; Many Unhappy Returns; reform; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

UC-Berkeley, respectively, whose own research has found that “individuals are often more persuaded by narratives than by statistical evidence.” Kalla and Brookman wrote of their findings last year in American Political Science Review: “It... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes

Regardless of subjective assessments by popular writers and literary intellectuals, statistics show that the average worker, under “an avalanche of consumers’ goods,” has a better material existence than ever before. In other words, “the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
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Ilene Lang

true that there are plenty of positive statistics out there. Women make up 46.4 percent of the Fortune 500 workforce and just over 50 percent of management, professional, and related occupations. Our research, however, shows that there’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

do and what not to do) so that the analytics actually makes a difference. Books on customer analytics exist mainly in two categories: academic texts, which discuss theoretical approaches to data analysis problems, and technical texts, which teach the View Details

01 Jan 2002
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Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

To accomplish that, Margie Yang has focused her efforts on building an operation that relies on best practices and the latest technology for its competitive advantage. One recent HBS grad who works for her, she points out, is using probability and View Details

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

technology. The Numerate Leader: How to Pull Game-Changing Insights from Statistical Data By Thomas A. King (MBA 1987) Wiley Using a qualitative approach to introduce statistical reasoning, The Numerate... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

costs are incurred are more than repaid by the ability of people like myself to regain their health and step back into the role of contributing citizens.” View sources of statistics cited in this article. Related Links Health Care a Top... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

competitive strategy over the past fifteen years. Last fall, Kohlberg taught Analytical Reasoning, a new elective he developed around his research. Associate Professor Anita M. McGahan, with Michael Porter, is working on a series of View Details